Michael George
Eunice,LA
Summary
Proven professional development throughout previous experience culminating in a leadership position at the Director level. Temporarily appointed to director of a sister facility while also mantaining my director roll of my current employer. As temporary director at the sister facility I successfully hired a full staff, organized departmental functions and regained complete compliance of department of health regulated respiratory functions as well as CLIA regulated Arterial blood gas laboratory functions. I also successfully negotiated raises for the entire staff of both facilities at a time when neither of the CEO's where giving raises to any other employees at either facility. Throughout my career I've excelled in different areas of patient care, relationship building, leadership and interdepartmental collaboration recieving recognition an awarded opportunities grow in areas outside of the traditional rolls of a respiratory therapist. I also had rolls where I gained some experience in sales and marketing.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Cardiopulmonary Services
Mercy Regional Medical Center
Ville Platte, La
09.2021 - Current
- Serving as Director of Cardiopulmonary Services I direct all functions of the Cardiopulmonary/Respiratory Therapy department within this acute care rural hospital. Duties include directing all clinical services emergent, acute and diagnostic throughout the facility. Directing a respiratory staff of 15 staff members in their duties including all aspects of patient care, interdisciplinary roles with other departments and performance improvement measures to ensure the highest quality of patient care. Setting, control and guidance of the department’s budget through appropriate staffing levels supply usage, device maintenance and procurement to meet the goals set for the department and facility. Serve role as department representative on various hospital committees and reporting of all departmental budgetary and operational activities monthly to the CEO and CFO. Continuously monitoring and striving for excellent employee and patient/family satisfaction goals necessary to achieve the mission of Mercy Regional Medical Center.
Diagnoatic and Critical Care Respiratory Therapist
Jennings American Legion Hospital
Jennings, La
01.2005 - 09.2021
- In this roll I Provided patient care including respiratory and cardiac conditions in settings such as med / surg, critical care, emergencies and surgical. Performed cardiac and respiratory diagnostic testing. Also, spearheaded an initiative implementing patient education focused on increasing respiratory disease knowledge and self care strategies to improve outcomes beyond discharge. Appointed as a member of the hospitals readmission task force where we successfully implemented strategies to specifically address readmission penalties due to regulations enforced as part of ACA. Our team has successfully saved our organization more than 5 million dollars within a 3 year period.
Respiratory Therapist
Ville Platte Medical Center
Ville Platte, La
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Providing patient care regarding respiratory and cardiac conditions. This included med / surg, critical care, emergency response / care, cardiac stress testing and respiratory pulmonary function diagnostic testing.
Partner Owner/ Sales
D & M Construction Inc.
Eunice, La
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Owner / Operator of D & M
- Specializing in residential remodel and new construction. Responsibilities included personnel management, project management, sales and marketing, contract negotiations, customer satisfaction and problem resolution.
Sales / Project Manager
Mikes Quality Homes Inc.
Eunice, La
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Sales / Project Manager at Mikes Quality Homes specializing in new home construction. Responsibilities included meeting with clients on discussing blueprints and planning of new homes including developing quotes according to plans, negotiating contracts and closing on sales. Project management from beginning through completion. Management of multiple projects at same time while insuring that all phases of construction flow smoothly and stay on budget.
Marketing /Physician liaison, Respiratory Therapist
Apria Healthcare
Lafayette, Lake Charles, & Baton Rouge, Louisiana
01.2000 - 01.2002
- Respnonsibities included Marketing services provided and communicating with physicians and staff to coordinate specific services provided for their patients. Also preparing and providing patient compliance reports to healthcare providers and insurance providers. Duties also included patient education on various equipment and devices, setup and training on use of sleep apnea devices, fitting patients with appropriate size and type of interface, home ventilator checks and preventive maintenance, tracheostomy supplies and home oxygen. Set up and training of pediatric apnea monitors, serviced hospital new born nuseries performing pneumogram studies to determine level of apnea and oxygen blood level desaturations on infants. Consultative selling of various other home medical supplies by identifying patients unmet needs and offering solutions.
Respiratory Therapist
Eunice Community Medical Center
Eunice, Louisiana
01.1998 - 01.2000
- Responsibilities included med/surg patient care, critical care, emergency response, O/B delivery newborn care, diagnostic cardiac testing, and diagnostic pulmonary function testing. Excellence in time management and high stress management was essential in this position due to facility being a small hospital where I was often the only therapist during days that I worked.
Lead Shift Respiratory Therapist / Supervisor of Pulmonary Medicine Department
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
Lake Charles, La
01.1995 - 01.1998
- Quickly excelled as a therapist demonstrating competence with great technical and patient assessment skills earning trust and confidence of peers. Awarded with shift Supervisor / Lead Therapist responsibilities. Excelled in care of patients in critical care, post op open heart surgical patient recovery involving ventilator weaning, emergency/trauma care and neonatal intensive care. I excelled in Neonatal Intensive Care where I became the lead transport team therapist.
Education
Associate of Science - Respiratory Therapy and Allied Health
California College for Health Sciences
National City, California12.1995
No Degree - psychology
Louisiana State University at Eunice
Eunice, LouisianaSkills
Proven strong communication skills and excellent ability to adapt to difficult situations Leadership skills, detail oriented, capable problem solver, good organizational skills, time management, strong clinical background, great ability to effectively deal with management/ administration, clinical teams, primary care providers, patients, families as well as the public
Patient care coordination
Quality improvement
Healthcare administration
Program implementation
Teamwork and collaboration
Customer service
Attention to detail
Multitasking
Critical thinking
Active listening
Decision-making
Certified in CPR/AED
Relationship building
Medication dispensing
Team building
HIPAA guidelines
Task prioritization
Analytical thinking
Conflict resolution
Employee recruitment and hiring
Public speaking
Strategic planning
Patient advocacy
Employee performance evaluations
Multidisciplinary team collaboration
Medical clinical procedure
Process implementation
Performance monitoring
Professional networking
Microsoft Office
Microsoft teams
Excel (intermediate)
Outlook
Outlook calendar
PowerPoint (intermediate)
Certification
BLS
ACLS
NIMS
MOAB
Additional Information
* Church retreat involvement
* Selected into leadership as a Core Team member responsible for organizing and administrative responsibilities for all church and multi parish retreat events.
Timeline
Director of Cardiopulmonary Services
Mercy Regional Medical Center
09.2021 - Current
Diagnoatic and Critical Care Respiratory Therapist
Jennings American Legion Hospital
01.2005 - 09.2021
Respiratory Therapist
Ville Platte Medical Center
01.2004 - 01.2005
Partner Owner/ Sales
D & M Construction Inc.
01.2002 - 01.2004
Sales / Project Manager
Mikes Quality Homes Inc.
01.2002 - 01.2004
Marketing /Physician liaison, Respiratory Therapist
Apria Healthcare
01.2000 - 01.2002
Respiratory Therapist
Eunice Community Medical Center
01.1998 - 01.2000
Lead Shift Respiratory Therapist / Supervisor of Pulmonary Medicine Department
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
01.1995 - 01.1998
Associate of Science - Respiratory Therapy and Allied Health
California College for Health Sciences
No Degree - psychology
Louisiana State University at Eunice