Seeten S.

Healthcare Operations | Home Health | Post Acute Care| Provider Relations | Value Based Care | Account Executive | DME

Role
Occupational Therapist (Prn) at Northwestern Medicine
Location
Chicago, IL, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Seeten S.

Experienced healthcare leader with over 10 years of results-driven, diverse background in operations and management. Possessing extensive experience across various healthcare settings, including provider relations, home health, SNF, acute care, ICU, musculoskeletal, and pediatrics, as well as maintaining relationships with national agencies and contracts, including value-based care (ACO, ACO REACH, ISNP, D-SNP, MACPAC). Demonstrated success in expanding provider networks through collaborative efforts with providers and payers, leveraging key clinical data to enhance outcomes, and implementing effective healthcare programs.

Experience

  1. Occupational Therapist (Prn)

    Northwestern Medicine

    Nov 2013 — Present

    Intensive Care Unit (ICU): • Evaluate the need for splints and positioning devices to preserve joint integrity and protect skin from breakdown due to prolonged pressure.• Perform bedside evaluations to determine safety in feeding and eating, and make recommendations for positioning. • Train families and caregivers to assist with range-of-motion exercises, safe transfers and mobility, and skin checks.Medical-Surgical, Neurology, and Orthopedics• Provide training in self-care activities (e.g, bathing, dressing) with adaptive or durable medical equipment and/or compensatory techniques if needed.• Use neuromuscular re-education, trunk stabilization, and balance activities to improve clients’ ability to move in and out of bed and maintain an upright posture necessary to perform self-care and home management activities.• Remediate upper-extremity weakness and/or abnormal muscle tone through exercise, relevant simulated activities, and preventive splinting to preserve muscle balance and range of motion.• Evaluate and use strategies to address cognitive and perceptual deficits.• Provide wheelchair assessment and management to promote endurance and mobility, depending on patient readiness.• Contribute to safe discharge planning, including recommendations for transitioning to the next level of care.• Train patients in postsurgical orthopedic protocols, including appropriate weight bearing and/or postsurgical precautions during activities of daily living (ADLs).• Develop home programs and instruct patients, family members, and caregivers in how to use the programs to continue rehabilitation after discharge.

Education

  • Bay Path University

    Master's degree, Occupational Therapy/Therapist

  • Western Governors University

    Master of Business Administration - MBA

  • Olivet Nazarene University

    Bachelor of Science - BS, Kinesiology and Exercise Science

  • Elmhurst University

    Bachelor of Science - BS, Kinesiology and Exercise Science

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