Christa Lewis
Monroe,LA
Summary
Senior Nursing Director who partners with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture with proven results in building and maintaining relationships with a diverse range of team members in a dynamic, fast-paced hospital setting. Strong operational skills and solid experience regulating policies and managing budget expenditures. Collaborates with management teams and stakeholders to uphold the vision of St. Francis Medical Center and the FMOL Health System.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Director Women's and Children's Services
St. Francis Medical Center
06.2016 - Current
- Responsible for hiring, mentoring, and leading an FTE count of 192 employees spanning both inpatient and outpatient units including NICU, NBN, OB/L&D, OB Emergency Department, Pediatrics, PICU, Pediatric Sedation, Nurse Practitioners, Audiology, WIC, and Maternal Fetal Medicine units.
- Responsible for managing over $13 million in salaries and $18 million in Operating Expenses
- Assisting with strategic planning, market analysis, business development, and quality improvement plans related to the Women's and Children's Service line.
- Project Lead for Maternal/Child Quality Programs for St. Francis Medical Center-LaGIFT, LaPQC, VON resulting in LA Birth Ready Designation and LaGIFT designation.
- Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with community and employed physicians to ensure quality and high functioning departmental operations.
- Oversee policy development and implementation
Registered Nurse Specialty Coordinator- OB
St. Francis Medical Center
11.2013 - 05.2016
- Supervised and coordinated activities of nursing personnel on the OB unit regarding schedules and assignment workload
- Coordinated staffing and activities with other patient care units and related departments
- Ensured that patients' needs were met and evaluated unit nursing care and performance
- Maintained communication with medical staff by attending departmental meetings and providing follow up when needed regarding concerns
- Provided staff education through meetings, in-services, and huddles
- Oversaw hiring, training, and mentoring of staff
- Assisted with the selection, purchase, and implementation of infant banding security system
- Assisted with the selection and implementation of GE Centricity for fetal surveillance
- Hands on Joint Commission preparation and continued readiness.
Registered Nurse-Labor and Delivery
St. Francis Medical Center
05.2012 - 11.2013
- Charge Nurse, Staff Nurse, Preceptor
- Assist families as they transition through the stages of pregnancy throughout the labor process to ensure a safe and healthy delivery
- Prepare, circulate, and recover cesarean section cases
- Support families as they cope with fetal loss and provide them with resources within our facility as well as community
- Interact with physicians, other RNs and ancillary staff to provide safe and effective care
- Powerchart Maternity/FetaLink Superuser- developed training materials, provided training classes, and one on one support during GoLive
- Unit Council member.
Registered Nurse-Labor and Delivery
St. Vincent Health System
01.2009 - 05.2012
- Assist families as they transition through the stages of pregnancy throughout the labor process to ensure a safe and healthy delivery
- Prepare, circulate, and recover cesarean section cases
- Extensive hands on experience passing instruments and assisting the physician during cesarean sections
- Support families as they cope with fetal loss and provide them with resources within our facility as well as community
- Interact with physicians, other RNs and ancillary staff to provide safe and effective care
- Nominated and Voted into Unit Council -2010- Discuss needs, policies, and conflicts within the unit and vote on topics and discussions to be brought before the Hospital Congress.
Clinical Education Associate-OB/Women’s Health
Harding University
11.2011 - 02.2012
- Train and develop student nurses in the clinical setting as they interact with patients, physicians, and nurses
- Oversee skills, medication administration, and facilitate a positive teaching and learning environment for both student and patient
- Assist in simulating clinical events as well as assess and grade student efforts
- Highest OB standardized testing scores achieved by clinical group for the College of Nursing to date.
Education
MBA - Finance
University of Louisiana At Lafayette
Lafayette, LA12.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Harding University
Searcy, AR12.2008
Licensurecertification
- Louisiana State Board of Nursing RN, RN137211
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Provider, 07/2023
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider, 07/2023
- American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation Certification, 07/2023
Timeline
Senior Director Women's and Children's Services
St. Francis Medical Center
06.2016 - Current
Registered Nurse Specialty Coordinator- OB
St. Francis Medical Center
11.2013 - 05.2016
Registered Nurse-Labor and Delivery
St. Francis Medical Center
05.2012 - 11.2013
Clinical Education Associate-OB/Women’s Health
Harding University
11.2011 - 02.2012
Registered Nurse-Labor and Delivery
St. Vincent Health System
01.2009 - 05.2012
MBA - Finance
University of Louisiana At Lafayette
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Harding University
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