DR. Ella D. Wilson DNP, FNP-BC

• Cultivated forward-thinking, inclusive, and performance-oriented business culture to lead the healthcare industry in innovation and push progress to improve health outcomes.
• Reviewed individual department performance and worked with leadership to improve processes, procedures, and practices.
• Managed partnerships and strategic business relationships by negotiating contract terms and handling conflicts.
• Built productive relationships with healthcare industry partners to support strategic business objectives to provide high-quality RPM services to individuals with a lack of access to healthcare and for the underserved community.
• Developed key operational structure to provide a personalized evaluation and management of healthcare disorders to promote wellness and prevent complications associated with chronic illness.
• Established foundational processes for business operations.
• Established and maintained strong relationships with customers, vendors, and strategic partners.
• Managed financial, operational, and human resources to optimize business performance.

Provides medical care and treatment in the community to improve health outcomes for persons with chronic diseases. Acute care and Wellness visits are also provided

• Provides independent primary care, consultation, and advice to others as a highly specialized practitioner
• Assess and prescribe medication for patients with both acute and chronic conditions
• Performs comprehensive assessments for complicated patients and coordinates the plan of care
• Assess, diagnosis, and treat patients of all ages
• Perform diagnostic tests and evaluate medical test results
• Stay up to date on community resources that are available to patients to promote holistic health and promote patient involvement in plan of care
• Provides individualized patient teaching and counseling
• Attends and actively participates in team and staff meetings
• Assumes on-call duties

Provide medical care to pediatric population in a clinic setting. Manage acute and chronic illnesses. Treat new and existing pediatric patients. Analyzes test results and examination notes to diagnose condition of patient. Order tests to provide information on patient's condition. Immunize patients from communicable diseases. Educate patients about disease prevention and health promotion activities.

• Goal is to promote wellness and prevent illness
• Act as a patient advocate, counselor, social worker and a nutritionist
• Treat patients individually and is successful in maintaining a patient-provider relationship

Examined patients in an occupational clinic, using medical instructions and equipment for pre-employment. Clinic also provided urgent care to the community for the entire family.

• Performed skilled assessments to determine if applicant was qualified to hold employment position
• Treated acute injuries and released patients back to the work place. Referred patients to appropriate medical provider for chronic illnesses
• Determined if physical therapy was necessary to promote rapid return to the work place

Responsible for organizing and managing a LTAC unit. Provided comprehensive medical services on a continuing basis. Ensured patients received adequate nursing care and medical treatment necessary to restore health.

• Responsible for day to day operations, including census management, patient care outcomes.
• Lead process and improvement teams for the facility and identified processes that required change
• Assessed priorities to meet healthcare delivery needs and played a critical support role in developing and coordinating internal review systems
• Coordinated employee education activities to support the quality, safety and value enterprise framework identified and set by the facility
• Trained and educated case management staff and effectively communicated with administrator and medical staff regarding patient care, financial management , discharge planning and outcomes
• Ensured documentation was completed to meet required standards for the department
• Assisted medical director in performing physical assessments and medical treatments
• Ordered and executed various tests, analyzed diagnostic images and interpreted labs to provide information on patient's condition
• Complete cooperation with management and internal departments

Worked as a coordinator to determine if patients on transplant list were eligible for a kidney transplant. Responsible for clinical assessment prior to surgery. Removed ineligible patients from transplant list. Presented patients status weekly to medical board and surgeons in the department

• Performed comprehensive H&P in clinic
• Restored ineligible patients back to transplant list after appropriate medical treatment and clearance
• Prepared medical documents necessary for weekly discussion on transplant wait list

Provided general and cardiac medical care in CICU. Performed physical examinations and documented findings. Instrumental in recognizing abnormal cardiac rhythms and reported abnormal findings to MD. Discussed case with physician and other health professionals to prepare comprehensive patient care plan

• Acted as charge nurse on unit
• Maintained quality control standards
• Educated patients about disease prevention and health promotion activities

Provided nursing care and treatment to patients on the Oncology Unit. Performed physical examinations and preventive health measures within guidelines and instructions of physician.

• Trained nurses and achieved significant improvement in their productivity
• Played an integral role in reporting patients changes in condition and symptoms to physicians
• Administered Chemo Therapy according to protocol

Executed daily operations of Nursing Department. Supervised more than 40 employees , scheduled work hours, resolved conflicts and determined salaries. Referred patients to physician for consultation and to specialized health resources for treatment when appropriate

• Maintained daily operations, including census management
• Served as the family and patient advocate, ensuring services were appropriate and meet the needs of the patient
• Lead interdisciplinary team conference weekly
• Performed PE and preventative health measures within guidelines and instructions of MD
• Trained and educated case management
• Responsible for patient care delivery, financial management and patient outcome
• Ensured documentation was complete and standards of the department was met
• Wrote, designed and produced measures to improve patient care and reduce risk factors for residents
• Recommended drugs and treatments, such as PT, inhalation therapy and related therapeutic procedures when appropriate

Provided general nursing care to the elderly population in their homes under instructions of physician orders. Worked also as a case manager/patient care coordinator

• Executed daily operations of managing office staff
• Lead process and improvement team to identify changes necessary for home health services
• Played a critical role in coordinating internal review systems to ensure patient safety and activities were in compliance with the agency
• Trained and educated PCC
• Communicated with administration regarding patient care delivery and financial management
• Ensured documentation was completed and met required standards of the agency
• instrumental in developing measures to promote wellness