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PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPIST
Professional Summary

Focused Outpatient Physical Therapist seeking Clinic Director role. Committed to helping patients manage pain and recovery. Skilled in monitoring results and prescribing exercises for long-term health. Proficient in collaborating with practitioners and adhering to treatment instructions. Eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Recognized for performance excellence, specialist knowledge, and reputation for patient-centered care. Awarded clinical educator dedicated to promoting the profession. Motivated to use experience in resolving problems, improving patient satisfaction, and driving overall operational improvements in a leadership role within the health system.

Skills
  • Relationship building and retention
  • Skilled Manual Therapist
  • Patient education and advocacy
  • Teamwork/ Collaboration
  • Staff Development and Management
  • Quality Assurance and Control
  • Marketing Skills
  • Process Improvement
  • Legal Compliance
  • Awarded Clinical Educator
  • Board Certified Orthopedic and Pediatric Clinical Specialist
Work History
Pediatric Physical Therapist, 07/2019 to Current
Company Name – City, State
  • Asses children's developmental progress, specializing in perceptual/sensory motor skills, gross motor skills and activities of daily living
  • Observe and record students' responses to therapies and participation within school environment to recommend adjustments to treatment plans and education process for 6 school districts with 6-12 students per district
  • Perform range of treatments to include therapeutic exercise programs, therapeutic activities, and facilitation of gross motor skill acquisition
  • Demonstrate clear written and oral communications skills when working with education and therapy professionals, students and caregivers to increase collaboration and improve outcomes
  • Establish protocols and procedures to deliver therapy remotely in response to current Covid-19 closures and changes in special education law
Adjunct Professor, 09/2010 to Current
Company Name – City, State
  • Taught Physical Therapy Orthopedic and Pediatric courses, providing instruction to undergraduate students
  • Utilized innovative methods of instruction, including video, interactive class activities and discussions to present course material
  • Volunteer member of Admissions Committee, managing 15-20 applications and 15 interviews in each season
  • Collaborated with full time educators to create dynamic, ongoing curriculum development and instruction improvement program
Director/Independent Business Owner, 01/2009 to 08/2019
Company Name – City, State
  • Maintained full time clinical case load as practice's Pediatric Specialist, piloting community outreach to local pediatrician's and primary providers to change referral patterns for Torticollis and developmental delay, avoiding "wait and see" practices
  • Drive Direct Access Campaign and over 10 marketing strategies to promote patient access to physical therapy
  • Collaborated with both clinical and support team members to organize efficient site operations and systems for patient care, reimbursement, patient satisfaction, quality assurance, marketing, and community education
  • Established performance goals for each department and provided feedback on methods for reaching milestones
  • Created organization's mission and vision statements for use by all employees
  • Performed evaluations, interpreted results and proposed intervention plans, including short and long-range goals, frequency and duration
  • Administered therapeutic treatments with emphasis on individual to ease patients' pain, facilitate healing, and to address goals most important to patient
  • Recorded detailed prognosis, treatment, responses and progress notes in patient charts and maintained overall documentation standards for entire clinic
  • Supervised clinical physical therapy students and overall clinical education program
Physical Therapist, 03/2017 to 12/2017
Company Name – City, State
  • Interpreted results and proposed intervention plans, including short and long-range goals, frequency and duration
  • Planned and administered range of treatments and therapeutic interventions with emphasis on helping team increase pediatric physical therapy sessions by greater than 100%
  • Supervised support staff, including licensed assistants, technicians and volunteers
  • Used site software to chart patients' progress and update departmental records with data according to healthcare documentation regulation
  • Participated in early process of Atlantic Health System's Clinical Excellence task force in both orthopedics and pediatrics
Education
Doctor of Physical Therapy: Physical Therapy, 05/2007
Rutgers University (Formerly UMDNJ) - City
Secondary Education Certification: Secondary Science Education, 1998
Boston University - City, State
  • Coursework in Secondary Science Teacher Education for Teacher Certification
Bachelor of Arts: Biology, 05/1997
Boston University - City
Accomplishments
  • 2018 Award for the Outstanding Physical Therapy Clinical Education Site by the NY NJ Physical Therapy Clinical Education Consortium
  • American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopedics (OCS) and Pediatrics (PCS)
Affiliations
  • Member, American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
  • Elected to Task Forces for Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy Examiners to establish the blueprint and the standards and passing score for the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE)
  • Assigned to ProCert as a reviewer and final reviewer for nation-wide continuing education programs for physical therapists
Service

Physical Therapist and Wellness Team Member- Casting For Recovery 2012-Current

Provide participant education, wellness, and recreational enrichment for Casting for Recover yearly retreat in New Jersey and year round as part of outreach efforts. Casting for Recover is a not-for profit organization providing cost free retreats to women in all stages of Breast Cancer treatment and recovery.

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School Attended

  • Rutgers University (Formerly UMDNJ)
  • Boston University

Job Titles Held:

  • Pediatric Physical Therapist
  • Adjunct Professor
  • Director/Independent Business Owner
  • Physical Therapist

Degrees

  • Doctor of Physical Therapy : Physical Therapy , 05/2007
    Secondary Education Certification : Secondary Science Education , 1998
    Bachelor of Arts : Biology , 05/1997

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