Amanda Cavazos

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

CLINIC OPERATIONS:

• Manages the operations of the clinic, including costs, processes, staffing, and quality standards.
• Provides leadership, coaching, and development plans for all direct reports.
• Partners with internal Human Resources, Quality, and Technical Services departments.
• Collaborates with or functions as the Home Therapies Program Manager to oversee the facility’s Home Therapies Program.
• Maintains integrity of medical and operations records and complies with all data collections and auditing activities.
• Accountable for completion of the Annual Standing Order Review and Internal Classification of Disease (ICD) coding.
• Manages clinic financials including efficient utilization of supplies or equipment and regular profits and loss review.
• Responsible for all required network reporting and on-site state or federal surveys.

PATIENT CARE:

• Coordinates all aspects of patient care with the appropriate staff members, from admission through discharge of the patient.
• Ensure education of the patient regarding quality measures, transplant options, modality awareness, and access care.
• Acts as a resource for the patient and family to address concerns and questions.
• Accountable for timely completion of patient care assessments and care plans.
• Manages timely patient schedules to ensure facility efficiency and develops action plans for missed treatments.
• Plans, coordinates, and validates patient eligibility for treatment.
• Reports changes in patient status regarding any clinical, insurance, or travel and transportation issues.

STAFF:

• Participates in the selection and hiring of new team members and ensures completion of new hiring orientation and mandatory trainings.
• Responsible for all patient care employees completing appropriate training courses and that licensures/certifications are current.
• Provides support for all clinical staff members at regular intervals and encourages professional growth.
• Maintains current knowledge regarding company benefits, policies, procedures, and processes.
• Completes employee evaluations and establishes annual goals.
• Documents any disciplinary actions and confers with the clinic Director of Operations and Human Resources when needed.
• Manages staff scheduling and payroll.

PHYSICIANS:

• Facilitates the application process for physician privileges and compliance with Fresenius Medical Care Medical Staff By-Laws.
• Responsible for strong physician relationships and ensures regular and effective communication.
• Participates in Governing Body, an interdisciplinary team for each region including MSWs, Dietitians, MDs, DOs etc. that governs policies.

o Assigned as Charge Nurse after 8 months and tasked to supervise 1

RN and 6 LVN’s/Patient Care Technicians and acted as a resource

person for staff members within scope of practice.

o Directs and coordinates work shifts for the patient care staff of all

aspects of the daily provision of safe and effective delivery of

hemodialysis therapy and delegates appropriate tasks to direct patient

care staff.

o Held regular meetings to hear concerns, address issues, and notify staff

of daily updates.

o Review physician orders, collects patient data pre, during, and post

hemodialysis treatment for patients; documents in the patient medical

record and adjusts or modifies treatment plan and notifies physician as

needed.

o Develop interventions, treat adverse reactions to treatment, monitor

dialysis systems, and advise providers of significant changes in patient

condition.

o Administers medications as prescribed or in accordance with approved

algorithms and documents appropriate medical justification and

effectiveness.

o Ensures correct laboratory collection processing and shipping

procedures are performed and reschedules missed or insufficient

laboratory collections.o Assisted in maintaining inventory of medications, ordering medications

for clinic, and calling pharmacy for refills/ordered medications for

patients.

o Discharge patients when vital signs are stable and provide patient

education applicable to individuals medical conditions.

o Assesses, collaborates, and documents patient/family’s basic learning

needs to provide initial and ongoing education to patients and family.

o Documents and updates plan of care through collaboration with the

Interdisciplinary Team.

o Ensures patient awareness related to transplant and treatment modalit

• Post Anesthesia Care Unit
• Monitor post-operative patients’ levels of consciousness during recovery from anesthesia
• Measure and record vital signs
• Observe patients for signs of side effect of anesthesia
• Treat pain, nausea, and other post-operative symptoms
• Collaborate with the medical team on patient care and interventions
• Educate and teach patients and families on post-surgery care
• Circulating Nurse
• Prepare surgical suite according to surgery and surgeon preference
• Assist scrub tech with opening supplies for case
• Implement plan of care
• Prepares patient and preforms surgical prep
• Administers and prepares medications
• Monitor patient for complications
• Makes available instruments and supplies needed during the operation
• Pre-Operative Nurse
• Verifies the patient’s identity and surgical procedure
• Reviews consent forms with patient
• Implements plan of care
• Provide information and emotional support for patients and family
• Identifies arrhythmias
• Starts I.V.
• Administers pre-operative medications
• Helps circulating nurse with narcotic count
• Assists team members with positioning patient on table

• Completed 768 clinical hours