Christopher Bevan Otd, Cns Email & Phone Number

Tooele, Ut, Us

South Jordan, Utah, United States

-Coordinate outpatient rehabilitation services for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy-Promoting organization values and driving metrics in an ethical person-first method-Recruiting and training staff-Insurance verification-Documentation review-Plan of care management-Patient Education-Training and managing therapy students-Developing therapy strategies and evaluating patient care-Incorporation of conflict resolution by way of the Arbinger Institute method-Cultivating relationships with interprofessional and intraprofessional staff -Patient advocacy-Marketing -Required soft skilled include: organization and planning, leadership, being able to work under pressure, confidentiality, and a positive attitude.

Montpelier, Idaho, United States

Occupational therapist in a rural setting providing all services under Occupational Therapy Domain and Practice. -Patient based program development. Using a community based program development model for the following programs: durable medical equipment, driving screening and rehabilitation, hand therapy, and a pediatric program. -PDPM, PDGM management and documentation with weekly meetings with home health, rehabilitation team, SNF management, and acute nursing staff in order to maximize patient care and capture effective/accurate billing. -Home health therapy-Outpatient therapy-Acute care therapy-Patient population of Pediatrics to GeriatricsTherapy focus: Post-surgical Hand therapy, functional cognitive rehab, helping the pediatric population meet developmental milestones, basic wheelchair management, clinical driving screens, neuro-rehabilitation, environmental modifications, and more as needed. -Extensive research- As the only occupational therapist in the area, it is the responsibility to of this position to research any need that might be pertinent to help the patient meet goals.

Tooele Utah

-Habilitation and rehabilitation of the geriatric population so they can gain or return to meaningful daily living tasks. -Therapeutic use of self-Outpatient-Home health-Conditions treated: Mainly Neurological, orthopedic.-Analysis of the person environment, and task and implement interventions to accomplish goals-Promote health, and prevent—or live better with—injury, illness, or disability-PDPM-PDGM-Documentation review

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Doctoral experiential component (DEC) for my degree in Occupational Therapy-Program development for educating patients who have experienced a stroke;-Providing advanced neurological rehabilitation and patient care -Researching/ outlining the feasibility of a lifestyle redesign program for patients with a stroke at a major health network.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

-Focus on evidence based practice to become competent practice scholars in the Occupational Therapy field. -Brief overview of topics: Assistive technology, vocational rehab, transition services, hand therapy, policy and planning, neurodegenerative disorders, peripheral neurological injury, acquired brain injury, and much more. -Collaboration with: The Foundation for the Blind, Arizona Technology Access Program, the Foster Program, the Boys and Girls Club, the Oaks Living Facility, Crossroads Addiction Recovery, MARC Vocational Rehab, Dynamic rehab and more. -Interprofessional/ Intraprofessional collaboration with Physical Therapy, Medical and Physicians Assistants programs from NAU and U of A. Sharing a campus with these programs provides a unique opportunity for inter professional and academic collaboration that is important in the healthcare setting

Phoenix, Arizona Area

-Assistive technology (AT) technician. -Part time work with the Arizona Technology Access Program (AzTAP)where the mission of AzTAP is to connect people with disabilities with the assistive technology they need to participate as fully as possible in activities that matter to them. -Catalog over 2000+ items in the system database, assemble new products, prepare for client meetings, participate in home evaluations and assist the assistive technology experts. -Categories of AT: Daily living aids, environmental modification equipment, durable medical equipment, mobility devices, speech communication devices, learning software, accessibility devices, vehicle modifications, and more. I have always had a passion for assistive technology and look forward to incorporating the learned experience into my occupational therapy career.

Ogden, Utah

As part of a customer-satisfaction based company, I had the opportunity to organize and implement action steps to help increase customer satisfaction rates for Convergys. Action steps involved all parts of organization from identifying a specific problem that impacts customer satisfaction to implementing and evaluating effectiveness of action steps to increase customer satisfaction rates. This job also gave me the opportunity to recognize and reward individuals excelling at elevated customer satisfaction rates.

Ogden, Utah

An additional component of being a team leader at Convergys included the ability to be part--­­and at times be in charge of the employee and community engagement team. Responsibilities included creating and implementing activities inside and outside the work environment for employees to be engaged in their work and community needs.

Ogden, Utah

Responsible and accountable for 18-­24 agents for customer service agency. The major methods to accomplish success of the team is participating in daily, weekly and monthly one on one interactions for the purposes of development and maintenance. Main responsibility of agent development involves, but not limited to: Using specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time­bound goals to develop individuals. I utilized daily, weekly and monthly reports to track and monitor agent progress and accountability. The extensive use of Excel was used, along with Word and Power Point, to facilitate efficiency in work. Microsoft Office was also used to maximize utility in reports to superiors, self-­accountability and team presentations.Strong analytical skills were required to make adjustments that are required to help the company succeed and I was able to research internal and external resources in order to find new and existing ideas to resolve issues among the project.

Doctorate, Occupational Therapy/Therapist

Activities and Societies: Student Occupational Therapy pre-professional director

Bachelor'S, Health Sciences, 3.8

Activities and Societies: Golden Key Honor Society, Dean's List Recipient. Cum Laud graduate.

Associate Of Science (A.S.), General Studies, 3.5