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Brook Chavez

Jackson,MO

Summary

Highly motivated, masters-prepared Surgical Services Director who drives exceptional patient care through setting quality expectations and improving everyday processes to ensure patient safety remains the number one priority. Clinical subject matter expert with 14 years of combined nursing and leadership team experiences including all aspects of perioperative services. True self-starter able to take initiative while completing challenging tasks and projects, passionately. Strong leader that can quickly develop important rapport enabling both surgeon and interdepartmental collaboration. Able to identify deficits, develop breakthrough improvements, and then turn efforts to improving a redesigned key process with appropriate indicators. Collaboration intradepartmentally, also maintained to assist personnel with the skill set required to become the safest healthcare system in the nation.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Perioperative Services Director

Memorial Hosptial Belleville & Shiloh
03.2023 - Current
  • Gaining Operating Room education began here
  • While employed at Heartland Regional Medical Center, care was provided for patients receiving ENT surgeries, general surgeries, gynecological and urologic procedures, total joint replacement surgeries, and a wide variety of vascular and cardiac surgeries
  • Developed a strong patient advocacy, advocating for appropriate patient care scenarios
  • During time at Heartland Regional Medical Center, many skills were obtained that are still used today
  • Because of this role, acknowledgement of the importance of a strong leader was developed.

Surgical Services Director

saint francis medical center
05.2018 - 03.2023
  • This role directs 250+ Surgical employees and 3 managers in Pre-Anesthesia Testing, Same Day Surgery, Operating Room, Phase I Recovery, Phase II Recovery, Anesthesia, and Sterile Processing services
  • Endoscopy and Cardiovascular Lab services have previously fallen under this role but currently do not
  • CRNA’s report directly to this role
  • Two ASC’s currently fall within the realm of this position
  • Approximate cost savings identified in this role over $1million through attrition, renegotiated contracts, and supply reduction
  • Direct oversight of 6 operational budgets including capital purchases
  • Financial accountability for 80-85% of revenue for the health system
  • Volume of this unit has grown by nearly 10% under current leadership.

OR Manager

saint francis medical center
08.2017 - 05.2018
  • Leading a level III trauma center operating room offering a vast array of services from ENT, to general surgery, orthopedic, neurological, gynecological, urological, vascular, and cardiac surgery
  • Upon accepting the job, deficits were assessed, and key processes were developed
  • The orientation process was redesigned and implemented with the assistance of the operating room educator to reduce staff turnover
  • Communication and morale were two of the leading indicators that were immediately improved upon
  • Room turnover times were also assessed with a key plan developed
  • Current state saw more than a 50% reduction in turnover times with the current overall time under national benchmarks
  • Experience gained with both operational and capital budgets
  • Promoted to Surgical Services Director.

OR Resource Manager

saint francis medical center
03.2017 - 08.2017
  • This role is a vital role to Saint Francis Medical Center
  • Assistance provided in saving the Medical Center over $100,000 in my short tenure, by negotiating lower prices for supplies being brought in by vendors
  • An active role was also played on the Value Analysis Committee by serving as the point of contact for the surgeons and as a voting member
  • Multiple surgeon requested items implemented
  • While all of these items proved to be a cost savings to the Medical Center, items were also found to generate revenue
  • This totaled over $130,000
  • This role assisted in building the framework needed to understand value-based purchasing and its impact on the care provided
  • This role helped transition from managing operating room supplies to managing operating room colleagues
  • Promoted to OR Manager.

Perioperative services supervisor

Sih-herrin hospital
04.2011 - 03.2017
  • Upon accepting this job, 3 major promotions obtained
  • These promotions have assisted in gaining exceptional experience in regards to patient care
  • Experience obtained in every aspect, pre, intra, and post-operatively
  • Professionally, supervised an outstanding team that has reduced turn-over times from 25+ minutes to a mere 14-minute average
  • Assisted in adding 2 services lines while contributing to growth in 3 others
  • A key stakeholder in a multi-million-dollar perioperative services expansion
  • A vital role in key process improvements such as an up-to-date Universal Protocol
  • During the time spent at SIH, cross-training was provided from Same Day Surgery, Endoscopy, and the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit to provide a better understanding of the perioperative process
  • Chosen leader to oversee the implementation of the Kanban System
  • Lastly, management experience gained to lead a successful perioperative team.

Education

MSN - Nursing

Western Governors University

BSN - Bachelors of Science-Nursing

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

RNFA -

National Institute of First Assisting

RN -

Rend Lake College

Skills

  • Supply Chain Management
  • Process Improvement
  • Operating Room Efficiency
  • Conflict Resolution

References

Available Upon Request

Timeline

Perioperative Services Director

Memorial Hosptial Belleville & Shiloh
03.2023 - Current

Surgical Services Director

saint francis medical center
05.2018 - 03.2023

OR Manager

saint francis medical center
08.2017 - 05.2018

OR Resource Manager

saint francis medical center
03.2017 - 08.2017

Perioperative services supervisor

Sih-herrin hospital
04.2011 - 03.2017

MSN - Nursing

Western Governors University

BSN - Bachelors of Science-Nursing

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

RNFA -

National Institute of First Assisting

RN -

Rend Lake College

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