CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc. #1005335

Texas Advisory Board of Occupational Therapy #106914

NOTATION OF WORK EXPERIENCE

OT with 21 years of experience as an Occupational Therapist in multiple work environments. Job requiring evaluation of the patient’s cognitive, perceptual, and motor assets and liabilities for functional performance. Providing age appropriate, goal directed, and activity oriented individual and group treatments to promote optimal independence in functional mobility and daily life tasks. Works as a member of a transdisciplinary treatment team and supervision of the treatments provided by Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants (COTAs), Rehabilitation Assistants, Techs, Students and Volunteers. All jobs involve ensuring continuation of performance through effective education of patient, family or support system and participation in family and team conferences as appropriate for each setting. Provided adaptive methods and equipment as appropriate to enhance performance and independence. Participation in improvement programs, documentation of services according to facility standards, promotes professional growth and contributes to the maintenance of the department/facility operations.

SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCES

2015-present HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Dallas (formally Reliant Rehabilitation Hospital of Dallas) Dallas, TX

Occupational Therapist/OT Team Lead Inpatient and SNF rehabilitation services with focus on lymph edema, neurological, orthopedic, cardiopulmonary and many other complex diagnoses that arise in adult patients. Worked as a team player to assist with both settings. Awarded Employee of the 1st Quarter of 2015. Responsibilities included but not limited to the following while maintaining a full caseload: staffing for OT team, chart auditing, documentation coach for EMR system, ambassador for patient satisfaction, annual competencies for all OT staff based out of facility, and being responsible for knowledgeable of status of all patients in facility for effective communication with team members and physicians.

2014-2015 Novus Home Health Services Frisco, TX

Occupational Therapist Rehabilitation focus as a home health OT including but not limited to neurological, upper extremity dysfunction, vestibular dysfunction, and cardiopulmonary patients. Trained in LSVT BIG program for Parkinson’s patients

2014-present Care Cycle Solutions DBA Attentive Home Health Arlington, TX

Occupational Therapist Rehabilitation focus as a home health OT including but not limited to neurological, upper extremity dysfunction, vestibular dysfunction, and cardiopulmonary patients. Trained in LSVT BIG program for Parkinson’s patients

2012-2014 Rehab Care/Legacy at Home Plano, TX

Occupational Therapist OT skill services provided in SNF setting and in Home Health Setting including but not limited to neurological, upper extremity dysfunction, vestibular dysfunction, and cardiopulmonary patients

2010-2012 Cantex DBA TheraCare Home Health Lewisville, TX

Occupational Therapist Rehabilitation focus as a home health OT including but not limited to neurological, upper extremity dysfunction, vestibular dysfunction, and cardiopulmonary patients. Trained in LSVT BIG program for Parkinson’s patients

2009-2010 Amedisys Home Health Care Denton, TX

Occupational Therapist Rehabilitation focus as a home health OT including but not limited to neurological, upper extremity dysfunction, vestibular dysfunction, lymph edema and cardiopulmonary patients. Serviced OT needs in 3 offices with supervision of 3 COTAs Special Emphasis on vestibular program – Balance for Life. Provided services for lymph edema patients for 5 offices

2007 Texas Senior Care an Encompass Company Richardson, TX

Occupational Therapist Rehabilitation focus as home health OT including neurological, upper extremity dysfunction, lymph edema, and cardiopulmonary patients

2006-2007 Pinnacle Home Health Flower Mound, TX

Occupational Therapist Rehabilitation focus as home health OT including but not limited to neurological, upper extremity dysfunction, lymph edema, and cardiopulmonary patients

2004-2006 Prime Care Home Health Lewisville, TX

Occupational Therapist Rehabilitation focus as home health OT including but not limited to neurological, upper extremity dysfunction, lymph edema, and cardiopulmonary patients.

2005-2006 H. Jay Boulas, MD, PA Dallas, TX

Hand and Upper Extremity Occupational Therapist Duties included: Therapist in charge in physician’s office. Provided hand and upper extremity therapy for a multitude of diagnoses. Supervision of numerous OTRs, and COTAs

2007 Supplemental Health Care Staffing Specialists Dallas, TX

Contract Occupational Therapist. Provided OT in multitude of settings and environments i.e. SNF, Acute Care Centers, Outpatient Facilities, or Physician owned therapy centers.

1999-2001/2007-2010 HEALTHSOUTH Medical Center of Dallas Dallas, TX

Senior Occupational Therapist/Lymph edema Team Lead (inpatient and outpatient facilities) Rehabilitation focus on lymph edema, hand, neurological, fibromyalgia, and cardiopulmonary patients. Worked as a team player to assist with inpatient setting. Provided FCE and fit for duty testing. Supervision of OTRs, COTAs, and Occupational Therapy Students.

2001-2002 Matrix Rehabilitation of Denton Denton, TX

Occupational Therapist Rehabilitation focus of hand, neurological, pediatrics, burn, and orthopedic patients. Senior occupational therapist in Denton clinic outpatient setting Worked as team player to provide additional assistance at other Matrix clinics within DFW metroplex. Performed Work STEP pre-offer, post-offer, fit for duty and FCE testing. Supervision of occupational therapy assistants and aides.

1998-1999 Trinity Valley Medical Center (Tenet Facility) Palestine, TX

Occupational Therapist Rehabilitation focus of neurological, hand, pediatric, burn, and orthopedic patients. Development of outpatient therapy services – Senior OT in outpatient setting that included supervision of OT aides. Assisted in development of work hardening program using the Work STEPS program. Testing included pre/post offer, fit for duty, and FCEs. Worked as a team player in providing OT services for inpatient setting and in contracted SNF facility.

1998-1999 NovaCare, Inc. East Texas area

Occupational Therapist/Team Leader Team Lead for OT, PT, ST at 3 SNF units. Responsible for pilot program for RUG system in one facility. Supervision of COTAs. Provided care at 5 facilities with supervision of COTAs. Provided numerous in-services for CNAs

1996-1998 East Texas Medical Center Tyler, TX

Occupational Therapist Rehabilitation focus of hand, pediatric, burns, neurological, aquatic therapy and orthopedic patients. Provided outpatient therapy at numerous rural clinics in addition to primary facility in Tyler. Provided home health visits on a PRN basis. Worked closely with hand surgeon by assisting in physician’s office.

1996 Health First Management Services Tyler, TX

Traveling Occupational Therapist Traveled to clinics in need of temporary OT services.

EDUCATION

1993 - 1995 Texas Tech University Health Science Center Lubbock, TX

BS in Occupational Therapy

Member of Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA)

Dean’s List 3 semesters

SPECIAL CONTINUING EDUCATION

“Balance for Life” taken 3 times. Donna Flowers, OTR and Masey James, PT

“Advanced Management for Lymph edema” (135 hours) Pere Summers, OTR, CLT/LANA 3/2004 (Foldii Method)

Work STEPS, Inc. FCE, Pre-employment/post offer testing Larry Feeler, PT

Upledger Institute “Craniosacral Therapy I” Judy Leader, PT

Trained in LSVT BIG program

REFERENCES

Lorna Reid, COTA 214-***-****

Grace Eubanks, OTR 214-***-****

More references provided upon request

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