andrea de lange

Evaluated and treated home bound patients to improve their overall functions, independence, and safety skills. Instructed patients in home exercise programs to assist them in adapting to their home environments. Interacted with a multi disciplinary health care team of nurses, occupational and speech therapists, social workers and home attendants. Supervised a Physical Therapy Assistant.

Evaluated and treated an orthopedic clientele in an outpatient setting.

Managed clinical and administrative functions of an Occupational Health Physical Therapy Center. Developed marketing programs including direct mail advertisements and open houses to help grow the new facility. Evaluated and treated an orthopedic clientele. Assessed clients’ work status to determine ability to return to work. Performed pre-employment work assessments, and Blankenship Functional Capacity Evaluations. Acted as a clinical coordinator for physical therapy students. Supervised and hired physical therapy aides. Coordinated care with onsite Medical Director and Business Manager.

Evaluated and treated an orthopedic clientele of ages varying from 5-90 in a Physician-owned Physical Therapy Service. Interacted closely with four orthopedic surgeons. Participated in organizing relocation to a new facility. Supervised and hired new aides.

Supervised 60 physical, speech, and occupational therapists. Acted as a resource for clinical knowledge. Reviewed documentation to provide feedback on quality of care and utilization. Performed annual co-visits for the physical therapists to assess their competency and provided written evaluations of their performance. Assisted in the development and implementation of competency and education curriculum for COTA’s and PTA’s for providing service in home health care. Acted as a liaison between therapists and case managers of a variety of managed care payers. Committee member of pilot study known as OBQI on Medicare, which is currently being implemented nationally as OASIS and is now the current documentation used by national home care agencies today. Provided education to nurses about transfers to assure consistency of scoring.

Evaluated and treated patients in an outpatient orthopedic setting.

Evaluate and treat an orthopedic clientele in an outpatient setting. Patient's are not limited to but include spine, post surgery, neurologically impaired, and balance deficiencies. Currently implementing LSVT Big method of treatment to patients with Parkinson's Disease. Supervise physical therapy aides, PTAs as well as PTA students. Provide inservices on current evidence based treatments such as MDT, LSVT BIG as well as review of Journal articles. Use WebPT as current EMR.