Part Time Therapist
Resume:
Charity Pressley, CCC-SLP, M. ED
Clayton, NC 27527
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SUMMARY:
Motivated self-starter and demonstrated achiever. Excellent organizational skills. Big picture thinker and problem solver. Superior interpersonal and communication skills. Dynamic team player. Consistent productivity achiever. Outstanding ability to manage independently. Thorough multitasker. Deep knowledge of the healthcare setting with 17+ years’ experience.
EDUCATION:
North Carolina Central University 2001
Durham, NC
M.Ed Communication Disorders
South Carolina State University 1999
Orangeburg, SC
BA Speech Pathology and Audiology Cum Laude
EXPERIENCE:
UNC Rex HealthCare, Raleigh, NC
Full Time Sr. Speech-Language Pathology, Rehabilitation Therapist
April 2004 - Current
Complete thorough chart reviews as department chart auditor to ensure compliance across the Speech Therapist discipline.
Organize and designate Speech Therapist workload equally amongst therapists.
Conduct diagnostic assessment and treatment of adults in an acute care community hospital setting.
Evaluate patients with dysphagia, aphasia, dysarthria, cognitive disorders from stroke, TBI, dementia, and medically fragile patients.
Develop discharge recommendations for the acute, sub-acute rehab, outpatient, day treatment, and home health settings through active participation in interdisciplinary stroke rounds and discussion with social work and case management.
Actively participate in palliative care family meetings to assist families in providing most appropriate long-term goals of care related to dysphagia for hospice and end of life patients.
Applied and was approved for a “giving gurney” grant for purchase of an IPAD for use as a diagnostic and treatment tool for patients with cognitive linguistic deficits.
Participate on various hospital organization committees including interview committee, EPIC documentation committee, workforce engagement committee.
Supervised new hires, CF candidate, and graduate clinicians on all clinical and administration procedures including PMV, FEES, clinical swallow evaluations, cognitive communication evaluations and treatment. Proficient coding inpatient and outpatient.
Kindred Health, Kinetic, 3HC Home Health
Part-Time Speech-Language Pathology, Rehabilitation Therapist
October 2016 – Current
Provide high-quality, in home, Nursing Homes, varies settings, direct speech-language therapy and rehabilitation services to patients.
Current on all paperwork deadlines. Expert coding inpatient and outpatient.
Provided excellent documentation for providing speech pathology services in home setting to adult and young adult patients.
Proficient and skilled in documentation of SOC, ROC, discharge summary, progress notes, reassessment notes.
Excellent Interdisciplinary teamwork interaction with documentation to corroborate collaboration.
Skilled in Medicaid and Medicare acceptance, denials, and documentation to support the need for further services.
Consistently meet all paperwork deadlines for insurance authorization.
WakeMed Health and Hospital
Part Time Speech-Language Pathology, Rehabilitation Therapist
August 2015 - 2018
Conducted diagnostic assessments and treatment of adults in an acute care trauma one hospital setting as an acute PRN clinician offering consistent weekend coverage and occasional cross coverage of the acute rehab hospital on the medical, ICU, and trauma floors.
Evaluated and diagnosed speech, language, communication, and swallowing disorders. Treated speech, language, communication, and swallowing disorders. Provided training and education to family/caregivers and other professionals. Work collaboratively with professionals from many other disciplines.
Duke University Hospital
Part Time Speech-Language Pathology, Rehabilitation Therapist
April 2007 - October 2014
Conducted diagnostic assessments and treatment of adults in an acute care trauma one hospital setting as a PRN clinician offering consistent weekend coverage every week.
Cross covered all medical and trauma floors.
Evaluated patients with varied medical complexity including LVADs, lung and heart transplants, and esophagectomy patients.
Maintained excellent working relationships with the speech pathology department by keeping up to date with all departmental regulations and changes.
Consistently exceeded productivity requirements.
Engaged in research to enhance knowledge about human communication processes and develop new assessment and treatment methods that lead to more effective outcomes. Provided counseling and consultative services. Train and supervise support personnel.
INSERVICES/PRESENTATIONS:
Nurse Dysphagia Screen Presentation January 2020
Nursing Grand Rounds Presentation Aphasia, Dysarthria, and Cognition August 2019 Stroke Day Presentation: Dysphagia Screen, Aphasia, and Cognition May 2019
PMV Implications in the Acute Care Setting March 2015
PEG Tubes: Ethical Considerations May 2012
Free Water Protocol: Implementation October 2011
MEMBERSHIP AND AFFILIATION:
Certificate of Clinical Competence #14045412
State of North Carolina #6019
CPR Active
NIH Stroke Certification Active
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