BENJAMIN SINGER
St. Petersburg
Summary
Family Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist passionately empowering teams to work smarter and succeed in optimizing patient outcomes through the highest standards of quality care. Dedicated leader, educator, and healthcare provider recognized for strong critical thinking, Articulate and influential communication/delegation skills, resourcefulness, and a record of repeated success in continuous quality improvement (CQI), shaping and retaining top nursing care teams through exemplary leadership, active listening, maintaining a positive attitude, and by providing strong education and mentorship. Devoted to superior patient-centered care, skilled in forecasting needs, identifying and removing blocks to goals with cost-effective solutions. Strong project management with exceptional prioritization skills in high-pressure and deadline-driven environments.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Owner, Medical Practice
Radiant Life Health Solutions LLC
01.2024 - 04.2024
- Provided comprehensive assessments and diagnoses for diverse patient populations.
- Developed and implemented individualized treatment plans, ensuring optimal patient care.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes and streamline care processes.
- Educated patients on preventive health measures, fostering community wellness initiatives.
- Evaluated patient progress regularly, adjusting treatment plans based on evolving health needs.
- Utilized electronic medical records systems for accurate documentation and efficient information sharing.
- Advocated for policy improvements within healthcare settings to enhance quality of care delivered to patients.
- Handled complex cases involving multiple comorbidities effectively by employing critical thinking skills and seeking expert consultations when necessary.
- Performed comprehensive physical assessments, accurately diagnosing conditions, and determining appropriate interventions.
- Ordered and interpreted diagnostic tests to develop and implement treatment plans.
- Performed patient physicals and compared and contrasted results with established medical records to provide proper diagnosis and facilitate appropriate treatment.
- Managed acute and chronic illnesses, developing personalized treatment plans that addressed patients'' unique needs.
- Utilized evidence-based and holistic approaches to care in family practice settings.
- Educated patients on treatment options, medical needs, and non-medical options for treatments and therapy.
- Coordinated with physicians, specialists, and other medical staff to develop treatment plans for chronic conditions.
- Monitored patient progress and adjusted treatments accordingly.
Adjunct Faculty Nursing Clinical Instructor
Galen College of Nursing
08.2022 - 04.2024
- Developed clinical lesson plans to enhance nursing students' practical skills and knowledge application.
- Supervised student nurses during clinical rotations, ensuring adherence to health protocols and best practices.
- Evaluated student performance through assessments and provided constructive feedback for improvement.
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals to create integrated learning experiences in real-world settings.
Family Nurse Practitioner
William W. Adams, M.D., P.A.
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Company Overview: A plastic surgery practice focused on health promotion and wellness.
- Manage and direct all aspects of patient care including the delivery of safe, competent, and compassionate care.
- Provide cosmetic and primary care services to patients across the lifespan.
- Assess, diagnose, develop individualized treatment plans, prescribe, monitor, and evaluate patient outcomes.
- Work collaboratively with patients, their families, and the healthcare team to ensure safe, evidence-based, compassionate, and accessible healthcare.
Staff Nurse
MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Company Overview: One of 15 BayCare Health System Hospitals serving the communities of Tampa Bay, Florida with award-winning, quality, and compassionate healthcare.
- Managed all aspects of patient care including the delivery of safe, quality, competent, and compassionate care.
- Develop an intrinsic understanding of patient, nurse, and physician needs, gaining skills, knowledge, and experience caring for acutely ill patients.
- Assess patients’ health status, develop nursing diagnoses, plan nursing care, implement identified nursing interventions, and evaluate patients’ response to interventions.
- Practice within the Code of Ethics for nurses and the Standards of Nursing Practice.
Clinical Specialist (2015—2017) | Manager of Education & Professional Practice (2017—2020)
ADVENTHEALTH CARROLLWOOD
01.2015 - 01.2020
- Company Overview: One of 27 campuses serving communities throughout Florida offering advanced, compassionate care in a cutting-edge, state-of-the-art environment.
- Key player in planning, revising, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating in-service education and orientations for all clinical and non-clinical hospital staff and students. Worked collaboratively with leadership in developing programs and policies to meet training needs and regulatory requirements.
- Led hospital-wide/corporate initiatives and research-related activities involving the IRB.
- Administered CEBroker and learning management systems.
- Integrated high-fidelity patient simulation into organizational education programs.
- Participated in stroke, critical care, patient experience, disease specific certification, and nursing and hospital leadership committees.
- Developed new-hire and annual competencies for staff and coordinate annual skills fairs.
- Managed education department operations and budget.
- Developed/taught critical-care nursing course for nurses in the Western Division of AdventHealth.
- Provided consultation and curriculum development on numerous projects including percutaneous intervention program, rapid responses, remote cardiac device monitoring, sheath removal, professional certification, and more.
- Coproduced a new education delivery model aimed at meeting staff and leadership needs.
- Collaborated with colleagues to design a nurse residency curriculum including didactic, clinical, and simulation activities, resulting in the successful transition of 25+ new graduate nurses in practice.
- Participated in an AdventHealth development of nurse residency and preceptor program.
- Served as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Intensive, Progressive, and Medical-Surgical Care Units before being promoted to Manager of Education & Professional Practice.
Nurse Manager
BAYFRONT HEALTH – ST. PETERSBURG
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Company Overview: Academic, Level II trauma center and hospital with 550 physicians on staff.
- Oversaw a medical-surgical and orthopedic floor, evaluating the performance of staff nurses, providing feedback and mentoring, designing education programs, contributing to staff professional development, interviewing and hiring nurses, technicians, unit secretaries, creating departmental budgets, maintaining inventory of medications, equipment, and supplies, managing timecards, staff schedules, incident report follow-up, patient satisfaction, and staff meetings.
- Developed collaborative relationships with house supervisors, staffing office, nurses, hospital staff/departments, physicians, and outside agencies.
- Successfully led unit through renovation; decreased nurse vacancies from 12 to 4 and patient care technician from 7 to 3; reduced use of travelers resulting in cost savings over $400K.
- Participated in the Joint Commission and other regulatory body preparations and site visits.
- Participated in multiple hospital committees and served as a clinical resource for nursing staff.
Adjunct Faculty / Assistant Professor of Nursing
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
01.2014 - 01.2014
- Served as Adjunct Faculty for Nursing Care of the Acutely Ill Adult (Marquette University) and Adult Health I and Adult Health III (Herzing University) courses - assisting nursing students in linking nursing theory to clinical practice.
- Ensured a variety of clinical experiences to help students become safe, quality-focused, compassionate nurses.
- Monitored student progress throughout didactic and clinical components of courses, successfully retained 22 of 24 at-risk Adult Health I and Adult Health III students.
- Worked closely with faculty and clinical site leadership to develop collaborative relationships.
Adjunct Faculty / Assistant Professor of Nursing
HERZING UNIVERSITY
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Served as Adjunct Faculty for Nursing Care of the Acutely Ill Adult (Marquette University) and Adult Health I and Adult Health III (Herzing University) courses - assisting nursing students in linking nursing theory to clinical practice.
- Ensured a variety of clinical experiences to help students become safe, quality-focused, compassionate nurses.
- Monitored student progress throughout didactic and clinical components of courses, successfully retained 22 of 24 at-risk Adult Health I and Adult Health III students.
- Worked closely with faculty and clinical site leadership to develop collaborative relationships.
Assistant Nurse Manager / Staff Nurse
FROEDTERT HOSPITAL
01.2009 - 01.2014
- Company Overview: An academic, Magnet-accredited, Level I trauma center and hospital.
- Provided operational and administrative support to 25 nurses and patient care technicians – recruiting, hiring, and training staff, assigning tasks, scheduling shifts, assessing performance, and preparing reports. Also assigned to on-board/precept 6 new assistant nurse managers.
- Developed clinical pathways for tracheotomy and appendectomy patients resulting in a reduction in average length of stay by 2 days for tracheotomy patients and 1 day for appendectomy patients.
- Press Ganey Employee Engagement survey Tier I leader for 3 consecutive years.
- Co-chaired a multidisciplinary team to reduce sitter usage throughout the inpatient units; selected interventions resulted in cost reductions < $1.5M.
- Designed interventions to address lowest rated HCAHPS scores resulting in top-box scores for nurse communication, pain management, responsiveness of staff and overall hospital rating.
- Decreased nurse turnover rate from 22% to 14% and patient technician from 28% to 20%.
- Led unit remodel and served as department interim manager, leading 76 nurses and patient care technicians on two separate occasions.
- Initially served as a staff nurse, shared governance council chair, preceptor for 8 nurses, electronic medical system super user, and shift coordinator for one year before being promoted to Assistant Nurse Manager position – during this time, recognized by 20+ patients for outstanding care.
Registered Nurse – Emergency Department
UNITED HOSPITAL SYSTEM – St. Catherine’s Med Center
01.2009 - 01.2010
- Managed all aspects of patient care including the delivery of safe, competent, and compassionate care.
- Developed an intrinsic understanding of patient, nurse, and physician needs, gaining skills, knowledge, and experience caring for acute and critically ill patients from infant to geriatric.
- Assessed patients’ health status, developed nursing diagnoses, planned nursing care, implemented identified nursing interventions, and evaluated patients’ response to interventions.
- Practiced within the Code of Ethics for nurses and the Standards of Nursing Practice.
Registered Nurse – Emergency Department
WHEATON FRANCISCAN HEALTHCARE – St. Joseph’s
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Managed all aspects of patient care including the delivery of safe, competent, and compassionate care.
- Developed an intrinsic understanding of patient, nurse, and physician needs, gaining skills, knowledge, and experience caring for acute and critically ill patients from infant to geriatric.
- Assessed patients’ health status, developed nursing diagnoses, planned nursing care, implemented identified nursing interventions, and evaluated patients’ response to interventions.
- Practiced within the Code of Ethics for nurses and the Standards of Nursing Practice.
- At Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – St. Joseph, chaired the emergency department’s shared governance practice council; developed a new process which decreased patients’ wait time to be seen by a provider by 6 minutes.
Education
Doctor of Education - Educational Leadership
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN01-2026
Master of Business Administration - undefined
Global Humanistic University
01.2022
Graduate Certificate - Family Nurse Practitioner
South University
Savannah, GA01.2021
Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) - Interdisciplinary Health Focus
Walden University
Minneapolis, MN01.2019
Graduate Certificate - Nursing Education
Walden University
Minneapolis, MN01.2016
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) - Advanced Practice Leadership
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Downers Grove, IL01.2015
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) - Adult/Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH01.2013
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) - undefined
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Downers Grove, IL01.2010
Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) - undefined
Bryant & Stratton College
Wauwatosa, WI01.2007
Skills
- Staff Leadership
- Clinical Expertise
- Researching, Educating, Consulting
- Customer Service & Satisfaction
- Complex & Critical Care Nursing Care
- Patient Rapport Building
- Organizational Planning
- Program Development & Evaluations
- Regulatory Compliances
- Provisions of Care
- Cost Control & Budgeting
- Resource Allocation
- Public Speaking & Presentations
- Customer relations
- Small business operations
- Verbal and written communication
- Relationship building
- Business management
- Strategic planning
- Marketing
Certification
- Florida, Autonomous Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), (#APRN9391022)
- Florida, Registered Nurse (RN), (#RN9391022)
- United States Drug Enforcement Administration – Controlled Substance Registered Provider (with X Number)
- AACN: Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist – Adult-Gerontology (ACCNS-AG)
- ANCC: Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist – Board Certified (ACNS-BC), (#2013020521)
- ANCC: Family Nurse Practitioner – Board Certified (FNP-BC), (#2021207816)
- AHA: Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers
- AHA: Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association: Medications for Addiction Treatment/Substance Use Disorder
- HealthHIV: HIV Prevention Certified Provider
- Aestra Institute: Neurotoxins and Dermal Filler
Affiliations
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- American Nurses Association
- Florida Nurses Association
- National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
Publications
- PhD Dissertation: Preinfection Risk Perceptions of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Positive Homosexual and Bisexual Men
- DNP Practicum Project: Developed and implemented a pain management protocol to improve patient satisfaction scores within a progressive care unit.
Timeline
Owner, Medical Practice
Radiant Life Health Solutions LLC
01.2024 - 04.2024
Adjunct Faculty Nursing Clinical Instructor
Galen College of Nursing
08.2022 - 04.2024
Family Nurse Practitioner
William W. Adams, M.D., P.A.
01.2022 - 01.2023
Staff Nurse
MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL
01.2020 - 01.2021
Clinical Specialist (2015—2017) | Manager of Education & Professional Practice (2017—2020)
ADVENTHEALTH CARROLLWOOD
01.2015 - 01.2020
Nurse Manager
BAYFRONT HEALTH – ST. PETERSBURG
01.2014 - 01.2015
Adjunct Faculty / Assistant Professor of Nursing
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
01.2014 - 01.2014
Adjunct Faculty / Assistant Professor of Nursing
HERZING UNIVERSITY
01.2013 - 01.2014
Assistant Nurse Manager / Staff Nurse
FROEDTERT HOSPITAL
01.2009 - 01.2014
Registered Nurse – Emergency Department
UNITED HOSPITAL SYSTEM – St. Catherine’s Med Center
01.2009 - 01.2010
Registered Nurse – Emergency Department
WHEATON FRANCISCAN HEALTHCARE – St. Joseph’s
01.2007 - 01.2008
Master of Business Administration - undefined
Global Humanistic University
Graduate Certificate - Family Nurse Practitioner
South University
Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) - Interdisciplinary Health Focus
Walden University
Graduate Certificate - Nursing Education
Walden University
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) - Advanced Practice Leadership
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) - Adult/Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist
University of Cincinnati
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) - undefined
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) - undefined
Bryant & Stratton College
Doctor of Education - Educational Leadership
Capella University
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