Dedicated, retired Army Occupational Therapist, with 43 years of medical experience and 30 year track record of providing quality Occupational Therapy Services. Provides skilled OT services to patient/family-centered care in home (Early Intervention and Physical Disabilities), hospital, skilled nursing facility and school system, solidly credentialed and diversely experienced with a comprehensive background in home health care, physical disabilities, acute care, long term care, orthopedics (hand therapy), wound/burn care, early intervention, pediatrics and psychiatric services.
Knowledgeable of Medicare and Medicaid regulations, Private Pay, HMO’s and JCAHO standards and requirements. Served as Fieldwork Supervisor for Level I and II, OTS and OTA students and supervisor for OTRs and COTAs in all OT settings.
Committed to clinical excellence and the philosophy of “patient’s come first”.
EMR: Point Care
EMR: SpedTrack
EMR: CASAMBA; Rehab Optima
EMR: ReDoc and EPSI
EMR: Rehab Optima
EMR: Rehab Optima and CASAMBA
Provide skilled OT services in a 200 bed Nursing Facility. Complete and maintain electronic medical records and supervise 3 COTA’s and 1 OTR. Evaluate patients' progress in skilled nursing, home environment. And prepare reports that detail progress. Test and evaluate patients' physical abilities, support system and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients. Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in skilled nursing facility and home evaluation to help rehabilitate to return to home environment, alone or with caregiver. Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities. Consult with other rehabilitation team members on patient’s progress with occupational therapy services.
EMR: HCHB
Provide skilled Occupational Therapy Services in the home. Evaluate and establish effective POC to increase patient’s independence and safety in the home. Communicate with patient’s family, primary care provider, and other home health care staff to insure that patient is receiving optimal care in the home. Supervise COTA’s and insure that 24-hour communication is available to COTA to insure that the patient is provided with the best treatment possible.
EMR: HCHB
Provide skilled Occupational Therapy Services in the home. Evaluate and establish effective POC to increase patient’s independence and safety in the home. Communicate with patient’s family, primary care provider, and other home health care staff to insure that patient is receiving optimal care in the home. Supervise COTA’s and insure that 24-hour communication is available to COTA to insure that the patient is provided with the best treatment possible.
EMR: CASAMBA
Provide skilled OT services in 140 beds Nursing Facility. Complete and maintain electronic medical records and supervise two COTA’s. Evaluate patients' progress in skilled nursing, home environment. And prepare reports that detail progress. Test and evaluate patients' physical abilities, support system and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients. Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in skilled nursing facility and home evaluation to help rehabilitate to return to home environment, alone or with caregiver. Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities. Consult with other rehabilitation team members on patient’s progress with occupational therapy services.
Provides Occupational Therapy Services for Physical Disabilities, Neurology, Psychiatric and Orthopedic patients in the acute care hospital setting. Complete and maintain medical records. Evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients and prepare detailed progress reports. Select activities that help patients learn work and life-management skills within the limits of their mental and physical capabilities. Provide written recommendations in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
Provide skilled Occupational Therapy services to Orthopedic, Neurology, and Physical Disabilities patients. Responsible for initial evaluations and establishing effective treatment plans
Evaluate, test, and provided OT services to students in the least restrictive environment. Prepare detailed progress reports for parents, teachers, and IEP team members.
EMR: CASAMBA
Provided skilled OT services in 150 beds Nursing Facility. Complete and maintain electronic medical records. Evaluate patients' progress in skilled nursing facility and prepare reports that detail progress. Test and evaluate patients' physical abilities, support system and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients. Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in skilled nursing facility and home evaluation to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness or injury. Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities. Consult with other rehabilitation team members on patient’s progress with occupational therapy services.
EMR: HCHB
Complete and maintain necessary electronic medical records. Evaluate patients' progress in the home setting and prepare reports that detail progress. Test and evaluate patients' physical abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients. Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental and physical capabilities. Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in the home setting to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems. Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities. Consult with rehabilitation team members to select activity programs and coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
Evaluated and tested Early Intervention clients in the home setting and prepared reports that detailed progress of skilled OT interventions. Analyzed child’s physical, mental and medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals. Selected age appropriate therapeutic activities that enabled the child to learn, work, play, and apply life-management skills within the limits of their mental and physical capabilities. Recommended changes in the living environment, consistent with the child’s needs and capabilities. Consulted with parents and rehabilitation team members to select activities and coordinate occupational therapy services
Provided services for Orthopedics, Primary Care, Inpatient Physical and Psychiatric Disabilities and Pediatrics. Served as Physician extender for Upper Extremity Neuromusculosketal Evaluations and Wound/Burn care management. Responsible for the clinic budget of $20,000 and equipment valued at $150,000. Provided preventive healthcare in the areas of stress management, ergonomic considerations, work therapy and conservative chronic pain management. Supervised and evaluated three COTA’s and one civilian employee. Responsible for the clinic’s Quality Improvement, Infection Control and Safety Programs. Served as coordinator for the Department of Surgery JCAHO program. Ensured that Occupational Therapy was represented at all disciplinary, community and administrative meetings. Coordinate all educational training and in-services for Rehab Services.
Provided services for Orthopedics, Primary Care, Inpatient Physical and Psychiatric Disabilities and Pediatrics. Oversee all Inpatient Rehabilitation and the Quality Improvement, Safety and Infection Control Programs. Served as Physician extender for Upper Extremity Neuromusculosketal Evaluations and Wound/Burn care management. Responsible for the clinic budget of $80,000 and equipment valued at $150,000. Provided preventive healthcare in the areas of stress management, ergonomic considerations, work therapy and conservative chronic pain management. Supervised and evaluated two OTR’s, four COTA’s and eleven civilian employees. Fieldwork supervisor for Level I and II OTS and OTA students. JCAHO coordinator for Rehabilitation Services. Provided services for Orthopedics, Primary Care, Inpatient Physical and Psychiatric Disabilities and Pediatrics. Provided preventive healthcare in the areas of stress management, ergonomic considerations, work therapy and conservative chronic pain management. Department of Surgery JCAHO coordinator. Ensured that Occupational Therapy was represented at all disciplinary, community and administrative meetings. Coordinate all educational training and in-services for Rehab Services.
Provided services for Orthopedics, Primary Care, Substance Abuse, Inpatient Physical and Psychiatric Disabilities and Pediatrics. Served as Physician extender for Upper Extremity Neuromusculosketal Evaluations and Wound/Burn care management. Responsible for the clinic budget of $20,000 and equipment valued at $75,000. Provided preventive healthcare in the areas of stress management, ergonomic considerations, work therapy and conservative chronic pain management. Supervised and evaluated three COTA’s. Responsible for the clinic’s Quality Improvement, Infection Control and Safety Programs. Served as coordinator for the Department of Surgery JCAHO program. Ensured that Occupational Therapy was represented at all disciplinary, community and administrative meetings. Coordinate all educational training and in-services for Rehab Services.
Supervisor of Occupational Therapy Inpatient Physical and Psychiatric Services. Responsible for the overall management of the program to include evaluations, treatment, maintaining the work therapy program. Ensures occupational therapy is represented at all disciplinary, community and administrative meetings. Provided treatment and rehabilitation for a variety of orthopedic patients. Supervised three COTA’s and clinical supervisor for OTS and OTA students. Directed the clinic’s Quality Improvement, Infection Control, and Safety Programs. Coordinated all educational training and clinic in-services. Assisted the Director with preparation for JCAHO.
Provided Occupational Therapy Services under the direct supervision of an OTR. Services included Physical Disabilities, Neurology, Pediatric, Psychiatric and Upper Extremity Evaluations (Hand Therapist). Completed and maintained necessary records. Evaluated patients' progress in various settings and prepared reports that detailed progress. Tested and evaluated patients' physical and mental abilities and analyzed medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients. Selected activities that helped individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental and physical capabilities. Recommended changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities. Consulted with rehabilitation team members to select activity programs and coordinated occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
National Board of Certification in Occupational Therapy
October 1997
Army Upper Extremity Evaluator
October 1999
Basic Cardiac Life Support