Callie Johnson
St. Louis,MO
Summary
Experienced healthcare leader and home and community-based services professional seeking to establish and lead a Missouri Department of Mental Health approved provider organization delivering Independent Supported Living and mental health services. Committed to person-centered, recovery-oriented care that promotes independence, safety, and quality of life for individuals with mental illness and developmental disabilities. Dedicated to regulatory compliance, quality assurance, ethical service delivery, and collaborative partnerships with DMH, healthcare providers, and community stakeholders.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Taken BY Faith, LLC
05.2022 - Current
Director of Nursing
Abbey Senior Living
07.2023 - 05.2024
- Director over nursing department 65 bed facility. Managed RN, LPN, CNA, PCA, and MDS coordinator. Oversaw the building was staying in compliance with state regulations. Managed patients with mental illness and developmental disorders in facility. Managed use of psychotropic medications.
Behavioral Health Nurse
SSM Mental Health Hospital Wentzville
04.2023 - 07.2023
- Work with behavioral Health in-patient adults, adolescents, and seniors with health-related challenges. Provide nurse oversight for the safety of patients with intellectual developmental disabilities, bipolar disorder, major depression disorder, anxiety, suicidal, homicidal, schizophrenia, paranoia disorder, borderline personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, alcoholics, drug abusers, etc. Manage medications for patients with psychiatric history, monitor effects of psychotic medications, monitor mood disorders. Lead group therapy sessions, participate in CAM therapy, CBT, and CPI trained.
Travel Registered Nurse
SSM HealthCare
02.2023 - 04.2023
- Traveling ICU Nurse throughout the SSM HealthCare System caring for critical care Patient. Managing patients on vasopressors, inotropes, and sedative drips in the Medical ICU. Ensuring the safety of the patient hemodynamically monitoring patients on ventilators and BiPap machines.
Regional Nurse
Reliant Care Management LLC
03.2022 - 02.2023
- Makes regular facility visits to high behavioral facilities with mental illness consumers. Monitor consumers with intellectual disabilities, eating disorders, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and psychiatric condition. Conducts comprehensive rounds assessing compliance with quality care standards, environmental services, government regulations and company policies. Ensure that compliance with legal and regulatory standards is met. Responsible for covering facilities with management agreements in Missouri from Kansas City to St. Louis and Kirksville area to the Boot hill of Missious.
Travel Registered Nurse
Ava Healthcare
12.2021 - 03.2022
- Traveling ICU nurse caring for critical care patients. Managing patients on vasopressors, inotropes, and sedative drips in the Medical ICU. Ensuring the safety of the patient hemodynamically monitoring patients on ventilators and BiPap machines.
Nurse Consultant
Green Creek Solutions
09.2020 - 05.2021
- Travel to direct long-term care facilities in need of assistance. Help facilities get survey preparedness and annual complaint. Provide staff training and education. Sit in as interim DON/ADON. Assist the facility with COVID-19 infection readiness, quality measures, and stay in regulation with CMS and state regulatory compliance.
Registered Nurse
Kindred Hospital
08.2014 - 12.2020
- Assisting acute care patients with respiratory failure on ventilators with endotracheal tube or tracheotomy tube. Monitoring patients on multiple drips via PCA pump and intravenous infusion. Administration of multiple IV push medications and administration of blood on an on-going basis. Maintain IV assess of PICC lines, internal jugular lines, midlines, and peripheral IV insertion. Assist the doctor in procedures removing dialysis catheters, and insertion of tracheotomy. Help heal wounds with wound of stage IV wounds and unstageable wounds.
Director of Nursing
Mark Twain Manor
01.2019 - 09.2020
- Director over the nursing department in a 120-bed facility Medicaid or Medicare beds. Collaborate with the team to stay in compliance with the state regulations. Manage CNA, CMT, LPN, RN
Registered Nurse
Fresenius Kidney Care
01.2015 - 09.2019
- Travel to different hospitals caring for inpatient population of acute/chronic kidney failure patients. Dialyze patients in ICU and acute care patients with kidney issues increasing the quality of life of dialysis patients. Educating patients and family members about kidney disease. Monitoring dialysis patients with AV fistulas, AV grafts, and venous catheters
Registered Nurse
ResCare Residential Services
08.2016 - 12.2018
- Traveled to homes in community to support assisting and advocating services for behavioral and medical needs. Provided training to coordinate the needs of individual in independent living homes and shared homes. Supporting consumers with mental illness and disabilities.
Registered Nurse
Davita Dialysis
03.2014 - 08.2014
- Assisting patients with acute/chronic kidney failure providing hemodialysis treatments. Monitor the balance of fluid in dialysis patients. Educating patients daily about kidney disease and treatment. Evaluating patient's reaction to dialysis treatment and medications. Overseeing the dialysis treatment from beginning to the end.
Registered Nurse
SSM DePaul Health Center
09.2013 - 03.2014
- Chronic patient care in med-surge unit, adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring a variety of patients per shift. Performed lab tests and communicated results. Liaised between patients and physicians to ensure patient comprehension of treatment plans. Instructed patients and family members on proper discharge care. Closely monitored acute conditions.
Registered Nurse
Lutheran Senior Services
01.2012 - 03.2014
- Develop rapport with patients, family, staff and physicians. Conduct patient assessments, diagnosis, testing, wound care and other treatments as necessary. Maintain critical thinking skills essential to providing patient care pertaining to patient's individual diagnosis and ordered treatments.
Licensed Practical Nurse
JCA
10.2010 - 08.2012
- Collaborate with appropriate health team members for coordination of daily plan of care for assigned patients. Develops, trusting relationships without becoming emotionally involved. Provide and documents nursing interventions based on assessed patient needs, and plan of care.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Midwest Staffing
03.2009 - 03.2012
- Travel to different facilities working a variety of floors performing clinical task according to facility policy. Responsible for continual management of patients with chronic medical diagnosis.
Licensed Practical Nurse
St. Sophia Rehabilitation Center
05.2008 - 01.2011
- Provide direct patient care to pre-operative and post-operative orthopedic patients through discharge. Proficient in all documentation/record maintenance/paperwork to ensure accuracy and patient confidentiality. Educate patient and families on disease processes, medical surgical procedures, how to cope with illness and other aspects of therapeutic regimens, including medication and pain management techniques.
Education
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner -
University of Missouri St. Louis
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - undefined
University of Missouri St. Louis
St. Louis, MOApplied Science in Nursing - undefined
St. Louis Community College
St. Louis, MODoctorate in Nursing Practice - undefined
University of Missouri St. Louis
07.2026
Skills
- Training development and delivery, Administration, control, and storage of medications
- Strong clinical judgment, Problem resolution capability, acute care expertise, Professional bedside manner, and Patient/Family focused thorough ph
Certification
- ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
- BLS (Basic Life Support)
- CPR
Timeline
Director of Nursing
Abbey Senior Living
07.2023 - 05.2024
Behavioral Health Nurse
SSM Mental Health Hospital Wentzville
04.2023 - 07.2023
Travel Registered Nurse
SSM HealthCare
02.2023 - 04.2023
Taken BY Faith, LLC
05.2022 - Current
Regional Nurse
Reliant Care Management LLC
03.2022 - 02.2023
Travel Registered Nurse
Ava Healthcare
12.2021 - 03.2022
Nurse Consultant
Green Creek Solutions
09.2020 - 05.2021
Director of Nursing
Mark Twain Manor
01.2019 - 09.2020
Registered Nurse
ResCare Residential Services
08.2016 - 12.2018
Registered Nurse
Fresenius Kidney Care
01.2015 - 09.2019
Registered Nurse
Kindred Hospital
08.2014 - 12.2020
Registered Nurse
Davita Dialysis
03.2014 - 08.2014
Registered Nurse
SSM DePaul Health Center
09.2013 - 03.2014
Registered Nurse
Lutheran Senior Services
01.2012 - 03.2014
Licensed Practical Nurse
JCA
10.2010 - 08.2012
Licensed Practical Nurse
Midwest Staffing
03.2009 - 03.2012
Licensed Practical Nurse
St. Sophia Rehabilitation Center
05.2008 - 01.2011
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - undefined
University of Missouri St. Louis
Applied Science in Nursing - undefined
St. Louis Community College
Doctorate in Nursing Practice - undefined
University of Missouri St. Louis
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner -
University of Missouri St. Louis