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VICE PRESIDENT PATIENT CARE SERVICES, NURSING PRACTICE AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Professional Objective
Experienced nurse executive with proven clinical and leadership skills. Seeking full time position in healthcare/nursing management where my prior education, skills and experience can be built upon. Special interest in best practice implementation, project management, quality, and informatics.
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Professional Experience
Vice President Patient Care Services, Nursing Practice and Project Management04/2001 to 03/2014Common SpiritBryan , TX
- Reporting directly to Corporate level Senior Vice President for Patient Care Services and Chief Nurse Executive was key member of team who oversaw all aspects of patient care services management for 7 hospitals, ambulatory, hospice, and home health services treating 198,000 inpatients and same day surgery patients and 1.5 million outpatients annually
- Corporate level administration with a focus on standardization of evidence based nursing practice, quality patient experience, and patient safety initiatives
- Implemented structure for and chaired system wide professional nursing practice council with staff RN membership from 7 hospitals, ambulatory care services, hospice and home health. Developed universal policies for falls risk assessment, suicide risk assessment, wound care, urinary catheter management, and patient bathing with single use products to reduce nosocomial infections
- Researched, developed and implemented a system wide professional nursing peer review program to align with shared governance structure with 95% Staff RN participation in first year
- Developed nursing quality program and reporting, resulting in achieving below NDNQI benchmark rates for patient falls, and nosocomial infections for 6+ consecutive quarters
- Served as nursing informatics liaison for design, build, implementation and optimization of clinical information system for 6 hospitals. Led multidisciplinary teams to build standardized order sets, standing orders and nursing documentation tools.
- Through facilitation of system level interdsiciplinary clinical specialty teams implemented best practices system-wide for reducing ventilator associated pneumonia, catheter associated urinary tract infection, and central line associated blood stream infections, utilizing surgical safety checklist, reducing elective deliveries before 39 weeks gestation, and rapid response team sepsis management
- Collaborated with Materials Management to consolidate and standardize clinical products across 7 hospitals resulting in $100,000+ savings per years for multiple years
Vice President Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer12/1996 to 04/2001Brookdale Senior LivingJohnson City , TN
- Chief Nurse Executive for 597 bed academic hospital with certified burn unit, high risk obstetrical services with 5000+ births annually, level III NICU, cardiac surgery center, 700+ nurses, 35,000 admissions, 87,000 ED visits annually. Also responsible for outpatient cancer center with infusion services, radiation oncology, respiratory therapy, unit management and transport services
- Managed the overall operation of large patient care service with 1200+ FTE's including operational planning for direct patient care, financial management of $100,000,000+ budget, quality review and performance improvement, safety risk management, patient and employee satisfaction, staff and management development, regulatory compliance, bargaining unit negotiations and strategic planning to align department objectives with institutional ones
- Participated in strategic planning and implemented action plans to meet the operational goals and targets
- Executive management team member represented Patient Care Services at Board of Trustees, Medical Executive Committee, and finance meetings
Director of Nursing Administration06/1994 to 12/1996Saint Barnabas Medical CenterCity , STATE
- Managed daily operations of nursing department working directly with clinical directors and ancillary department heads to facilitate patient care excellence
- Developed and implemented policy and procedure to support administrative initiatives, clinical care and quality goals
- Established nursing quality program to incorporate process for review of unexpected patient care occurrences to identify opportunities for improvement, practitioner specific deficits, and gaps in policy/procedures
- Ensured Patient Care Services compliance with regulatory requirements and interacted with regulatory surveyors
- Housewide supervision and administrator on call responsiblities on rotational basis
Assistant Director of Nursing06/1992 to 04/1994Beacon Hill Life Care CommunityCity , STATE
Nurse Manager - Medical And Oncology Units07/1988 to 04/1992Saint Barnabas Medical CenterCity , STATE
Staff Registered Nurse - Telemetry and Coronary Care01/1984 to 07/1988Saint Barnabas Medical CenterCity , STATE
Staff Registered Nurse - Medical Telemetry06/1983 to 01/1984Aurora St. Luke's Medical CenterCity , STATE
Education
Master of Arts: Nursing AdministrationNew York UniversityCity, State
Bachelor of Science: NursingVanderbilt UniversityCity, State
Skills
Advanced problem solving
Strong organizational skills
Multidisciplinary team facilitation
Public Speaking
Competence with Microsoft Office products
Additional Information
- Professional Credentials Registered Nurse License, New Jersey
- Organizations American Organization of Nurse Executives Organization of Nurse Executives
- New Jersey State Nurses Association
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School Attended
- New York University
- Vanderbilt University
Job Titles Held:
- Vice President Patient Care Services, Nursing Practice and Project Management
- Vice President Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer
- Director of Nursing Administration
- Assistant Director of Nursing
- Nurse Manager - Medical And Oncology Units
- Staff Registered Nurse - Telemetry and Coronary Care
- Staff Registered Nurse - Medical Telemetry
Degrees
- Master of Arts : Nursing Administration
Bachelor of Science : Nursing
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