BRYAN GANDARA
Las Cruces,NM
Summary
Dynamic nursing leader with extensive experience at Three Crosses Regional Hospital, excelling in mentorship and education. Proven track record in achieving Joint Commission accreditation and enhancing departmental productivity. Skilled communicator and effective educator, adept at developing nursing standards and fostering collaborative relationships across multidisciplinary teams. NM RN license holder committed to excellence in patient care and developing Leaders in Healthcare.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Chief Nurse Officer
Three Crosses Regional Hospital
06.2024 - 01.2026
- In this role, I oversee nursing operations for Med-Surg, ICU, Emergency Department, House Supervisors, and Education.
- I mentor and develop leaders through a Leadership Committee for charge nurses and managers, while implementing nursing standards of care in alignment with Joint Commission guidelines.
- Additionally, I assist with acuity tools and develop a nurse staffing grid process, building strong relationships with nursing and medical staff.
- I also assist in annual budget preparation, adjusting for seasonal volume increases, and partner with New Mexico State University for student clinical placements.
- I have been invited as a guest speaker at the Student Nurses Association and honored as the Community Speaker at their pinning ceremony.
- Furthermore, I develop Cerner training programs in collaboration with educators and establish and approve hospital policies with legal and risk management teams.
- My work includes collaborating across departments to enhance productivity and maintaining partnerships with community organizations, including Mesilla Valley Hospital, AMR, NMSU, DACC, and the Fire Department.
- One notable achievement is leading the hospital to obtain its initial Joint Commission accreditation.
Director of Oncology, Transplant Services and Womens Surgical Services
Las Palmas HCA
El Paso, USA
05.2023 - 05.2024
- Manage Oncology and Transplant program, provide oversight of all patients in department.
- Responsible for overseeing 5 Clinical coordinators provided guidance and mentorship to leaders.
- Oversaw and accountable for productivity of the department.
- Responsible for the department to be Joint Commission ready and hold accountability to all team members.
- El Paso, TX
Associate Director of Nursing ICU/ Medsurg/Respiratory Therapy/ Inpatient Rehab Services
Banner Health
Payson, USA
11.2021 - 04.2023
- Provided oversight for the In-patient adult Intensive Care Units, Progressive Care, Inpatient Rehab, Respiratory Therapy and Medsurg units including general pediatric patients.
- Responsibilities included the supervision of Clinical Nurse Managers, and acute care nurses.
- Responsible for departments to be Joint commission ready and hold accountability for all team members.
- Oversaw all Professional Development of Managers and nurses.
- Member of falls Committee, Member of Code committee.
- Oversaw quality improvement and would design action plans and coordinate with team members to roll out action plans.
- Maintain relationships with other department heads and partner manager banner staffing employees.
- Oversaw and was accountable for productivity of the department.
- Payson, AZ
Associate Director of Nursing ED/ICU
Banner Health
Page, USA
11.2020 - 11.2021
- Managed level IV trauma program, oversaw pediatric emergency preparedness designation.
- Managed productivity in both departments.
- Managed all new process roll outs during covid 19 pandemic.
- Managed staffing in both units and patient care during critical settings and developed relationships with EMS, police and flight crews that served our community to help improve care when needed.
- Analyzed departments financial budgets and was able to suggest added FTE's to departments.
- While having managed other areas of the hospital was able to mentor other managers with their departments operations.
- Lead to the Code committee we were able to analyze all hospital codes and interpret opportunities for improvement and what education would be needed.
- Page, AZ
Associate Director Womens and Infant Services/ Medsurg
Banner Health
Page, USA
01.2020 - 10.2020
- Managed our Perinatal trust program and obtained recertification.
- Managed both departments productivity staffing and new processes during the pandemic and assisted with patient care especially with Covid patients.
- In this medsurg department we also did take general pediatric patients.
- Maintained departments policies and guidelines based on staffing, protocols for transfers and patient safety.
- One achievement I was able to obtain was having our OB RNs, medsurg and ICU RNs work together during the pandemic by having RNs float to other areas when needed and pull together as a team.
- Trained Charge nurses, developed their role and strengthened their relationships with hospital staff in all nursing units.
- Managed position control, and productivity throughout the pandemic.
- Page, AZ
NICU/PICU and Postpartum Nurse
Memorial Medical Center
Las Cruces, USA
08.2019 - 12.2019
- Treated premature infants in a level III NICU.
- Work closely and having great relationships with doctors, practitioners, and therapists.
- Provide emotional support and education to patients families.
- Treat postpartum mothers and infants with mothers post C-section and SVD.
- Recognizing status changes on all my patients and have ability to adjust care and initiate interventions.
- Treat Pediatric patients post surgical, infections, intubated, IV therapy, respiratory therapy.
- Las Cruces, NM
Assistant Professor Of Nursing
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, USA
08.2018 - 12.2019
- Teaching students that are in the nursing program health assessment, I teach students how to perform a head to toe assessment and take them to the hospital to obtain clinical hours teach them patient safety.
- Having to be organized with teaching the curriculum, making sure students attend class and are getting their lab hours and grading their assessments.
- Preparing them to be the best nurses they can be in their careers.
- Las Cruces, NM
Assistant Director of Nursing of Short Term Care/ Nurse educator
Invigorate Post Acute of Las cruces
Las Cruces, USA
02.2019 - 08.2019
- Offered support to the nurses and managers of my company in order to help them implement procedures and obtain objectives.
- Oversee day to day operations of the facility.
- First primary responsibility was to teach a 12hour credit course of annual training that will be implemented every year to our CNA's and certified medaides.
- I would oversee all short-term in-patient admission referrals and at times visit the patient personally to determine if they were an appropriate fit for our facility.
- Designing and integrating a new system to the shortterm process was one of my new missions.
- My approach was to update and simplify the charting process for the nurses so they can put more time into patient care and assist the CNA more with patient care.
- Participating in investigations of complaints involving staff and residents.
- As the nurse educator I would make sure all the med-aides were current every month with their continuing education credits and once a month teach a topic that was provided my the State of New Mexico.
- Rolled out newly established standards to direct patient care staff and provided educational opportunities to promote development of staff members.
- Co-implemented newly established standards to direct patient care staff and provided educational opportunities to advance staff development.
- Las Cruces, NM
Float Pool Staff Nurse
Memorial Medical Center
Las Cruces, USA
01.2017 - 02.2019
- Developed and implemented nursing care plans including assessments, evaluations and nursing diagnoses.
- Areas of departments skilled in NICU, Postpartum, ICU, Pediatrics, PICU, Med Surg, Telemetry, Observation, float as Charge nurse for medsurg departments when needed.
- Part of being a float pool nurse was I would be assigned as the charge nurse on occasions when short staffed, or if charge nurses will call in.
- Las Cruces, NM
Neonatal ICU Nurse
Memorial Medical Center
Las Cruces, USA
09.2015 - 01.2017
- Precepted students and trained new hires.
- Level III facility.
- Delivered high-quality and compassionate treatment to indigent and low-income patient community.
- Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of processes and treatments.
- Las Cruces, NM
Lab assistant II
Memorial Medical Center
Las Cruces, USA
08.2008 - 09.2015
- Implemented a new system to the way morning rounds are done.
- Trained new hires.
- Obtained all prescribed laboratory testing from all patients in the hospital from infants to geriatric patients.
- Processed all specimens in the lab such as tissue, blood, stool, body fluids with specialized handling.
- Used aseptic technique to collect cultures, assisted Medtechs' with plating cultures in micro, placing specimens in analyzers.
- Las Cruces, NM
Education
Master of Science - Nursing Systems Management
The University of Texas at El Paso
05.2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM01.2015
Skills
- Effective communicator
- Educator
- Mentor
- Leader
- Prioritizing
- NM RN license
Accomplishments
- Top Talent Banner leader in 2020 and received professional mentorship from Hoyt Skabelund CEO Banner Payson.
- Nominated for Nurse Leadership award.
- Completed Foundations of Nursing Leadership Certification.
- Led Three Crosses to obtain their initial Joint Commission Accreditation in 2025.
Credentials
MSN, RN
Professional Overview
Over 12 years of working in a hospital setting; growing and developing a passion for healthcare administration. I am driven and eager to grow stronger as a leader and nurse with many skills and experience to offer. I provide determination, adaptability, and persistency to gain administration experience to get me to my next level of professionalism.
Timeline
Assistant Chief Nurse Officer
Three Crosses Regional Hospital
06.2024 - 01.2026
Director of Oncology, Transplant Services and Womens Surgical Services
Las Palmas HCA
05.2023 - 05.2024
Associate Director of Nursing ICU/ Medsurg/Respiratory Therapy/ Inpatient Rehab Services
Banner Health
11.2021 - 04.2023
Associate Director of Nursing ED/ICU
Banner Health
11.2020 - 11.2021
Associate Director Womens and Infant Services/ Medsurg
Banner Health
01.2020 - 10.2020
NICU/PICU and Postpartum Nurse
Memorial Medical Center
08.2019 - 12.2019
Assistant Director of Nursing of Short Term Care/ Nurse educator
Invigorate Post Acute of Las cruces
02.2019 - 08.2019
Assistant Professor Of Nursing
New Mexico State University
08.2018 - 12.2019
Float Pool Staff Nurse
Memorial Medical Center
01.2017 - 02.2019
Neonatal ICU Nurse
Memorial Medical Center
09.2015 - 01.2017
Lab assistant II
Memorial Medical Center
08.2008 - 09.2015
Master of Science - Nursing Systems Management
The University of Texas at El Paso
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
New Mexico State University