Staff Spotlight: Tim Elting enjoys interacting with pT patients and being constantly on the move
March 2023
Q: How long have you been working at Blue Ridge Orthopaedic?
1 year
Q: What is your job title?
Physical Therapy Assistant, DME (durable medical equipment) coordinator, team leader
Q: What does your job entail?
Patient care, managing and fitting therapy DME, and overseeing the non-clinical aspect of Rehabilitation Specialist duties (laundry, cleaning, etc.)
Q: What do you like most about your job?
Interacting with patients and being constantly on the move
Q: How would you describe your team?
My team is a very dedicated group of people in servicing patients to get back on their feet. They make work fun and enjoyable to be a part of!
Q: What is one professional skill you are actively developing?
Making patients have as much of an enjoyable experience as possible
Q: What is your favorite productivity hack?
Finish what you start
Q: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Growing my family
Q: What were you doing before this?
PTA at Hilltop Physical Therapy in Fredericksburg
Q: What is the best career lesson you’ve learned so far?
Work hard and rewards will follow
Q: What’s the best advice you were ever given?
Be yourself
Q: What is the best career lesson you’ve learned so far?
Finish what you start
Q: What would you do (for a career) if you weren’t doing this?
Architect
Q: What profession would you definitely NOT like to do?
Accounting
Q: What county do you live in?
Orange County
Q: What do you like best about your county?
Rural area
Q: What is your favorite local business?
Tokyo steak and sushi restaurant
Q: What do you like to do when you aren’t working?
Spend time with my family (wife, daughter, and dog), work out, golf, and hang out with friends
Q: What’s a fun fact about you many people may not know?
I have an identical twin brother
Q: Where’s your favorite place in the world?
Any golf course
Q: What is your motto or personal mantra?
Hakuna Matata
Q: If you could meet anyone in the world, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
Derek Jeter, favorite baseball player
Q: Three words to best describe you:
Kind, quirky, laid back
Q: What is the one thing you can’t live without?
My wife
Q: What is the most recent TV show you binge watched?
House of Dragons
Q: What is the best movie of all time?
Lord of the Rings The Return of The King
Q: If you could have any superpower what would it be?
Teleportation
Q: What is one food that you cannot resist?
Popcorn
Q: If you could snap your fingers and become an expert in something, what would it be?
Card games
Q: Are you a dog person or a cat person (or neither)?
Dog
Q: What’s your time of day? Do you enjoy the morning or the evening?
Morning person
Q: What would you eat if you had to eat only one meal every day for the rest of your life?
Baby back ribs, loaded baked potato, and waffle fries
