Occupational Therapy Certified
Resume:
SHERRI L. SONES, OTD, OTR/L, CHT
Billings, Montana 59101
406-***-**** email: **********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
I am a registered and licensed occupational therapist (OT) with experience in multiple areas of my profession. My passion is to treat adults of all ages by offering various levels of care to maintain a quality of living and regain skills to return to their highest level of function. This position allows participation in creating a patient-centered care program promoting living to its fullest: OT evaluations, treatment planning, and interventions from an evidence-based platform. OT interventions include synthesizing patient sensory integration, cognitive processes, motor skills, and facilitation of techniques to improve the healing process. My overall strategy is regaining functional independence through activities of daily living applicable to the patient’s quality of life and wellness.
EXPERIENCE
CHS Therapy and Rehab: August 2022 to present
Occupational Therapist
Per diem at four skilled nursing facilities in Billings and Laurel, MT. OT promoted rehabilitation of daily activity participation at each level needed from assistive care to long term therapy. Treatment focused on regaining functional independence to maintain or improve quality of life.
Advanced Care Hospital: June 2022 to August 2022 as needed.
Acute care therapy following hospitalization in a progressive care setting of various medical complications. Case load varied according to need due to per diem job status.
St. Vincent’s Healthcare, Billings, Montana: October 2012 to April 2022
Occupational Therapist
Acute care included therapy in the intensive care unit, the neurologic floor, and the orthopedic floor evaluating patients’ motion to be used at home for functional transfers and activities of daily living with referral to various levels of care in the community.
Caseload included evaluating 8-10 patients per day, assessing patient and family needs, and giving input to the medical team. Treatment includes educating in functional mobility with the recommendation of adaptive equipment, placement needs for safety and further rehabilitation and assessing cognitive and sensory integration.
Providing occupational therapy in the outpatient clinic, transitioning from acute care in the hospital.
Maximum Impact Physical Therapy, Tucson, Arizona. 2010 to 2012
Occupational Therapy-Certified Hand Therapy
Established a satellite hand therapy clinic in Maximum Impact Physical Therapy
Upper extremity treatment of the orthopedic patient incorporates splinting, manual techniques, patient education, functional activity, and application to activities of daily living.
Coordination of treatment supervising technical assistants.
Treatment included evaluating upper extremity orthopedic involvement by incorporating custom splinting, wound healing, and scar remodeling techniques, assessing functional mobility, and regaining upper extremity use by establishing a home exercise program. The caseload typically sees 12-14 patients for orthopedic issues per day in an outpatient clinic.
Tucson Physical Therapy, Tucson, Arizona: 2009 to 2010
Occupational therapy-Certified hand therapy
Full-time upper extremity rehabilitation emphasizing Workman’s Compensation patients with continued splinting and rehabilitation for return-to-work functional status experience involved in Functional Capacity Evaluations
Supervision and coordination of treatment for hand, elbow, and shoulder diagnoses.
Tucson Orthopedic Institute, Tucson, Arizona: 2008 to 2009
Occupational therapy-Certified hand therapy
Full-time conducting evaluations and re-evaluations, supervising a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant guiding custom splinting and treatment for orthopedic diagnoses.
Provided effective, timely treatment for orthopedic diagnoses, including custom splinting, wound care, scar remodeling, and regaining functional mobility and strengthening for the upper quadrant.
Hand In Hand Incorporated, Tucson, Arizona: 2000 to 2008
Occupational therapy-Certified Hand Therapy
President and co-owner of Hand in Hand, Incorporated.
My position involved the organization and management of our private clinic.
Provided effective, timely treatment for orthopedic diagnoses, including custom splinting, wound care, scar remodeling, and regaining functional mobility and strengthening for the upper quadrant
Tucson Orthopedic Institute, Tucson, Arizona: 1994 to 2000
Occupational therapy-Certified hand therapy
Established a satellite hand therapy clinic
Supervised Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants and students.
Provided hand and upper extremity rehabilitation.
Tucson University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona: May 1993 to September 1994
Occupational therapy
Acute and Outpatient hand and upper extremity orthopedic and neurological patients with post-surgical and post-traumatic caseload included seeing 8-10 patients/day in either location as needed.
Hand Therapy Associates, Tucson, Arizona November 1992 to September 1993
Occupational therapy
Experience in hand therapy outpatient care with custom splinting, post-operative treatment cumulative trauma, industrial accidents, motor vehicle accidents, arthritis
Experience included working for an American Hand Therapy Society co-founder and clinic owner, Gloria DeVore, OTR
Chandler Regional Hospital, Chandler, Arizona July 1992 to October 1992
Occupational Therapy
Upper extremity rehabilitation includes burning injuries, fractures, neuropathies, and treating CVA and head injuries in an outpatient clinic with rotations in acute care.
Progressive Physical Therapy, Mesa, Arizona September 1991 to August 1992
Occupational therapy
Experience with establishing and occupational therapy portion to the clinic with emphasis on orthopedic upper extremity treatment
Marketing and networking in the community
Mesa Lutheran Hospital Mesa, Arizona November 1990 to September 1991
Occupational therapy
Employment treating geriatric patients in skilled nursing to improve independent living skills through daily living tasks rotating into the outpatient clinic for neurologically impaired adults and children incorporating upper extremity rehabilitation.
Saint Joseph’s Hospital Barrow’s Neurological Institute Phoenix, Arizona June 1989 to November 1990
Occupational therapy
Acute care addresses neurologically impaired adults with cognitive and upper extremity dysfunction, a rotation in acute rehabilitation and outpatient clinics.
Boswell Memorial and Del Webb memorial Hospitals, Sun City, Arizona February 1988 to May 1989
Occupational therapy
Experience with geriatric populations in rehabilitation, acute care outpatient therapy, and the opportunity to establish an occupational therapy mental health program.
Big Sky Physical Therapy, Kalispell, Montana August 1986 to January 1988.
Occupational therapy
Pediatric OT in the outpatient clinic, home, and school: involving developmental therapy for fine and gross motor skills and the use of adaptive devices, custom splint fabrication, and training also included functional capacity evaluations.
EDUCATION
The University of Saint Augustine for Health Sciences, online Post Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate, August 20, 2022
University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy
Certified Hand Therapist
Certified Physical Agent Modalities
STAR Cancer Certification
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) certification
LEADERSHIP
Co-owner entrepreneur establishing a free-standing private clinic for eight years
Establishing satellite hand therapy clinics for three previous employers
Co-treating with physical therapists, speech and language pathologists, training, and co-treating with certified occupational therapy assistants, physical therapy assistants, and front office personnel.
Training field level I and II occupational therapy students
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Facilitation of small group women’s Bible studies for the past five years at Faith Chapel in Billings, Montana
Volunteering in children’s ministry for the past 18 years at churches attended in the communities residing in
PERSONAL INTERESTS
My family, my faith in the Bible, supporting my heritage in the Salish Kootenai Tribe, the outdoors, traveling, hiking, camping, being physically fit with weight-lifting and cardio exercises
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