Melissa Pink

Supervisors: Amy Mintmier and Kate Dagley

• Flexible float therapist in acute care and rehab settings within several hospital sites in the central Pennsylvania area.
• Collaborated with healthcare team to ensure comprehensive patient care.
• Evaluated patient conditions to develop tailored treatment plans.
• Educated patients on injury prevention and rehabilitation techniques.
• Provided mentorship to new staff and therapy students on clinical procedures and best practices.
• Demonstrated safe techniques for handling and positioning patients during exercise or therapy sessions.

Owner and supervisor: Keith Parker

• Worked in an outpatient setting with a variety of children with developmental delays.
• Coached parents during each treatment session for improved carry-over between sessions.
• Designed creative treatment sessions that began with sensory regulation for improved engagement and performance.
• Conducted and analyzed pediatric standardized tests, initial evaluations, re-evaluations, and treatment with DIR floor-based model.
• Patient population consisted primarily of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Hypotonia, and other rare genetic disorders.

Owner and supervisor: Jose Dominguez

• Served as staff physical therapist in an outpatient clinic that served those with chronic pain, orthopedic conditions, balance disturbances, and neurological conditions.
• Evaluated patient conditions to develop tailored treatment plans.
• Administered therapeutic exercises to enhance patient mobility and strength.
• Educated patients on injury prevention and rehabilitation techniques.
• Monitored progress and adjusted treatment strategies as needed.
• Designed treatment plans for both aquatic and land-based therapy.
• Obtained a specialization in post-concussive syndrome through CCMI.
• Worked with pediatric and adult patients, chronic patients, post-operative patients, high performance athletes, and all levels of neurologic disorders.
• Provided mentorship for high school students shadowing the physical therapy role in outpatient setting.
• Clinical Instructor for physical therapy students.

Supervisor: Karen Burkett, Jessica Arnold and Taylor Yoder

• Performed evaluations, therapeutic sessions, discharge planning, and family training for medically complex individuals requiring intensive therapeutic services for optimal healing.
• Performed home evaluation, and completed appropriate DME recommendations to guide safe patient discharge into the community.
• Collaborated with nurses, occupational therapists, speech therapists, case managers, and doctors during treatments, family meetings, weekly patient rounds, and group settings.
• Co-champion to Joint commission certified wound team, performing weekly wound rounds and daily intervention. Completed successful joint commission survey June 2020.
• Lead weekly wound education group and weekly prn meditation group.

Supervisor: Abby Hassinger

• Performed therapeutic sessions and educational services with the child and caregivers.
• Utilized the coaching model of "I do, we do, you do".
• Worked within the child's most natural environment, including but not limited to the child's home, child care center, or community space.
• Collaborated with nurses, occupational therapists, service coordinators, and speech therapists.

• Maricopa Medical Center (Sept 2016- June 2018): Acute care hospital setting serving patients at a Level 1 trauma center and burn unit. Worked in PICU, NICU, MICU and SICU
• Head to toe therapy (August 2017): Pediatric outpatient clinic serving ages 0 - 21 years of age. Serving children with diagnoses such as Developmental Delay, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down Syndrome, Chromosomal abnormalities, Toe walking, Sensory Processing Disorders, Plagiocephaly, Brachycephaly, Cerebral Palsy, and other Genetic Syndrome.

Owner and Clinic Director: Jim Clahane

• Provided services for adult and adolescent patients with a variety of orthopedic and sports medicine diagnoses.
• Created individualized home exercise programs for outpatient therapy clients to improve health and wellness.
• Worked closely with high school athletes.
• Experience with Functional Movement Screening (FMS).

Clinic owner and supervisor: Dan Bonaroti

• Worked as a PRN employee to cover vacations, maternity leave, and staff needs throughout different points in time period mentioned above.
• Served patients with spinal cord injuries, amputations and rare neurologic conditions with sub-acute or chronic impairments that may be affecting their quality of life.
• Educated patients, care givers and family members in neurologic conditions, home exercise programs, self care, emotional support systems, adaptive equipment and adaptive sports.
• Guided and taught graduate level physical therapy students during their clinic rotations.
• Lead aquatic physical therapy sessions for patients to experience and perform movement in a gentle environment.

Clinic Director: Cindy Nelson

• Provided at home physical therapy services to pediatric patients with a variety of clinical diagnoses and prognoses
• Educated parents in current status and home exercise progression to maximize the child's success
• Completed initial evaluation and weekly on-going treatments for children in their natural home environment
• Worked with both English and Spanish speaking communities

Clinic Director: Owen Campbell

• Conducted comprehensive evaluations to assess patient mobility and functionality.
• Developed personalized treatment plans based on individual patient needs.
• Implemented therapeutic exercises to improve strength and coordination.
• Documented patient progress and adjusted treatment plans as necessary.
• Provided care to both adult and adolescent patients with a variety of clinical diagnoses and prognoses.
• Educated patients in their current status and possible lifestyle changes to promote a healthy lifestyle.
• "Physical therapist-only" business model to ensure high quality of care.