Therapy Technician Physical

HEIDI MCDONALD-GIBSON

PROFILE

Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant with experience in outpatient

rehabilitation and home health rehabilitation totally 16 years. I am a team player with a reputation for excellent patient communication as well as constant communication with the supervising Physical Therapist. EXPERIENCE

PTA Licensed - Valley Health Home Health — Winchester VA - May 2013 - October 2021

- Working with a variety of patient cases with a wide spectrum of diagnoses

- Building and administering teamwork amongst PT/PTA team as well as OT/ COTA/ST/SN

- Electronically documenting daily notes, case communications, phone calls and emails connecting all disciplines on patient caseloads

- Participating in multiple committees and sub committees to improve items such as patient satisfaction, employee satisfaction and also assisting in piloting self-scheduling

PTA Licensed - Winchester Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine — Ranson, WV - November 2006-May 2013

-Worked with recovering sports injury patients as well as total joint rehabilitation and post surgical patients on a daily basis by administering and following through with plan of care per PT.

- Administered a variety of modalities including electrotherapy, hot and cry therapy, mechanical traction, iontophoresis, ultrasound and phonophoresis

- Manually stretched and performed ROM techniques on both upper and lower extremities and digits

- Documented all SOAP notes to reflect procedures performed and patient progress

- Assisted office personal to dictate transcription for progress notes to doctors as well as schedule patients for future appointments

- Developed and followed through with patient therapeutic exercise programs in the gym land based as well as in the pool for aquatic therex 304-***-****

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PT Technician/Assistant (Temporary License) - Premier Physical Therapy — Martinsburg WV - Summer 2006

- Trained and administered therapeutic modalities as well as therapeutic exercise programs to rehabilitate various patient injuries for outpatient setting

- Applied and administered hot and cold therapies as well as whirlpool and pool programs

- Assisted office personal to dictate transcription for progress notes to doctors as well as schedule patients for future appointments Physical Therapy Intern - Shenandoah Center Nursing Home - Charles Town, WV Spring 2006

Physical Therapy Intern - Robinwood Total Rehab - Hagerstown, MD - Winter 2005/Spring 2006

- Trained in providing physical therapy to nursing home inpatient injuries such as total joint rehab, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s

- Performed gait training and re-education on daily activities and muscle re- education

- Helped promote ambulation and mobility

Physical Therapy Technician - Drayer PT - Mechanicsburg, PA - Summer 2004- Winter 2005

Education

Central Pennsylvania College — Associates in Applied Science, 2005 Shepherd University - Spring/Summer 2004

St. Francis University - Fall 2002- Winter 2003

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