April M. Barron RN, BSN, BBA
St. Peter's
Summary
Diligent Nursing professional with demonstrated success in both clinical and corporate healthcare industry. Hardworking and energetic with extensive experience in project management, developing high performing teams, and increasing sales efforts within healthcare organizations. Team-oriented and reliable with expert healthcare knowledge, clear verbal and written communication skills and sound clinical judgment. Consistently developing strong relationships with upper management, patients, and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service. Seasoned nursing professional offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths and technical abilities. Knowledgeable about EMR charting, medication administration and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Analyst IV, Digital Transformation
Centene
St. Louis
01.2021 - Current
- Met with stakeholders of health plans and internal teams to establish favorable business relationships and support mutually beneficial interests.
- Facilitated and developed health plan call center communication and education during key projects and timelines.
- Identified process inefficiencies through gap analysis and outlined productive solutions to meet certification requirements.
- Assessed impact of current business processes on users and stakeholders and evaluated potential areas for improvement.
- Facilitated cross-functional teams to analyze and understand enterprise-wide operational impacts of strategic initiatives.
- Built partnerships with diverse internal and external teams to streamline processes for successful go-live.
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Mercy Hospital
St. Louis
08.2018 - 09.2021
- Partnered with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documented all patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Developed strategy to target nursing and patient satisfaction issues, improve response and patient care quality and suggest actionable improvements to promote hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives .
- Motivated nursing staff to pursue advanced training and collaborated with unit leaders to identify skill needs.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
Oncology Registered Nurse, Float Pool
St. Luke's Hospital
St. Louis
09.2017 - 08.2018
- Managed care from admission to discharge, including patient assessments, care planning, health education and discharging support to provide comprehensive care to over 5 patients daily.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety. Promoted to charge nurse and began training new nurses after being on the unit less than a year.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
- Educated patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis and treatment.
- Sustained quality standards by performing routine medication audits and upholding internal and industry best practices.
Client Advocate, Sr Team Lead
Cerner Corporation
Kansas City
01.2007 - 01.2014
- Created strong client relationships with multiple hospital executives and department leadership within healthcare industry to ensure client satisfaction and continuous partnership with the company.
- Responsible for project management, sales, cash collections, and client satisfaction with U.S. hospital client base; over-attained on each metric resulting in promotion 3 consecutive years. Identified and increased profitability due to successful client relationships and successful implementations.
- Actively participated in education to end users with training through creation of implementation processes .
- Facilitated Workout sessions utilizing six sigma guidelines to create efficient processes for project go lives and implementation guidelines.
- Supervised multi-disciplinary team and helped each member develop his or her unique skills and talents, promoting group productivity and cohesion.
- Interacted with business executives to identify requirements and created project scopes to help meet objectives.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Rockhurst University
2017
BBA - Business Administration
University of Missouri
2006
Skills
- Strong communication
- Sales Expertise
- Self-motivated
- Accomplished manager
- Project Management
- Extremely organized
- Compassionate Care
- Relationship development
- Excellent people skills
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Cerner software
- Epic charting system
- Microsoft Excel, Outlook, OneNote
- Result Focused
Certification
- Registered Nurse in Missouri, License number 2017035733, 2017
Timeline
Business Analyst IV, Digital Transformation
Centene
01.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Mercy Hospital
08.2018 - 09.2021
Oncology Registered Nurse, Float Pool
St. Luke's Hospital
09.2017 - 08.2018
Client Advocate, Sr Team Lead
Cerner Corporation
01.2007 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Rockhurst University
BBA - Business Administration
University of Missouri
- Registered Nurse in Missouri, License number 2017035733, 2017
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