1. CINDY ELLEN CZOCHER
1382 Whippoorwill Trail
Stow, OH 44224
Ayla5253@gmail.com Cell: 216-404-6380
OBJECTIVE
Secure a full-time position as Physical Therapist to provide exceptional evaluation and treatment for employer’s census of
patients in one to a few sites, such as skilled nursing facilities or outpatient facilities.
EDUCATION
Ithaca College – Ithaca, NY – entered PT curriculum
Cleveland State University – Cleveland, OH – transferred to CSU and completed PT curriculum
Bachelor of Science: Physical Therapy
Major GPA: 3.4
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cleveland Clinic Home Care - Independence, OH 10/02 – Present
Staff Physical Therapist
 Provide physical therapy services and assume responsibility for caseload management.
 Administer physical therapy treatments according to professional standards including exercise, specialized training
techniques, physical agents, adaptive and assistive equipment, recommending orthotic or prosthetic devices.
 Perform evaluations with skill and accuracy, identifying patient therapy needs based on findings and adjusting
treatment program based on patient progress and/or changed needs.
 Formulate realistic goals for patient treatment and defines appropriate treatment program.
 Involve patients and caregivers in care planning process and initiation/maintenance of home care programs, as well as
instruct patients/caregivers regarding the disease process/illness and patient functional capabilities.
 Facilitate a coordinated, interdisciplinary, patient-focused approach, with excellent communication skills.
 Coordinate and make referrals for other indicated agency and community outreach services.
 Comply with agency policies and submit documentation that is complete, accurate and thorough.
 Attend agency meetings and participates in peer review as requested.
 Maintain customer service orientation, competencies, flexibility and adaptability to work environment and
responsibilities.
 Supervise physical therapy assistants and home care aides as required.
Visiting Nurse Association of Cleveland - Cleveland, OH 1994-2002
Staff Physical Therapist
 Provided physical therapy services and assumed responsibility for caseload management.
 Administered physical therapy treatments according to professional standards including exercise, specialized training
techniques, physical agents, adaptive and assistive equipment, recommending orthotic or prosthetic devices.
 Performed evaluations with skill and accuracy, identifying patient therapy needs based on findings and adjusting
treatment program based on patient progress and/or changed needs.
 Formulated realistic goals for patient treatment and defined appropriate treatment program.
 Involved patients and caregivers in care planning process and initiation/maintenance of home care programs, as well
as instructed patients/caregivers regarding the disease process/illness and patient functional capabilities.
 Facilitated a coordinated, interdisciplinary, patient-focused approach, with excellent communication skills.
 Coordinated and made referrals for other indicated agency and community outreach services.
 Complied with agency policies and submitted complete, accurate and thorough documentation .
 Attended agency meetings and participated in peer review as requested.
 Maintained customer service orientation, competencies, flexibility and adaptability to work environment and
responsibilities.
 Supervised physical therapy assistants and home care aides as required.

2. Visiting Nurse Association of Southwest Michigan - Kalamazoo, MI 1988-1994
Staff Physical Therapist
 Provided much the same services as the 2 jobs on page 1
Ewing & Thomas - New Port Richey, FL 1/1988 – 8/1988
Staff Physical Therapist
 Evaluated and treated patients in 2 nursing homes in Brooksville and Dade City.
 Evaluated and treated patients in satellite PT departments at GTE at 2 sites in Tampa, FL.
 Performed home care evaluations and treatments for a contracted home health agency.
 Evaluated and treated outpatients in New Port Richey outpatient facility owned by Ewing and Thomas.
University Community Hospital - Tampa, FL 1985-1988
Staff Physical Therapist
 Provided physical therapy services and assumed responsibility for caseload management.
 Evaluated and treated patients with a complex case mix on 4 rotations: inpatient, inpatient rehab, pain clinic, and
outpatient and whirlpools.
 Team leader for outpatient and whirlpools.
 Applied sterile towel or dressing per orders.
 Treated patients with a variety of modalities.
 Initiated a functional capacity and work hardening program.
 Co-designed a postural evaluation and taught appropriate exercises for employees of contracted industries.
 Performed isokinetic testing on the Lido machine.
Marymount Hospital - Garfield Heights, OH 1984-1985
Staff Physical Therapist
 Provided physical therapy services for acute care and outpatients including evaluation, gait training, transfer training,
modalities, and exercise
Margaret Wagner Nursing Home of Benjamin Rose Institute - University Heights, OH 1983-1984
Staff Physical Therapist
 Provided physical therapy services for skilled nursing unit and long term residents including evaluation, gait training,
transfer training, modalities, exercise,and supervision of PT aides.
 Scheduled patients and provided documentation for billing
 Covered for director when she was on vacation
CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSURE
PT License #006342 Ohio in good standing
CPR Basic renewal- 5/2015
FAZZI Training (Working with OASIS C) 06/21/16
Reasoning with Unreasonable People: Focus on Disorders of Emotional Regulation 04/13/16
Home Modifications by Summit Education 11/15/15
Dynamic Trio: Gait Analysis, Rehab, and Orthotic Intervention by Allard 09/16/15
Effective Home Health Rehab 07/30/15
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
 Reiki Master-Practitioner
 Conversationally fluent in signed exact English.