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Elizabeth DuBois

Spotsylvania,VA

Summary

Successful Experience in clinical practice: Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care, Inpatient, and Primary Care Consulting: Strategic planning, care coordination, workforce development curriculum design, budget management and operations of national healthcare consulting firm.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Family Nurse Practitioner

Mother of Mercy Medical Clinic
02.2024 - Current
  • Volunteer one day/week for primary care facility for underserved patients with no healthcare insurance
  • Age group is 18+ but primarily older adult population
  • Most are recent immigrants with little to no previous medical care. Significant amount of patients with uncontrolled diabetes and hypertension and most females with no previous gynecological care
  • Manage preventative, chronic and acute care visits

Chief Operating Officer and Principal

COPE Health Solutions
08.2018 - Current
  • Oversee all Vice Presidents and above on account delivery across firm (value based care, analytics platform and workforce)
  • Manage $25 million budget, successfully put together Series A in 2021 for firm leading to further ability for product development and annual recurring revenue programs
  • Principal consultant overseeing team of consultants with Workforce Development Strategies. This includes development of advanced practice provider fellowships in acute and outpatient settings across country, performance improvement for clinician burnout, build of new workforce programs including medical assistant schools, surgical technician schools, community health workers on large scale, clinicians’ skills training and workforce strategy
  • Clinicians’ skills training can include various topics that are indicated by gaps within particular health care system, most often this has been related to pain management, behavioral health, procedure skills, care management, HIV, and Hepatitis care
  • Responsible for overseeing training, onboarding and management of 6000 students/year at thirty healthcare systems throughout country. This involves overseeing team to manage application and acceptance, clearance, and then initial training including introduction to healthcare, basic patient skills, and health care system policies and procedures
  • Developed primary care and specialty care Advanced Practice Provider (APP) fellowships and launched with medical groups across country. This included development of curriculum, procedures, design, teaching principals as well as implementation and management
  • Developed and implemented Medical Assistant training programs that are able to be nationally credentialed to bring in more community members to MA role and ensure consistency in training and practice
  • (06/2020-12/2023) Oversee Human Resources for firm.

Family Nurse Practitioner

Adventist Health
07.2020 - 01.2023
  • Work across 3 different urgent cares, all ages, primarily 2years+
  • Able to perform procedures including suturing, joint aspiration and injections, trigger point injection, toe nail removal, drainage of abscess among others
  • Also able to interpret x-ray imaging
  • Seeing about 25-30 patients in 10 hours
  • During height of Covid-19 pandemic, worked in hospital@ home program. Provided assessment, diagnosis, and management of care to patients that would typically be in medical/surgical unit in their home

Deputy Chief Medical Officer

Community Healthcare Network, Inc. (CHN)
03.2012 - 07.2018
  • Oversaw Director of Primary Care and providers (medical directors, physicians and APPs, about 100 providers in total
  • Oversaw Director of Nursing and nursing staff (nurse managers, registered nurses (RN), licensed practical nurses (LPN), and medical assistants (MA)), about 120 nursing staff in total
  • Oversaw Director of Laboratory Department and laboratory technicians including regulatory requirements for all labs in network
  • Responsible for formation and execution of medical affairs budget of over $60 million
  • Acting Medical Director for Long Island City Health Center and Dr Betty Shabazz Health Center for various periods of time (typically 6-12 months)
  • In charge of recruitment, hiring, and termination of all medical providers and nursing staff
  • Curriculum and Training Expertise: Designed and implemented first NP fellowship in NYS (primary care in September 2015 and Community Psychiatric in Oct 2016), including: curriculum, rotations, evaluations, and application process. This grew from 4 fellows to 12 in 2nd year and managed budget of over one million for each class
  • Designed new integrative primary care and psychiatric NP fellowship for co-located primary care and psychiatric fellowship for joint program with Institute for Community Living (ICL) concentrating on patients with serious mental illness
  • Started Procedure Clinic for current medical providers credentialing them in common outpatient procedures to reduce need for ED referrals or specialty providers
  • Designed training program for medical providers to learn and start care for HIV positive patients and Hepatitis B and C positive patients to close gaps in care and initiated first class
  • Lead in developing expansion of services for special populations including Veterans, Geriatrics, SMI, and substance abuse screening and services
  • Clinical Experience: Active panel of patients 3-5 days/week including newborn-geriatrics, HIV, Hepatitis C, and gynecological care
  • Managed preventative, chronic and acute care for population
  • Panel consisted of large adult population, women’s health, HIV+, DM, HTN, Hyperlipidemia and COPD
  • Clinical presentations for providers and staff: Women’s Health Updates in HIV positive females, Utilizing Advanced Practice Nurses, How to Be A Preceptor, Routine Health Maintenance, Hypertension Updates, Well Child Exams, Understanding abnormal labs and EKGs for psychiatric provider, Pediatrics Upper Respiratory Problems and ENT concerns.

Nursing Coordinator

Columbia University Hospital-Milstein
05.2009 - 12.2015
  • Nursing Supervisor for Milstein Hospital (738 adult beds), in charge of staffing for individual units (20 different units), supplies, environmental services, VIP clients, and other urgent issues.

Nurse Practitioner

Citicare Inc.
05.2010 - 03.2012
  • Family Practice-Sole full time medical provider for adult patients managing patients with multiple diseases. Averaged 20 patients/8 hours.

Nurse Practitioner

Long Island College Hospital
12.2009 - 08.2011
  • Worked in Fast Track-Urgent Care as sole independent provider for all patients, up to 30 patients at one time and worked in Main Emergency Department as Resident with up to six patients on team.

Registered Nurse

St Vincent's And Georgetown University Hospital
08.2005 - 05.2009
  • Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Catherization Lab, Float Intensive Care Unit

Education

Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) -

Yale University
New Haven, CT
05.2017

Master of Science Nursing- Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) -

Columbia University
New York, NY
02.2010

Bachelor of Science in Nursing -

Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
05.2005

Skills

  • Primary Care Management all ages
  • Preventive and Urgent Care
  • Emergency Medicine (procedural skills)
  • Women's Health
  • HIV
  • Electronic Charting (ECW, Cerner and Athena)

Certification

  • Registered Nurse-California and Virginia
  • Registered Nurse Practitioner-California and Virginia
  • Certified Family Nurse Practitioner-AANC board certified

Academic Appointments

  • Adjunct Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Nursing, 06/2014, 06/2015
  • Adjunct Clinical Professor, New York University School of Nursing, 06/2014, present
  • Clinical Instructor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 09/2014, 06/2016
  • Clinical Instructor, Columbia University School of Nursing, 06/2008, 12/2009
  • Clinical Instructor, Columbia University School of Nursing, 01/2015, 06/2016
  • Clinical Instructor, Hunter College School of Nursing, 09/2017, 07/2018

Current Position

Principal, Health Care Consulting Firm, 08/2018, present

Family Nurse Practitioner in medical underserved clinic, 02/2024-present

Timeline

Family Nurse Practitioner

Mother of Mercy Medical Clinic
02.2024 - Current

Family Nurse Practitioner

Adventist Health
07.2020 - 01.2023

Chief Operating Officer and Principal

COPE Health Solutions
08.2018 - Current

Deputy Chief Medical Officer

Community Healthcare Network, Inc. (CHN)
03.2012 - 07.2018

Nurse Practitioner

Citicare Inc.
05.2010 - 03.2012

Nurse Practitioner

Long Island College Hospital
12.2009 - 08.2011

Nursing Coordinator

Columbia University Hospital-Milstein
05.2009 - 12.2015

Registered Nurse

St Vincent's And Georgetown University Hospital
08.2005 - 05.2009

Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) -

Yale University

Master of Science Nursing- Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) -

Columbia University

Bachelor of Science in Nursing -

Arizona State University
  • Registered Nurse-California and Virginia
  • Registered Nurse Practitioner-California and Virginia
  • Certified Family Nurse Practitioner-AANC board certified
Elizabeth DuBois