Dedicated Physical Therapist Assistant focused on cultivating positive patient relationships. Knowledgeable in rehabilitation and caseload management. Successful career history comprising more than 20 years.
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Marcy Stafford
Warren,PA
Summary
Overview
20
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Encompass Care Warren Manor
Physical Therapist Assistant
03.2013 - 03.2024
Job overview
- Skilled nursing and long-term care settings address conditions such as deconditioning, falls, cerebrovascular accidents (CVA), transient ischemic attacks (TIA), and joint replacements, primarily serving the geriatric population.
- Instructed patients with ambulation with and without assistive devices, transfers and exercises
- Also educated patients on safety.
- Collaborated with physical therapists to develop comprehensive treatment plans addressing individual patient needs and goals.
- Improved patient mobility by implementing personalized therapeutic exercise programs and manual therapy techniques.
- Contributed to interdisciplinary team meetings for better coordination of care among healthcare professionals involved in the patients'' recovery process.
- Educated families and caregivers on treatment programs for improved at-home support.
- Implemented fall prevention strategies for elderly clients at increased risk of injury due to balance impairments.
- Assisted in reducing patient pain levels through targeted massage therapy, heat/cold treatments, and electrical stimulation.
- Provided compassionate care for geriatric patients in skilled nursing facilities, focusing on improving strength, balance, and overall quality of life.
- Promoted faster recovery for post-surgical patients with tailored stretching and strengthening exercises.
- Provided support for patients during therapeutic group activities, fostering a positive and collaborative environment conducive to healing.
Premier Therapy Services, LLC
Physical Therapist Assistant
12.2016 - 03.2017
Job overview
- Float between 2 skilled nursing homes
- Patients seen for deconditioning, TIAs, hip and knee replacements, pneumonia, etc
- Treatments included modalities, gait training, transfer training, strengthening, balance activities and education on safety
- Documentation computerized.
Warren Co Homemakers
Personal Care Aide (PCA)
01.2013 - 12.2016
Job overview
- Assist clients in continuing an independent lifestyle including transportation to appointments, cleaning, hygiene, etc.
Rouse Suites
Resident Assistant (RA)
09.2015 - 03.2016
Job overview
- Responsibilities: assist each resident in ADL's when needed
- Transfers and gait
- Help bring residents to dining room for meals and other activities
- Laundry, interpersonal skills, transfers and gait assistance
- Mentored new Resident Assistants, providing guidance on effective strategies for managing various situations.
Masonic Villages
Physical Therapist Assistant
09.2011 - 11.2012
Job overview
- Skilled nursing/Long term care facility with joint replacements, falls, traumatic injuries, deconditioned, CVA, etc residents
- Residents are primarily geriatric
- Skilled PT treatments include gait and transfer training, therapeutic exercises, balance and modalities
- Documentation computerized.
Willow Valley Retirement Communities
Physical Therapist Assistant
09.2010 - 10.2012
Job overview
- Continuing Care facility including residents who have had joint replacements, falls, strokes, deconditioned, etc Population consists of senior residents
- Skilled PT treatments include gait and transfer training, therapeutic exercises, balance and modalities
- Collaborated with physical therapists to develop comprehensive treatment plans addressing individual patient needs and goals.
- Followed all HIPAA rules and regulations regarding patient confidentiality.
- Documentation computerized.
York Hospital Inpatient
Physical Therapist Assistant PRN
08.2008 - 03.2011
Job overview
- Inpatient rehab setting at a trauma hospital includes joint replacements, motor vehicle accident victims, CVAs, TIAs to name a few patient diagnoses
- Instructed patients on ambulation with/without assistive devices, transfers, exercises and balance
- Documentation computerized.
Education
Jefferson Community CollegeLouisville, KY
Associate in Applied Science in Physical Therapy Assistant
05.2004
University Overview
Slippery Rock UniversitySlippery Rock, PA
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
05.1995
University Overview
Skills
- CPR certified
- Microsoft Windows, MS Word, MS Excel
- Managerial/ Customer Service Experience
- Post-surgical Rehabilitation
- Geriatric Physical Therapy
- Functional Mobility Training
- Therapeutic exercises
- Patient Education
- Medical Terminology
- Balance Assessment
- Soft tissue mobilization
- Treatment implementation
- Pain Management Techniques
- Adaptive Equipment Training
- Flexibility Improvement
- Prosthetic Training
- Aquatic Therapy
- Outpatient Therapy
- Injury Prevention
- Problem-Solving
- HIPAA Compliance
Certification
Physical Therapist Assistant License - 12/31/2022- 12/31/2024
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