Open To Work
Barbara Buse
Chetek
Summary
Clinic Nurse Supervisor with extensive leadership experience driving clinical excellence and operational efficiency. Directs a multidisciplinary team, ensuring compliance with policies while enhancing patient care through quality improvement initiatives and effective communication.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Nurse Supervisor
Mayo Clinic
Barron
06.2022 - Current
- Supervise and lead 28 multidisciplinary nursing staff members, ensuring clinical excellence, policy compliance, efficient operations, and high-quality patient care
- Managed clinic schedule for 28 staff, optimizing shift coverage and maintaining safe patient-to-nurse ratios while minimizing overtime costs.
- Coordinate shift adjustments, vacation requests, and unexpected call outs to maintain seamless clinical operations.
- Collaborate with HR to manage hiring, interviewing, and onboarding of new hires. Coordinate orientation and training for new employ
- Manage the corrective action process for staff members to address clinical performance deficiencies and behavioral issues in accordance with HR policies
- Develop tailored performance improvement plans, pairing constructive counseling and feedback to improve overall staff competency
- Utilize My Learning CBT platform to assign targeted learning modules to improve overall staff competency
- Monitor training compliance for staff, using corrective action protocols to successfully resolve overdue or outstanding mandatory education
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary departments and administration, to enforce clinic policies and procedures, maintaining strict compliance and operational standards
- Co-lead the Outpatient Experience Subcommittee, participate with Quality Metrics teams and Epic Optimization Group, contributing to quality improvement initiatives and improved work flows
- Prepared for triennial Joint Commission surveys by rounding at clinic sites and addressing compliance deficiencies.
- Act as department liaison during active Joint Commission surveys, directly assisting surveyors during tracer reviews and policy verification.
Family Medicine Triage nurse
Mayo Clinic
Rice Lake
02.2018 - 06.2022
- Assessed and triaged incoming patient calls by analyzing primary symptoms and conducting detailed health histories to facilitate care access and coordination.
- Managed chronic diseases and hypertension through patient education, vital signs monitoring, and medication reconciliation to support patient health outcomes.
- Preventative care, Annual Medicare Wellness Visits (AWV), patient assessment, health maintenance, and care plan development
- Performed IV insertion, VAD access, medication administration, wound care, catheterization, voiding trials, and allergy therapy to deliver comprehensive patient treatment.
- Technical skills: Epic Electronic Health Record(EHR) to accurately document care and chronic disease interventions, patient assessment and protocols
Pulmonology Triage Nurse
Mayo Clinic Eau Claire
Eau Claire
10.2016 - 02.2018
- Assisted pulmonologist with thoracentesis procedures to support clinical interventions and promote patient recovery
- Triaged incoming patient calls regarding symptoms, test results, prior authorizations, and medication refills to ensure timely patient support
- Coordinated lung cancer screening phone calls for low-dose CT scans to enhance early detection rates
- Provided patient education, and chronic disease management
- Prepared the patient for the exam by gathering information and prepping them for provider visit.
Registered Nurse Internal Medicine/Neurology Triage and Team Lead
Marshfield Clinic
Rice Lake
08.2001 - 10.2016
- Assessed and triaged incoming patient calls by analyzing primary symptoms and conducting detailed health histories to facilitate care access and coordination.
- Managed chronic diseases and hypertension through patient education, vital signs monitoring, and medication reconciliation to improve overall patient health.
- Preventative care, Annual Medicare Wellness Visits (AWV), patient assessment and care plan development, and cognitive/functional screenings
- Clinical/Treatment Skills: IV insertion/therapy, medication administration, wound care, catheterization
- Technical skills: Cattails Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Cerner to accurately document care and chronic disease interventions, patient assessment and protocols
- Created monthly staffing schedules, managed timecards, and assisted with interviews to enhance team efficiency across multiple departments.
Registered Nurse, Float Pool/Employee Health
Banner Health System Mesa
Mesa
01.2000 - 12.2000
Registered Nurse Med-Surgical
Stewart Memorial Hospital
Lake City
05.1996 - 08.1999
Education
Bachelor's degree - Nursing
American Sentinel College of Nursing And Health Sc
Waterbury, CT05-2022
Associate - Nursing
Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge, IA05-1996
Skills
- Nurse Management
- Nursing
- Leadership
- Nurse Leadership
- Team management
- Supervising Experience
- Staff Scheduling
- Staff onboarding
- Quality improvement
- Staff training
- Patient educatio
- Triage
- Policy Development
- Epic Experience
- Staff training
- Mentoring
- Team collaboration
- Leadership skills
- Nurse Leadership
- Staff training
Certification
- Registered Nurse (RN), 02/26, 02/28
- Basic Life Support (BLS), 08/25, 08/27
Personal Information
Title: Registered Nurse BSN
Nursing Licenses
RN, 02/28, WI
Accomplishments
- Summa cum laude
- Leadership Barron County 2026
Work Preference
Job Search Status
Open to workWork Type
Full TimePart TimeLocation Preference
RemoteOn-SiteSalary Range
$115000/yr - $200000/yrTimeline
Clinical Nurse Supervisor
Mayo Clinic
06.2022 - Current
Family Medicine Triage nurse
Mayo Clinic
02.2018 - 06.2022
Pulmonology Triage Nurse
Mayo Clinic Eau Claire
10.2016 - 02.2018
Registered Nurse Internal Medicine/Neurology Triage and Team Lead
Marshfield Clinic
08.2001 - 10.2016
Registered Nurse, Float Pool/Employee Health
Banner Health System Mesa
01.2000 - 12.2000
Registered Nurse Med-Surgical
Stewart Memorial Hospital
05.1996 - 08.1999
Bachelor's degree - Nursing
American Sentinel College of Nursing And Health Sc
Associate - Nursing
Iowa Central Community College