Veronica Eggleston
Helena,Montana
Summary
Reliable and dedicated Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant with a drive to help others regain their independence and functionality with daily routines and tasks of choice. Demonstrates strong ability to build rapport with a variety of resident personalities and ages. Demonstrates strong skills with skilled documentation, timely documentation, and ability to maintain adequate productivity levels with diverse scheduling and caseload demands over the span of a year. Strong abilities in group facilitation, progress monitoring, therapeutic communication, resident advocacy, and interdisciplinary team collaboration and communication. Knowledge of skilled maintenance programs with SNF setting. Committed to working hard to achieve resident goals and promote a healthy, safe, fun, and overall enjoyable environment in any facility employed in.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation
01.2023 - Current
- Maintained productivity of 90% or higher during most work days
- Managed a caseload of 8-19 patients ranging in ages from 39-99 in a day, dependent upon scheduling and staffing needs
- Assisted in therapeutic activities, enhancing patient mobility and independence with ADL/IADL routines, functional transfers, and functional mobility via use of implementing individualized treatment plans
- Collaborated with therapists to optimize rehabilitation strategies
- Provision of feedback to therapists on observations and assessments of residents to optimize plan of care curated and carried out
- Utilized and instructed residents on use of adaptive equipment, addressing diverse patient needs effectively
- Documented patient progress, ensuring accurate and timely updates
- Facilitated group therapeutic treatment sessions to maximize social participation and quality of life while addressing functional skills to promote progress
- Built rapport with residents on caseload to provide a safe and comfortable environment to promote improved participation and enjoyment of skilled therapeutic intervention
- Provided PAMs as needed per resident diverse needs including Estim, Ultrasound, and Diathermy
- Worked and communicated with interdisciplinary team to coordinate changes in plans of care and discharge orders
- Provided patient and family education on various topics as needed to maximize understanding of scope of Occupational Therapy and purpose of interventions utilized
Occupational Therapy Assistant Student
Universal Institute
06.2022 - 08.2022
- Provided direct occupational therapy services in an outpatient/adult daycare setting
- Assisted patients with completing basic daily living activities such as grooming, dressing and self-feeding, as well as higher level IADL tasks including simulated banking, grocery shopping, work-preparation tasks, etc.
- Maintained and promoted positive attitude toward clients and treatment programs
- Built rapport with a variety of adults ranging in age (18+) and functional capacities, promoting a safe and comfortable environment for optimal engagement, participation, and growth
- Documented all treatment sessions via handwritten format accurately and efficiently
- Handled a caseload of 4-6 clients per day
- Worked with PAM's including hot packs and paraffin
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions
- Worked in conjunction with supervising therapist to build a skillset to promote learning and knowledge building during clinical time to progress towards gaining licensure
Occupational Therapy Assistant Student
Northern Hills Academy
03.2022 - 05.2022
- Provided direct occupational therapy services in a school setting
- Helped improve fine motor, visual perception, sensory processing skills, and other developmental skills via personalized interventions selected based upon goals for each student
- Documented treatment sessions accurately and efficiently to reflect interventions implemented
- Built rapport with students of varying ages (3-17) and levels of functioning to promote a safe and comfortable treatment environment to elicit participation and growth
- Worked closely with supervising therapists and interdisciplinary team to work towards building skills during educational clinical rotation in this facility to progress towards licensure
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Occupational Therapy Assistant
Raritan Valley Community College
Branchburg Township, NJ05-2023
Skills
- Group Treatment Facilitation
- Therapeutic Communication
- Documentation skills
- Therapeutic Rapport
- Organizational Skills
- Multitasking
- Education Provision
- Patient Engagement
- Efficiency
- Time Management
- Patient Advocacy
- Reliability
Certification
- COTA - Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
- BLS
Timeline
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation
01.2023 - Current
Occupational Therapy Assistant Student
Universal Institute
06.2022 - 08.2022
Occupational Therapy Assistant Student
Northern Hills Academy
03.2022 - 05.2022
- COTA - Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
- BLS
Associate of Applied Science - Occupational Therapy Assistant
Raritan Valley Community College
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