CHRISTINA HERNANDEZ
Houston,Texas
Summary
I am a highly-driven, motivated, efficient, and effective leader who strives for continuous growth and seeks opportunities to align with the organization's Mission, Vision, and Values. Creative, detail-oriented problem solver and leader, adept at spearheading projects and working with a multi-disciplinary team, while effectively delegating and providing support and promoting a cohesive environment. Ability to meet or exceed all deadlines. Highly experienced Director of Therapy with 12 years of leadership in managing comprehensive rehabilitation programs. Proven expertise in enhancing clinical operations, staff development, and patient care outcomes. Skilled in regulatory compliance, interdisciplinary collaboration, and budget management. Previous hands-on experience as an Occupational Therapist in rehab, skilled nursing, and bedside settings, with a passion for driving high-quality patient care.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Advanced Wound Care Clinic
St. Joseph Medical Center
Houston, Texas
09.2018 - Current
- Provides leadership and operations for 5.3 FTEs to include Nurse Manager
- Participates in value analysis and overall decreased budget expenditures by 23.36% within 3 months
- Completes necessary revisions and reformatting of policies and procedures relating to Wound Care services
- Manages daily processes, with a focus on patient, physician and staff satisfaction
- Works in collaboration with contract services for management, growth and compliance
- Ensures compliance with DNV and JCAHO measures
06.2005 - Current
- Efficient in time-management and completing caseload
- Competent in areas of inpatient Rehabilitation, SNF, acute care, orthopedics, intensive care units
- Highly FIM QI certified
- Performs independent initial evaluations, and provides age appropriate, client-centered therapeutic interventions
- Performs screenings, post-op teaching, and patient/family education as appropriate
- Develops individualized treatment plans, and evaluates patient response to treatment
- Works in collaboration with other therapists to ensure quality patient care
- Competent with use of modalities such as neuromuscular electrical stimulation, TENS, cryotherapy, and heat packs
- Serves as a lead therapist and mentor for new hires
- Partakes and communicates with multi-disciplinary team in case conferences regarding patient's progress, needs, and discharge disposition
- Creative with treatment implementation and develops cost-saving ideas
11.2018 - 02.2020
- Responsible for screening appropriate patients, and communicating recommendations to Rehab Physiatrist
- Participates in Interdisciplinary Team Conferences to request choice options and post-acute care recommendations
- Works cohesively with Rehab Liaison for IRF-PAI compliance, and 60/40 rule
- Proficient with UDS IRF-PAI data entry and CMS transmission
- Leads continuous FIM training/ QI training for therapy and nursing staff
- Serves as Rehab Liaison and oversees contract company to manage inpatient rehab unit
Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
02.2012 - 05.2014
- Provides leadership and operations for 30 plus FTEs to include Clinical Coordinator
- Process improvement in all areas, with a focus on throughput, quality and safety
- Establishes quality metrics and performs monthly audits for inpatient and outpatient therapy services to ensure CMS compliance
- Completes necessary revisions and reformatting of policies and procedures relating to inpatient and outpatient PT/OT/ST services
- Serves as a contact for the student program, and leads department orientations
- Oversees budgeting of department needs and supplies, and consistently remains under budget
- Performs staffing, scheduling, performance evaluations and payroll
- Meets productivity target in areas of PT, OT, and ST at 100% over the course of a year
- Initiates department satisfaction measures to identify facility as a host facility for numerous therapy CE courses at minimal cost to the hospital
- Encompasses the values of monthly employee rounding, reward and recognition
- Participates in HCAHPS initiative committee
- Creates a department recognition program and highlights staff every quarter to improve staff engagement and satisfaction
Education
Bachelors of Science - Occupational Therapy
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX05.2004
Skills
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Detail oriented
- Manage numerous projects simultaneously
- Efficient in time management
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- Proficient in Microsoft applications
- Maintains positive work relationships with peers
- Proficient in electronic documentation - McKesson, Cerner, Meditech
- Strong ability to work independently and as a team player
- Customer Service
Timeline
11.2018 - 02.2020
Director of Advanced Wound Care Clinic
St. Joseph Medical Center
09.2018 - Current
Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
02.2012 - 05.2014
06.2005 - Current
Bachelors of Science - Occupational Therapy
University of Texas Medical Branch
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