Elizabeth Simmons Stadler
Glen Allen,VA
Summary
Experienced Quality Chief with a strong background in overseeing quality control systems and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Analytical thinker with a proven ability to solve complex problems and lead cross-functional teams. Successful track record of implementing process improvements resulting in higher product quality and customer satisfaction.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Director
St. Francis Medical Center
Midlothian, VA
03.2022 - Current
- Directs, oversees, plans, coordinates and evaluates a comprehensive program to improve clinical outcomes, enhance value, and minimize patient harm
- Oversees all aspects of the quality program, including quality measurement, external reporting, quality improvement, and high reliability
- Works alongside the infection control program and oversees the patient safety program, including incident reporting, root cause analyses, sentinel event reporting, failure mode analyses, systems design, failure modes and effects analysis, and proactive staff training and education
- Drives the organization to improve value, prevent unnecessary readmissions, overuse of testing or procedures, and reduce costs
Nursing Operations Manager
St. Francis Medical Center
Midlothian, VA
08.2021 - 03.2022
- Responsible for the integration, facilitation, and coordination of administrative and clinical practice of associates to include Nursing Supervisors, Rapid Response Nurses, Accelerated Clinical Education Program RNs, Tier 1 Float Pool RNs & PCA/PCTs, Patient Safety Companions, and Phlebotomists, with 24-hour accountability
- Worked alongside nursing leaders and the administrative team to develop staffing plans for all hospital departments, that supports productivity and provides the safest patient care possible
- Identifies and strives to ensure appropriate patient placement, facilitation, and expedition of all patient flow transactions, including direct and emergency patient admissions and transfers
- Performs leader rounding on associates and patients for quality and employee/patient satisfaction
FLEX Team RN
St. Francis Medical Center/Westchester Emergency Center
Midlothian, VA
02.2021 - 08.2021
- Bedside RN: Collaborates with the patient care team to provide emergency care for patients of all ages and all acuity levels, as directed by medical staff and in accordance with the objectives, policies, and procedures of the hospital
- Utilizes the nursing process to determine patient care and education needs
- Delivers individualized, professional, and compassionate patient care
- Nursing Supervisor: Coordinates available resources to ensure a high degree of care and treatment for patients
- Acts as a resource, role model, educator, and change agent for clinical services
- Works collaboratively to plan, implement, and evaluate patient care for optimal outcomes
- Accountable for ensuring professional nursing standards and problem resolution
- Functions in an administrative role during off shifts
Quality Coordinator
St. Francis Medical Center
Midlothian, VA
10.2019 - 08.2021
- Ensures the delivery of high quality, excellent care that meets or exceeds regulatory standards, requirements and payor expectations, as well as assisting the organization to successfully achieve organizational objectives for quality and patient safety
- Participates in quality reviews and reporting
- Mentors and assists nurse leaders with the development and initiation of performance improvement projects
- Collaborates with hospital leadership, nursing staff members, and medical staff as needed
- Prepares and submits quality reports
- Facilitates and supports the quality, patient safety, and performance improvement committee infrastructure
- Support Joint Commission and State surveys
- Facilitate Medical and Nursing Peer Review Committees
Registered Nurse
St. Francis Medical Center Emergency Department
Midlothian, VA
04.2016 - 01.2019
- Shift Resource Nurse: Responsible and accountable for the coordination of clinical activities and patient care on weekday shifts
- Develops and sustains an environment that promotes excellence in clinical practice and customer satisfaction, while striving for optimal efficiency, productivity and utilization of all resources, utilizes the nursing process, leadership skills and current evidence based clinical knowledge to assess the health needs of patients, collaborate with health team members to coordinate patient care, anticipate outcomes of nursing interventions, and set criteria for the quality of patient care
- Provides patient and staff education, clinical supervision, and participates in unit based activities (quality assessment, shared governance, scheduling, quality review, staff development in-services, etc.)
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for ethical/legal functioning
- Provides supervision for staff members as charge nurse and assumes increasing leadership responsibility for professional practice on the unit
- Charge Nurse: Provide assistance and care for patients, supervise nursing staff, offer guidance and support, maintain a safe working environment, ensure operational tasks are completed efficiently and on time
- Coordinate daily administrative duties, including schedules, nursing assignments, and patient care
- Oversee patient admissions, transfers and discharges
- Monitor medical charts and provide compassionate care and assistance to patients and families
- Liaising with doctors and administrators and communicate protocol changes with staff
- Preceptor: Orient/mentor newly hired RNs and Bon Secours nursing students to the unit
- Bedside RN: Collaborates with the patient care team to provide emergency care for patients of all ages and all acuity levels, as directed by medical staff and in accordance with the objectives, policies, and procedures of the hospital
- Utilizes the nursing process to determine patient care and education needs
- Delivers individualized, professional, and compassionate patient care
- CLIN III
Registered Nurse
Memorial Regional Medical Center Emergency Department
Mechanicsville, VA
01.2012 - 04.2016
- Preceptor: Orient/mentor newly hired RNs and Bon Secours nursing students to the unit
- Bedside RN: Collaborates with the patient care team to provide emergency care for patients of all ages and all acuity levels, as directed by medical staff and in accordance with the objectives, policies, and procedures of the hospital
- Utilizes the nursing process to determine patient care and education needs
- Delivers individualized, professional, and compassionate patient care
- CLIN II
Certified Athletic Trainer
Physical Therapy Solutions
Mechanicsville, VA
07.2007 - 01.2012
- Provided patient education, initiate and progress rehabilitation programs, maintain documentation, scheduling and training of all ATCs & rehab technicians
- Provided healthcare coverage for all sports at Hanover High School, administered treatments and preparticipation orthopedic screenings, developed and initiated rehabilitation programs, performed injury assessments and evaluations, maintained injury documentation and treatment progressions, arranged all doctors' appointments and referrals
- Maintained budget for athletic training room supplies
- Class taught: Sports Medicine
Certified Athletic Trainer
Liberty High School
Bedford, VA
07.2005 - 06.2007
- Provided healthcare coverage for all practices and high school competitions, administered treatments and pre-participation orthopedic screenings, developed and initiated rehabilitation programs, performed injury assessments and evaluations, maintained injury documentation and treatment progressions, arranged all doctors' appointments and referrals
- Maintained budget for athletic training room supplies
- Classes taught: Advanced Physical Education, Strength and Conditioning, Athletic Training I, Athletic Training II
Certified Athletic Trainer Graduate Assistant
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
08.2003 - 05.2005
- Provided healthcare coverage for all practices and intercollegiate competitions, administered treatments and pre-participation orthopedic screenings, developed and initiated rehabilitation programs, performed injury assessments and evaluations, maintained injury documentation and treatment progressions, arranged all doctors' appointments and referrals.
Education
Masters of Science in Nursing - Nursing Administration
James Madison University
05.2019
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
J. Sargent Reynolds Community College
07.2012
Masters of Science in Education - Health Education and Promotion
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
12.2004
Minor - Exercise Leadership
James Madison University
05.2003
Bachelor of Science - Athletic Training
James Madison University
Bachelor of Science - Kinesiology
James Madison University
Skills
- Operational Excellence
- Performance monitoring
- Team Collaboration
- Regulatory Compliance
- Professionalism
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Data Collection
- Strong Work Ethic
- Process Improvement
- Problem-solving abilities
- Workflow Optimization
- Continuous improvement strategies
- Performance Metrics
- Root Cause Analysis
- Effective Multitasking
- Project Management
Certification
Virginia State Licensure-Registered Nurse
Volunteer Experience
Special Olympics, Certified Athletic Trainer/Volunteer, Harrisonburg, Blacksburg, VA, 2002-01, 2007, Assisted in practices for track and field and swimming with motivation and physical completion of activities., Provided athletic training coverage for all practices and competitions.
Affiliations
- National Association for Healthcare Quality
- American Nurses Association & Virginia Nurses Association
- Emergency Nurses Association & Virginia Emergency Nurses Association
Publications
- NAHQ Next Conference 2023
- BSMH Lean Community of Practice Champion 2023
- Virginia Patient Safety Summit 2023 (Presenter)
- BSMH Reliability and PI Conference 2023 (Presenter)
- VNF Leadership Academy 2022
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School 2021-2022
- Press Ganey Online-Experience of Care Education 2021
- BSMH High Reliability Organization Leadership Series 2020
- FLEX: Frontline Leader Experience 2020
NURSING ADMINISTRATION PRACTICUM EXPERIENCE:
- Preceptor: Trauma Director, VCU Health System, 2018-2019
- Facilitates efficient, effective, quality care for the trauma population across the continuum.
- Collaborates with the entire multi-disciplinary team to assist with the care management for trauma patients and maximize patient outcomes.
- Utilizes the plan of care to monitor patient progress and assure patient requirements are matched with appropriate resources.
- Utilizes evidence-based practice when interacting with the patient and family and has a good understanding of accepted trauma guidelines.
- Assists the ED/STICU staff in the care of the trauma patient.
- Assists the Trauma Registrar in data entry, reporting, and evaluation of trauma data.
- Provides timely follow-up to hospitals who transfer a patient's into VCU Health System.
- Works with the LEAN team, quality, and hospital staff to assure documentation of care of the trauma patient is thorough and consistent.
- Participates in the education of hospital nursing, EMS personnel and the community in trauma and prevention related subjects.
- Identifies all Performance Improvement patient care issues throughout daily chart review and collaboration of the care team and reports issues to the Director of Trauma Services/Trauma Services Medical Director.
- Assists the Director of Trauma Services in the development, implementation, and evaluation of a quality plan which is multidisciplinary and patient outcome focused.
- Enters Performance Improvement issues into the registry and assures that all issues are addressed and "loop closed" within a timely fashion.
- Participates in research studies for publication and epidemiology research to demonstrate program growth, process improvements, and medical practice improvements.
- Assists/Develops daily/weekly/monthly trauma meetings presentations.
- Collects, trends and tracks performance improvement data to improve patient outcomes.
United States Coast Guard Reserves E4/BM3
- (May 2000-May 2004), Stationed at Tracen Yorktown USCG Training Center
- Assisted in developing curriculums and instructed students in lifesaving, boat handling, boat safety and navigation skills.
- Instructor for physical and leadership training programs.
COMMITTEES ATTENDING:
- BSMH Quality Leader BSMH System Falls
- BSR Fall Prevention (Chair) BSR Policy
- BSR Pay for Performance BSR Ethics BSR Pay for Performance
- BSR Quality and Patient Safety BSR Readmission Reduction
- BSR Sustainability Council SFMC Peer Review
- BSR Length of Stay Committee SFMC Readmission Reduction
- SFMC Policy SFMC Medical Executive
- SFMC Health Equity Committee (Co-Chair) SFMC Serious Safety Event Reporting
- SFMC Nursing Quality Outcomes SFMC Mortality Review
- SFMC Sepsis SFMC Neuro Ops Committee
- SFMC Critical Care SFMC Quality and Patient Safety (Chair)
- SFMC Regulatory and Accreditation SFMC Nursing Leadership Council
- SFMC Medication Event Reporting Interdisciplinary SFMC Colon SSI Surgical Services Executive
Timeline
Quality Director
St. Francis Medical Center
03.2022 - Current
Nursing Operations Manager
St. Francis Medical Center
08.2021 - 03.2022
FLEX Team RN
St. Francis Medical Center/Westchester Emergency Center
02.2021 - 08.2021
Quality Coordinator
St. Francis Medical Center
10.2019 - 08.2021
Registered Nurse
St. Francis Medical Center Emergency Department
04.2016 - 01.2019
Registered Nurse
Memorial Regional Medical Center Emergency Department
01.2012 - 04.2016
Certified Athletic Trainer
Physical Therapy Solutions
07.2007 - 01.2012
Certified Athletic Trainer
Liberty High School
07.2005 - 06.2007
Certified Athletic Trainer Graduate Assistant
Virginia Tech
08.2003 - 05.2005
Virginia State Licensure-Registered Nurse
Masters of Science in Nursing - Nursing Administration
James Madison University
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
J. Sargent Reynolds Community College
Masters of Science in Education - Health Education and Promotion
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Minor - Exercise Leadership
James Madison University
Bachelor of Science - Athletic Training
James Madison University
Bachelor of Science - Kinesiology
James Madison University
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