Grant S.

About Grant S.

I am asked why I chose Occupational Therapy. After all, most of my work experience was in hospitality and education, but everything you\'ve done before has elements of what you do now. Occupational Therapy incorporates my love for making people enjoy life, something I valued from my time working in the hospitality industry. Occupational Therapy incorporates my enjoyment for guiding and teaching others. I believe that this career path has followed me without my notice. I had the unique experience of teaching my older brother, with his own unique disabilities, how to make a transaction, use the bus, and simply how to cook an egg if he was hungry. He doesn\'t do much of this now, but sometimes he still offers to make me an egg, and he boasts about it. That is meaningful. When I came to embrace the choice to follow Occupational Therapy, my father was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. I left home to care for him in Hawaii, over a thousand miles away. By then I learned a fair amount from Occupational Therapists I shadowed and helped modify his environment, advocate on his behalf to doctors, and helped him adapt to his declining condition. He was a strong, independent man who would bike miles and miles a day, but was still happy with walking around the block with me in his wheelchair. Before he passed, he told me, “You should consider helping people like this as a career,” and I told him that is exactly what I plan to do.

Experience

1. Occupational Therapist

   HonorHealth

   Nov 2024 — Present · Phoenix, AZ, US

   Independently conducted evaluations of patients’ occupational performance in an acute care Level I trauma hospital. • Developed and implemented individualized treatment plans focusing on ROM, functional mobility, and energy conservation. • Provided education to patients and caregivers on adaptive equipment and home safety for post-discharge independence. • Coordinated with interdisciplinary teams to ensure safe discharge recommendations to various care facilities.

Education

• Northern Arizona University

  Doctor of Occupational Therapy

• Hobart and William Smith Colleges

  Bachelor's degree, Sociology and Anthropology

  2014 — 2018

Skills

• Public Relations
• Facebook
• Hospitality
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Restaurants
• Choral Music
• Cooking
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Restaurant Management
• Event Planning
• Teamwork
• Social Media
• Restaurant Marketing
• Food Service
• Food & Beverage
• Prioritize Workload
• Customer Service
• Resident Relations
• Menu Development
• Singing
• Food Quality
• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Public Speaking
• Time Management
• Leadership
• Residence Life
• Time & Attendance
• Social Collaboration
• Microsoft Word
• Priority Management
• Fine Dining
• Editing
• Higher Education