Donna Smith

• Conducted clinical assessment and evaluation to determine patient needs utilizing objective outcome measures.
• Improved patient mobility by developing personalized treatment plans, monitoring progress, and prescribed individualized exercise programs.
• Educated patients and family members on diagnosis, injury prevention, therapeutic treatments, and caregiver training.
• Utilized evidence-based practices to improve patient outcomes.
• Developed strong relationships with patients, establishing trust and rapport to facilitate successful therapy outcomes and enjoyed challenge of working with complex patients.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive care plans for optimal patient outcomes.
• Managed high-volume diverse patient diagnoses caseload and organized daily schedules of assistants and patients.
• Consistently demonstrated excellent thorough documentation skills.
• Participated in Functional Outcome Committee with staff training.

Provided comprehensive home physical therapy including all aspects of patient care and home safety assessments to variety of patient diagnoses.

Worked as staff therapist for one year with variety of patient diagnoses and then promoted to Director of Therapy Services. This included management of all therapies (PT, OT, SLP), maintaining 50% patient caseload, program development, staff inservice training, hospital-wide educational programs, and various other administrative tasks.