Director of Rehab/PTA/Manager
Resume:
Elizabeth Chiesa **** SW Granite Ct
Blue Springs, Mo 64015
*********@*****.***
Objective
Talented, skilled and highly motivated healthcare manager and worker with 11 years of experience seeking a fresh start and open to new job opportunities.
Skills
• Effective Communication Skills with Physical, Occupational, and Speech therapists, Doctors, Surgeons, and Nurses.
• Instructing, assisting, and encouraging patients to achieve all goals and reach highest functional level.
• Ability to manage and train therapy team and perform all manager duties while also being the PTA.
• Providing quality patient care focusing on individual needs.
• Effective time management skills for optimal performance for patient care and management tasks.
• 11 years of experience as a Physical Therapist Assistant and 8 years experience as a healthcare manager.
• Building and maintaining relationships with all facility staff, therapists, doctors, and nurses.
• Dependable, fast learner, people person, and goal oriented.
Aegis Therapies
Director Of Rehab and PTA (Current-2015)
Responsibilities
• Scheduling and Monitoring patients minutes, setting ARDs and RUG levels.
• Performing skilled patient care to patients.
• Training staff therapists in Aegis policies and training.
• Close communication with the MDS coordinator for admissions and ARD planning.
• Scheduling Therapists on a daily basis and managing overtime and billing errors.
• Payroll and end of month duties
• Hiring Therapists
• Completing weekly and monthly financial reports
• Assisting Social Services with referrals and marketing for facility.
Rehabcare/Kindred
Program Director and PTA at Oak Grove Nursing and Rehab (2007-2015)
Responsibilities
• Scheduling and Monitoring patients minutes, setting ARDs and RUG levels.
• Performing skilled patient care to patients.
• Training staff therapists in Aegis policies and training.
• Close communication with the MDS coordinator for admissions and ARD planning.
• Scheduling Therapists on a daily basis and managing overtime and billing errors.
• Payroll and End of month duties
• Hiring and training Therapists.
• Assisting Social Services with referrals and marketing.
SERC Physical and Hand Therapy
Physical Therapist Assistant (2005-2007)
Responsibilities
• Staff PTA in charge of following plan of care written by RPT, Fitting orthotics, scheduling patients and therapists, and developing work comp conditioning programs.
Education
Associates of Applied Science in Physical Therapy
Penn Valley Community College, (2003-2005)
Associate Degree in Liberal Arts
Longview Community College (2001-2003)
References available upon request
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