SHARON TORELLA
Conshohocken
Summary
Registered Nurse with 20+ years of clinical experience managing complex medical and psychiatric caseloads within federal and interdisciplinary healthcare systems. Skilled in evaluating functional capacity, validating medical restrictions, coordinating care progression, and supporting return-to-work outcomes. Experienced in high-volume documentation review, recovery trajectory assessment, and applying clinical judgement within structured compliance-driven environments.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Nurse Consultant
Salz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky
Philadelphia
11.2022 - Current
- Perform comprehensive medical record analysis in complex injury and impairment cases to evaluate severity, treatment necessity, and functional impact.
- Perform objective medical record review to assess severity, long-term limitations, and prognosis.
- Reconstruct clinical timelines and evaluate injury progression and recovery trajectory.
Registered Nurse Behavioral Health Case Management
U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs- Behavioral Health Service
Philadelphia
10.2014 - Current
- Manage high-volume complex caseload of veterans with psychiatric and medical comorbidities.
- Review and interpret specialty consults, imaging, lab results, and treatment plans to assess clinical severity and functional impact.
- Evaluate ongoing medical stability and limitations affecting work capacity and daily functioning.
- Collaborate with providers to clarify diagnoses, treatment progression, and prognosis.
- Coordinate interdisciplinary treatment services to promote measurable improvement and safe functional reintegration.
- Maintain timely, compliant documentation within federal regulatory framework.
Registered Charge Nurse, Acute Inpatient Psychiatry
Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment (Einstein Healthcare Network)
Philadelphia
01.2010 - 01.2014
Registered Charge Nurse, Adult Psychiatry
Friends Hospital
Philadelphia
01.2009 - 01.2010
RN Case Manager, Medical-Psychiatry
Children's Medical Center
Dallas
01.2005 - 01.2006
Registered Nurse Case Manager, Traumatic Brain Injury Residential Program
Pate Rehabilitation
Anna
01.2005 - 01.2006
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Abilene Christian University
Additional Coursework -
Northeastern University
Skills
- Comprehensive Medical Record Review
- Complex Case Management
- Treatment Plan Evaluation & Care Progression
- Regulatory & Policy Interpretation
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Structured Clinical Reporting
- Medical record analysis
- Clinical assessment
- Treatment planning
License
Active, Unrestricted RN License, Pennsylvania, RN599960
Degree
BSN, RN
Prior Clinical Experience
- Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment (Einstein Healthcare Network), Philadelphia, PA, Registered Charge Nurse, Acute Inpatient Psychiatry, 01/01/10, 12/31/14
- Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, Registered Charge Nurse, Adult Psychiatry, 01/01/09, 12/31/10
- Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX, RN Case Manager, Medical-Psychiatry, 01/01/05, 12/31/06
- Pate Rehabilitation, Anna, TX, Registered Nurse Case Manager, Traumatic Brain Injury Residential Program, 01/01/05, 12/31/06
Timeline
Legal Nurse Consultant
Salz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky
11.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse Behavioral Health Case Management
U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs- Behavioral Health Service
10.2014 - Current
Registered Charge Nurse, Acute Inpatient Psychiatry
Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment (Einstein Healthcare Network)
01.2010 - 01.2014
Registered Charge Nurse, Adult Psychiatry
Friends Hospital
01.2009 - 01.2010
RN Case Manager, Medical-Psychiatry
Children's Medical Center
01.2005 - 01.2006
Registered Nurse Case Manager, Traumatic Brain Injury Residential Program
Pate Rehabilitation
01.2005 - 01.2006
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Abilene Christian University
Additional Coursework -
Northeastern University