Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Affiliations
Fieldwork
Cota License
Volunteer Experience
Timeline
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Mason Andrews

Temple,TX

Summary

Focused team player familiar with helping patients develop skills such as feeding, grooming and dressing, as well as providing educational support and managing sensory processing issues. Hardworking, disciplined multitasker with analytical problem-solving and conflict management abilities.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Full-time COTA

Encompass Health Inpatient Rehab
08.2020 - Current
  • Meet goals and expectations established by OTR in IRF setting
  • Work closely with therapy team and patients to provide best plan of care, progress short term goals, long term goals, transfer training, ADL training, family training
  • Completing documentation in time efficient manner
  • Maintaining open schedule to accept shifts when able.

Rehab Tech

Encompass Health Inpatient Rehab
10.2017 - 08.2020
  • Work alongside physical, occupational, and speech therapist in transporting patients from gym and their rooms for therapeutic interventions. Assist with transfers and treatments that require extra set of hands.
  • Assist in toileting, showering, hygiene, walking, and treating patients
  • Maintain stock of gym in preparation for therapist to facilitate proper flow of work environment. Correctly assess wheelchair sizing for patients and complete routine maintenance on wheelchairs.

Rehab Tech

CHI St. Lukes Hospital
09.2016 - 08.2017
  • Worked alongside physical, occupational, and speech therapist in checking and correcting charges, input times with patients on SMART, creating schedules for all therapist by tracking room changes and discharges in order to give them best opportunity at high productivity, assisted in treatments with acute rehab and med surg
  • Other office duties include daily order to evaluate audits, monthly heart/stroke audits, and communicated closely with doctors and nurses in order to receive new evaluations or to determine whether or not therapy was necessary
  • Patient demographic includes strokes, heart surgeries, and various orthopedic surgeries, mostly ages 40 and up.

Education

Associate of Applied Science - Occupational Therapy Assistant

St. Catherine University
Saint Paul, MN
08.2020

Bachelors of Science - Exercise Sports Science

Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
08.2017

Skills

  • Patient Rehabilitation
  • Client Education
  • Activity analysis
  • Stroke Recovery Assistance
  • Clinical Team Collaboration
  • Group therapy facilitation
  • Home modification
  • Fine Motor Skills
  • Orthopedic care
  • Adaptive equipment expertise
  • Wheelchair Seating Evaluation
  • Pediatric Care
  • Collaboration Abilities
  • CPR/AED
  • Sensory Integration
  • Patient Relations
  • Neurological disorders knowledge
  • Patient care planning

Certification

  • CPR and BLS for health care providers, 10/2023
  • COTA, 08/2023

Affiliations

  • Member, American Occupational Therapy Association
  • Member, Texas Occupational Therapy Association

Fieldwork

  • Level I, AGE of Central Texas, Round Rock, TX, 04/2019, Lead two groups, interact, assess, and build rapport with the clients., Assist faculty as needed.
  • Level I, Mary Lee Foundation, Austin, TX, 06/2019, Lead group, interact, and establish rapport with clients., Assist faculty as needed.
  • Level II, Encompass Health Inpatient Rehab, Round Rock, TX, 01/2020, Provide treatments, complete documentation, establish patient schedule, lead group therapy, and meet goals established by OTR.
  • Level II, All Care Therapies Pediatric Clinic, Georgetown, TX, 02/2020, Provide treatments, complete documentation, establish schedule, communicate progress with parents of patients after each treatment, and meet goals established by OTR.

Cota License

216445

Volunteer Experience

  • Riverkids Home Health, Houston, TX, 01/2016, Assisted physical therapist with the creation and execution of treatment programs targeting special needs pediatric patients at the client's home., Educated patient's parents on creative ways to implement stretches and exercises each day., Maintained patient's attention in fun and innovative ways while carrying-out treatment programs in an efficient manner.
  • Keep Austin Beautiful, Austin, TX, 05/2019, Took initiative in picking up litter at several parks, the sides of roads, and various other environments., Participated in environmental regrowth projects which involved clean up, planting, and maintaining., Educated the community on the importance of taking care of the environment and the benefits a healthy ecosystem brings.

Timeline

Full-time COTA

Encompass Health Inpatient Rehab
08.2020 - Current

Rehab Tech

Encompass Health Inpatient Rehab
10.2017 - 08.2020

Rehab Tech

CHI St. Lukes Hospital
09.2016 - 08.2017

Associate of Applied Science - Occupational Therapy Assistant

St. Catherine University

Bachelors of Science - Exercise Sports Science

Texas State University
  • CPR and BLS for health care providers, 10/2023
  • COTA, 08/2023
Mason Andrews