April Behory, RN, MSNL
Mineral Point,PA
Summary
Seeking full-time employment in management or administrative role in the long-term healthcare environment. I offer a solid foundation with 23 years of management and director leadership along with 39+ years of Nursing experience. My role as Director of Woman/Child Services has offered multiple opportunities to successfully lead teams and team participation of quality and safety initiatives. I bring understanding of the financial responsibilities, patient/family and employee satisfaction to hospital, outpatient, and long-term care environments. I have experience with strategic planning, the nursing process, and educational skills. Program development, implementation, coordination, and a commitment to life-long learning are strong traits I would bring to this role. I had the opportunity to be the Director of Nursing for Somerset’s LPN program and the role of RN Supervisor with the Cambria Care Center. Hardworking employee with customer service, multitasking, and time management abilities. Devoted to giving every customer a positive and memorable experience.
Overview
39
39
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Nursing
Somerset Community Technology Center’s LPN School of Nursing
11.2020 - Current
- Overall Administrative responsibility for the Nursing Program: Student curriculum, budget, grants, student/educator scheduling, clinical program development, growth and program development
- Responsible for all reports to the PA State Board of Nursing.
Director of Woman/Child Service Line
Conemaugh Health Systems
03.2006 - 10.2020
- Accountable for overall operations, efficiency, quality and financial performances of assigned clinical areas in collaboration with the Physician chairman, and other key stakeholders
- Authority, responsibility to implement service-wide changes across department lines and provide internal/external communications regarding service line initiatives
- Development of annual Capital budget items
- Mobilizes and directs employee and physician teams to develop and achieve Strategic Planning goals to improve patient and employee experience, quality, safety and efficiencies
- Contributes to the achievement of Mission, Vision and, Core Values of the organization
- Partners with physicians and support departments throughout the health system
- Facilitates/prepares for department meetings, at all levels to provide/enhance service line communications
- Responsible for annual department educations plans
- Utilization of Lean six sigma Performance Improvement processes/tools
- Utilize TeamSTEPPS tools to facilitate coaching and communication
- Oversight of department Policies and Procedures
- Improvement initiatives for patient and staff experience and satisfaction
- Marketing and Outreach responsibilities
- Enforcement of regulatory entities: The Joint Commission, Department of Health, ACOG, AWHONN, AORN, NAN, APA, CMS.
Director of Conemaugh’s IV Team
01.2009 - 01.2017
- Additional Role as Director of Woman/Child Services
Director of Conemaugh’s Community Health And Wellness Department
01.2011 - 01.2015
- Additional role as Director of Woman/Child Services
Maternity Nurse Manager
Conemaugh Health Systems
05.2000 - 03.2006
- Responsibility of Labor and Delivery, Newborn Nursery, Postpartum, Outpatient Triage, 2 OR suites, Recovery Room and Pediatrics
- Oversight of department Financial responsibilities
- All aspects of employee oversight
- Policy and procedure development/updates
- Coordination of all Prenatal and Outreach programs including area school programs
- Quality Improvement, Safety, Patient/employee satisfaction
- Supervision/education processes for all orientation programs of staff.
Newborn Nursery Coordinator
04.1994 - 01.2000
- Oversite of three Level I Newborn Nurseries
- Development/implementation of policies and procedures
- Education, orientation
- Responsible for all State reporting
- Newborn Hearing Screen State Program Coordinator
- Certified Infant Massage Instructor
- Prenatal Instructor
- Assisted with development of Lactation services programs
- Functioned as Outreach Coordinator for area schools and the Conemaugh Connection Program
- (in addition to Nursery Coordinator)
RN Staff Nurse
Conemaugh Health Systems
03.1985 - 05.1994
- Nursing care of all patients on Maternity unit
- Taught Prenatal Classes
- Taught Community Outreach programs.
RN Supervisor
Cambria Care Center
- Oversite of entire "house" with assessment and staffing assignments
- Assessment of new resident admission/readmissions
- Assessment of and resident event with appropriate follow-up
- Management of all pharmacy transactions and distribution of department medications
- Completion of resident admission and discharge assessment and paperwork/computer requirements
- Liaison with all providers for the orders and care of residents
- Employee oversite
- Ensuring proper equipment and supplies to take care of residents
- Pass resident medications when needed.
Adjunct Maternal/Child Nursing Instructor
Saint Francis University
Loretto, PA
- Supervision and education of Junior level nursing students in the clinical areas of Maternity, NICU, and Women’s Clinic.
RN Staff Nurse
Windber Medical Center and E-6 Medical-Surgical Unit, Conemaugh Health System
Education
Masters of Science in Nursing Management and Leadership -
Carlow University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY
Skills
- Management
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Clinical Operations Management
- Policies Compliance Enforcement
- Profitability Strategies
- Expenditure Monitoring
- Relationship Building
- Budget Administration
- Accreditation Coordination
- Goal Planning
- Issue Resolution
- Policy Development
- Documentation and Reporting
- Personnel Evaluations
- Direct Patient Care
- Budget Control
- Process Improvements
- Nurse Education and Training
- Programs Development
- Clinical Leadership
- Quality Assurance
- Process Improvement
- Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration
- Recruiting and Hiring
- Clinical Resources Management
- HIPAA Regulations
- Quality Control
- Critical Thinking
- Strategic Planning
- Patient Education
- Patient Care Management
- Employee Coaching
- Quality Improvement Initiatives
- Nursing Staff Supervision
- Staff Evaluation
- Performance Evaluations
- Long-Term Care
Experience/Accomplishments
- The Joint Commission Perinatal Care Center of Excellence since 2017; second in the state, second in the LifePoint company.
- Highmark Quality Blue Perinatal Pay-for-Performance project –attained 100% goal and full financial allotment 2010-2016.
- Successful Team Lead for three hospital mergers, two acquisitions, closing of area OB/GYN practice, closing of three OB hospital programs and two acquisitions for the Woman/Child Service line.
- Successful Leapfrog Hospital Survey designation for Maternity Care- since 2015
- Recipient of Healthgrades Maternity Care Excellence Award 2009-2019 -Top 5th in the Nation.
- 1989- present- AWHONN member
- 1998- Certified Infant Massage Instructor
- Perinatal Education Instructor
- LifePoint Mentor/Coach for new Nurse Managers and Directors program.
- Certified Perinatal Grief Support/Loss Counselor (education, coordinator)
- Board Member of Beginnings, Inc.
- March of Dimes Annual Recipient Award for Conemaugh 15+ years
- Director of Conemaugh’s Breast Cancer Imaging program (annual brunches, fund raising, education, development of Breast Health Navigator position, Marketing, overall community growth of mammography services)
- Member of Cambria County Drug Coalition
- Team Lead and Grant writer to develop Cambria County Maternal Addiction Resource Center involving multiple community support programs. Design, reports, hiring, networking.
- LifePoint Perinatal Simulation/drills education for Eastern part of country plus several hospitals in the West. Travel throughout the company to assigned hospitals to teach insitu simulation/ed.
- Development/lead service line annual education plan.
- Team member of LifePoint’s Perinatal Practice Council.
- Team Lead/presenter of Conemaugh Health System’s Annual Nurse Recognition Dinner.
- 1989-present Certified in NACOGG In-patient Obstetric Nursing
- TeamSTEPPS Certified Master Trainer
- Greenbelt in Lean six sigma
- University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Instructor; Office of Community Education and outreach- 2009-2010
- Numerous articles for local newspapers, Conemaugh hospital magazines.
- Invited Speaker for Women’s Health Annual Centers of Excellence.
- Malcom Baldrige Examiner
- Certified examiner for Keystone State Alliance of Performance Excellence
- Oversight of all affiliated contracts and Agreements for Woman/Child services.
- Team Lead for Baby-Friendly Hospital Designation with achievement of six steps.
- Successfully received Maternity Care BlueDistinction Center+ ; specially designation- since 2017
- Poster PresentationElimination of Non-Medically Indicate (Elective) Deliveries Prior to 39 Weeks of Gestational Age, LifePoint, Co.
- Poster Presentation- 2016 AWHONN Annual Conference Improving Care to the Substance-Exposed Newborn and Family.
- Building Design Team for Clinical Bldg. and East Hills, Conemaugh Facilities.
References
Available upon request
Affiliations
- Enjoy time with Family
- Gardening/lawn work/renovations
- Travel
Accomplishments
- Successful Team Lead obtaining The Joint Commissions Perinatal Care Center of Excellence designation. 2017-2020
- Successful Team Lead for three hospital mergers, two acquisitions. Managed the closing of three hospital OB hospital programs including transition of patients, staffing , providers and equipment.
- Recipient of Healthgrades Maternity Care Excellence award 2009-2019 Top 5th in the nation.
- Successful Leapfrog Hospital Survey designation for Maternity Care since 2015.
- 1989 to 2022, RNC-OB- AWHONN member (in-patient Obstetrics).
- Certified Perinatal Grief Support,Loss Counselor.
- Successful Team Lead, implementing Mother-Baby Couplet Care at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
- Highmark Quality Blue Perinatal Pay-for-Performance project- attained 100% goal with full financial allotment 2010-2016.
- TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer
- Prenatal Education Instructor; oversight of all instructors and scheduling.
- Simulation Instructor for Duke LifePoint Eastern Division; Perinatal orientation, competency and, emergency initiatives.
- LifePoint Mentor,Coach for new Nurse Manager and Directors
- Board Member for Beginnings, Inc.
- March of Dimes Annual Recipient Award for Conemaugh 15+ years.
- Member Cambria County Drug Coalition.
- Team Lead and Grant writer to develop Cambria County Maternal Addiction Resource Center (MARC) program. Worked with multiple community entities and support programs.
- Awarded Maternity Care BlueDistinction Center+
- Poster Presentation- 2016 AWHONN Annual Conference. Improving Care to the Substance-Exposed Newborn and Family.
- Poster Presentation- Elimination of Non-Medically Indicate (Elective) Deliveries Prior to 39 weeks of Gestational Age. LifePoint, Co.
- Team member LifePoint's Perinatal Practice Council.
- Numerous articles for local newspapaers and Conemaugh magazines.
- Malcom Baldrige Examiner.
- Director of Conemaugh's Breast Cancer Imaging program , annual brunches, fund raising >$18,000 per year.
- Development of Breast Health Navigator position- Marketing, overall patient growth, satisfaction, increased community awareness.
- Team Lead, presenter for Conemaugh Health System's Annual Nurse Recognition Dinner with awards.
- Greenbelt Lean Six-Sigma.
- Invited speaker for Women's Health Annual Centers of Excellence Conferences.
- Development of service line annual education plans.
- Team Lead for Baby-Friendly Hospital Designation with achievement of six steps.
- Multiple Building Design Team Member for various facilities including; design, purchase of equipment , functionality, with implementation.
- Development of Certified IV Course for Practical Nurse Program.
- Successfully brought LPN program out of Provisional Status, keeping the program open.
- Development of Simulation Lab for LPN student Program.
- Educational plan, with implementation, of Long-Term Care staff.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Director of Nursing
Somerset Community Technology Center’s LPN School of Nursing
11.2020 - Current
Director of Conemaugh’s Community Health And Wellness Department
01.2011 - 01.2015
Director of Conemaugh’s IV Team
01.2009 - 01.2017
Director of Woman/Child Service Line
Conemaugh Health Systems
03.2006 - 10.2020
Maternity Nurse Manager
Conemaugh Health Systems
05.2000 - 03.2006
Newborn Nursery Coordinator
04.1994 - 01.2000
RN Staff Nurse
Conemaugh Health Systems
03.1985 - 05.1994
RN Supervisor
Cambria Care Center
Adjunct Maternal/Child Nursing Instructor
Saint Francis University
RN Staff Nurse
Windber Medical Center and E-6 Medical-Surgical Unit, Conemaugh Health System
Masters of Science in Nursing Management and Leadership -
Carlow University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY
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