Elise Pearce

Collaborative and compassionate professional driven to help people improve movement and manage pain after injuries, illnesses or surgeries. Listens carefully to patients, observes movements and develops individualized treatment plans. Establishes clear goals and outcomes and encourages and challenges patients to attain expected progress. Expertise in program development, neurorehabilitation, and services for the aging. Resourceful and specializing in wellness for chronic conditions.

• 2012, Fourth Quarter Outstanding Employee
• 2014, Employee of the Month
• 2018, Excellence in Fostering Innovation and Change
• 2021, Employee of the Month

• Physical Therapist, Health First Home Care, Melbourne, FL, 01/01/19 - 12/31/20, Providing home care services in Brevard County, Completed courses in Telehealth and Social Media Marketing, Completed Grouphab certification for researched based group wellness for chronic conditions
• Physical Therapist, Orlando Health/South Lake Hospital Home Health, Clermont, FL, 01/01/15 - 12/31/19, Developed program to be implemented across acute care, skilled nursing facility, and home health to decrease hospital readmissions for COPD
• PRN Therapist, Mobility Inc., Clermont, FL, 01/01/15 - 12/31/16, Worked in a private practice that contracts out to multiple home health agencies including hospice
• Traveling Therapist, Advanced Medical, PA & FL, 01/01/14 - 12/31/14
• Clinical Instructor, HealthSouth Inpatient Acute Rehab, Mechanicsburg, PA, 01/01/11 - 12/31/14, Created The Joint Commission Disease Specific Care Program for Parkinson's, LSVT BIG certified for Parkinson's training, Assisted with The Joint Commission Disease Specific Care Program for Traumatic Brain Injury and community reintegration, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention certified, Certified Exercise Expert for Aging Adults through the American Physical Therapy Association