Elleshisa Gant, BSN, BSCJ, RN
Registerd Nurse
Tampa,FL
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN Case Manager
Consulate Health Care
Orlando, FL
02.2022 - Current
- Collaboration with nurses, physicians, social workers and interdisciplinary team to ensure patient centered care coordination for managed care patients.
- Conducts discharge planning by establishing durable medical equipment needs, home health, palliative care, hospice, follow up appointments and community based organizations for safe discharge.
- Assists with Advance Directives, Power of Attorney, DNR and end of life conversations.
- Collaborates with Utilization Management to provide weekly patient status updates.
Disability Claims Examiner
Health And Human Services
Austin, TX
09.2019 - 02.2020
- 40 hours a week
- Investigate, analyze and determine the extent of Claimants disability status on behalf of Social Security Administration
- Responsible for allowing or denying claims in accordance to Social Security Administration policy and procedures
Appeals Coordinator
Aerotek
Austin, TX
01.2019 - 09.2019
- 40 hours per week
- Responsible for initiating prior authorizations and retro on inpatient psychiatric claims under utilization review.
- Scheduled reviews with nurses and doctors to determine authorizations and denials medicaid and ambetter.
- Loaded claim information into Amyisys, Trucare, excel spreadsheets and determination letters.
- Provided excellent customer service to members and community providers.
Case Manger 3
St Vincent De Paul Society
St Petersburg, Florida
06.2018 - 12.2018
- 40 hours per week
- Provided effective crisis intervention, case management services, counseling, education and life-skills training to diverse, at-risk homeless population
- Successfully initiated and finalized stable housing and employment for homeless victims
- Represented and interpreted the agency's overall functions and services to victims, other institutions, the public, government agencies and other organizations
Federal Case Manager
Core Civic
Austin, TX
10.2017 - 06.2018
- 40 Hours per week
- Provided case management to Federal inmates on behalf of Bureau of Prisons
- Screened offender referrals and completed intake interviews
- Collaborated with law enforcement, social service agencies and mental health providers
- Referred felony offenders to necessary community resources
Sterile Processing/Medical Supply Technician
Department of Veterans Affairs
Austin, Texas, United States
10.2016 - 09.2017
- 40 hours per week
- Utilized surgical sterilizing instruments and complex testing equipment in order to produce aseptic care to VA patients.
Hospital Corpsman/ Military Medic
United States Navy
San Diego, CA
11.2007 - 11.2012
- 50 hours per week
- Administered patient centered care in Acute Care, OR, Primary Care and Med-Surg settings.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients identify and prioritize patient needs and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Managed emotional and physical care of patients
- Coordinated care refferals for servicemembers
- Supervised and guided incoming staff to policies and procedures
- Recorded pertinent clinical information in EMR
- Conducted interviews to gain medical history
- Provided direct patient care to stabilize patients
- Developed therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
- Managed patient care from admission to discharge.
- Provided discharge health education to patients
- Administered medications via oral, IV, Sub Q and IM and monitored responses.
- Performed thorough initial and ongoing assessments.
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL08.2021
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX05.2017
Skills
- Patient advocate
- Interpersonal Skills
- Critical thinking
- Medical Coding
- Time management
- Medical terminology
- Clinical Judgement
- Ability to multi task
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Knowledge of Medicaid regulations
- Strong initiative
- Collaborative
- Works well under pressure
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook
- Conflict resolution
- Knowledge of local, state and federal laws
- Interviewing techniques
- Triaging
- Strategic Planning
- Managed patient care
- IV Therapy
- Chronic Disease Management
- Case Management
- Discharge planning
- Care coordination
- Utilization Review
- Care plans
- Ethics
- Analytical
- Prioritization
- Research methods
- Organizational
Certification
- RN License- TX Multistate Compact license-1053335
- BLS
- ACLS
Timeline
RN Case Manager
Consulate Health Care
02.2022 - Current
Disability Claims Examiner
Health And Human Services
09.2019 - 02.2020
Appeals Coordinator
Aerotek
01.2019 - 09.2019
Case Manger 3
St Vincent De Paul Society
06.2018 - 12.2018
Federal Case Manager
Core Civic
10.2017 - 06.2018
Sterile Processing/Medical Supply Technician
Department of Veterans Affairs
10.2016 - 09.2017
Hospital Corpsman/ Military Medic
United States Navy
11.2007 - 11.2012
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of South Florida
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Texas State University
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