Jaime Brandeland, RN BSN
Sacramento,CA
Summary
Accomplished RN with 16 years experience, currently employed as Patient Logistics Coordinator with a proven track record at Dignity Health. Expertly multitask and coordinate patient placement and optimize hospital throughput. Proficient in EHR navigation and utilizing various programs to communicate with hospitals, physicians, nursing supervisors, staff and transfer center. My proactive approach, team leadership and mentoring capabilities have significantly enhanced operational efficiency and patient care. I function as a patient advocate with solid critical thinking skills with the ability to multitask in order to prioritize and optimize patient flow while maintaining hospital productivity and patient throughput.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN Patient Logistics Coordinator
Dignity Health
Rancho Cordova, USA
02.2017 - Current
- Coordinate patient placement for multiple facilities at once, including 300+ bed hospitals to optimize patient throughput
- Maintain consistent contact and collaborate with transfer center, MDs, nursing supervisors, AOCs and hospital personnel to ensure efficient patient placement while proactively preparing contingencies
- Analyze patient EHR across diagnoses and experience to prioritize and coordinate placements from ED, PACU, internal transfers and transfer center to meet placement goals of 15 and 60 minutes 95% of the time
- Actively support recruitment, training and mentoring of new hires
- Created patient placement tracking form, new hire checklist and bed meeting forms for MSJ, MGH and Siena
- Instrumentally supported ground up development of the patient placement program for CA/NV market, point RN for go live of Patient Placement at MSJMC, MGH, SNMH and NV Dignity Health facilities
- Last 3 annual evaluations I have scored Exceeds Expectations
Clinical Coordinator RN
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, USA
04.2013 - 02.2017
- Directed daily operations for 32 bed, level 2 Trauma Medical Surgical Unit, preparing schedules, assigning patients and maintaining operational oversight for 50+ nursing and support staff
- Continually tracked incoming personnel and overall department flow while concurrently providing direct patient care as needed
- Conducted huddles to drive departmental improvements, productivity and motivate staff towards meeting established National Patient Safety Goals
- Conducted annual performance evaluations, fostering skill development while identifying and supporting professional growth objectives
- Co-chair of Fall Prevention Committee, designed the Fall and Safety bedside sign utilized in every hospital room in the facility
- Through our research and safety implementation we effectively reduced falls and injuries from falls by 25% over a 10month period
- Personally created the orientation packet for new hires to our unit and assisted other unit department management in creating their unit specific new hire orientation packets
- Acted as interim unit manager for 3 month period while unit manager was on LOA, in addition to covering her PTO
Registered Nurse Surgical Unit
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, USA
07.2009 - 04.2013
- Charge nurse of 30 bed unit, preceptor and member of Shared Governance Committee
- Provided a complete range of care for medical, surgical, ortho, bariatric and trauma patients
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities
- Served as a preceptor for nursing students during their clinical rotations, providing valuable real-world experience and guidance to foster professional growth
- As member of Shared Governance, I participated in ongoing professional development opportunities to promote current best practices in nursing care and emerging trends in healthcare delivery
- Instrumental in redesign and reorganization of the unit supply closets and patient medication drawers to improve efficiency and minimize waste
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT04.2020
Associate of Science - Nursing
American River College
Sacramento, CA05.2009
Bachelor of Science - Human Development
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA05.2003
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA05.2003
Skills
- Cerner
- Google Workspace
- Microsoft Office
- Team
- Teletracking
- TigerConnect
Certification
- CA Registered Nurse, #753119
- ACLS
- BCMC
- TCAR
Timeline
RN Patient Logistics Coordinator
Dignity Health
02.2017 - Current
Clinical Coordinator RN
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
04.2013 - 02.2017
Registered Nurse Surgical Unit
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
07.2009 - 04.2013
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governors University
Associate of Science - Nursing
American River College
Bachelor of Science - Human Development
University of California, Davis
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of California, Davis
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