Holly Johnson
Rockford,IL
Summary
Accomplished Nurse Manager with over 5 years of experience driving operational excellence and patient outcomes. Proven ability to lead high-performing nursing teams, implement innovative care models, and achieve financial targets. Seeking a Director role to leverage strategic thinking and leadership skills to advance organizational goals.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN Manager
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center
03.2022 - Current
- Nursing operational manager of Surgery Preadmissions Center, Ambulatory Surgery, and Recovery Room Services
- Manage approximately 70 mission partners including nursing and certified nursing assistants
- Formal PI training, owner and team member of multiple of PI projects
- Established multiple processes to improve patient outcomes and meet financial targets
- Responsible for hiring, scheduling, coaching, discipline, budgeting, annual and semiannual reviews, and daily staffing and patient flow
- Maintain nursing guidelines by writing and updating procedures and policies
- Collaborate with clinicians including general and specialty surgeons, advance practice providers, and anesthesia providers
- Member of the Mission Services Team, participate in Quality and Safety teams as well as patient satisfaction meetings
- Lead Mission Integration sessions
- Participation in community events representing OSF including Boone County Fair and Adopt an Angel
RN Clinic Manager
Mercyhealth
03.2021 - 03.2022
- Clinic manager over multiple adult specialties including Orthopedic Surgery, Podiatry, Neurology, Sleep, Urgent Care, ENT, Vascular, and Audiology departments
- Accountable for budget of nursing and non-nursing areas
- Accountable for patient satisfaction and resolving grievances
- Collaborated with a third party financial auditing company to identify lost revenue sources
- Provider onboarding including specialist, surgeons, locums, and primary care
- Managed staff including nursing, providers, administration, as well as specialty technologists
- Responsibility for creating, initiating, and maintaining quality initiatives set forth by the organization
- Lead teams through Joint Commission surveys as well as Magnet designation
- Work closely with EPIC analysts for developing of physician templates and optimization
- Developed and implemented a standardized education process for the multiple departments
- Participation in community events representing the organization such as Rockford City Market
RN Supervisor
Mercyhealth
03.2019 - 03.2021
- Supervise staff and physicians in multiple clinics
- Responsible for multiple duties including scheduling, payroll, interviewing, hiring, performance reviews, and disciplinary actions
- Experience with budgets and balancing of costs
- Works close with VPs and other interdisciplinary teams to initiate process improvement projects and quality initiatives
- Participated in projects such as standardizing rooming process for clinical staff to help capture quality initiatives, improved call center messages to the Inbasket, and helped develop joint commission guidelines for the organization
- Implemented a covid testing site for pre-procedure and symptomatic testing for the entire Winnebago region
- Oversee multiple specialties including Neurology, Internal Medicine, Family Practice, Urgent Care, Vascular, Sleep, Podiatry, Orthopedics, ENT, Optometry, an optical shop, Audiology, a call center within the clinic, OB Gyn, Gyn Oncology, Uro gyn, breast surgery, and Mammography
- Overseeing around twenty-five providers and about seventy five staff including reception, clinical, surgery schedulers, and ophthalmic techs.
RN Interventional Radiology
Mercyhealth
02.2017 - 03.2019
- Provided procedural nursing care to patients during complex procedures including strokes thrombectomies, peripheral vascular disease cases, pulmonary embolisms, vascular access, chest tubes, biopsies, liver procedures, and much more
- Responsible for coordinating the procedures rooms and cases daily for a multitude for procedures in a charge nurse position
- Instructed ultrasound IV courses to nurses throughout the hospital
- Chair position for nurse practice council and shared governance for the department
- Process improvement owner on process improvement projects including IV infiltrate management and developed guidelines for IV placement and use
- Crossed trained to Cath Lab
STEP-DOWN ICU
Mercyhealth
01.2015 - 02.2016
- Provided care to patients including vent support, DKA management, various drip management, head injuries, kidney failure, hypertension crisis, drug overdoses, alcohol withdrawal, end of life care, and much more
- Experience with multiple admission and discharge of patients
- Floated throughout the hospital including ICU, Cardiac Telemetry, Medical Surgical, and Observation units
- Acquired many nursing skills that developed my nursing career.
CNA
Mercyhealth (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
05.2013 - 01.2015
- Provided care to patients throughout the hospital including assistance with daily activities, morning and night care, assistance with eating, blood glucose checks, vitals, daily weights
- Communicate with and report back to nurses, assist the nurse with multiple tasks, telemetry video monitoring of fall risk patients, and provided one on one assistance to patients at risk for falls, self-harm, and confusion
Education
DNP Leadership -
OSF Saint Francis College of Nursing
05.2025
MSN Informatics -
Walden University
05.2021
BSN - undefined
Rasmussen College
05.2019
ADN - undefined
Rasmussen College
05.2016
CNA - undefined
Neighbors Nursing Home
04.2003
Skills
- Strong organizational skills, ability to prioritize multiple projects
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work independently or within a team
- Provider management
- Patient Relations
- Strategic Planning
- Cross-Functional Teamwork
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, Kronos & API Time Keeping, and more
- Highly motivated and strong ability to pay close attention to detail
- Ability to learn quickly and adapt new practices easily
- Process improvement ownership and involvement
- McKesson and EPIC Super User
Certification
- Registered Nurse
- BLS
- Certified Nurse Manager Leader (CNML)
Affiliations
- American Society PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Timeline
RN Manager
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center
03.2022 - Current
RN Clinic Manager
Mercyhealth
03.2021 - 03.2022
RN Supervisor
Mercyhealth
03.2019 - 03.2021
RN Interventional Radiology
Mercyhealth
02.2017 - 03.2019
STEP-DOWN ICU
Mercyhealth
01.2015 - 02.2016
CNA
Mercyhealth (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
05.2013 - 01.2015
DNP Leadership -
OSF Saint Francis College of Nursing
MSN Informatics -
Walden University
BSN - undefined
Rasmussen College
ADN - undefined
Rasmussen College
CNA - undefined
Neighbors Nursing Home
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