Ruthie B. Huon, OTA/L

619-***-**** ad16nb@r.postjobfree.com

COTA/L with over 10 years’ experience providing excellent patient care and support activities to effect outstanding occupational health outcomes. Dynamic team player, proficient in department medical administrative duties, collaborating within a medical cross-functional team to maintain hospital wide and rehab clinic standards. Extensive work with geriatric populations in acute (ICU, CCU), Neuro, Ortho, SNF, Outpatient community based, and Home Health rehabilitation settings. Effective communicator with patients and staff from varied cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. EDUCATION

BS Occupational Studies - Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA June 2019 AS Occupational Therapy Assistant program - Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA June 2009 QUALIFICATIONS

OTA License #1976 EXP: 01/31/2024

California Board of Occupational Therapy

American Heart Association, BLS Provider; EXP: 07/2023 Fieldwork Educator Certificate Program Workshop, March 2016 Accredited by the (AOTA) American Occupational Therapy Association PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Home Health, Occupational Therapy Assistant January 2022-Present Physical Therapy Network Solutions, Orange County based

● Provides OTA services planned, delegated, and supervised by the registered Occupational Therapist

● Submits clinical documentation in accordance with Organization policy

● Follow treatment program and goals for improved patient function as established by the registered Occupational Therapist.

● Identifies patient and family/caregiver needs for other home care services. Consults with supervising registered Occupational Therapist and assists with necessary referrals, as appropriate.

● Maintains contact/communication with other personnel involved in the patient’s care to promote coordination care.

● Documentation performed on electronic medical record systems’ such as: Devero and Kinnser Home Health, Occupational Therapy Assistant Sept. 2021 - Present A-list Therapy Home Health, Los Angeles County based

● Performs OTA services planned, delegated, and supervised by the registered Occupational Therapist

● Submits clinical documentation in accordance with Organization policy

● Follow treatment program and goals for improved patient function as established by the refigered Occupational Therapist.

● Identifies patient and family/caregiver needs for other home care services. Consults with supervising registered Occupational Therapist and assists with necessary referrals, as appropriate.

● Maintains contact/communication with other personnel involved in the patient’s care to promote coordination care.

● Documentation performed on electronic medical record system: A-List Therapy group Occupational Therapy Assistant II September 2017 - May 2021 Long Beach Memorial Care Medical Center & Rehabilitation Hospital, Long Beach, CA Transitional Rehabilitation Services, Acute Care, Inpatient Rehabilitation, and Outpatient Department

● Provided patient treatment, meeting patient needs in accordance with the plan of patient care, under the direction of OTR.

● Educated and communicated with patient, family members and caregivers regarding rehab objectives and training to provide education of safe functional ADL transfers and how to utilize DME/AE.

● Completed clear and effective documentation of progress notes, with appropriate medical terminology, according to established procedures with regulatory, licensing, payor, and accrediting requirements consistent with billing data.

● Participated in department meetings, provided reports to interdisciplinary health team members regarding patient progress, challenges, and plans.

● In all aspects, demonstrated knowledge of appropriate resources for problem-solving, clinical best practice and promotion of safe working procedures and practices.

● Provided comprehensive administrative support to include: scheduling patient services and appointments; audit of patient charts on paper documentation and within EHR; fax/scan documents for MD to sign orders; maintained PT/OT exercise and educational materials; collaborate with medical records department, maintain clean and sanitize department work stations. Ad hoc department support as required. Hospital Staff COVID surge support Nov. 2020 - Feb. 2021 Long Beach Memorial Care Medical Center & Rehabilitation Hospital, Long Beach, CA Transitional Rehabilitation Services, Acute Care, Inpatient Rehabilitation, and Outpatient Department

● Worked for the Respiratory Therapy Department in Logistics, to assemble various types of ventilator machines which are: PB980, Drager, LTV, and Bipap V60; Followed manual instructions on how to setup circuits

● Provided training and education to new staff assisting with COVID surge support, on how to assemble ventilator setup by visual and hands on demonstration and explanation.

● Provided asset management and inventory organization of ventilator parts, through restock to all appropriate hospital locations. Managed inventory requests and fulfillment.

● Transported ventilators to their appropriate storage location of each floor of the hospital for RTs to retrieve or return for sanitation.

● Sanitized ventilators to set-up for re-assembly

● Performed hourly round checkup for equipment on each hospital unit, including ER and Covid floor overflow, to ensure max capacity of ventilators and associated equipment inventory

● Kept track of each ventilator/high flow unit by the “#” to check off on a printed list from each floor.

● Packed “go-bags” needed for intubation for RTs that include such items as stylets, endotracheal tubes, PEEP valves, in-line suction catheter, syringe for cuff, oral airways, High viral filtering efficiency (HEPA), bit blocks, tongue blades

● Ran tests to check if machines were properly running for safe usage and if the test failed, deliver a ventilator to the engineering dept for repair of the unit.

● Setting up of respiratory circuits; single testing SST machines; change out Portable O2 tanks if O2 was running low on the sanitized ventilators.

ADDITIONAL WORK HISTORY

Ramona Nursing & Rehab Center, El Monte, CA OTA Mar 2014 – Sep 2017 Total Rehab Care, Inc. Home Health OTA Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 Hallmark Rehabilitation travel OTA Dec 2013 – Feb 2014 Supplemental Healthcare travel OTA Aug 2013 - Dec 2013 Various registry assignments OTA Jan 2010 – Nov 2012

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