Professional Skills:
Vocational Consulting
Plan Development
Job Placement
Labor Market Survey
TSA
Essential Functions Job Analysis
Ergonomics Consultant
Long-Term Disability and Disability Management
Summary of Qualifications:
Extensive professional management experience in case and disability
management, coupled with strong technical workers compensation expertise.
Excellent presentation, small group and one-on-one instruction skills.
Demonstrated proficiency in claims, problem resolution, negotiation,
counseling and coaching. Seven years of ongoing ergonomics experience.
Experience:
1999 – Present.
Vocational Case Manager/Rehabilitation Specialist/Ergonomics Consultant
- Provide vocational rehab services to individuals and employers.
- Provide job placement workshops, emphasizing in resume development, job seeking skills and job assessment.
- Implement individual job training needs.
- Conduct safety, ergonomics inspections and provide assessment and recommendations.
- Facilitates return to work situation.
- Explores and provides return to work solutions for employers.
- Manages employee health and disability to maintain productivity and minimize loss costs.
- Performs onsite Essential Functions Job Analyses.
- Performs individual and departmental Ergonomic Evaluations.
Senior Claims Representative
- Managed workers compensation disability claims.
- Negotiated settlements at Boards on behalf of employers.
- Presented quarterly reviews to County of Alameda representatives.
- Audited and reviewed claim payment, and all payment transactions.
- Resolved successful resolutions of claims from inception to closure.
Education
Golden Gale University
MBA Degree
1999 – San Francisco, CA
Accreditation
Self-Insured Workers
Compensation Certificate,
IEA Worker’s
Compensation Certificate and Ergonomics Certificate by Roy Matheson.
Certified Professional Disability Management,
CPDM, IEA.
Independent Vocational Counselor, I.V.E. state approved.