Home Health Assistant
Resume:
ALICIA BRAVO
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Skilled Physical Therapist Assistant, 24 years of Outcome Orientated Therapy in Acute, Sub Acute, Transitional Care, Home Health and Outpatient Clinics. My Mantra is to Empower Human Potential. I thrive to meet the diverse needs of each and every patient by focusing on equity for all. I strive to ensure customer satisfaction through strategic planning, growth, problem resolution and relationship. I possess Quality clinician documentation through objective charting in clinical- patient real time. I am Extremely focused on building sustainable relationships with trust through communication, connection and empathy while providing hands on clinical skills. I use Therapy techniques on researched based strategies and growth while considering individualized needs. SKILLS
● Team Building and Leadership, Collaborative
● Thrive on Challenges
● Impact and Contribution to Community
● Time Management
● Clinical Competency and Reasoning
● Resourceful, Plan, Develop, Implement
● Passionate, Positive Mindset, Empathetic
● Ability to Learn Financial Processes and
Systems
EXPERIENCE
MAY 2014 – PRESENT
AFFIRMA REHABILITATION, TURLOCK, CA
● ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH NORMAL FROM ABNORMAL FOR CORRECTION OF POSTURAL ALIGNMENT.
● Manage stroke involved side during developmental and functional activities.
● DEVELOPED PRINCIPLES OF MOTOR DEVELOPMENT, MOTOR CONTROL, MOTOR LEARNING AND SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES FOR STROKE REHABILITATION. NDT CERTIFICATION LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2
● Expertly customized physical therapy techniques for patients suffering from debilitating conditions such as back pain, knee and hip replacements, head injuries, strokes, Amputees, falls, COPD, Cardiac conditions.
● Coordinated team members, caregivers, patients and support staff for continual practice and consistent use of treatment techniques for NDT, transfers and care.
● Implemented individualized functional outcomes for patient life role, support system, home environment, pathologies, abilities and limitations.
● Directed chair yoga groups to increase outcomes for breathing while implementing controlled breathing with gait and standing functions. JANUARY 2015 – PRESENT
THERAPY SPECIALIST, TURLOCK, CA
● Provided in-home exercise programs to parents to aid in their children’s therapy.
● Directed balance and fall assessment testing
● Created individualized home exercise programs to restore function and lessen pain and disability.
● Performed therapy intervention, increasing mobility by at least 30% for 95% of injury patients
● Thrive on the challenges of working in a fast paced team based environment knowing you are making a difference in your community.
● Managed and directed clinical services and educational workshops to families, staff and communities.
● Hands on therapeutic approach to guide individuals in efficient functional abilities.
● Service excellence through identifying and responding to current and future needs.
● Oversee Competency of therapy staff and resource programs. JANUARY 2017 – CURRENT
FOCUS THERAPIES, TURLOCK, CA
● Effective implementation of
● Applied various teaching methods to provide personalized instruction to individual students and class.
● Cultivated an environment focused on teamwork, trust, skill growth, and achievement
● Provide mobility, motor control and musculoskeletal disorders as developed by the physical therapist.
● Treatment includes looking at the whole person and specific functional needs. FEBUARY 2018 – CURRENT
LIFEGUARD HOME HEALTH, PLEASANTON, CA.
● Recommend equipment and in home modifications.
● Assisted patients and family with physical movements to help restore function and lessen probability of falls.
● Expertly customize conventional physical therapy techniques to meed the specific needs of the patients.
● Honed analytical problem-solving tactics, verbal and written communication.
● Effective implementation of classroom routines and procedures that maximized learning time
● Conduct patient follow up visits and assist patients, family and primary clinician to take measurements or hand measurements to follow technical duties.
● Ensure changes in condition are communicated to other healthcare team members in a timely and accurate manner.
● Receive and carry out orders from the PT certification and re- certification of home services.
EDUCATION
MAY 1999
ASSOCIATES DEGREE, PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT DEGREE SAN DIEGO MESA COLLEGE– SAN DIEGO, CA
MAY 2002
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE, KINESIOLOGY, ATHLETIC TRAINING/ ADAPTED PE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT STANISLAUS – TURLOCK, CA JANUARY 2003
CBEST FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION
April 2008
Neuro Development Techniques Certification Level 1 and level 2 SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY – SAN JOSE, CA.
Pre and Post prosthetic training
Accelerated Plus Functional Certificate
Water Safety Instructor Certification
Aquatic Therapy
CPR for Healthcare worker/ Basic Life Support
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