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Andrew Smith


Phone:

(000) 000-0000

Email:

[email protected]

Address:

287 Custer Street, Hopewell, PA 00000

Professional Summary

Seasoned physical therapist assistant who has dedicated over 7 years providing wellness care to the senior population within various healthcare settings seeking to advance skillset and encourage senior knowledge and implementation of wellness and selfcare. Knowledge of various recreational activities that can be implemented within a home setting or specialized fitness facility or recreational center utilizing physical equipment or knowledge of the body and how to maintain or obtain additional strength, endurance, and overall health. Strong attention to individual detail to assist with implementing new programs and events to gear toward the senior population with extensive knowledge in wellness education and senior medical conditions to assist with preventative care and general health.

Employment history

Jun. 2019 – Present
Allenaborough, New Hampshire
Physical Therapist Assistant, Prosacco, Bailey and Swaniawski

  • Assist with formulating and coordinate marketing activities and policies to promote products and services, working with advertising and promotion managers.
  • Assist with establishing or maintaining cooperative relationships with representatives of community, physicians, and senior care living facilities. 
  • Provide quality of care treatment to patients, following plan initiated by a skilled physical therapist in order to treat an array of home based patients to include, but not limited to, postoperative, geriatric, amputees, neurological, orthopedic, cardiac, and pre/post amputees. 
  • Efficient in establishment and progression of skilled physical therapy treatments, as established in the patient’s plan of care, to ensure the best quality of care provided to patients utilizing skilled physical therapy techniques to include gait and balance training, non pharmaceutical pain relief modalities, therapeutic exercise and ROM activities, transfer training, and caregiver training on proper use of medical equipment and patient guidance to assist patient with continuation of care following completion of home health services. 
  • Provide set up, adjustments, ordering, and patient education on the use of necessary medical equipment to include, but not limited to, adaptive equipment, walkers, power chairs, wheel chairs, and Guardian medical alert devices to improve patient’s quality of life. 
  • Establish effective communication and close working relationships with interdisciplinary team to include SN, PT, OT, MSW, Hospice Care Team, and Marketing to ensure quality patient care throughout all aspects of the patient’s plan of care. 
  • Maintain independent management of work schedule, team meetings, patient recertification periods, continuing education courses, and mileage as per company, VA state board, and insurance requirements. 
  • Proficient in documentation software, McKesson and Kinnser, with the ability to provide accurate documentation according to Medicare and Medicaid law requirements and submitting all documentation with an appropriate time frame. 

Sep. 2015 – Oct. 2015
Holliport, Utah
Physical Therapist Assistant, Miller, O’Keefe and Schimmel

  • Carry out the plan of care as provided by the evaluating physical therapist to home based patients, including but not limited to, geriatric, neurological, postoperative, disabled persons, and amputees. 
  • Established personalized physical therapy treatments in order to provide the best quality of care and potential outcomes for home based patients utilizing therapeutic exercises, gait and balance training, caregiver training for transfers and safety, and proper use of medical equipment. 
  • Provided close interdisciplinary communication with SN, PT, OT, SPT, SW, MD, and DME providers to ensure quality care for patients with consistent care across the board. 
  • Independent maintenance of schedule, certification periods, reauthorization needs, and mileage as per company and insurance requirements. 

May. 2013 – May. 2014
Bodeport, Montana
Physical Therapist Assistant & Float, Lindgren, Mitchell and Morissette

  • Implementation of plan of care ordered by physical therapist to include but not limited to manual therapy techniques, modalities, therapeutic exercises and patient education to a fast paced clinic focus toward orthopedic diagnoses. 
  • Progression and regression of exercise programs geared toward high level juvenile athletes
  • Ability to be flexible in order to perform treatment in a team based setting to include, customization of treatment to meet patient needs, administration of modalities, therapeutic exercise, manual therapy, and tests and measures needed for re-evaluation of patient progression/regression
  • Proficient in real time documentation of current treatment utilizing Home Base Home Care documentation system.  
  • Application of physical therapy techniques to include manual therapy, modalities and therapeutic exercises in order to improve patient quality of life in various clinics within the Sheltering Arms system
  • Float to various clinics throughout the corporation to cover maternity and sick leave of PTA clinicians. 
  • Maintain mileage and hours when floating to various clinics. 

Education

Mar. 2012
Associate of Applied Science: Physical Therapy Assistant

  • Northern Stamm College – South Pamala, North Dakota

Skills

Marketing
Skillful

Special Event Planning
Experienced

Independent Worker/ Collaborative Worker
Expert

Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
Expert

Senior Wellness Care
Expert

physical therapist assistant

  • Apply therapy services, such as electrotherapy, ultrasonography, heat or cold therapy to enhance rehabilitation.
  • Documents patient care services by charting in patient records
  • Instruct, encourage, and assist patients with therapeutic exercises, daily living activities
  • Instruct and assist in using assistive devices
  • Maintains safe and clean working environment by following procedures, rules, and regulations 
  • Ensure patient safety
  • Assess patients health by obtaining patient information

physical therapist assistant

  • Apply heat or cold therapy to patients using materials such as heat pads, hydro-collator packs, warm compresses, cold compresses, heat lamps, and vapor coolants.
  • Ability to multitask/ work in complex situations
  • Document skilled therapy accurately and efficiently 
  • Provide quality treatment sessions to patients

physical therapist assistant

  • main work in the Out-Patient Rehabilitation Services and when scheduled to work in In-Patient setting at the hospital
  • provide quality physical therapy services to patients of all ages who have impairments, functional limitations, disabilities or changes in physical function and health status resulting from injury, disease or other causes
  • implement the plan of care designed by the supervising therapist
  • Asses patient’s response to treatment, effectiveness of interventions and outcomes
  • instruct patients and caregivers in learning, execution and independent performance of therapeutic exercises or home exercise programs
  • Maintain treatment interventions within PTA scope of practice

physical therapist assistant

  • Epic Super User
  • Assisted patients with specific exercises as part of their plan of care under the supervision of the lead physical therapist.
  • Documented patient treatments, changes in condition and other pertinent information as required.
  • Performed various aspects of patient evaluation and interventions.

physical therapist assistant

  • Provided patient care based off physical therapists evaluation
  • Recorded patient progress thought daily documentation
  • Implemented treatment plans derived from the interpretation of the assessment, as well as from daily talks with Physical Therapists.
  • Documented and filed patients progress through daily and weekly notes
  • Maintained a 90% productivity rating 

physical therapist assistant

  • Assist with formulating and coordinate marketing activities and policies to promote products and services, working with advertising and promotion managers.
  • Assist with establishing or maintaining cooperative relationships with representatives of community, physicians, and senior care living facilities. 
  • Provide quality of care treatment to patients, following plan initiated by a skilled physical therapist in order to treat an array of home based patients to include, but not limited to, postoperative, geriatric, amputees, neurological, orthopedic, cardiac, and pre/post amputees. 
  • Efficient in establishment and progression of skilled physical therapy treatments, as established in the patient’s plan of care, to ensure the best quality of care provided to patients utilizing skilled physical therapy techniques to include gait and balance training, non pharmaceutical pain relief modalities, therapeutic exercise and ROM activities, transfer training, and caregiver training on proper use of medical equipment and patient guidance to assist patient with continuation of care following completion of home health services. 
  • Provide set up, adjustments, ordering, and patient education on the use of necessary medical equipment to include, but not limited to, adaptive equipment, walkers, power chairs, wheel chairs, and Guardian medical alert devices to improve patient’s quality of life. 
  • Establish effective communication and close working relationships with interdisciplinary team to include SN, PT, OT, MSW, Hospice Care Team, and Marketing to ensure quality patient care throughout all aspects of the patient’s plan of care. 
  • Maintain independent management of work schedule, team meetings, patient recertification periods, continuing education courses, and mileage as per company, VA state board, and insurance requirements. 

physical therapist assistant

  • Contributed to physical therapist’s effectiveness by identifying patient care issues; providing information and commentary; recommending options and courses of action; implementing physical therapy directives.
  • Assessed patients health by interviewing patients; performed physical examinations; obtained and updated therapy histories.
  • Performed therapeutic procedures following the Physical Therapist’s plan of care by administering manual exercises; ambulatory functional activities and daily living activities including proper use of supportive devices and prostheses.
  • Instructed and counseled patients through therapeutic regimens, giving normal growth and development information that promoted health and wellness.

physical therapist assistant

  • Document results, treatment plans, and patients’ outcomes with plan of care
  • Document progress of patients mobility, strength, communication, or cognition.
  • Provide management of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma, acute and chronic pain, amputation, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or other disabling conditions.
  • Patient, family or caregiver education; and/or community reintegration.
  • Perform services, such as electrotherapy, ultrasonography, heat or cold therapy, and short-wave or microwave diathermy, to enhance rehabilitation.
  • Order and fit prosthetic applications and adaptive equipment, such as wheelchairs, and  bracing to maximize patient function and self-sufficiency.
  • Conduct physical tests such as functional gait assessments to determine fall risks.

physical therapist assistant

  • Use of manual techniques to aid in mobility and function.
  • Communicate with physicians in regards to their patients care and progress.
  • Demonstrated values that portray integrity, teamwork & resourcefulness
  • Supervised and trained volunteers and aides.

physical therapist assistant

  • Performed stroke management during acute and post acute stages
  • Facilitated motor recovery, motor planning and functional training
  • Performed motor recovery, motor planning & functional training
  • Performed cardiac rehabilitation
  • Provided accurate, timely and systemic documentation
  • Performed gait analysis & training
  • Developed and instructed therapeutic exercise programs

physical therapist assistant

  • Provide therapy services, such as electrotherapy, heat or cold therapy, short-wave or microwave diathermy to enhance rehabilitation. medical management of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma, acute and chronic pain, deformity or amputation, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or other disabling conditions.
  • Provide and fit orthotic and prosthetic applications and adaptive equipment, such as wheelchairs, bracing, and communication devices, to maximize patient function and self-sufficiency.
  • Document results, treatment plans, and patients’ outcomes.
  • Update and provide patients progress towards mobility, strength, communication, or cognition
  • Provide rehabilitation including therapeutic exercise cognitive retraining; patient, family and caregiver education; or community reintegration.

physical therapist assistant

  • Handled one-on-one patient care with patients who suffered from both catastrophic and non-catastrophic orthopedic injuries.
  • Logged data for range of motion progression and other quantitative measures of recovery for patients.
  • Supervised multiple patients at a time, with a wide spectrum of orthopedic injuries.
  • Instructed both elderly and prepubescent patients through the following: exercises, rehabilitation treatment methods and post-rehabilitation/at home procedures.
  • Transcribed patient diagnoses and assessments done by the physiotherapist on-site.

physical therapist assistant

  • Provided inpatient and outpatient treatment of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma,  pain, cardiac and pulmonary disease, and other disabling conditions
  • Documentation including scheduling, billing and assessments.
  • Consult or coordinate with other rehabilitative professionals including physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, speech pathologists, neuropsychologists, behavioral psychologists, social workers, or medical technicians.
  • Experience with neurological & orthopedic patients

physical therapist assistant

  • Same duties as above
  • Transitional Care Unit
  • Work conditioning program
  • Hand Care clinic
  • Pool Therapy program
  • Out-Patient Physical Therapy
  • Wound Care Management

physical therapist assistant

  • Document results, treatment plans, and patients’ outcomes with treatments.
  • Schedule and coordinate treatment time with patients availability for in home treatments.
  • Monitor effectiveness of pain management interventions.
  • Consult or coordinate with other rehabilitative professionals including physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, and speech pathologists.
  • Travel to and from patients residence in a safe and timely manner.
  • Consult with Supervising PT’s plan of care and report progress or lack of progress in a timely manner.

physical therapist assistant

  • Carry out the plan of care as provided by the evaluating physical therapist to home based patients, including but not limited to, geriatric, neurological, postoperative, disabled persons, and amputees. 
  • Established personalized physical therapy treatments in order to provide the best quality of care and potential outcomes for home based patients utilizing therapeutic exercises, gait and balance training, caregiver training for transfers and safety, and proper use of medical equipment. 
  • Provided close interdisciplinary communication with SN, PT, OT, SPT, SW, MD, and DME providers to ensure quality care for patients with consistent care across the board. 
  • Independent maintenance of schedule, certification periods, reauthorization needs, and mileage as per company and insurance requirements. 

physical therapist assistant

  • Document skilled therapy results, treatment plans, and patients’ outcomes.
  • Provide home care medical management of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma, acute and chronic pain, deformity or amputation, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or other disabling conditions.
  • Assess for and order orthotic and prosthetic applications and adaptive equipment, such as wheelchairs, bracing, and communication devices, to maximize patient function and self-sufficiency.
  • Communicate with supervising PT and other health care professionals within HIPPA requirements regarding our mutual patients.