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Ashley Locklear

Pensacola

Summary

Program management professional with strong track record of driving successful projects and initiatives. Skilled in strategic planning and stakeholder engagement. Known for fostering team collaboration and adapting to evolving project requirements, ensuring consistent achievement of objectives. Proven ability in leadership, problem-solving, and delivering impactful results.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Program Director, Associate and Occupational Health (AOH)

Ascension Health
06.2021 - Current
  • Provides strategic oversight of national program operations, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and business objectives.
  • Prepares, communicates, and maintains documentation of program quality outcomes and performance metrics.
  • Advances operational priorities by supporting associate safety, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Leads Electronic Health Record (EHR) initiatives, including workflow design, system management, data analysis, and issue resolution.
  • Directs central scheduling team operations to support efficient onboarding of new associates.
  • Serves as primary liaison between internal teams and external partners, while leading, training, and evaluating staff to drive program success.
  • Founded and facilitates an Affinity Group to promote EHR best practices, gathering frontline feedback to improve documentation workflows.

Regional Manager, Associate and Occupational Health (AOH)

Ascension Health
08.2018 - Current
  • Develop national policies and procedures. Lead local ministry teams in implementation and management of AOH national program initiatives.
  • Responsible for ensuring ministry alignment with national AOH initiatives and programs
  • Assisted in development of procedures and surveillance programs
  • Primary clinical partner with technology teams for workflow design, management, data analysis, and data troubleshooting (i.e UL, Twistle, Ascension Screen and Go)
  • AOH clinical lead in workflow design and implementation of COVID-19 vaccine distribution to ~230,000 associates and affiliates
  • Provided clinical guidance and solutions for national influenza program
  • Assisted in visual design for COVID-19 associate monitoring analytics dashboard (Tableau)
  • Expert trainer for associate electronic health record (UL, PureOHS)

Regional Manager, Caregiver Safety

Ascension Sacred Heart Health System
12.2016 - 08.2018
  • Establish, implement, and manage direct patient care safety programs.
  • Analyze and communicate workers’ compensation data to hospital and health system leadership
  • Created standardized data reporting graphs by injury type and cause (needlestick/sharps, blood and body fluid exposures, and patient mobilization) for monthly report out
  • Collaborated with hospital safety officers, infection control, clinical leadership and workers’ compensation specialist for injury prevention initiatives
  • Developed a health system needlestick prevention workforce committee
  • Formulated process improvement strategies for needlestick, blood and body fluid exposures, and safe patient mobilization injuries based on injury data trends
  • Provided in person training for clinicians handling intramuscular and intravenous needle devices (proper use of device, safety mechanism, and disposal)
  • Associate electronic health record (UL, PureOHS) super user and trainer

Program Manager, Safe Patient Mobilization

Ascension Sacred Heart Health System
04.2015 - 12.2016
  • Manage and implement safe patient mobilization program pilot.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the broad overview of safe patient mobilization program operations
  • Performed staff training and education on safe patient mobilizations tasks and equipment for ~3000 associates
  • Performed annual training and education on safe patient mobilizations tasks and equipment
  • Developed focused process improvement strategies based on associate injury data trends

Registered Nurse, Neuroscience/Trauma Unit

Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola
11.2012 - 04.2015
  • Provide and manage nursing care for patients primarily experiencing neurological disorders, illnesses, and/or injuries.
  • Assess and monitor patient condition
  • Administer medications, including intravenous administration
  • Surgical dressing changes and drain management
  • Collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary care teams
  • Multi-unit relief charge nurse
  • Preceptor (new hire nurses and student nurses)
  • Super user for Alaris Smart Pump device
  • Participated in unit performance improvement initiatives

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of West Florida
Pensacola, Florida
01.2016

Associate of Science - Nursing

Pensacola State College
Pensacola, Florida
01.2012

Associate of Science - Health Services Management

Pensacola State College
Pensacola, Florida
01.2010

Skills

    Effective leader

  • Program leadership
  • Relationship building
  • Staff training
  • Partnership development
  • Operations oversight
  • Compliance management
  • Critical thinking

Affiliations

Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare (AOHP)

Certification

  • Florida Registered Nurse License, RN9348155
  • Basic Life Support
  • Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt

Timeline

Program Director, Associate and Occupational Health (AOH)

Ascension Health
06.2021 - Current

Regional Manager, Associate and Occupational Health (AOH)

Ascension Health
08.2018 - Current

Regional Manager, Caregiver Safety

Ascension Sacred Heart Health System
12.2016 - 08.2018

Program Manager, Safe Patient Mobilization

Ascension Sacred Heart Health System
04.2015 - 12.2016

Registered Nurse, Neuroscience/Trauma Unit

Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola
11.2012 - 04.2015

Associate of Science - Nursing

Pensacola State College

Associate of Science - Health Services Management

Pensacola State College

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of West Florida

Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker, Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare (AOHP) Annual Conference, 2023 & 2025
  • Speaker, Cority Connect Annual Conference, 2025
  • Speaker, Cority ReadySet Connect & Learn Series (2 sessions)

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