Jaimie Wheat
O'Fallon,USA
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Patient Care Manager
Barnes Jewish West County Hospital
08.2024 - Current
- Maintained accurate documentation of patient interactions, treatments administered, and progress notes in electronic medical records systems.
- Managed budgets and resources effectively to reduce departmental costs while maintaining high standards of care.
- Developed strong interdisciplinary team collaboration, resulting in better patient outcomes.
- Oversaw day-to-day operations of the department, ensuring seamless coordination between all members of the care team.
- Worked with providers to define quality metrics and outcome reporting process.
- Promoted a positive work environment by fostering effective communication, teamwork, and employee engagement.
- Ensured compliance with healthcare regulations by implementing policies and procedures for the highest quality of care.
- Addressed family concerns promptly by collaborating closely with support services such as social workers or financial counselors.
- Recruited, hired and trained all staff, providing direct supervision, ongoing staff development and continuing education to employees.
Assistant Clinical Manager
Jupiter Medical Center
02.2022 - 08.2024
- Prepare patients for cardiac surgical procedures.
- Obtain consents for procedures and anesthesia.
- Draw Labs, insert IV’s, and administer pre-op medications as ordered.
- Postoperatively receive patients post anesthesia, maintain airway, monitor vitals signs, monitor surgical site, and achieve hemostasis.
- Maintained patient safety protocols until stability was achieved.
- Maintains a safe work environment.
- Fostered strong working relationships with nursing team, support staff, and cardiac services leadership.
- Collaborate with the structural heart coordinator and schedule patients for PAT
- Screen PAT patients to help achieve the best surgical outcome including but not limited to education, phlebotomy, and medication review.
- Managed recruitment, hiring, and training processes to ensure adherence to operational and performance criteria.
- Working relationship with other unit managers, director of nursing, and house supervisor to ensure proper staffing and throughput.
- Supervised staff, financials, and key performance indicators to manage daily business operations.
- Oversee daily payroll adjustments.
- Complete Invasive and non-invasive cardiology procedures on a daily basis that include TEE’s, CV’s, Tilt tables, Loop implants, and a variety of stress tests (SE, DSE, RS, and NM)
Director
St. Mary’s Hospital
12.2021 - 02.2022
- Responsible for general supervision of the medical/surgical units; telemetry, orthopedics, and trauma.
- Receive direct reports from nursing unit managers in regards to their daily operations, budget, payroll, and staffing.
- Maintains a safe work environment.
- Working relationship with other unit managers, director of nursing, and house supervisor to ensure proper staffing and throughput.
- Maintain privacy and confidentiality.
- Oversaw staff, financials, and key performance indicators to manage business operations.
Director
Lake Regional Hospital
05.2016 - 11.2021
- Responsible for general supervision of the medical/surgical unit, skilled nursing, and float pool.
- Receive direct reports from skilled nursing unit manager and oversee state regulations, MDS coordinators, daily operations, budget, payroll, and staffing.
- Receive direct reports from float pool.
- Maintains a safe work environment.
- Collaborated with unit managers, director of nursing, and house supervisor to optimize staffing levels.
- Maintain privacy and confidentiality.
- Serve on quality improvement committees.
- Directed team towards successful outcomes.
- Managed business operations by overseeing staff, financials, and key performance indicators.
- Recruited, hired, and trained employees on operations and performance expectations.
- Developed department performance goals and methods for achieving milestones.
- Collaborated with department managers to correct problems and improve services.
- Investigated complaints from families, patients, and clinical staff, devising solutions to complex challenges.
RN, House Supervisor
Lake Regional Hospital
01.2015 - 05.2016
RN, Emergency Department
Lake Regional Hospital
03.2011 - 05.2016
RN Floor Nurse
Lake Regional Hospital
08.2009 - 03.2011
C.N.A
Lake Regional Hospital
05.2008 - 08.2009
Medical Assistant
Lake Regional Medical Group
12.2004 - 05.2008
Education
Master of Science - Nursing, Leadership
Walden University
01.2015
Skills
- Quality improvement
- Innovation and creativity
- Healthcare regulations
- Program management
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Time management
- Problem-solving
- Multitasking
- Reliability
- Organizational skills
- Team collaboration
- Effective communication
- Patient safety
Affiliations
- American Association of Heart Failure
- Rising Star Award, 2019
- Camden County Leadership Series
- MHA Leadership series
- NRC patient experience conference
- Medical Missions for Christ Board Member and Volunteer 2016-2022
- Elected advisory chair, State Fair Community College 2018-2020
- Elected board member, Camdenton Chamber of Commerce 2018-2020
- Elected board member, Sharing and Caring foundation 2018 - current
- Class advisor, Camden County Leadership 2018-2022
Certification
ACLS,BLS,PALS,NIH
Timeline
Patient Care Manager
Barnes Jewish West County Hospital
08.2024 - Current
Assistant Clinical Manager
Jupiter Medical Center
02.2022 - 08.2024
Director
St. Mary’s Hospital
12.2021 - 02.2022
Director
Lake Regional Hospital
05.2016 - 11.2021
RN, House Supervisor
Lake Regional Hospital
01.2015 - 05.2016
RN, Emergency Department
Lake Regional Hospital
03.2011 - 05.2016
RN Floor Nurse
Lake Regional Hospital
08.2009 - 03.2011
C.N.A
Lake Regional Hospital
05.2008 - 08.2009
Medical Assistant
Lake Regional Medical Group
12.2004 - 05.2008
Master of Science - Nursing, Leadership
Walden University
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