Experience

COMPREHENSIVE AT ORLEANS, LLC
• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Administrator at The Villages of Orleans Health and Rehabilitation Center

  • Oct 2020 - Present

Villages of Orleans Rehabilitation Center
• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director Of Rehabilitation

  • Mar 2018 - Oct 2020


New Roc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Rehabilitation

  • Mar 2017 - Oct 2020

  Returned to New Roc facility under new ownership to transition from contracted therapy to in house services. Initial duties included establishment of caseload and marketing/recruitment for growth of department. Presently, the therapy department provided physical, occupational, and speech language therapy services to residents in 120 bed facility to improve function, independence, and safety based on goals established with interdisciplinary team. The therapy department continues to grow, and caseload currently represents over 40% of the resident census.



University of Rochester Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Hand Therapist

  • Dec 2016 - Mar 2017

  Provided with the opportunity to enter an immersive environment of higher education specializing in outpatient upper extremity rehabilitation. In conjunction with evaluation and treatment of intricate hand and upper extremity injuries, I attended several conferences with associated physicians/surgeons for advanced interpretation and education of severe and common ailments. This experience provided extensive exposure to complex injuries and impairments, as well as an opportunity to coordinate closely with practitioners from multiple backgrounds and disciplines. Ultimately invaluable in varying perspective during assessments and challenging analytical process to strive for the most effective outcome.



HealthPRO® Rehabilitation

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Rehab Director

  • Oct 2015 - Dec 2016

  Rehab Director for physical, occupational, and speech language therapies at a 120 bed facility located in Rochester, NY. The facility, New Roc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, came under new ownership and leadership in the fall of 2015. New owners established a contract with HealthPRO Rehabiliation for provision of therapy services and development of a high quality rehabilitation center. Responsibilities as director include scheduling caseload for 10+ therapists, auditing documentation for compliance with CMS, managing department revenue/expenses, attendance of regular department head meetings to coordinate quality of care and facility development, and staff education. Since the inception of HealthPRO, therapy at New Roc has seen a rapid integration into the facility, both for patients and staff, resulting in greater outcomes in health and wellness, as well as staff morale due to a clear direction and purpose. Upon transferring to the Villages of Orleans as Rehab Director in July 2016, new therapy programs were implemented for greater outreach and involvement in patient care with increased customer satisfaction and outcome measures as a result.



Freedom Therapy, OT, PT, SLP, PLLC

• Physical Therapist

  • Jul 2008 - Oct 2015

  Per Diem/Part Time Physical Therapist in a Long Term Care/Short Term Rehabilitation Facility. Primary duties included regular screening and evaluation of residents to analyze functional change for necessity of skilled therapy and establishment of appropriate plan of care for goals/interventions. Worked primarily with Medicare B clientele, incorporating documentation compliance throughout the plan of care, and adjusting frequency/duration of treatment based on need. Per Diem/Part Time Physical Therapist in a Long Term Care/Short Term Rehabilitation Facility. Primary duties included regular screening and evaluation of residents to analyze functional change for necessity of skilled therapy and establishment of appropriate plan of care for goals/interventions. Worked primarily with Medicare B clientele, incorporating documentation compliance throughout the plan of care, and adjusting frequency/duration of treatment based on need.



Orleans Community Health/Medina Memorial Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Outpatient Therapy Supervisor

  • Jul 2007 - Sep 2015

  Outpatient setting with responsibilities of managing staff scheduling, budgeting expenses and payroll usage, and compliance with multiple payor sources at two outpatient therapy sites in addition to maintaining/treating a full caseload of patients. During tenure as supervisor, participated on a team of professionals in the development and planning of a new building/site to expand services to the community, and through marketing/performance nearly doubled the monthly visits compared with previous site. Additionally, as supervisor, instituted a productivity scale for therapists in the absence of historical tracking, as well as developed methods for accurately and effectively tracking documentation compliance with priority payor sources.

• Physical Therapist

  • Sep 2003 - Jul 2007

  Staff physical therapist in multiple settings performing evaluations, treatment plan/progression and participating in program development. Worked in outpatient setting on a variety of diagnoses from musculoskeletal, neurological, developmental, to pre/post operative; acute care setting on an Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit for post operative and medically complex patients as well as medical surgical/intensive care unit for more acutely involved patients; Albion/Orleans Correctional Facility evaluating and treating inmates in a secure outpatient setting; Orchard Manor/Orleans Community Nursing Homes evaluating and treating short term rehabilitation patients and long term care residents for quality of life improvements as well as discharge planning.