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LaDona Harman

Tonasket,WA

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Physical Therapy Assistant

ENHABIT HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE
07.2022 - Current
  • Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.
  • Observe patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provide results to physical therapist in person or through progress notes.
  • Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment.
  • Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, or heat, light, sound, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound.
  • Communicate with or instruct caregivers or family members on patient therapeutic activities or treatment plans.
  • Fit and trained patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices, such as crutches.
  • Improved patient mobility by implementing individualized therapeutic exercises and manual therapy techniques.

Physical Therapist Assistant/Office Manager

SAMMUEL SIMMONDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
09.2015 - 05.2022
  • Managed staff in department, facilitated village travel for PT, produced reports for hospital regarding department.
  • Observe patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provide results to physical therapist in person or through progress notes.
  • Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment.
  • Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, or heat, light, sound, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound. Communicate with or instruct caregivers or family members on patient therapeutic activities or treatment plans.
  • Fit and train patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices, such as crutches. Train caregivers as needed.
  • Administer hearing or speech and language, tests, or examinations to patients to collect information on type and degree of impairments, using written or oral tests or special instruments.
  • Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental and physical capabilities.
  • Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
  • Provide Activities for ALF and hospital swingbed program focusing on cultural and individual interests, physical and emotional needs.

Physical Therapy Assistant

FRONTIER HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE
06.2015 - 09.2015
  • Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients to practice exercises or functional activities.
  • Observe patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provide results to physical therapist in person or through progress notes.
  • Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment.
  • Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, or heat, light, sound, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound.
  • Communicate with or instruct caregivers or family members on patient therapeutic activities or treatment plans.

Physical Therapy Assistant

KODIAK BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
09.2014 - 05.2015
  • Provided PT established goals as documented in student IEP’s
  • Traveled between 6 schools to provide services, communicated with off island PT as to patients progress toward goals and additional identified needs.
  • Began a special education “baseball” team program which was inclusive to all levels of development and adaptation, Mainstream and school staff also took part.
  • Worked with all types of special needs, from sensory to developmental, physically and or emotionally challenged.

Physical Therapy Assistant

NORTH VALLEY HOSPITAL
12.2013 - 09.2014
  • Observe patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provide results to physical therapist in person or through progress notes.
  • Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment.
  • Transport patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements.
  • Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, or heat, light, sound, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound.
  • Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.
  • Train patients in use of orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices.

Physical Therapy Assistant

MARTHA & MARY HEALTH SERVICES
04.2008 - 11.2013
  • Addressed patient goals in skilled nursing facility setting as determined by physical therapist caseload was sub-acute to LTC.
  • Diagnosis most commonly seen were CVA, Parkinson's RA, hip and knee replacements among others. WC mobility, fitting and training.
  • Assistive device set up and training for patients as well as caregivers. Consulted with other direct care staff and worked with caregivers to implement home programs.
  • Improved patient mobility by implementing individualized therapeutic exercises and manual therapy techniques.

Education

Associates - Applied Science

OLYMPIC COLLEGE
Bremerton, Washington
04.2008

Skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Client and team focused
  • Customer service
  • Decision making
  • Documentation
  • Functional
  • Insurance
  • Notes
  • Management skills
  • Memory
  • Positioning

Timeline

Physical Therapy Assistant

ENHABIT HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE
07.2022 - Current

Physical Therapist Assistant/Office Manager

SAMMUEL SIMMONDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
09.2015 - 05.2022

Physical Therapy Assistant

FRONTIER HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE
06.2015 - 09.2015

Physical Therapy Assistant

KODIAK BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
09.2014 - 05.2015

Physical Therapy Assistant

NORTH VALLEY HOSPITAL
12.2013 - 09.2014

Physical Therapy Assistant

MARTHA & MARY HEALTH SERVICES
04.2008 - 11.2013

Associates - Applied Science

OLYMPIC COLLEGE

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