Teresa Kohuth is an occupational therapist seeking a position in home care. She has over 10 years of experience working in skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation departments in New York. Her skills include evaluating patients, developing treatment plans, providing therapeutic interventions, documenting patient care, and educating patients and caregivers. She is proficient in common rehabilitation software and has degrees in occupational therapy, health science, and business administration.

1. TERESA KOHUTH, MS, OTR/L
58 3rd Street, Apt 2
Glen Cove, NY 11542
c. 516-445-1267
e-mail: imterrik@yahoo.com
OBJECTIVE
A position as a community provider of occupational therapy services in the home-care setting
SKILLS
I have worked in rehabilitation departments in skilled nursing facilities in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and
Suffolk counties since August 2010. My responsibilities have included the following:
- Perform initial screens and evaluations of patient's daily living skills including administering diagnostic
assessments of function.
- Develop treatment plans/care plans with measurable, functional objectives
- Provide appropriate therapeutic interventions in accordance with physician orders to improve/restore strength,
coordination, range-of motion and function or teach/implement compensatory strategies and techniques to
increase performance of ADLs.
- Participate in multidisciplinary care planning for successful discharge outcomes.
- Complete all necessary clinical documentation including evaluations, progress notes, discharge summaries in
a timely manner and in accordance with reimbursement guidelines;
- Supervise and instruct COTAs & therapy aides to effectively provide occupational therapy treatment
programs.
- Recommend and train patients and caregivers in the correct use of adaptive equipment and DME to improve
safe performance of ADLs in the home and community environments.
- Responsible for issuing w/c seating and positioning devices to promote correct postural alignment and
improve biomechanical function.
- Communicate patient progress and status to other health care personnel and patient family members.
- Assess and fit upper extremity splints/orthotics to maintain joint integrity and bilateral hand use
- Provide patient and caregiver education including functional transfer training and w/c mobility training
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
8/12 to present Independent Contractor/Sole Proprietor, Teresa Kohuth, MS, OTR/L
7/10-7/12 Occupational Therapist, Interfysio, LLC
10/06-7/10 Senior Occupational Therapist, New York City Dept of Education
9/02-2/03 Per-Diem Home Care Occupational Therapist, Metro Therapy, Inc.
10/01-10/06 Occupational Therapist, New York City Department of Education
EDUCATION
MS Degree, Major: Occupational Therapy, Touro College, Bay Shore, NY
BS Degree, Major: Health Science, Touro College, Bay Shore, NY
AS Degree, Major: Business Administration: SUNY at Farmingdale, NY
COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient in: Rehab Optima, Point Click Care, MS Office Outlook, eMAR and Rehab Touch.
REFERENCES
Available upon request