Assistant Medical

LINDSEY LASTER

PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSISTANT

EXPERIENCE EDUCATION

Plymouth Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center Plymouth, MA 3/11 – 10/18

• Experience working in a 187 bed skilled nursing facility including a specialty unit with an inpatient school for under 22 residents and an adult day program for over 22 residents.

• Primary treating therapist for under 22 students. This includes Following/ implementing IEP goals set by Physical Therapist communicating closely with team/PT and attending IEP/care plan meetings with nursing staff and school department.

• Experienced in treating difficult TBI patients including s/p gunshot to head, cerebral palsy (all levels), MS, Retts syndrome, tendon lengthenings

• Proficiency working with various types of standers, gait trainers and lite gait.

• Develop gross motor goals for over 22 active treatment day program, run weekly gross motor group where goals are assessed, documented, and reported to DDS in a quarterly meeting.

• Provides ongoing training to both education/active treatment staff regarding bracing, equipment, positioning and gross motor goals.

• Develop and monitor restorative nursing programs for resident’s no longer on direct PT services.

• Works with staff development to train all new nursing staff during orientation period including: Hoyer training, Bracing and orthotics, standers, and bed positioning.

• Provides ongoing training to both education/active treatment staff regarding bracing, equipment, positioning and gross motor goals.

• Develop/update positioning photographs of residents bracing, bed positioning, and wheelchair positioning for nursing staff to reference in their rooms.

• Able to maintain/repair/modify wheelchairs for all of specialty unit (30 beds) including: tilting mechanism, brakes, head rests, growing w/c, laterals leg rests and complete rebuilds for new residents awaiting chairs from insurance.

508-***-**** adf87k@r.postjobfree.com 46 Willow Tree Dr . Attleboro MA, 02703 CERTIFICATIONS

& continued education

ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE

PHYSICAL THERAPY

ASSISTANT PROGRAM

Community College of Rhode Island 7/07 – 5/10

LICENSE #8498

• CPR CERTIFIED

American Red Cross 6 / 1 5 - 6 / 1 7

• MYOFASCIAL RELEASE

SEMINARS

John F.Barnes: Fascial-Pelvis Myofascial Release

• ACCELERATED CARE PLUS

Therapy Tests and Measures, Wound Healing,

Physical Agent Modality Basics, Fall Prevention,

Stroke Recovery, Upper Quadrant Patterned

Electrical Neuromuscular Stimulation

• CROSS COUNTRY EDUCATION

Stroke Rehab: Impairment – based Interventions

for all Stages of Recovery

• NUMOTION

Clinical Documentation for Complex

Rehabilitation Technology, Empowering Function

and Health through Power Seating, Clinical

Guidelines for Standing Programs for Adults and

Children and Gait Trainers: What’s new?

• CROSS COUNTRY EDUCATION

Pediatric thoughts, ideas and solutions consideration when choosing seating and mobility solutions.

• HUDSON SEATING AND

MOBILITY

Pediatric thoughts, ideas and solutions

consideration when choosing seating and mobility

solutions.

PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSISITANT

Aegis Therapies 10/18 – Present

• Always meets expected productivity standards.

• Proficient in documentation on tablet.

EXPERIENCE

CLINICAL AFFILIATONS

New England Sinai Hospital Inpatient Services Stoughton, MA 4/10 – 6/10

• During my final clinical affiliation here I gained valuable experience working with acute care patients. These patients were recovering from profound injury/medical procedures (stroke, traumatic brain injury, joint replacements, surgeries and loss of limb). I worked closely with physicians and the medical team to produce the best clinical outcomes.

Southeastern Medical Center Outpatient Facility Plainville, MA 8/09 – 11/09

• During my time at Sotheastern Medical Center Outpatient facility here I gained experience working with outpatient clientele ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics suffering from varied diagnosis including: sciatica, disc dysfunction, ACL/MCL repair, sprains/strains, plantar fasciitis. I was able to provide home exercise programs and instruct in safe body mechanics to prevent injury. Life Care Center of Attleboro Attleboro, MA 04/09 – 6/09

• Working in the SNF with primarily geriatric patients I was able to gain experience helping patients to regain function after joint replacements, COPD exacerbations, stroke and pneumonia.

LINDSEY LASTER

PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSISTANT

508-***-**** adf87k@r.postjobfree.com 46 Willow Tree Dr . Attleboro MA, 02703 LICENSE #8498

• Maintain/monitor all bracing for specialty unit (30 beds) including: staff in servicing, trials, fittings, repairs and scheduling patients for orthotics clinics.

• Assist in our in facility physiatry clinic including: referring patients, attending appointments and assisting physician with positioning patients for injections.

• Worked in outpatient clinic while it was open treating patients from the community with developmental disabilities, TBI and autism.

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