Steve Westgerdes
Centerville,OH
Summary
Enthusiastic team player, deeply committed to delivering quality care and achieving superior patient outcomes as an Occupational Therapist for geriatric and orthopedic patients.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Occupational Therapy Team Lead
Soin Medical Center/Greene Memorial Hospital
10.2019 - Current
- Serve as a role model for the team by demonstrating commitment to excellence, professionalism, and adherence to company values at all times.
- Enhance overall team performance by providing regular coaching, feedback, and skill development opportunities.
- Promote a positive work environment by fostering teamwork, open communication, and employee recognition initiatives.
- Collaborate with manager to determine daily staffing needs to accommodate patient care demands
- Experienced in daily a.m. scheduling and leading daily noon huddles to ensure coverage for priority evaluations and treatments to enhance efficiency of patient throughput
- Conduct 1-on-1 rounding sessions (OT, PT, SLP) and effectively communicate staff needs to manager
- Act as point of contact for escalated issues (involving patients, caregivers, staff) and resolve issues through effective conflict management techniques (HEAL, ICARE) and strong problem solving skills
- Ensured clinical quality standards including: new employee interviews, orientation of new hires, chart audits, and communicating updates and protocols to staff
- Developed and maintained good working relationships with team members and interdisciplinary staff hospital wide through effective communication, mutual collaboration, and constant professionalism
- Collaborate with other department leads to streamline workflows, improve interdepartmental coordination, and achieve business goals collectively.
- Organizer and Leader of Annual OT Summit to foster teamwork, collaboration and ensure best practice in acute care
- Coordinate with manager in procuring office supplies and DME for both campuses
- Gather, organize and input information into digital database/Perform tracking and reporting of workflow trends (e.g. daily census, staff-up to catch-up) to enhance and improve efficiency of day-to-day operations
- Working knowledge (EPIC, Microsoft Word, Microsoft TEAMs, and Excel)
Occupational Therapist, Advanced
Soin Medical Center/Greene Memorial Hospital
05.2013 - 10.2019
- Conduct thorough evaluations to assess patient needs, functional limitations, and potential for improvement.
- Enhance patient functionality through evidence-based therapeutic interventions and exercises.
- Provide education to patients and families on coping strategies, adaptive equipment, and safety modifications.
- Coordinate with physical therapists, care coordinators, nurses, and physicians to ensure continuity of care and provide consistent quality medical treatment.
- Train new therapists and mentor to improve knowledge and performance.
- Created AE/DME and Community Program resource handout for rehab department.
Education
Master of Science - Occupational Therapy
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH12.2012
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH03.2000
Skills
- Orthopedics specialist
- Focused on consistent, quality care
- Skilled in patient relations
- Certified in Myofascial Release
- BLSProvider(CPR and AED certified)
- Basic Hebrew and Yiddish Comprehension
Timeline
Occupational Therapy Team Lead
Soin Medical Center/Greene Memorial Hospital
10.2019 - Current
Occupational Therapist, Advanced
Soin Medical Center/Greene Memorial Hospital
05.2013 - 10.2019
Master of Science - Occupational Therapy
The Ohio State University
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
The Ohio State University
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