Cynthia Barrack
Warsaw,VA
Summary
Experienced and resourceful Registered Nurse with 36 years of experience in patient care and care management. Attention to detail and excellent assessment skills to ensure member's needs and preferences are met. Well-rounded individual with good listening, communication and critical thinking skills. Works well independently and unsupervised.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
High Utilization ED Nurse Care Coordinator
Molina Healthcare
Richmond, VA
01.2023 - Current
- Assess members, who are identified as high utilizer of Emergency Departments (ED), for any gaps in care and social determinants of health care and provide education on available resources that may assist in reducing Emergency Room usage.
- Provides member with further education on any post discharge instructions, questions and follow up care.
- Assists in connecting member with community providers and resources.
- Advocates for member through an interdisciplinary team based on member's needs and preferences.
- Collaborates with other care coordinators in providing warm handoffs following member engagement after recent ED visits.
- Completes and maintains accurate member records to include completion of the ED Diversion Assessment, utilizing electronic health record system.
- Reports new diagnoses and change in functional status to member assigned care coordinator.
- Ensures compliance with Molina policies.
- Actively participates in continuing education activities.
- Provides orientation, preceptor and support role for new care coordinators.
- Advocates for member through an interdisciplinary team based on member's needs and preferences.
- Participates in on-call rotation.
Care Coordinator- Other High Risk Population
Molina Healthcare
Richmond, VA
07.2021 - 01.2023
- Provided care coordination to members in the Other High-Risk Population with an assignment of
approximately 140-150 members. - Responsible for completing Health Risk Assessments and
formulating individualized member centered care plans. - Assessed members for gaps in care and social determinants of care.
- Assisted members with preventative
Healthcare to promote wellness and self-management. - Assisted members in accessing the right level of care at the right time, assisting members in becoming established with primary Care,
promoting and assisting members with Molina benefits and questions when they arise. - Assisted with member Drive By’s when needed for the UTC process.
Registered Nurse Manager
Riverside Tappahannock Hospice
Tappahannock, VA
04.2019 - 07.2021
- Responsible for the oversight of the day-to –day operation of the agency.
- Ensured patient referrals were hospice appropriate utilizing the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's Standards of Care.
- Co-Led the weekly Interdisciplinary Care Team meeting with Agency Medical Director.
- Assured regulatory guidelines were met, successfully passed governing accreditations (CHAP).
- Supervised staff to include evaluations and educational requirements.
- Assisted with budget formulation.
- Successfully brought agency up on new EMR (Epic).
- Tabulated monthly conversion and statistic reports and managed
productivity and expenses.
Home Health and Hospice Community Liaison Nurse
Riverside Home Care
Tappahannock, VA
01.2013 - 04.2019
- Responsible for physician education on Home Health and Hospice, to include how to access these
services, through provider and staff presentations. - Assisted facilities with patient transitions of care to ensure the patient is receiving the correct, safe level of care.
- Provided consults to patients and their families regarding services.
- Responsible for growing referral sources and maintaining working relationships between them
and home care. - Organized and coordinated public meetings and events.
- Developed and implemented plans for outreach initiatives to engage community members.
- Provided presentations on relevant topics to various groups within the community.
- Created content for newsletters, press releases, and other publications related to community programs.
- Collaborated with other Hospital and Facility Departments to ensure effective implementation of initiatives.
Home Health Registered Nurse Case Manager
Riverside Tappahannock Home Health
Tappahannock, VA
02.1992 - 01.2013
- Responsible for the oversight of the day-to-day operation of the agency.
- Responsible for budget formulation, productivity, adhering to regulatory guidelines, successfully passing governing accreditations (CHAP)and State Medicare Surveys.
- Responsible for supervision of staff and their annual educational requirements.
- Responsible for chart audits and review of the agency in the form of an annual report.
- Attended community health fairs and events to promote home health services offered by the agency.
Registered Nurse Case Manager
Riverside Tappahannock Home Health
Tappahannock, VA
05.1990 - 02.1992
- Responsible for case managing and providing direct patient care to patients in their homes.
- Assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated individualized nursing care plans for each patient.
- Developed relationships with patients to ensure they received the highest quality of care.
- Collaborated with physicians, social workers and other healthcare professionals to coordinate care for patients.
- Created detailed documentation of patient health history including lab results, treatments and medications prescribed.
- Facilitated referrals for specialized services such as physical therapy or hospice care when needed.
- Analyzed test results and communicated findings to physicians in order to develop effective treatment plans.
- Utilized critical thinking skills when assessing new information or changes in a patient's condition.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Riverside Tappahannock Hospital
Tappahannock, VA
04.1988 - 05.1990
- Responsible for providing care to all types of patients of varying ages.
- Assumed charge nurse duties and acted as a preceptor to new staff.
- Assessed, monitored and documented patient progress on a daily basis.
- Instructed patients and families in health promotion activities such as proper nutrition, wound care and disease prevention.
- Performed vital signs monitoring for early identification of changes in patient condition or response to treatment plan.
- Administered prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques.
- Evaluated effectiveness of nursing interventions and revised plan of care accordingly.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Rappahannock/J. Sargeant Reynolds Comm. College
Richmond, VA11-1987
Skills
- Discharge Planning
- Health Promotion
- Self Motivation
- Patient Education
- Organizational Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Patient Assessments
- Regulatory Compliance
- Charting and Clinical Documentation
- Needs Assessment
- Care Coordination
- Chronic Disease Management
- Preventive Healthcare
- Interpersonal Communication
- Relationship Building
- Goal Setting
- Reliability
- Active Listening
- Training Staff
- Patient and Family Advocacy
- Excellent Communication
- Community Program Referrals
- Compassionate and Caring
Affiliations
- I enjoy spending time with my family and our pets. I love horseback riding, swimming and camping. I enjoy crafting, antiquing and refinishing furniture.
- I am a member of Cobham Park Baptist Church where I serve on several committees.
- I travel to Haiti on mission trips to help run a medical clinic and support a school and church for a severely underserved community. I work closely with the non- profit in fundraising events locally to support this mission.
Timeline
High Utilization ED Nurse Care Coordinator
Molina Healthcare
01.2023 - Current
Care Coordinator- Other High Risk Population
Molina Healthcare
07.2021 - 01.2023
Registered Nurse Manager
Riverside Tappahannock Hospice
04.2019 - 07.2021
Home Health and Hospice Community Liaison Nurse
Riverside Home Care
01.2013 - 04.2019
Home Health Registered Nurse Case Manager
Riverside Tappahannock Home Health
02.1992 - 01.2013
Registered Nurse Case Manager
Riverside Tappahannock Home Health
05.1990 - 02.1992
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Riverside Tappahannock Hospital
04.1988 - 05.1990
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Rappahannock/J. Sargeant Reynolds Comm. College
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