- Train new & current inpatient clinical staff on Epic functionality (May 2019 version) during a system-wide transition prior to & after Go-Live.- Create & update curricula & training materials based on build updates.- Collaborate with Epic analysts to create user-friendly tip sheets for ongoing staff support based on workflow changes, safety concerns, & compliance.

- Provide inpatient acute care OT services in a Level I trauma center.- Population diagnoses generally secondary to gunshot/stab wounds, motor vehicle accidents, falls, or assaults, including TBI, strokes, multisystem organ failure, and orthopedics, with psychiatric, substance abuse, or other chronic co-morbidities. Ages range between 15-101 y/o.- Initiated updating & structuring a training program for new employees.- Represented OT in interdisciplinary meetings with leadership in attempts to improve efficiency in discharge planning & reduce length of stay.- Contribute to Epic workflow meetings as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for OTs in acute care, involving extensive validation collaboration with other rehab settings & disciplines.- Create documentation templates with departmental input using Epic's SmartPhrase tool to improve productivity & readability.- Select and implement appropriate standardized/non-standardized assessments according to medical chart review, including the ACLS, MoCA, & SLUMS.- Collaborate with medical teams for discharge planning and DME/adaptive equipment recommendations in relation to insurance coverage.

- Provide individual & at least 2 group sessions per day ranging between 2-15 participants in a locked acute psychiatric unit.- Population dx include schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar I & II, substance abuse co-morbidities, psychosis, and major depression, with ages ranging between 18-89 y/o.- Group topics include coping skills, cognitive behavioral therapy, mood regulation, somatosensory integration, social skills, goal development, community reintegration, and ADL retraining.- Assess cognitive and functional levels of participants and adapted groups accordingly.- Manage patient conflicts using cognitive-behavioral and Pro-ACT de-escalation approaches.- Participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings to develop care plans for patients.

- Provided individual and at least 2 group sessions per day ranging between 2-15 participants in a locked acute psychiatric unit.- Population dx included schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar I & II, substance abuse co-morbidities, psychosis, and major depression, with ages ranging between 18-89 y/o.- Group topics included coping skills, routine development, mood regulation, sensory integration, social skills, goal development, community reintegration, and ADL retraining.- Assessed cognitive and functional levels of participants and adapted groups accordingly.- Managed patient conflicts using cognitive-behavioral and MDT-ACT de-escalation approaches.- Performed 5 site visits to learn about the continuum of care within mental health facilities.

- Evaluated and treated patients in an inpatient acute care setting, with dx including stroke, shoulder/hip arthroplasty, CABG, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, COPD, cancer, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, myasthenia gravis, and cellulitis, with ages ranging between 25-104 y/o.- Secondary dx included dementia, Alzheimer’s, major depression, and schizophrenia.- Treatment modalities included neuromuscular re-education, self-care retraining (within precautions), cognitive retraining, functional transfers/mobility, energy conservation, adaptive equipment training, family education, and therapeutic activities.- Selected appropriate assessments, such as the MoCA, MMT, ROM testing, cognitive functioning, visual-perceptual abilities, and occupational profile, according to medical chart review.- Evaluated need for DME at time of discharge.- Collaborated with medical staff and family members to ensure carryover of skills taught in treatment.- Incorporated patient’s leisure interests with visual scanning techniques for occipital CVA with positive feedback on client-centered treatment.- Delivered in-service presentation on rehab treatment methods for myasthenia gravis.- Exposure to inpatient rehab unit and wound care.

- Provided assistance to admissions coordinator for SJSU's MSOT program.- Responded to inquiries via email and phone about admissions process.- Held individual and group advising meetings with prospective students.- Represented SJSU MSOT program as a speaker in a student panel at UC Davis Pre-Health Conference.- Organized large volume of applicant and student files.

- Engaged low-income older adults in group sessions within a residential community setting.- Led hour-long groups with 10-18 participants.- Group topics focused on health, wellness, nutrition, and financial management.- Formulated a needs assessment to develop monthly group intervention plans.- Conducted pre & post-intervention surveys determining goal attainment of groups.

- Evaluated, assessed, and treated clients in occupation-based individual sessions.- Developed and led group sessions for 30 participants.- Administered and assessed results from COPM and Past Now Future Interest Inventory.- Documented progress in SOAP and narrative formats.

- Provided assistance to OT in group adult education setting for CVA survivors.- Instructed clients through occupation-based modalities utilizing NDT techniques.- Released muscle tone and massaged clients.- Led group in upper extremity therapeutic exercises.

- Assisted PTs & OTs by providing min-max assistance.- Set-up and removed e-stim and heat/ice packs.- Processed plans of care correspondences between referring MDs and therapists.

- Direct patient care in rotating departments: Med/Surg/Tele, Inpatient Rehab, Outpatient Rehab.- Provided min-max assist for PTs & OTs during rehab treatments.- Assisted in patient ambulation, repositioning, transportation, toileting, bathing, feeding, AE training, application of heat/cold modalities.