Catherine A. Gilman

• Build and maintain relationships remotely with providers across United States.
• Educate and schedule lunches to expand business growth

• Teach communication, social, self-help, and play skills through Applied Behavioral Analysis, as well as helping to reduce possibly harmful behaviors

• Assigned to most complex cases in the agency, which included nonverbal and violent patients. Was able to greatly reduce outbursts. Reduced ASL use and eliminated need for communication devices previously thought to be required (such as Proloquo). Milestones that didn't seem possible before were achieved.

• Patients from previous agency requested transfer to this agency due to them changing and having strong desire for me to continue with them
• Assisting patients with developmental disabilities and/or mental illnesses.
• Customized therapy to assist with development of new abilities, knowledge, and goals, lowered or eliminated undesirable behaviors such as self harm, maintain personal safety during outbursts, teach and/or help maintain independence, etc
• Helped clients maintain optimal health by overseeing medication administration, doctor's appointments, diabetic care, oxygen and/or CPAP assistance, hyper/hypotensive care, peri-care, wound care, and more.
• Helped patients care for themselves by teaching proper, safe use of ambulation assistive devices such as canes or walkers.
• Assisted residents with basic activities of daily living.
• Assigned to most complex cases in agency, which included nonverbal and violent patients. Was able to greatly reduce outbursts and ASL use. Milestones that didn't seem possible were achieved.

• Assisting patients with developmental disabilities and/or mental illnesses.
• Customized therapy to assist with development of new abilities, knowledge, and goals, lowered or eliminated undesirable behaviors such as self harm, maintain personal safety during outbursts, teach and/or help maintain independence, etc
• Helped clients maintain optimal health by overseeing medication administration, doctor's appointments, diabetic care, oxygen and/or CPAP assistance, hyper/hypotensive care, peri-care, wound care, and more.
• Helped patients care for themselves by teaching proper, safe use of ambulation assistive devices such as canes or walkers.
• Assisted residents with basic activities of daily living.
• Became inactive employee with this agency in order to accommodate patients who were switching agencies and requested that I follow in order to still provide them care
• Assigned to most complex cases in agency, which included nonverbal and violent patients. I was able to greatly reduce outbursts and ASL use. Milestones that didn't seem possible were achieved.

• Assisting patients with developmental disabilities and/or mental illnesses.
• Customized therapy to assist with development of new abilities, knowledge, and goals, lowered or eliminated undesirable behaviors such as self harm, maintain personal safety during outbursts, teach and/or help maintain independence, etc
• Helped clients maintain optimal health by overseeing medication administration, doctor's appointments, diabetic care, oxygen and/or CPAP assistance, hyper/hypotensive care, peri-care, wound care, and more.
• Helped patients care for themselves by teaching proper, safe use of ambulation assistive devices such as canes or walkers.
• Assisted residents with basic activities of daily living.

• In procedure room, assist doctors in colonoscopies, EGD’s, G-tube, esophageal dilation, biopsies, colostomies, etc
• Out of room, sterilize, prep, and aftercare
• Experience in back office taking vitals, scheduling, referrals, billing and coding.

• With help to front office and billing and coding
• Responsibilities included, but were not limited to; Ear lavage, stress test, Holter monitor, EKG, injections, assisting and trigger point injections, removal of catheters, assisting gynecological exams, diabetic care (monitor glucose, order supplies, insulin patient education), urinalysis, fecal occult, referrals and authorizations, follow up, scheduling, eye exams, forest fire fighter health clearance, crash cart assistance, TB test, refill prescriptions, etc
• Internal medicine specializing in woman’s and geriatric care
• Worked closely with drug reps and led new implementation of Reclast infusion
• Converted thousands of medical documents into EMR system to assist with going paperless

• Assisting the Physical and Occupational Therapists with patients in whirlpool therapy, exercises, moist heat, paraffin, ultrasound, TENs, walking, treatment of MRSA, transferring patients, patient education, etc

• Specializing in Acute and SNF hospitalization, as well as outpatient and occupational therapy

• Scheduling, charting, billing and coding, etc

• Caring for patients in their homes

• Providing medical attention to various illnesses/ailments (CPAP assistance, glucose monitoring, oxygen, medication, peri-care, pressure ulcer care up to stage 4, etc.), providing patient assistance for travel to doctors appointments, scheduling appointments, meals, hygiene, errands, shopping, light cleaning, and anything patient needs
• Highly experienced with bedridden and high risk/critical patients