Charles Vickery

• Provided compassionate care for geriatric patients in skilled nursing facilities, focusing on improving strength, balance, and overall quality of life.
• Developed strong patient rapport and trust through empathetic listening and consistent encouragement during the rehabilitation process.
• Improved patient mobility using passive and active therapeutic exercises.
• Maintained care continuity through multidisciplinary teamwork and collaboration.
• Enhanced patient rehabilitation outcomes by closely monitoring progress and adjusting treatment plans accordingly.

PRN PTA at inpatient rehab facility primarily treating patients recovering from surgery or recent CVAs.

• Documented each patient intervention with updates in computer system.
• Planned individually-designed treatment programs to restore, maintain and improve physical functioning, alleviate pain, and prevent disability following Physical Therapist's plan of care.
• Scheduled patient appointments to meet treatment requirements and provide quality care.

• Provided in home care physical therapy to homebound patients following plan of care established by supervising PT.
• Collaborated closely with other healthcare providers.
• Monitored and recorded patient progress in response to therapy.
• Assessed treatment plans and made adjustments as needed for maximum benefits.
• Scheduled patient appointments to meet treatment requirements and provide quality care.
• Mentored 3 PTA students as their Clinical Instructor.

• Delivered home care physical therapy to homebound patients.
• Designed individualized home exercise programs and instructed patients and caregivers in their implementation.
• Collaborated closely with other healthcare providers.
• Monitored and recorded patient progress in response to therapy.
• Educated patients and family members regarding diagnosis, injury prevention and therapeutic treatments.
• Assessed treatment plans and made adjustments as needed for maximum benefits.

• Scheduled visits and delivered home care physical therapy as a travelling therapist.
• Communicated effectively with other care providers (physicians, nurses, business office, and medical records) to provide for continuity of patient care.
• Treated each patient according to a written plan of care to meet predetermined goals.
• Recorded detailed prognosis, treatment, responses and progress notes in patient charts.

• Educated patients and family members regarding diagnosis, injury prevention, and therapeutic treatments.
• Taught patients techniques for safe use of assistive devices
• Planned individually-designed treatment programs to restore, maintain and improve physical functioning, and alleviate pain and prevent disability with patients suffering from injury or disease, joint replacement, or neurological disorders.
• Communicated effectively with other care providers (therapists, physicians, nurses, social workers, and orthotic and prosthetic specialists) to facilitate continuity of patient care.
• Served as a liaison between our facility and cardiac rehab at local hospital as well as the support group Mended Hearts.
• Monitored and recorded patient progress in response to therapy with thoughtful, comprehensive, and accurate notes.
• Conducted in service training for therapy staff on PNF techniques, fall prevention, and advances in cardiac rehabilitation.
• Guided lower extremity amputees in care of their affected limb, optimal stump shaping, donning and doffing of prosthesis, and safe and efficient ambulation with the newly-acquired device.
• Served as a CI training 11 physical therapist assistant students from Whatcom Community College.
• Maintained outstanding productivity while undertaking a varied and challenging weekend schedule with minimal supervision.
• Treated a wide range of conditions, including chronic and acute pain, lower back pathologies, arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's, stroke and neuropathies.

• Followed IEP created by a physical therapist while planning and administering a range of treatments and therapeutic exercise programs for children with autism, cerebral palsy, and developmental disabilities.
• Monitored and recorded patient progress in response to therapy.
• Worked in pediatrics part-time concurrently with full-time employment in a SNF.

Deckhand on a commercial longline fishing vessel in Alaska.