SHEVA BASSETT

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Redding, CT *****

917-***-****

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EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

March 2013 – Present PHYSICAL THERAPIST

RVNA Health - Ridgefield, CT

Full-time physical therapist providing home care physical therapy services to the adult and geriatric populations in their home environment. Patient issues often include acute and chronic diagnoses, functional impairment, physical and/or cognitive, short term and/or long term disease management issues

Preceptor for new employees

Presenter for community wellness programs, primarily Fall Prevention Education June 2011 – August 2011 PHYSICAL THERAPIST

The Jewish Home for the Elderly – Fairfield, CT

Per-diem staff physical therapist treating primarily the adult and geriatric populations with a variety of diagnoses and co-morbidities

Providing physical therapy services for sub-acute and long term care patients September 2003 – May 2011 REHAB CLINICAL MANAGER

VNSNY CHOICE, Visiting Nurse Service of New York– New York, NY Unique multi-faceted position with responsibility for managing and overseeing the clinical aspects of Rehab Services for this interdisciplinary, managed long-term care program that services the medically complex and frail- elderly population of NYC. Position combines clinical, educational, directorial and consultative duties. As the first and sole Rehab Manager for this program, one of the largest in the state of New York:

Established the current Rehab staffing model

Established Rehab workflows and operational guidelines

Created necessary work forms and tools (such as Rehab Quality Record Review, Supervisory field visit report, Peer Review, to name a few).

Chief Responsibilities include:

Clinical oversight of Rehab services and Rehab Staff

Annual supervisory field visit with each Rehab staff member

Quality Record Review audits

Performance Improvement

Creating, updating and providing Rehab specific orientation for all new Rehab Staff

Collaborating with the data unit in establishing Rehab department reports

Member of numerous committees, such as Quality Management & Clinical Policy and Education

Regular consultation with Medicare Nurse Case Managers for review and advice with Rehab cases

Maintaining small patient caseload as needed

Special Projects, including:

Fall Prevention Program – Co-created and implemented a program-wide interdisciplinary Fall Prevention Program

Annual Geriatric Curriculum – Established and presented education modules for interdisciplinary staff. Topics included Falls Prevention, Functional Assessment of the Older Adult, Reducing Preventable Hospitalizations.

Participant in developing clinical content for electronic visit documentation software and created staff education material for inservices to facilitate the transition from paper to electronic documentation 1

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June 1999 – August 2003 REHAB CONSULTANT

VNSNY CHOICE, Visiting Nurse Service of New York – New York, NY First Rehab professional hired into the VNS CHOICE program. Scope of work included:

Full-time home care Physical Therapist for long-term care population

Performed physical therapy evaluations, established plan of care and goals

Provided physical therapy intervention with focus on prevention and wellness, fall prevention, maximizing functional independence and safety with ADL (Activities of Daily Living), maintenance therapy as appropriate, and patient and/or caregiver education

Performed home safety assessments, assessing for DME (Durable Medical Equipment) and adaptive equipment needs and home / environmental modification recommendations

Participated in formal and informal rehab consultation with the interdisciplinary team

Provided consultation visits to acute and sub-acute facilities to help with complex discharge planning August 1996 – June 1999 HOME CARE PHYSICAL THERAPIST Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Acute Care Program – New York, NY

Full-time home care Physical Therapist for home-bound population

Performed physical therapy evaluations, established functional goals and plans of care, assessed for Durable Medical Equipment needs

Established and implemented PT treatment programs

Provided patient and caregiver education to assist them in achieving maximal independence and safety

Maintained ongoing communication and coordination with physicians, nurses, rehab team (OT, PTA), and caregivers, in addition to managed care personnel

Provided educational inservices to home attendants and home health aides

Chosen by management to be on pilot study of PTs as Coordinators of Care – pilot was successful and later rolled out to all PT staff

March 1994 – July 1996 PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Eastside Sports Physical Therapy – New York, NY

Full-time Physical Therapist at this outpatient orthopedic/sports medicine center

Treated a multitude of diagnoses and post-operative cases such as: ACL reconstruction, rotator-cuff repairs, total hip and knee replacements, various arthroscopic surgeries, ORIF, and other acute and chronic musculoskeletal and biomechanical disorders

Experienced in the use of standard modalities, hydrotherapy, isokinetic equipment, free weights and weight training machines, therapeutic exercises and plyometrics

Actively participated in student and staff inservices as well as journal club

Clinical instructor to physical therapy students - supervising their total patient care management including: patient evaluations, establishing short and long term goals, treatment planning and implementation, documentation, patient/family education and discharge planning and billing Oct. 1990 – Feb. 1994 PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Lawrence Hospital – Bronxville, NY

Full-time Physical Therapist for this 280-bed acute care community hospital

Three-month inpatient and outpatient rotations

Treated a full range of diagnostic cases, including: medical/surgical, orthopedic, neurologic, cardiac, pulmonary, wound care and amputees

Outpatient therapy additionally included a multidisciplinary cardiac rehab program

Clinical instructor to physical therapy students - supervising their total patient care management 2

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917-***-****

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PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS

Recipient of the VNS ESPRIT award: Excellence; Service to Customers; People; Fiscal - Responsibility; Initiative; Teamwork

Recipient of five ABCD awards: Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Recipient of VNS Initiative award

Media mention: ADVANCE Magazine for Physical Therapist (Sept. 24, 2006 issue) – participated in feature article “Close to Home”.

EDUCATION RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE – Troy, New York

Bachelor of Science, Physical Therapy: May 1990

Continuing Education (over the course of 29 year career): various topics including but not limited to:

Physical Therapy topics

Health Care and Care Management; Public Health; Health and Wellness General medical, orthopedic and neurological diseases, disease management/prevention Fall Prevention

Vestibular Therapy

Durable Medical Equipment

Assistive and Adaptive Equipment

Geriatrics

*Active Physical Therapy licensure in the states of Connecticut and New York ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS:

LSVT certified - Big and Loud

CDP - Certified Dementia Practitioner

Certified Health Coach - Dec. 2018 (from ACE Fitness) Cancer Exercise Specialist - Dec. 2019 (from Ace Fitness and CETI - Cancer Exercise Training Institute) PERSONAL INTERESTS and ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Marathoner

Triathlete

Violin student

Puzzles

Team Sports – Collegiate Athlete

Community volunteer

9-11 American Red Cross Volunteer, NYC

Adaptive Sports Foundation Volunteer

Mom

*References available upon request

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