Elizabeth Roberts, MSN, RN
Bradenton,FL
Summary
Healthcare professional committed to contribute to organizational growth and prepared to lead teams to ensure highest standards of patient care. Proven success enhancing patient outcomes with policy/process development and improvement. Possesses collaborative mindset, consistently adaptable to dynamic environments, and focused on achieving operational efficiency. Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Registered Nurse
Curology, Dermatology Telehealth
01.2020 - Current
- Manages day to day operation of RN team including all external prescription submissions (upwards of 40 per day), prior authorizations, patient emails, and serving as a liaison between providers and patients
- Functions as the primary leader within the department and sole trainer for new staff
- Assists Quality team with various projects including chart audits and identifying prescription trends
- Monitors and reviews metrics within patient-email platform to identify quality of service provided
- Lead meetings with senior leadership during a project launch and troubleshooting issues with various platforms ultimately leading to increased efficiency and patient satisfaction
- Piloted launch of partnered mail-order pharmacy to ensure RN workflow seamlessly interacted with new process changes
- Identifies gaps in workflow and presents process improvement ideas, many of which were put into action
- Champion all changes with prescription software program and communicate changes with respected teams.
- Self cross-trained to assist Customer Success Team and improved average length of patient email response from 6 days to less than 24 hours
Clinical Nurse Educator - Osteoporosis
VMS BioMarketing Inc.
10.2017 - 08.2018
- Successfully trained on pre-approved curriculum within multiple formats including live, virtual, and telephonic to variety of audiences including patients, office staff, caregivers, and physicians and by utilizing adult learning
- Collaborated with patients/caregivers in understanding and implementing treatment protocols of prescribing physician; provided training to healthcare providers and patients on proper use of medication including self-injection techniques and injection device
- Conducted in-service sessions in physician offices to educate healthcare providers about available services and ease of access
- Traveled to patient homes to provide one-on-one education sessions to instill confidence in efforts to improve medication adherence; utilized motivational interviewing to ensure patient comfortability with medication
Senior Quality Information Specialist
Q-Centrix
05.2017 - 08.2018
- Efficiently performed and completed New York Sepsis data abstraction for hospitals well before established deadline from home office
- Provided support to team members to facilitate stream-lining workflow during weekly meetings
- Self-taught abstraction data points and successfully dropped average abstraction from from 25 minutes to less than 9
- Received recognition from Service Line Leader during early employment for quickly adapting and accurate application of self-taught New York Sepsis abstraction and organization of numerous patient data points
- Prepared learning materials to assist colleagues to abstract cases with greater confidence, efficiency, and speed
Clinical Nurse Educator
Novasyte LLC
10.2016 - 10.2016
- Represented 3M while traveling to hospitals nationwide to deliver quality device education to nurses, physicians, and other members of the healthcare team during product evaluation or implementation
- Engaged hospital staff through return demonstration and communicated potential challenges to 3M team to prevent barriers both during and after product implementation
- Evaluated clinical staff performance, identifying areas of improvement and providing constructive feedback to drive continuous growth
- Assisted in the design of simulation exercises, enhancing hands-on learning experiences for clinical staff members
Infection Preventionist RN
Bayfront Health St. Petersburg
10.2014 - 08.2016
- Accurately performed infection surveillance for 480-bed level II trauma using two electronic surveillance programs and uploaded events to NHSN monthly
- Identified infection trends and after thoroughly investigating, worked with bedside staff to initiate practice changes to reduce repeat infections, improve clinical outcomes, and prevent loss of hospital reimbursement
- Coordinated new-hire nursing infection prevention orientation via an interactive program
- Maximized clinical gains by restructuring CAUTI/CLABSI committee through incorporating input from front-line team members
- Served as point-of-contact for bedside team members and collaborated with the hospital leadership team
- Provided comprehensive training for staff on proper hand hygiene, personal protective equipment usage, and other infection control practices to minimize risks.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams for effective infection prevention strategies and policy development.
- Served as a liaison between departments to facilitate communication regarding best practices in infection prevention and control.
- Facilitated ongoing risk assessments for healthcare-associated infections by identifying potential vulnerabilities in current practices or systems and recommending strategies to address these concerns.
Clinical Coordinator /Infection Control Coordinator
Gulfcoast Surgery Center
02.2011 - 03.2016
- Coordinated patient-specific care prior to surgical date and involved other members of the healthcare team including surgeons, anesthesia providers, surgical technologists, nurses, and reception personnel
- Reviewed medical records of surgical patients prior to surgical date and completed preoperative nursing assessments telephonically in order to reduce and eliminate surgical complications
- Chartered increase to 90% of medical record audit to ensure quality indicators and SCIP guidelines met
- Pioneered implementation of electronic hand hygiene monitoring program to promote health care provider compliance
- Accountable for annual review of clinical and infection control policies while incorporating changes in best practice
- Served as liaison between the medical team, nursing team, and administration to minimize and eliminate barriers in patient care and increase efficiency of the surgical schedule
- Implemented isolation precautions for high-risk patients, minimizing exposure risks to others within the healthcare environment.
- Conducted regular audits of clinical practices related to infection control measures, identifying areas for improvement and providing targeted recommendations.
- Optimized environmental cleaning procedures, resulting in decreased transmission of pathogens within the facility.
- Set clear policies to improve success of infection control measures in departments.
Registered Nurse, Orthopedics/Medical-Surgical
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
07.2006 - 02.2011
- Staff nurse duties
Education
Master of Science - Infection Prevention And Hospital Epidemiology
American Sentinel University (Post University)
Denver, CO03-2013
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL05-2007
Timeline
Lead Registered Nurse
Curology, Dermatology Telehealth
01.2020 - Current
Clinical Nurse Educator - Osteoporosis
VMS BioMarketing Inc.
10.2017 - 08.2018
Senior Quality Information Specialist
Q-Centrix
05.2017 - 08.2018
Clinical Nurse Educator
Novasyte LLC
10.2016 - 10.2016
Infection Preventionist RN
Bayfront Health St. Petersburg
10.2014 - 08.2016
Clinical Coordinator /Infection Control Coordinator
Gulfcoast Surgery Center
02.2011 - 03.2016
Registered Nurse, Orthopedics/Medical-Surgical
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
07.2006 - 02.2011
Master of Science - Infection Prevention And Hospital Epidemiology
American Sentinel University (Post University)
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of South Florida
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