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ProjectManager

EDWARD SPIEZIO-RUNYON

Project Manager
San Antonio,TX

Summary

Hard-working, respectful Project Manager with extensive knowledge of health care administration and clinical philosophy and more than 16 years of experience and background in critical care, trauma, and transplant nursing. As house supervisor and clinic department manager, provided strong leadership and high-quality care for critically ill and wounded patients. Talented at building and maintaining effective, successful relationships with staff, patients, and senior management. Excellent supervisory skills and performance working under pressure.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
9
9
Certificates

Work History

Private Duty Nurse

Self-Employed
San Antonio, TX
11.2017 - Current

Private nursing and healthcare coordination for elderly (5 yrs 8 mos)

  • Fostered strong relationships with clients and families to support comprehensive social, mental, and physical care.
  • Provided one-on-one critical care for private duty patients wishing to remain at home rather than entering long-term care facilities.
  • Scheduled appointments and transported patients to medical facilities using personal transportation.

Hospice nursing for elderly end-of-life care (1 yr 8 mos)

  • Established hospice care services for elderly and disabled patients. Offered listening ear and fostered strong relationships with clients and families to support comprehensive social, mental, and physical needs for end-of-life care.
  • Involved patients’ loved ones in teaching various ways to manage patients' pain, how to check vital signs, and proper methods for dressing changes.

Hospital Nursing Supervisor, Department Manager

Navy: Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune
Camp Lejeune, NC
09.2014 - 11.2017

Hospital Nursing Supervisor (3 yrs 3 mos)

  • Delegated tasks and provided leadership for 60 nurses and support personnel.
  • Conducted mock Joint Commission reviews across 15 clinics and inpatient wards. Developed and guided implementation of corrective action programs, resulting in zero adverse findings on those units during final Joint Commission survey.
  • Head of Pet Therapy program, responsible for policies to safeguard patients, staff, visitors, and service animals throughout medical center complex.

Department Manager • Multi-Specialty & Internal Medicine Clinics (3 yrs 3 mos)

  • Manager of Internal Medicine and 7 specialty clinics with supervisory oversight of 14 physicians; 3 RNs; and 20 CNAs, technicians, and clerks with responsibility to grow and maintain high performers through continuous process improvement and operational streamlining.
  • Developed and implemented new facility-wide hand hygiene audit program, resulting in 80% improvement in compliance throughout the military medical center.

Acting-Chief of Nursing Supervisors, Dept. Manager

Navy: Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center
Fort Belvoir, VA
08.2011 - 08.2014

Acting-Chief of Nursing Supervisors (10 mos)

  • Assumed on-duty authority of Commanding Officer and Director of Nursing.
  • Managed staff of 5 civilian RNs and provided direct supervision and delegation for 120 nurses and support personnel and hospital bed management to maintain seamless 24-hour operations.

Department Manager - Air Evacuation/Patient Movement (1 yr 9 mos)

  • Supervised, directed, and motivated high-quality performance with direct supervisory oversight of 1 RN, 6 corpsmen and medics, and 1 civilian clerk.
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.

Team Nurse - Presidential Contingency Operations Team (3 yrs 1 mo)

  • Coordinated with healthcare staff from various disciplines to carry out emergency plans for mass casualty disasters involving high profile events involving highest echelons of the federal government including the President, Vice President, Supreme Court, Congress, and cabinet secretaries and staffs.

Special Projects/Section Resource Nurse (4 mos)

  • Developed multi-service training tracking program that was implemented throughout National Capital Region.

Charge Nurse - Intensive Care Unit (1 yr 3 mos)

  • Instrumental in bringing brand new state-of-the-art 12-bed ICU on-line in newest and most advanced hospital in Department of Defense network.
  • Super-user responsible for mastery of use and functions of new equipment to provide training for nursing and medical staff.
  • Developed and implemented reporting and auditing tools to improve incentive administration processes, policies, and procedures to prepare for Joint Commission inspections resulting in zero adverse findings.

Coordinator - Code Team/Rapid Response Team (1 yr 3 mos)

  • Developed policies and procedures to provide seamless code team emergency response throughout the facility.

Critical Care Nurse

Navy: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, MD
02.2010 - 08.2011

Critical Care Nurse - Intensive Care Unit (1 yr 7 mos)

  • Directly supported global military operations through collaboration with interdisciplinary healthcare team to deliver optimal patient outcomes for critically wounded and ill patients.
  • Instrumental in deployment to new state-of-the-art 50-bed medical and surgical ICU department during hospital merger and construction.

Charge Nurse - Telemetry (4 mos)

  • Commended by hospital leadership for initiative in launching coordination of care and management of patient safety during complete failure of monitoring systems.
  • Credited for coordinating and smoothly maintaining patient safety and continuous care during first unit move into newly built ward during largest set of renovations in military medical history.

Staff Nurse

Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
Gilbert, AZ
02.2009 - 02.2010

Staff Nurse - Telemetry/Definitive Observation

  • Coordinated care for cardiac patients both pre- and post-operatively.
  • Credited by hospital leadership for saving patient due to early recognition and intervention in unanticipated for a post-operative patient while stepping temporarily into role as Intensive Care Unit nurse during staffing crisis and managing multiple simultaneous critical care patients.

Staff Nurse, Regulatory Compliance Nurse

Mayo Clinic Hospital
Phoenix, AZ
01.2007 - 02.2009

Staff Nurse - Cardiothoracic Transplant Progressive Care Unit (2 yrs 2 mos)

  • Mayo Clinic certified trainer and preceptor for heart, kidney, and pancreas transplant patient pre- and post-operative care and patient/family education.
  • Mayo Clinic certified trainer and preceptor for advanced and highly specialized heart failure bridge therapies including ventricular assist devices/mechanical circulatory assist devices (VADs/MCADs) including Thoratec, Heartmate II, and Impella; intra-aortic balloon pump therapy; total artificial hearts; ultrafiltration; peritoneal dialysis; and continuous renal replacement therapy.

Quality Improvement/Regulatory Compliance Nurse (1 yr 1 mo)

  • Developed and implemented reporting and auditing tools to improve incentive administration processes, policies, and procedures to prepare for Joint Commission inspections resulting in zero adverse findings during final inspection.

Education

Certificate - Data Analytics Bootcamp

The University of Texas At San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
09.2022 - 03.2023

MBA - Business Administration

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
08.2007 - 08.2009

Master of Science - Nursing Leadership in Healthcare Systems

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
08.2007 - 08.2009

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Arizona State University - Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, AZ
08.2004 - 12.2006

Bachelor of Arts - English

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
08.1994 - 08.1998

Skills

    Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher)

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Accomplishments

  • Navy Achievement Medal – Awarded by Admiral of the Navy Nurse Corps for serving as Editor-in-Chief of Nurse Corps News for 3 years and 3 months, revamping the 5-page quarterly publication into a 25-page monthly publication for distribution to Navy personnel globally to improve communication and timely information sharing among Navy leadership and specialties.
  • Joint Service Achievement Medal – Awarded by Navy Surgeon General for creating tool to monitor and flag diverse training requirements for all military, civilian, and contract healthcare personnel, which was deployed for more than 10,000 staff members throughout the National Capital Region.
  • Silver ACE Award – Awarded by Navy Surgeon General for nursing leadership during mass casualty disaster school bus accident involving 70 schoolchildren.
  • ACE Award (3 awards) – Awarded by Navy Surgeon General for:

- 1) Discovering coding processing error for Air Evacuation workload analysis. Remediation proved that workload had been more than 1,000% than accounted for in records, resulting in cancellation of planned closing of department and maintaining the unit’s readiness status.

- 2) Leading process improvement to reduce Air Evacuation patient reception timer by 84%, decreasing medical evaluation process upon arrival from 3 hours to less than 30 minutes.

- 3) Launching global search for mental health patient missing enroute from southeast Asia to the United States. Patient found after 30-hour coordinated search and safely recovered into inpatient mental health care.

  • Command Commendation – Recognized by Neurosurgery Attending and ICU department leadership for recognizing subtle patterns in patient's intracranial EEG waveforms, which allowed for pinpoint precision in curing patient's previously unrelenting seizure disorder. Commended for creating and implementing educational presentation focused on operation, nursing care, reading, interpreting, and recognizing patterns of intracranial EEGs.
  • Navy Unit Commendation – Contributions made to successful base realignment and opening of new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda.
  • Global War on Terrorism Service Medal – For supporting operations to counter terrorism in the War on Terror.
  • National Defense Service Medal – For honorable service during time of war.
  • Mayo Clinic “Certified Genius” award – For eradicating 6-year backlog from Mayo Clinic Medical Education database over 2-week period, saving organization more than $32,000 in annual mailing costs.
  • Mayo Clinic Hospital “Heart of the Month” – For implementation of business and administrative training into streamlining work processes and improving quality of patient care.
  • Mayo Clinic Hospital Preceptor Award – For achievements as hospital trainer and preceptor for advanced, highly specialized heart failure bridge and replacement therapies.

Certification

Creating Dashboards and Storytelling with Tableau

Interests

Co-Founder, Glider Guys Sugar Glider Rescue

American Legion

Veterans of Foreign Wars Ceremonial Honor Guard Detail

American Red Cross: Disaster Services

Timeline

Creating Dashboards and Storytelling with Tableau

06-2023

Essential Design Principles for Tableau

04-2023

Fundamentals of Visualization with Tableau

04-2023

Visual Analytics with Tableau

04-2023

Certificate - Data Analytics Bootcamp

The University of Texas At San Antonio
09.2022 - 03.2023

Texas Registered Nursing License (multi-state)

07-2019

Private Duty Nurse

Self-Employed
11.2017 - Current

Hospital Nursing Supervisor, Department Manager

Navy: Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune
09.2014 - 11.2017

Acting-Chief of Nursing Supervisors, Dept. Manager

Navy: Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center
08.2011 - 08.2014

Navy Bureau of Medicine Hazardous Materials Warm Zone Operations

08-2011

Greater Washington Area Chapter (GWAC) Critical Care Course

06-2011

Essentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO)

01-2011

Critical Care Nurse

Navy: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
02.2010 - 08.2011

Staff Nurse

Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
02.2009 - 02.2010

MBA - Business Administration

Grand Canyon University
08.2007 - 08.2009

Master of Science - Nursing Leadership in Healthcare Systems

Grand Canyon University
08.2007 - 08.2009

Arizona Registered Nursing License (multi-state): Jan 2007 - Aug 2019

05-2007

Staff Nurse, Regulatory Compliance Nurse

Mayo Clinic Hospital
01.2007 - 02.2009

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Arizona State University - Mayo Clinic
08.2004 - 12.2006

Bachelor of Arts - English

Virginia Tech
08.1994 - 08.1998
EDWARD SPIEZIO-RUNYONProject Manager