Susannah Mathews Email & Phone Number

Assess and treat patients with physical or cognitive issues in order to get back to daily functional activities.Provide excellent treatment that includes activities of daily living and transfer retraining, cognitive retraining in order to empower patients to regain their independence.Supervise and collaborate with OT Assistants.Frontline user of EPIC, and prior user of Care Connector and Meditech.Active participant in daily rounds discussing patient needs and devise a customized treatment plan.Advocate for patient and family needs and assist with discharge planning.Efficient with timely submissions of reports.In additional to everyday clinical tasks, I am also an Allied Health representative of the Inter-professional advisory council, member of the unit practice council, and rehab admissions working group, striving towards quality and practice improvement in the healthcare setting.

Occupational Therapist in the Complex Transitional Unit, working with slow-stream rehab patients. Responsibilities included assessment and treatment of clients with physical or mental health issues, ADL and transfer retraining, cognitive assessments, wheelchair/seating assessments, connecting clients to appropriate community resources, prescribing adaptive equipment and OTA assignments. Also worked in acute care, ALC unit and slow-strem rehab setting. Also involved in discharge planning, participating in team rounds and ensuring timely submissions of reports and documentations.

Mississauga-Halton

Responsibilities include assessment and treatment of clients with physical or mental health issues, ADL retraining, connecting clients to appropriate community resources, assisting with funding, advocating for services, prescribing adaptive equipment, completing home safety assessments. Client ages range from adults to older adults. Population includes, post-surgery, dementia, stroke, Parkinson’s, wheelchair needs, injuries, chronic diseases and more. In charge of discharge services and ensuring timely submissions of reports and documentations.

Oakville, On

Handling invoices, purchase orders, goods receipts and other client related paperwork.Completed other administration tasks that are required.Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and working with programs such as SAP and ACT.

Masters Of Science, Occupational Therapy/Therapist

Activities and Societies: Faculty of Health Sciences Inter-professional Education Day, Geriatric Skills Day, Multicultural HealthCare.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Biology, General

Activities and Societies: Motivation for McMaster, Children's International Learning Centre, MacServe Volunteer Program. Graduated summa.