Vice President Patient Care Services, Nursing Practice And Project Management Resume Example Barnabas Health

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.

Skill Highlights

Executive level nursing management at hospital and system level

Multidisciplinary best practice standardization to meet or exceed quality benchmarks and regulatory compliance

Collaborative team facilitation across 7 hospitals with project work targeting patient safety strategies

Fiscal and resource management ability including work redesign and workforce reduction

Expertise in maintaining nursing practice standards, policy development, quality reporting, and regulatory compliance

Supply chain management with focus on system level product standardization and consolidation

Professional Experience

Vice President Patient Care Services, Nursing Practice and Project Management04/2001 to 03/2014Barnabas HealthWest Orange, NJ

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 04/2001Saint Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston, NJ

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 CenterLivingston, NJ

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 CommunityLombard, IL

Nurse Manager - Medical And Oncology Units07/1988 to 04/1992Saint Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston, NJ

Staff Registered Nurse - Telemetry and Coronary Care01/1984 to 07/1988Saint Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston, NJ

Staff Registered Nurse - Medical Telemetry06/1983 to 01/1984Aurora St. Luke's Medical CenterMilwaukee, WI

Education

Master of Arts: Nursing AdministrationNew York UniversityNew York, New York

Bachelor of Science: NursingVanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN

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

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Barnabas Health
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Beacon Hill Life Care Community
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

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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