Experience

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  Reliant Rehabilitation

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • Physical Therapist

    • Jan 2016 - Oct 2019
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

    Provided physical therapy by developing and implementing customized treatment plans and built patient goals for patients recovering from stroke, orthopedic surgeries, physical disabilities and other disease states. Managed a team of 2 physical therapy assistants by coaching them on techniques, educating them on care, and tracking patient progress for an average caseload of 150 patients weekly. Optimized patient outcomes across the transitional care unit through care coordination and cross-functional collaboration with physicians, nurses, and clinical staff with over 80% of patients returning home independently.

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  Agape Home Healthcare

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • Physical Therapist

    • Jan 2009 - Jan 2011
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

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  Presbyterian Home Health

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • Physical Therapist

    • Jan 2007 - Jan 2008
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

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  Carelink

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • Physical Therapist

    • Jan 2006 - Jan 2007
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

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  Trinity Outpatient Rehabilitation

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • Clinical Director

    • Jan 2005 - Jan 2006
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

    Built a patient base for a start-up outpatient rehabilitation facility by developing relationships with local physicians, defining program benefits, and establishing brand recognition generating over 20 new referrals monthly.Developed the outpatient orthopedic department including vetting and purchasing equipment, creating operational processes, managing the budget, leading the marketing strategy, and driving profitability. Implemented physical therapy best practices and approaches to optimize productivity and enhance patient outcomes in adherence with federal, state, and organizational guidelines.

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  Mesquite Physical Therapy

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • Clinical Direct

    • Jan 2004 - Dec 2004
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

    Rejuvenated an at-risk physical therapy clinic through strategic marketing and community building growing patient base from 0 to over 50 patients weekly within a 6-month period. Managed clinical and business operations including quality assurance, program development, and financial analysis.

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  HealthSouth

  • Portland, Oregon Area

  • Area Manager

    • Jan 2003 - Jan 2004
    • Portland, Oregon Area

    Managed 18 outpatient clinics across Oregon and Washington by hiring, training and managing a staff 35, driving operational excellence, optimizing profitability, and resolving performance gaps in partnership with senior leaders.

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  RehabCare

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • Director Of Rehabilitation Services

    • Jan 1997 - Jan 2003
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

    Developed and created diversified therapy programs to include aquatics, sports care, total joint, injury prevention, work injury, inpatient conversions to outpatient therapies, and extended care generating revenue growth.Created and managed allocation of the annual budget consistently identifying cost reduction opportunities, assessing and capitalizing on growth areas, and driving KPI performance resulting in meeting or exceeding budget annually. Drove operational excellence across the inpatient, skilled nursing, outpatient, and work injury rehabilitation departments from marketing strategy to quality assurance to workforce optimization with successes including: o Increasing outpatient visits from 8,700 visits to 20,075 visits annually.o Increasing Occupational Medicine Clinic volume from less than 100 clinic visits to 600+ monthly.Led a staff of 30+ in patient care on acute medical-surgical units, transitional care unit and outpatient departments with 100% productivity rates and recognized as “Program Director of the Year” for two consecutive years.Trained and coached staff on patient evaluation and delivery of care competence in aquatics, job-site evaluations, functional capacity evaluations, pre-employment/post-offer screenings, and back injury prevention strategies. Drove effective cross-functional collaboration with physicians, referral partners, host hospital, and other clinical staff promoting quality assurance (ie: JCAHO) and optimizing patient outcomes while minimizing readmissions.

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  NovaCare Rehabilitation

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • Clinical Director

    • Jan 1990 - Jan 1997
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

    Led daily clinical operations for an outpatient rehabilitation center from driving financial performance to ensuring OSHA compliance leading a team of 5 clinicians serving over 360 patients weekly. Managed the delivery of patient care across services and programs including physical, hand, aquatic, and occupational therapy, social services, injury prevention programs, and work injury rehabilitation ensuring clinical competence.