Debbie Scarola

• Lead Successful TJC/JCAHO Audit for Staffing Agency
• Maintain compliance with State and Federal regulations, Joint Commission Standards, Client/Contract specific requirements and company policies
• Assist clients in determining client/clinician needs and matches
• Perform Clinical Interviews for successful travel and permanent placement
• Review health care provider documentation, certifications, resume, and skill checklist for appropriate placement
• Direct clinical oversight, clinical leadership, supervision, and support company wide
• Develop and incorporate quality assurance measurements and audits
• Perform Specialty Training for staff oversee ongoing training, coaching, growth, and development of new and established employees
• Development of policies, procedures, job descriptions, competencies, and training/education company wide
• Review upcoming traveler files for completeness of documents with liaisons and other departments to clear provider for future assignments
• Ensure Company compliance with all Board of Nursing Regulations
• Collaborate with Operations Director in identifying growth and development opportunities for entire company
• Assist with all aspects of investigation and management of provider credentialing, privileging, and assignment related processes to ensure compliance of company credentialing standards
• Research questions regarding government regulations, health care standards, and other issues related to quality improvement
• Responsible for oversight of division’s quality measurement processes
• Review upcoming traveler files for completeness of documents with liaisons and other departments to clear provider for future assignments
• Reviews licensure with employees to ensure all providers are appropriately licensed
• Create and review all nursing and allied job descriptions
• Create and review skilled checklists for healthcare providers

• Review and analyze risk management issues, malpractice claims, Board of Nursing Documents, NPDB reports, OIG reports, SAM reports, Criminal Background Checks, JCAHO standards and Audit Review for business supporting four thousand nurses
• Maintain Compliance with State and Federal regulations, Joint Commission Standards, Client/Contract specific requirements and company policies
• Utilize critical thinking skills to mediate medically complex facility/nurse issues to resolution
• Review upcoming traveler files for completeness of documents with liaisons and other departments to clear provider for future assignments
• Remediate clinical nurses for all Clinical Specialty Exams to provide high quality care for patients
• Perform Specialty Training for staff oversee ongoing training, coaching, growth, and development of new and established employees
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary health care team members to promote quality client/clinical care
• Complete Clinical Interviews to assure and provide quality Health Care Providers
• Gather and assess Performance Evaluations from Clients and Health Care Providers
• Provide positive constructive feedback to Health Care Providers to increase quality of care
• Collaborate with Director of Operations, and Director of Credentialing

Responsible for administration of day-to-day operations of home care facility

• Coordinate and complete assigned projects to effectively support the immediate and long-range objectives of the company
• Analyze the eligibility of patients referred to home care services and plan for the services to be provided to patients and supervise their total home health care
• Implement and maintain administrative practices, agency philosophy, goals, and policies which assure compliance with applicable state and federal regulations
• Enhance the profitability of the agency; and provide motivation and retention of qualified staff and ensure the quality of services delivered

• Managed medically complex care of over one hundred patients, utilizing team consisting of RN’s, LPN’s, OT’s, PT’s, and ST’s
• Reviewed, implemented all Physician Orders
• Execute Medicare OASIS, for SOC, RCT, ROC, DC
• Implemented Standards of Care in accordance with JCOH standards

• Assemble overall interdisciplinary care plans for patients
• Provide wound care, application, and maintenance of wound vac, IV administration of medication, patient education, medication management, and patient safety instructions for home health patients from admission to discharge
• Act as liaison between physician/patient/family and homecare personnel to ensure necessary care was provided promptly and effectively

• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.

• Telemetry Unit – Identify and treat Cardiopulmonary Patients, including Myocardial Events, and CVA
• Intensive Medical Care Unit- Identify and treat medically complex patients with diagnosis of; CVA, M/I, CABG, Sepsis, Cardiac Cath, Pacemaker, IABP and post Trauma Surgeries
• Emergency Room – Utilize critical care skills to identify and treat patients in a Level II Trauma setting
• Quickly assess needs of each patient, prioritize care based on its critical nature, and work to stabilize patient and treat problem

Memorial Sloane Kettering – NYC, NY

• Perioperative Unit

Good Samaritan Hospital, West Palm Beach, FL

• Emergency Department

Beth Israel Medical Center, NYC, NY

• Gastroenterology
• Emergency Department