April McGrotha
Oakwood,GA
Summary
Dynamic healthcare leader with extensive experience in Healthcare Hospice, excelling in infection control and patient assessment. Proven track record in enhancing patient outcomes through strategic interdisciplinary collaboration and compliance initiatives. Adept at managing complex care needs while fostering compassionate relationships with families and caregivers, ensuring high-quality, patient-centered services.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Clinical Services
Hospice
Gainesville, GA
04.2025 - Current
- Led interdisciplinary team to enhance educational initiatives across multiple disciplines.
- Coordinated with Medical Director to align educational strategies and compliance standards.
- Directed compliance-driven high-quality care initiative, improving patient outcomes.
Case Manager, RN
Golden Rule Hospice
07.2021 - Current
- Home visits- providing home care, medications, education on end of life expectations and plan to families and caregivers on following care and medication ordered.
- Facility visits-working with staff, families, patient providing nursing care, ordering dme equipment, ordering medications and treatments as ordered by MD.
- Coordinating with social workers, cna’s, medical director and others to ensure all patients and families’ needs are met.
Executive Director of Clinical Services
Aveanna Healthcare Hospice
01.2024 - 04.2025
- Oversight of interdisciplinary team
- Branch oversight, financials, budgeting, planning, emergency preparedness
- Education for all disciplines
- Compliance
Cardiac Med Surge RN
Northside Hospital Cherokee
02.2021 - 01.2024
- General medical-surgical nursing, care for patients before and post-cardiac diagnostic testing, treatments and procedures.
- Other general med-surg care and treatments that include basic nursing skills.
- Coordination of care with all disciplines involved with the patient, family communication, education for the patient and family.
- Coordination with facilities, groups care teams patient will transition to once discharged from the hospital.
Case Manager-RN/ALF Clinical liaison
Homestead Hospice
05.2021 - 07.2021
- Home visits to include assessments, evaluations, interventions, medication management and coordination, ordering of equipment/devices/services and disciplines
- Supervisor of Aides
- Coordination with Interdisciplinary team
- Customer service focuses with families, communities, patients and other disciplines to create warm, caring, quality services while providing exceptional clinical/emotional and supportive care for all involved.
- Ensuring supplies, medications, dme equipment and any other needs were met prior to patients or families asking-above standard and exemplifying good quality nursing for all patients whether home, in a pch or community.
- ALF team focus is to give exceptional, continuity care across all disciplines and services to ensure positive patient experiences and outcomes.
- Hospice nursing focus on making the days left high quality and the transition free from pain, anxiety, agitation and confusion for patients and their families.
RN in ICU-critical care
Cartersville Medical Center- HCA
03.2021 - 06.2021
- Nursing- critical care flow, monitoring stability of patients, titering drips/treatment according to protocols, assisting with COVID patients in roto-beds, assessing patients for transfer or step-down units when appropriate, monitoring for HAI -removing unnecessary lines and encouraging discontinuance of antibiotics as appropriate
Director of Clinical Services
Dynamic Hospice
07.2020 - 04.2021
- Facilitating and coordinating safe quality patient care
- Oversight of Aide care plan, Chaplain and Social worker needs
- Administration of care, diagnostic testing and medication
- Ordering and managing DME equipment for patients
- Infection Prevention Education
- In-services in communities as needed
- Education with nurse/cna’s as needed
Senior living-Assisted and Memory Care Wellness Director
Phoenix at Johnson’s Ferry
01.2020 - 07.2020
- Oversight of all care
- Medications
- Activity engagement
- Meal planning
- Exercise and health regimen
- Coordination and planning of Hospice/ Palliative care, PT/OT, Home health nursing
- On-going education of care team
- Education to residents
- Plan of Care coordination of each resident with them, the family and care teams (in the community and the care teams externally)
- Careful coordination with In-house physician team
- Scheduling
- Payroll oversight for care team
- Budget for supplies
- COVID prevention oversight
- Implementing Infection Control, educating staff and residents
Director of Quality Management/Infection Control Nurse/Risk Manager/C&G/Pt Satisfaction/Occupational Health RN, Peer Review/credentialing/AOC
Select-Midtown Long-term Care Hospital
01.2019 - 11.2019
- Review and maintenance of all quality components: Complaints and Grievances
- Patient Advocacy
- Infection Control
- Rapid response/resuscitation/mortality review
- Blood utilization review
- Incident reports- all
- Leadership rounding/safety Tracers
- Critical test review
- Joint Commission preparedness
- Quapi, OIC, MEC. Governing Board Meetings
- LTRAX submission to CMS
- NHSN submission to CMS
Infection Prevention Manager
WellStar North Fulton
02.2018 - 12.2018
- Joint Commission preparedness
- Managed facility-wide IP program
- Perform annual risks assessments
- Create/update/evaluate annual IP PI measures/IP Plan/Emerging Infectious Disease plan
- Coordinate with all Leadership IP needs
- Ensure regulatory standards are met
- Education on IP annually and as updates occur
- Active member in local APIC chapter
- Active member of System IP committee
- Surgical Value analysis liaison/facilitator
- Mentor to other IP's, aspiring public health graduates
- Best practice advocate regarding prevention of CAUTI, CLABSI via VAS, education and active engagement
- Hand hygiene campaign, created hand hygiene video to engage staff positively
- Active member of Antimicrobial stewardship
- Implementation of a Sepsis/AMS protocol
- Support staff, leaders with IP needs/surveillance methods/active engagement
Infection Prevention Coordinator
WS Kennestone, Marietta, GA
Marietta, GA
06.2016 - 02.2018
- Joint Commission preparedness
- Leadership/Mentor Education
- Consultant for HLD, Sterilization, IP concerns facility-wide and outpatient areas
- Leading collaborative efforts: Leadership, Shared Governance, etc.
- Chasing Zero infections Lead- SSI VAE task group Lead
- Surgical Value Analysis team Lead
- IP Team collaboration effort Lead
Infection Control and Prevention Registered Nurse, Infection Preventionist
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL
03.2013 - 11.2015
- Joint Commission preparedness
- Lead in Hand Hygiene campaign with ongoing maintenance for entire organization
- Development of CAUTI and CLABSI program with “Just in Time” teaching, individualized to rates on units
- Surveillance for compliance of I.P. Recommendations of units assigned- Endoscopy, IMU, Diabetes, IMCU, ADCU, CDU, EC and NEEC, UCC, BHC, TMRC, Home Health
- Orientation for new Residents Internal Medicine and Family Practice/orientation to new/all staff prn
- Surveillance and Management of HIV/AIDS
- NHSN Infections - SSI, CAUTI, CLABSI
- NHSN Lab-id events Clostridium difficile and MRSA Bacteremia
- Airborne Isolation management for organization
- Tuberculosis reporting, surveillance of protocol and monitoring, hands on training with each possible TB case
- In-services and training organization-wide, on going, prn, individualized to specific needs
- Multidisciplinary rounding in Intensive Care Units for Infection Prevention/Patient Safety
- High-level disinfection management and surveillance, including development of checklist for auditing
- ERCP surveillance/updating protocols for Scopes
- Sweeps/ Environmental Care Rounds for Joint Commission preparation and compliance readiness
- Root Cause Analysis Outbreak and event-related- with Multidisciplinary involvement/Risk Analysis
- Emerging Infectious Disease consultant/Ebola/MERS Isolation Algorithms formulating and posting to intranet for use
- Device-related denominator reports and pivot tables for NHSN
- SPD surveillance and observations for compliance with AORN and AAMI
- Surveillance of cultures for infections or reportable conditions
- Employee Influenza count and with NHSN data entry
RN coordinator
HIV Cares
06.2012 - 07.2013
- Assist with education on HIV resources, medications
- Coordination of care -assist with transportation, medicaid/medicare applications/SSI, assist with medication management and delivery for rural area
- Infection Control Education with patients, staff and communities
- Coordination with Volunteers/education
RN case manager
Big Bend Hospice
06.2012 - 05.2013
- Assist with patients in in-patient facility
- Home visits nursing care/transition care
- Pronouncements
- Admissions
- Medication administration and education
Registered Nurse
Oncology/Hematology/Medical Surgical
01.2012 - 03.2013
- Assessment
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Education Reinforcement and Advancement
- Delegating responsibilities to qualified personnel
- Multidisciplinary Bi-weekly Rounds
- Charge. Lead RN
- Quality Control Council Member
Consultant, RN
Agency for HealthCare Administration, Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL
- Research
- Consultation
- Leadership
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree - Nursing
Chipola Community College
Marianna, FL08.2014
Associates Degree of Science - Nursing
Tallahassee Community College
Tallahassee, FL12.2011
Associates Degree - Arts
Tallahassee Community College
Tallahassee, FL04.2008
Skills
- Infection control and health screenings
- Patient assessment
- Personal care and vital signs monitoring
- Blood glucose and medication administration
- Wound dressing and catheter care
- Tracheostomy suctioning and management
Accomplishments Membership
- Certification in Infection Control and Epidemiology -CIC
- APIC local chapter and national chapter member
- VHA membership
- AORN conference: Leadership
- Quality Improvement Risk and Safety Interdisciplinary Shared Governance Council Co-Chair 1 year– Chair 1 year
- LEAN facilitator - IHI creative learning training completion November 2014
Preceptorship
T mh 7A, Oncology/Hematology/Medical Surgical Floor, Pediatric unit/PICU Volunteer Clinic NFC, Tallahassee, FL, Kate-Sullivan Elementary School, Leon County, FL
Skills And Training Experience
TMH Floors/ Facilities: 2A, 4N, 5A, 5BS, 5C, 6A, Mother/ Baby, L&D, Pediatrics, Behavioral Health and Rehab., Infection Prevention: Certification in Infection Control, Leon County School: Health Screenings- Hearing, Vision, Scoliosis, Assessment: Head- to- Toe, Personal Care/ Bed and Baths, Vital Signs Manually and Electronically, Bedside Blood Glucose Monitoring, Medication Administration PO, Parenteral: IM, subcutaneous, IVP, Rectal, Dressing Changes: Dry/ Wet- to- dry, Catheter Indwelling, Tracheotomy Suctioning and Care
Timeline
Director of Clinical Services
Hospice
04.2025 - Current
Executive Director of Clinical Services
Aveanna Healthcare Hospice
01.2024 - 04.2025
Case Manager, RN
Golden Rule Hospice
07.2021 - Current
Case Manager-RN/ALF Clinical liaison
Homestead Hospice
05.2021 - 07.2021
RN in ICU-critical care
Cartersville Medical Center- HCA
03.2021 - 06.2021
Cardiac Med Surge RN
Northside Hospital Cherokee
02.2021 - 01.2024
Director of Clinical Services
Dynamic Hospice
07.2020 - 04.2021
Senior living-Assisted and Memory Care Wellness Director
Phoenix at Johnson’s Ferry
01.2020 - 07.2020
Director of Quality Management/Infection Control Nurse/Risk Manager/C&G/Pt Satisfaction/Occupational Health RN, Peer Review/credentialing/AOC
Select-Midtown Long-term Care Hospital
01.2019 - 11.2019
Infection Prevention Manager
WellStar North Fulton
02.2018 - 12.2018
Infection Prevention Coordinator
WS Kennestone, Marietta, GA
06.2016 - 02.2018
Infection Control and Prevention Registered Nurse, Infection Preventionist
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, Tallahassee, FL
03.2013 - 11.2015
RN coordinator
HIV Cares
06.2012 - 07.2013
RN case manager
Big Bend Hospice
06.2012 - 05.2013
Registered Nurse
Oncology/Hematology/Medical Surgical
01.2012 - 03.2013
Consultant, RN
Agency for HealthCare Administration, Tallahassee, FL
Bachelor of Science Degree - Nursing
Chipola Community College
Associates Degree of Science - Nursing
Tallahassee Community College
Associates Degree - Arts
Tallahassee Community College