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Alisa W. Vincent

Alisa W. Vincent

BSN, RN
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Summary

Seeking a position in Nurse Management or Nurse Education while completing my Master’s Degree. I am a dedicated Charge Nurse, Clinical Coordinator and Interim Manager with specialty experience in Perioperative Nursing, including exceptional skills in PREOP, PACU, ENDO, IR and OR SURGICAL areas. I maintain strong assessment, evaluation and treatment-planning skills with knowledge of staffing, call schedules, management and training. e am a reIliable, ethical healthcare provider with ability to stay calm and intervene during crises, to facilitate groups and educational seminars, and to collaborate on multidisciplinary teams. I have the proven ability to build positive relationships with patients, family members, physicians, coworkers and other medical professionals.

Overview

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21 Years of Experience

Work History

Clinical Coordinator RN

St. Luke’s Hospital, Orthopedics, Podiatry & Neuro
03.2023 - Current
  • Responsibilities include management of above-mentioned services, over all aspects including preparation and collaboration with vendors, supplies, instrumentation, organization and scheduling of cases
  • My job continues at home, as the Coordinator, I answer calls on my off days and evening hours, should anything of urgency need resolving
  • Constant communication with surgeons, their NPs and PAs to make sure that everything runs smoothly and effectively.

OR Charge Nurse/Circulator/Board Runner

St. Luke’s Hospital
12.2022 - 03.2023
  • Travel Assignment
  • Responsibilities included staffing, time and attendance, inventory and all aspects of accommodation of fast-paced, high volume, high acuity clinical areas to achieve optimum flow while maintaining continuity of patient care
  • Maintaining optimal flow of OR cases to decrease turn-over time and room delays
  • Emergency case management.

Charge Nurse

Presbyterian Hospital
02.2022 - 11.2022
  • Travel Assignment
  • Weekend overnight charge nurse for 24 bed OR suites
  • Duties include scheduling and staffing accordingly for daily assignments
  • Maintaining optimal flow of OR cases to decrease turn over time and room delays
  • Assistance with preop and PACU as back up Nurse to decrease need for on call productivity
  • Maintenance and set up of all OR suites for first case 0730 starts
  • Overnight and emergency case management.

PACU Nurse and OR

Memorial Hermann Greater Heights
10.2020 - 02.2022
  • Recovery Room RN/ Interim Charge RN/Clinical Coach for extremely fast-paced, high-acuity 16 bay PACU.
  • Responsibilities include “Resource RN” for maintenance of optimal unit flow,
  • In House Call RN on Saturdays so that staff becomes back-up call instead of initial call and
  • Preceptor to all new onboarding PACU nurses.

Charge Nurse/Board Runner/OR Circulator

HCA Medical Center
10.2019 - 10.2020
  • OR Circulator, evening charge nurse/board runner and permanent float RN for maintenance and optimal flow of fast-paced 16 suite Operating Room.

Regional Director

teamRN4u
10.2019 - Current
  • Certified Health & Wellness Coach
  • Certified Health Coach assisting clientele to achieve optimum health and wellness through integrative nutrition application, knowledge of disease processes, treatments, medications and lifestyle changes.

Interim Manager/Clinical Coordinator/Charge RN PREOP/PACU

St. Joseph Medical Center downtown, OR
02.2013 - 10.2019


  • Responsible for maintaining the daily operations for the Operating Room, Day Surgery, PREOP, Endoscopy and PACU areas
  • Responsibilities included staffing, time and attendance, inventory and all aspects of accommodation of fast-paced, high volume, high acuity clinical areas to achieve optimum flow while maintaining continuity of patient care
  • Clinical Coordinator for Dr. Mark Henry, world-renowned Hand Surgeon.

Recovery Room

North Cypress Medical Center, PREOP/PACU/ENDOSCOPY
02.2012 - 02.2013
  • RN/ Interim Charge RN/Clinical Coach for extremely fast-paced, high-acuity 16 bay PACU
  • Responsibilities include “Resource RN” for maintenance of optimal unit flow, In House Call RN on Saturdays so that staff becomes back-up call instead of initial call and Preceptor to all new onboarding PACU nurses., Serving as a “hybrid” nurse responsible for floating to Outpatient Surgical Center and Main Hospital Endoscopy unit to accommodate fast-paced, high volume clinical areas to achieve optimum flow and maintain continuity of patient care
  • Opening of Creekside Surgery Center

Nurse Lead PREOP

Closing
08.2011 - 02.2012
  • Served as Lead RN assigned to assist with newly-opened surgical center, housing a 4 bay PREOP area, 4 bay PACU area, 23 hour OBS and 2 OR Rooms with 1 Procedure Room
  • Played a key role in revising entire inventory structure of Pharmacy, Anesthesia Carts and supplies, Malignant Hyperthermia cart and supplies, as well as monitoring and ordering of OR and Anesthesia Medication, monitoring of temperature logs for entire surgery center and all individualized compartments, monitoring and ordering of key specialty-specific surgical supplies, equipment and implants for ENT, SPINE, PAIN, CATARACT ORTHO and PODIATRY cases
  • Responsible for the organization and structuring of both OR Rooms to achieve a “work smarter not harder” circulating environment
  • Of Sadler Clinic Surgical Center

Registered Nurse PACU

Conroe Regional Medical Center
10.2009 - 10.2011
  • Worked as a PACU RN in 24 bay recovery unit providing bedside care, treatment and clinical documentation for multidisciplinary surgical and cardiac cath patients who were stabilized, then transferred to PACU 2 or post-surgical floors
  • Handled medication administration, dressing changes, IVs and all other aspects of nursing care
  • Facilitated admissions, discharges and transfers; prepared chart notes and other documentation; and participated on interdisciplinary team
  • Received prefect score evaluations from management on yearly reviews.

Registered Nurse CVOR, Clinical Coordinator Lead RN

The Methodist Hospital, Med Center, Dr Gerald Lawrie
09.2005 - 10.2009
  • The only robotically-trained RN on the Heart Team chosen to travel to Spokane, WA, by Dr
  • Lawrie for specialized training on the Da Vinci Robot
  • Responsible for the set up and break down of the Da Vinci "S", for gathering all supplies and equipment necessary for all robotic procedures, and for maintaining all lines of communication open with all surgical representatives required to participate in all robotic procedures.

Public Relations Coordinator

Fondren Brown CVOR
  • Responsible for all inside and outside coordinated activities that involved Fondren Brown and its employees
  • Includes coordinating, campaigning and participating in all hospital related fund-raising activities such as the Heart Walk and Stride for Stroke
  • Includes the organization of all product-related education, employee birthday celebrations, and all OR fundraisers
  • Education Liaison
  • Responsible for startup, maintenance and coordination of semester visits from The Woodlands High School and College Park High School Health Science students, giving them the opportunity to see firsthand the inside of the operating room and all that it entails
  • The students watch an open-heart surgical procedure and afterwards there is an exploratory Q&A session with all operating room personnel including a representative from the anesthesia department, perfusion team, and OR team.

Circulating RN

University Hospital
12.2002 - 09.2005
  • Achievements include being chosen to be a member of the Heart Team and receiving specialized training for 4 different heart surgeons and being chosen to be the first assist to the chief of cardiovascular surgery
  • I was also chosen to be a part of the newly implemented surgical "TIME OUT" campaign being sponsored on the hospital's web site
  • Relocation to Houston post Hurricane Katrina.

US Navy
01.1997 - 01.2002
  • Established a "Buddy Program" in the military for the recruitment and retention of military personnel
  • Received 2 Navy & Marine Corp Achievement Medals for outstanding military conduct and service and for being an "out-of- the-box" thinker producing the first ever educational program of its kind that involved "A Day in the Navy" for the students at Charity Nursing School

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

UT Arlington, Arlington, TX
08.2023

ADN Program - undefined

Charity Hospital School of Nursing
Elected Vice President of class and Treasurer of the school. Received Excellence in Clinical Award. Member of Honor Society. First person to establish an educational program that connected Charity Nursing School with the US Navy giving student nurses an inside look into military nursing. This was the first ever program of its kind.

Skills

  • Promotional Campaigns
  • Social Media Platforms
  • Corporate Communications
  • Strong Verbal and Written Communication Skills
  • Staff Support
  • Department Development
  • Professional Relationships
  • Project Management
  • Exceptional Writer
  • Critical Thinking
  • Internal Communications
  • Strategic Management
  • Marketing and Sales Specialist
  • Decisive Problem Solver
  • Motivated Team Player
  • Creative Strategies
  • Coordinate Events

Affiliations

AORN-Association of Operating Room Nurses

USNavy 1997-2002

Work Availability

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Timeline

Clinical Coordinator RN - St. Luke’s Hospital, Orthopedics, Podiatry & Neuro
03.2023 - Current
OR Charge Nurse/Circulator/Board Runner - St. Luke’s Hospital
12.2022 - 03.2023
Charge Nurse - Presbyterian Hospital
02.2022 - 11.2022
PACU Nurse and OR - Memorial Hermann Greater Heights
10.2020 - 02.2022
Charge Nurse/Board Runner/OR Circulator - HCA Medical Center
10.2019 - 10.2020
Regional Director - teamRN4u
10.2019 - Current
Interim Manager/Clinical Coordinator/Charge RN PREOP/PACU - St. Joseph Medical Center downtown, OR
02.2013 - 10.2019
Recovery Room - North Cypress Medical Center, PREOP/PACU/ENDOSCOPY
02.2012 - 02.2013
Nurse Lead PREOP - Closing
08.2011 - 02.2012
Registered Nurse PACU - Conroe Regional Medical Center
10.2009 - 10.2011
Registered Nurse CVOR, Clinical Coordinator Lead RN - The Methodist Hospital, Med Center, Dr Gerald Lawrie
09.2005 - 10.2009
Circulating RN - University Hospital
12.2002 - 09.2005
- US Navy
01.1997 - 01.2002
Public Relations Coordinator - Fondren Brown CVOR
UT Arlington - Bachelor of Science, Nursing
Charity Hospital School of Nursing - ADN Program,

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