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SAFE PATIENT HANDLING AND MOBILITY COORDINATOR
Professional Summary

South Dakota Registered Nurse with over 12 years of experience delivering high-quality care to patients, with hands on care and clinical management. Proven leader effective at uniting and guiding nursing teams toward achieving patient care goals, improving satisfaction and continuously driving widespread healthcare system initiatives. Focused on continuously advancing expertise in Nursing Informatics while perpetuating the VA mission and facility goals.

Skills
  • Time management
  • Professionalism
  • Leadership
  • Multi-tasking
  • Documentation
  • Multi-tasking
  • Quality
  • Reporting
  • Research
  • Safety
  • Clinical process knowledge
  • Information systems improvements
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Critical thinking
  • Conflict resolution
Work History
Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Coordinator, 01/2018 to Current
Company Name – City, State
  • Provide leadership and management of the Safe Patient Handling and Mobility program for the Healthcare System.
  • Oversees SPHM program activities; tracks staff and patient injuries related to patient handling; and evaluates equipment maintenance, logistics and availability of supplies.
  • Unit-based ergonomic assessments have been conducted in all areas where patient handling and mobilization is expected, in order to identify hazards related to patient handling and mobilization and strategies to address hazards.
  • Member of the Construction team for the duration of projects, to include planning, design, construction, activation and installation.
  • Completed documentation of care, hospital actions and patient activities.
  • Evaluated effectiveness of current strategies utilized recommendations to make permanent improvements to care standards.
  • Contributed educational and clinical expertise to help optimize training courses and boost staff learning.
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
  • Strived to continuously update educational strategies and content based on current trends and technological advancements in healthcare.
MDS Coordinator, 01/2018 to Current
Company Name – City, State
  • Work alongside the extended care and rehab team to provide accurate and precise data entry to the, (minimum Data Set).
  • Provide research to the quality measures that rate the long-term care unit, ensuring that accurate documentation is completed by the bedside nurses, and MDS nurses.
  • Develop new documentation, and education to ensure that long term care institute compliance is achieved, followed by audits for compliance.
  • Work with providers to improve quality measures, by data collection and deep dives of Veteran charts.
  • Inter-Rater reliability prior to submission of assessments to ensure that integral aspects are correct.
  • Educate nursing staff on proper documentation of activities of daily living.
  • Work with quality service line to ensure that all areas are being met to prevent loss of funding due to lack of therapy and documentation., Education of safe patient handling equipment within the facility.
  • Working with nursing staff and leadership to review products needed.
  • Provides safety and injury reporting to Accident Review Board, with interviews that are kept respectful and without blame.
  • Work in conjunction with several areas; education, patient safety, and nurse managers.
  • Provide training, and education on equipment.
  • Purchase new equipment as needed.
  • Provide rounding with environment of care team and ensure that safe patient handling and mobility equipment is available and used per policy.
  • Follow up with managers as needed if concerns are noted.
  • Develop, and coordinate annual safe patient handling and mobility training for the facility.
  • Work with local, and VISN leadership to ensure that the National SPHM Policy is followed and updated as directed.
  • Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
  • Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
Registered Nurse - Floor Nurse, 01/2013 to 01/2018
Company Name – City, State
  • Provide bedside nursing care to Veterans.
  • Follow provider orders, and delegate to a team of nurses as clinically indicated, within state limits.
  • Assisting with providing work assignments, that are fair and equitable.
  • Provide leadership and education to other nurses and staff to assist with high quality of care.
  • Assess, monitor, and treat Veterans with various medical issues.
  • Maintain privacy and HIPPA, ensuring only proper people with appropriate authorization are given private information.
Education
Master of Science: Masters of Science - Nursing Informatics, Expected in 09/2022
Walden University - City, State
Bachelor of Science: Nursing, 2016
University of Sioux Falls
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School Attended

  • Walden University
  • University of Sioux Falls

Job Titles Held:

  • Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Coordinator
  • MDS Coordinator
  • Registered Nurse - Floor Nurse

Degrees

  • Master of Science : Masters of Science - Nursing Informatics , Expected in 09/2022
    Bachelor of Science : Nursing , 2016