Diann David
Lady Lake, FL *****
***********@***.***
Highly professional and licensed Occupational Therapist with years of experience in providing both home based and rehab center services to patients with disabilities, diseases, or injuries to relieve pain, develop and restore mobility using appropriate therapy procedures and treatments. Expertise in counseling patients about physical exercises and related precautions as well as possess compassion for patients, solid communication, time-management and record-keeping skills.
Skills and Certifications
Excellent communication and active-listening skills
Ability to stay current on latest trending therapies, treatments or related industry advancements.
Ability to provide instructions and unite a team for our patients.
Hand Therapy Specialty
Ultrasound
Electrical Stimulation
CPR
NBCOT
Hospice Training
Sign Language
Experience
2018 – PRESENT
Occupational Therapist / Buffalo Crossing Rehab Center The Villages, FL
Promote a positive, professional and solutions-oriented approach with colleagues and ancillary staff. Elevated the Rehab Center’s positive image.
Restore function for patients following disease or profound injury.
Provide treatments, modalities and therapeutic exercise programs encompassing active and passive ranges of motion, muscle reeducation, massage and heat/water/ice/electrical/light stimulation.
Instruct patients in the safe and effective use of pulleys, weights, inclined surfaces and adaptive equipment. Participated in wound-care treatment and helped patients adapt to the use of wheelchairs, braces, canes, crutches and prosthetic/orthotic devices and activities of daily life.
Earned commendations from supervisor and patients for providing high-quality, compassionate care. Helped patients maximize their successes and live within the limits of their physical capabilities.
Document patients’ progress and complete discharge summaries, home-program treatment plans and other documentation. Ensure paperwork is timely, accurate and complete.
Supervise technicians and equip them with information necessary to provide quality care.
AUGUST 2009 – 2017
Occupational Therapist / Rehab Center at Lake Harris HC Leesburg, FL
2006 – 2008
Staff Therapist/Supervisor / Leesburg Regional Hospital Leesburg, FL
1999 – 2006
Visiting Nurse / Visiting Nursing of Manchester Manchester, NH
2008 – 2006
Acute Rehab Occupational Therapist / Northeast Rehab Hospital Salem, NH
Career Highlights
1987 – 1999
Specialized in Hand Therapy in Outpatient Setting
1992- 1999
Owner & President of Seacoast Occupational Therapy Portsmouth, NH
Specializing in Hand Therapy
Provided outpatient services for two hand surgeons and rheumatologists
Pool therapy
Manufacture splints static and dynamic
Provided ultrasound treatments
Hot Packs/ paraffin wax
Workmen’s compensation
Education
1983- 1987
Occupational Therapy / University of New England Biddeford, ME
Bachelor of Science, graduated with honors
1996- 1997
Certified Occupational Therapy / Becker Junior College Worcester, MA
Associates of Science, Phi Theta Kappa