Experience

Caretenders Almost Family
• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee
• PT

  • Aug 2021 - Present


Encompass Health

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

• Senior Physical Therapist

  • Jan 2015 - Aug 2021

  - Coordinate full time and per diem staff training, scheduling and orientation - Provide disease specific stroke orientation to all new clinical staff - Manage inpatient physical therapy staffing on a daily basis - Perform weekly rounding on assigned patients as an initiative to improve patient satisfaction, as well as daily rounding on west wing of hospital to decrease readmission rates - Coordinate full time and integrated clinical experience students with local educational institutions - Evaluate and treat complex patients including but not limited to stroke, multi-trauma, amputee, brain injury and pulmonary populations - Perform frequent family and patient education training sessions in preparation for home discharges - Participate in weekly multidisciplinary team meeting to determine discharge planning as well as to highlight barriers to discharge - Communicate regularly with outside disciplines including prosthetists, neurologists and orthopedic doctors in order to optimize continuum of care - Implemented Integrative Clinical Experience program with American International College first year DPT students Show less



Holyoke Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Physical Therapist

  • Aug 2013 - Jan 2015

  - Evaluate and treat patients in an acute care setting - Intermittent coverage of outpatient evaluations and treatments - Communicate with multidisciplinary team to provide optimal level of patient care - Determine discharge disposition for newly evaluated patients - Assisted in implementation of new EMR system through clinical use - Evaluate and treat patients in an acute care setting - Intermittent coverage of outpatient evaluations and treatments - Communicate with multidisciplinary team to provide optimal level of patient care - Determine discharge disposition for newly evaluated patients - Assisted in implementation of new EMR system through clinical use