Hi, I’m
Avery H. Winslett
Program Manager
Perry,GA
Summary
Passionate professional with commitment to supporting clients in all aspects of cases. Excellent communication and relationship building skills with diverse audiences. Friendly and engaging with strong team collaboration abilities.Adept at collaborating with diverse groups and assisting clients in navigating difficult decisions. Successful in grant writing and fundraising coordination, with a reputation for high efficiency. Proficient in event planning, donor management, and campaign strategy, contributing to the achievement of organizational objectives.
Overview
10
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Rehoboth Volunteer Dental Clinic
Fundraiser Coordinator/ Clinic Coordinator
01.2015 - 01.2019
Job overview
- Went into the community acquiring gifts for silent auction, donors, donated food for breakfast and lunch, drinks, gift cards etc.
- I also recruited players and worked deals with printing shops for banners and swag bags.
- I coordinated multiple fundraising events.
- Goal was always to have littl to no overhead cost. I achieved that goal each time.
- Found, applied and finished grants on time helping with extra funding for our secretaries salary as well as to keep our lights on.
- When the Clinic coordinator needed to be off on clinic days, I learned all about how it functioned and was acting manager that day solving problems and keeping the Dentist happy. Making sure tools were constantly sanitized and patients were calm.
- Our clinic ran off of a sliding scale, we had days where we did financial screenings. I was a part of the financial screening part and decided what percentage, if any, the patient paid based on their financials and life stories.
- I have always had a love for nonprofits, this job grew that love.
Central Georgia Cancer Care
Patient Care Navigator
01.2014 - 01.2016
Job overview
- Developed and perfected job description, due to job being created out of the pilot program from Accretive Health.
- Provided support care, and services to patients throughout their treatment. Continued with the job description listed below under Accretive Health.
- Educated patients and their families of the importance of advocating for themselves, Advanced Directives and Living Wills. Supported patients who needed help voicing their concerns.
- I anticipated the patient's needs through a quick survey in the beginning of treatment.
- Had palliative and hospice discussions, helping patients get the best care to fit their current needs.
- Many developed type 2 diabetes and some developed type 1. helped them with their devices, made reminders for BG testing if needed, and made sure they fully understood that while this wasn't a death sentence, we were going to have to make changes until they finished their chemo.
- I organized a food pantry for our patients in immediate need. Teaming up with the Principal from a neighboring elementary school and asking the community for donations.
Accretive Health
Care Navigator
01.2013 - 01.2014
Job overview
- Company Overview: Chicago, Illinois
- Provided support, care, and service to patients throughout their treatment. Helped prevent unscheduled hospitalizations.
- Excelled as liaison between patients and physicians.
- Successfully met patient needs at every level.
- Created a patient notebook to help empower patients to take charge of their treatment.
- Implemented a support group for patients and their families. Maintained data that assured continuous improvement on projects.
- Chicago, Illinois
Atrium Health Medical Center of Central Georgia
Department Secretary/ Transitions Assistant
01.2011 - 01.2013
Job overview
- As a Transitions Assistant, I worked with patients and their families during hospitalization.
- I provided education on code status, Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST), and Advanced Directives.
- I educated the community at health fairs, as well as first year residents on Advanced Directives.
- I attended Medical Rounds weekly.
- I implemented a support group for patients and their families with Left Ventricular Assistance Device (LVAD) patients.
- As the Department Secretary, I worked as the Departments Based Educator, and PCO coordinator.
- I coordinated and implemented the bereavement program for over 800 patients per quarter.
- Screened all referrals, both Transitions and Palliative consults, and then delegated them to the appropriate counselor who was specialized to handle particular floor and/or issue.
- Provide grief counseling as needed.
- Provide training on Advance Directives to our Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) interns, first and second year medical interns.
- Facilitate phone calls and letters to the appropriate Physicians in order to assist with insurance and FMLA paperwork.
- Interview patients and complete Advanced Directives.
- While in this position I was lucky enough to be thoroughly trained to provide counseling and emotional support to patients with serious and chronic illnesses.
Arium Health Medical Center of Central Georgia
Customer Service Representative Emergency Center
01.2009 - 01.2011
Job overview
- As a customer service representative in a busy level 1 trauma center, I was the liaison between families and physicians during trauma codes.
- My role was to comfort and attempt to reduce anxieties for both patients and their families.
- Handled deaths, most of the time being the one to break the news to the families.
- In July they had the first years deliver the earth shattering news and I was given the opportunity to coach/train them in doing it in an empathetic yet professional manner.
- Filling out the proper paperwork, coordinating with the coroner or complying and following chain of command for detectives as needed.
- Found the identity of patients who arrived without identification and notified their families as quickly as possible.
- Recognizing a need for tactile therapy among psychiatric patients awaiting placement, I wrote a grant, to gain funding for materials to meet the needs of this increasing population.
- When the grant was accepted, I implemented a program, helping to reduce anxieties for our psychiatric patients and elderly with memory deficits.
- Assisted the nurses and Doctors with turning insulin pumps off and scary enough educating them all the difference and treatment of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia.
- Explaining and demonstrating that if a diabetic comes in either way, they are not being combative, most of the time they do not need sedation. A calm voice with no panic, reassurance of being in a safe place and a nice big shot of glucagon or insulin usually calms people down, not always, but we aren't psych patients we are in fight or flight mode.
Education
Macon State CollegeMacon, Georgia
Bachelor of Science from Public Service/ Human Services
01.2009
Georgia Military CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia
Associate of Science from Early Childhood Education
01.2005
Skills
- Patient advocacy
- Project management
- Problem solving
- Team collaboration
- Organizational skills
- Decision-making
- Crisis management
- Conflict resolution
- Emotional support
- Educational programming
- Program development
- Critical thinking
- Family involvement
- Effective listening
- Data-driven instruction
Certification
Patient Navigation Institute Certification, New York, NY
Philanthropic
- 2010, Spoke at the Walk to end Alzheimer's
- 2015, Team Captain at Central GA Cancer Center Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Walk, raising the most money in years.
- 2020, Coordinated fundraiser for a 1 yr old with stage 4 cancer, raising over $40,000.
Timeline
Fundraiser Coordinator/ Clinic Coordinator
Rehoboth Volunteer Dental Clinic
01.2015 - 01.2019
Patient Care Navigator
Central Georgia Cancer Care
01.2014 - 01.2016
Care Navigator
Accretive Health
01.2013 - 01.2014
Department Secretary/ Transitions Assistant
Atrium Health Medical Center of Central Georgia
01.2011 - 01.2013
Customer Service Representative Emergency Center
Arium Health Medical Center of Central Georgia
01.2009 - 01.2011
Macon State College
Bachelor of Science from Public Service/ Human Services
Georgia Military College
Associate of Science from Early Childhood Education
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