Hardworking and reliable Registered Respiratory Therapist with strong abilities in critical care and customer service. Offering 20+ years' experience in all areas of respiratory care, team relationship building, and servant leadership. Organized, proactive and punctual with a team-oriented mentality. Positively influencing patient care is my guiding principle.
Skills
Quality patient care champion
Customer service
Financial stewardship
Critical thinking
Conflict resolution
Team building
Staff and relationship development
Coaching/mentoring others
Education and Training
Jefferson College of Health SciencesRoanoke, VAExpected in 08/1998 – –Associate of Applied Science:Respiratory Therapy - GPA:
Pacific Medical Centers - Manager, Respiratory Care Services Molalla, OR, 12/2006 - Current
Responsible for overseeing daily respiratory care department operations including workload disbursement, staff schedules, leading team meetings, policy/procedure revisions, patient experience follow-up, budget planning, regulatory, and compliance enforcement.
Responsible for staff evaluations, continuing education, and coordinating respiratory care training for hospital nursing departments.
Responsible for hiring, training, and counseling respiratory therapy staff.
Clinical respiratory manager accountable for Emergency Department, Women's and Children's areas of respiratory care services. Works clinical areas as necessary during critical staffing levels.
In collaboration with adult co-manager, oversee a total of 125 FTEs in a ~750 bed Level One Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center.
Responsible for the operations of a progressive pediatric respiratory therapy department including special product orders, high frequency jet, high frequency oscillator, NAVA ventilation with Maquet Servo I/U ventilators (NICU and PICU). Surfactant delivery via laryngeal mask airway research study (NICU), bronchiolitis research study using nebulized N-acetylcystine (PICU), Heliox administration via invasive and non-invasive applications
Accountable for nitric oxide delivery systems, orders, and training. INO used in all patient care areas including ORs, adult ICUs, PICU, and NICU.
Responsible for all respiratory therapy new product trials. Worked with Corporate Contracting and vendors for best pricing while following evidence based practices.
Current member of Covid-19 task force including Emergency Dept., Pulmonary Critical Care. and Infection Control Physicians to guide best practices with intubations/extubations, and code blue processes during the pandemic.
Currently practices safe medication delivery and critical care ventilatory support; including maintenance, management, troubleshooting, and training others' on life support systems.
Williams Bros. Health Care - Neonatal/Pediatric Transport Therapist (PRN) Loogootee, IN, 05/2004 - 12/2006
Provided inter and intrahospital hospital transports for primary neonatal, pediatric, and limited adult patients.
Ground and rotor transport experience.
EVOC Level III certified.
S.T.A.B.L.E. training
Attend high risk neonatal deliveries and provided resuscitation efforts including tracheal intubation.
Carilion Medical Center - Clinical Team Leader-Respiratory Care Services City, STATE, 10/2003 - 12/2006
Respiratory care Clinical Team Leader responsible for night shift respiratory therapists and shift operation.
Provided clinical input on staff annual evaluations.
Provided shift assignments and supervision to 10-12 FTEs working ED, ICUs, and general floor care.
Responsible for troubleshooting equipment and difficult patient management (high acuity patient care).
Reported adverse events to manager on shift summaries.
Provided bedside new graduate respiratory therapist guidance, training and education in real-time.
On manager approval, adjusted staffing to workload levels through calling off staff, calling in staff, and sending staff home during the shift.
Carilion Medical Center - Staff Respiratory Therapist City, STATE, 10/1998 - 10/2003
Provided direct care to treat acute and chronic respiratory conditions while utilizing a patient driven assess and treat protocol at a Level One Trauma Center.
Educated patients on treatment options, medication administration, and care plans.
Administered bronchodilators, antibiotics, mucolytics, and corticosteriods via nebulizers, metered-dose inhalers, and positive pressure devices.
Provided Bilevel/CPAP initiation, management, and troubleshooting.
Maintained airway management competency including intubation and extubation.
Setup, patient management, troubleshooting, and liberation of mechanical ventilation in the critical care setting and Emergency Department.
Sensormedics/Carefusion High Frequency Oscillator 3100-B core team member and education resource.
Collected, analyzed and interpreted arterial blood gas samples while maintaining critical values reporting compliance.
Activities and Honors
2017-2019 Chair, Respiratory Therapy Advisory Board for Jefferson College of Health Sciences/Radford University Carilion.
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