Melinda Manganello

• Manage an outpatient orthopedic clinic, including office staff, aides, PTA and PT.
• Marketing within the area to doctor offices, town officials and other businesses, including participating in town events and fostering relationships with local doctors.
• Tracking clinical metrics and reporting on them as well as using them to help grow the business.
• Working directly with the owner to set a course of action on how to expand and grow the clinic.
• Treating a full case load of about 80 visits of patients per week with a variety of diagnosis including sport injuries, post surgical, spine injuries, and all general orthopedic diagnosis in a variety of ages, along with some neurological diagnosis as well.
• Mentoring, managing and supervising college and clinical students. Supervising students as a clinical instructor in all physical therapy treatments.
• Documenting appropriately and efficiently in a timely manner using EMR.

• Marketed with a focus on growing the clinic consistently.
• Tracking clinic efficiency and productivity, and tracking doctor referrals.
• Treating a full case load of patients with a variety of diagnosis including sports injuries, post surgical, spine injuries, and all general orthopedic diagnosis in a variety of ages.
• Managing all support staff to run an efficient clinic with patient care as well as money collection and insurance.
• Researching and selecting as well as training staff on using an EMR for the first time as well as integrating it with billing.
• Responsible for ordering and maintaining supplies in clinic.
• Creating and running community outreach activities. i.e. running a couch potato to 5K program and also talking with the community at the library education program.
• Mentoring, managing and supervising clinical students.

• Responsible for evaluation, creating a treatment plan of care and following the treatment plan with a variety of diagnosis.
• Streamlined the rehabilitation process for patients with various conditions, utilizing evidence-based approaches and techniques.
• Discussed rehabilitation and reconditioning options to improve patients' function and quality of life.
• Provided physical therapy services across all age groups including pediatrics geriatric populations tailoring interventions according to each client''s unique requirements.
• Educated patients and family members regarding diagnosis, injury prevention, and therapeutic treatments.
• Regularly treating a case load with patients being booked every fifteen minutes.
• Work with clinical staff including clinical aides and PTA's appropriately following ethical guidelines.

• Served diverse populations including orthopedic injuries, neurological conditions, and post-surgical recoveries to provide comprehensive care for various patient needs.
• Utilized evidence-based practices to improve patient outcomes
• Educated families and patients on proper body mechanics and self-care practices to improve long-term outcomes.
• Adapted therapy sessions and exercises according to patient progress and limitations.
• Monitored patient progress and adjusted treatment plans accordingly.
• Exhibited courtesy, compassion and respect to patients, families, caregivers, visitors, physicians, administrators and co-workers.
• Manual based practice with majority of orthopedic cases with some neurological diagnosis as well as pediatric cases.
• Regularly treat 15-20 patients per eight hour working day.

Work at Kessler Institute of Rehabilitation in West Orange, NJ in the acute-rehabilitation setting.

• Development of patient plan of care, treatments, discharge planning and family training.
• Patient population: patients following CVA, patients following amputations, patients following total joint replacements and patients following multi-traumas.

Work at Maywood Center in Maywood, NJ in sub-acute and long term care setting.

• Development of patient plan of care, treatments, discharge planning, overseeing physical therapy assistants, communication and working together with nursing staff and social workers. -
• Patient population: geriatric population with multiple diagnosis including general de conditioning following a hospital stay, total joint replacements, CVA, pneumonia, and cardiac/ pulmonary diagnosis.

Work at Ivy Rehabilitation in Hackensack, NJ in an outpatient orthopedic clinic.

• Fast paced clinic with a patient population including general orthopedic with adolescents to elderly.

• Enhanced patient recovery by developing and implementing customized physical therapy treatment plans.
• Performed aquatic therapy in a therapeutic pool with an average of 4 patients per hour.
• Communicated with Doctors via documentation, letters and phone calls.
• Involved with marketing for the clinic.
• Working with a USA swim team providing a screening protocol and test to prevent injury.
• Supervised students as a clinical instructor including internship students and co-op students.
• Patient population: general orthopedic sprains/strains, status post surgical lumbar and cervical, status post orthopedic, generalized de conditioning, orthopedic pediatrics and elderly.