Deborah Ford Hill, OTR
*** ** **** ******, ***********, FL 32607
(h) 352-***-**** (c) 352-***-****
Email: **********@***.***
Self-directed healthcare professional with a spirit of service and highly
developed interpersonal communication skills, seeking a dynamic and creative position
within a progressive organizational culture, whose commitment is providing quality
patient / client care that makes a difference
Professional Overview
Management
- Directed oversight of geriatric rehab programs to include recruitment, orientation, retention and mentoring of team of 40 home care rehab therapists covering a 15 county region with 4 offices.
- Managed regional territories surpassing profitability and productivity margins for both home infusion and home health care services leading to increased market share and profit margins.
- Collaborated with senior management teams & operations departments for program and annual budget development, as well as business plan objectives.
- Developed performance improvement initiatives and lucrative referral development strategies.
- Ensured quality performance for compliance with company policies and therapy practice standards
- Participated with Executive Directors on implementing marketing strategies, sales / clinical staff trainings, and business development opportunities.
Marketing
- Negotiated and implemented contracts with hospital, state, municipal, corporate, community based and managed care organizations.
- Assisted sales / account representatives with clinical selling of therapy programs and services.
- Coordinated design and production of marketing collateral materials for advertising, trade show exhibits, brochures, direct mail, internal newsletters, website, media placement and print
- Delivered presentations and proposals to executive level audiences ranging from pricing to partnership agreements to annual corporate business development & sales meeting keynotes
- Developed public relations initiatives for local / regional community events and public health fairs
- Established both internal and external customer and employee care training programs
- Facilitated effective physician relations / community liaison programs in homecare, skilled nursing medical specialty units and hospital based healthcare settings
Occupational Therapy
- Provided direct patient care in multiple clinical settings including inpatient / outpatient psychiatry, contract services, geriatric and behavioral health home care, and worksite wellness initiatives.
- Consulted in hospital and home care specialty program development, clinical competency standards, therapy regulations and clinical program development / process management systems.
- Presented injury prevention, safety awareness, ergonomics, wellness / clinical educational programs in a variety of corporate, clinical, community based & municipal settings
- Facilitated the delivery of rehab services across the continuum of care from pediatric to geriatric populations for inpatient to outpatient to home care / palliative care to hospice
- Directed new start up operations for several contract rehabilitation / staffing / private organizations and own private practice
Deborah Ford Hill, OTR (continued)
Work Experience
Co-Owner – Private Rehab Practice
Hibiscus House Rehab, LLC – Gainesville, FL October 2010 – February 2012
Regional Rehab Manager – Home Health Care
Mederi Caretenders / Almost Family - Gainesville, Florida November 2008 –November 2011
Homemaker / Stay at Home Mother June 2000 – November 2008
Account Manager – Home Infusion & DME
Coram Healthcare - Hayward, California November 1998 – June 2000
Homecare Hawaii (a division of Coram) - Honolulu, Hawaii
Marketing Director – Home Care
Queen’s Medical Center / CareResource Hawaii - Honolulu, Hawaii April 1997 – November 1998
Occupational Therapist – Inpatient / Outpatient Hospital
Queen’s Medical Center / Psychiatry Service- Honolulu, Hawaii April 1994 – June 1999
CareResource Hawaii (home care division / QMC)
Business Development Director –Medical Sub acute / SNF
Integrated Health Services - La Habra, California November 1992 – April 1994.
Corporate Manager – Ambulatory Care / Corporate Wellness
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center - Long Beach, California August 1989 – October 1992.
Director of Marketing / Occupational Therapist - Rehab
Annette Levy and Associates - Marina Del Rey, California August 1986 – August 1989.
Education and Certifications
Certificates of Training in ETPS Neuromechanical Therapy & Optimum Balance (Vestibular Rehabilitation)
Jacksonville, FL, 2010-2011
Continuing Education in Clinical Interventions for Normal/Complicated Grief / Comprehensive Mental Health Assessment and Evaluation of Older Adults / Understanding Personality Disorders
Jacksonville / Gainesville, FL, 2010
Continuing Education in Challenging Geriatric Behaviors / Strategies for Excellence in Stroke Care / Best Practices in Home Care
Gainesville, FL & Staten Island, NY, 2009
Certified Interior Redesign Industry Specialist (I.R.I.S.)
ReDesign Training Center - Jacksonville, Florida, 2008
Certified Feng Shui Consultant
Feng Shui Institute of America - Wabasso, Florida / Scottsdale, Arizona, 1998.
Continuing Education in Interior/Environmental Design: Human Factors and Ergonomics in Design
UCLA Extension/Design Center - Los Angeles, California, 1993.
Certified Wellness Consultant: Major in Health Promotion
Chapman College - Orange, California, 1988.
Registered Occupational Therapist
Member of American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
National Board Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) – with specialty in Geriatrics NBCOT
B.S. Health Science: Occupational Therapy
The University of Florida - Gainesville, Florida, 1985.