Team-oriented Nurse Manager with 15 years of maternal child women's health nursing experience in direct patient care, staff leadership and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing department needs with a focus on care experience, patient safety and quality, staff wellbeing, and affordability. Positive, encouraging, supportive, and driven leader.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Nurse Manager
Maternal Child Women’s Health, Kaiser Westside Medical Center
08.2020 - Current
Manages 56 FTE's including RN's, Surgical Technologists and CPCA's, in a 30 bed L&D, postpartum, and level I nursery department
Facilitates process improvement with front line staff and the interdisciplinary team to achieve goals for: quality and patient safety, employee satisfaction, patient experience, and affordability
Establishes and maintains effective communication with department team members to provide high quality patient care
Manages department budget to ensure affordable healthcare
Works in conjunction with associate nurse manager to manage daily operations
Nurses Week/ Hospital appreciation week hospital lead
Management Co-lead for unit based team (shared governance)
Department Co-Chair for Hospital Nurse Staffing Committee
Co-lead for Nursing Professional Development Council
Interim Nursing Director
Maternal Child Women's Health
11.2021 - 04.2022
Continued nurse manager role while in interim nurse director role
Facilitated management team meetings with professional development consultant, quality consultant, and associate nurse manager to discuss quality initiatives
Responsible for implementing hospital wide initiatives at the department level
Implemented physician and nurse leader department meeting to ensure goal alignment and streamline workflows
Associate Nurse Manager
Maternal Child Women’s Health, Kaiser Westside Medical Center
01.2016 - 08.2016
Worked in conjunction with nurse manager to manage day-to-day operations and workflows for nursing department
Decreased turnover rate on night shift to less than 5%
Facilitated interdepartmental hospital leader meetings to share best practices
Responsible for department staff schedule
Management Co-lead for unit based team (shared governance)
Won leadership award for overtime reduction project
Nurse
L&D Travel, Mobile Healthcare
08.2012 - 12.2015
Cared for patients in a variety of hospitals throughout the country ranging from high risk/high volume level III facilities, to low risk/low volume rural facilities
Compassionately cared for women during the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum period, and well newborns from admission to discharge
Provided nursing resources during unit transitions such as EMAR conversions
L&D Charge Nurse/Staff Nurse
Novant Forsyth Medical Center
01.2008 - 01.2012
Started nursing and grew as a nurse in this high risk/high volume level III facility with approximately 550 births/month
Led and supported 16 staff members per shift including registered nurses, surgical techs, and CNA’s in the charge nurse role
Precepted new graduate nurses
Participated in the shared governance and policy and procedure committees
Taught childbirth education classes to expectant parents
Education
Master of Business (MBA) - Healthcare Management
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, OR, UT
2019
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Barton College
Wilson, NC
2008
Skills
Staff Leadership
FTE Utilization
Process Improvement Facilitation
Budget Management
Workflow Development
Project Leadership
LMP Experience
Timeline
Interim Nursing Director
Maternal Child Women's Health
11.2021 - 04.2022
Nurse Manager
Maternal Child Women’s Health, Kaiser Westside Medical Center
08.2020 - Current
Associate Nurse Manager
Maternal Child Women’s Health, Kaiser Westside Medical Center
01.2016 - 08.2016
Nurse
L&D Travel, Mobile Healthcare
08.2012 - 12.2015
L&D Charge Nurse/Staff Nurse
Novant Forsyth Medical Center
01.2008 - 01.2012
Master of Business (MBA) - Healthcare Management
Western Governors University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Barton College
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