James Barton
West Jordan,UT
Summary
Seasoned nursing professional with progressive career history in direct patient care, triage, and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths, and technical abilities. Knowledgeable in Electronic Health Records, EMR charting, medication administration, and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support. Work effectively with all levels of healthcare providers, physicians and administrators to address patient needs. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients in high-stress situations. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cardiac Cath Lab Registered Nurse
Jordan Valley Medical Center
West Jordan, UT
01.2019 - Current
- Administered nursing care to cardiac patients undergoing diagnostic, therapeutic, or emergency services.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients while monitoring responses.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement, and enhance treatment strategies.
- Provided skilled, timely, and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Accurately documented treatment, PICC placement, medications administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Established STEMI review feedback tracking to increase compliance with policy by 80%.
Registered Nurse Clinical Coordinator
Jordan Valley Medical Center
West Jordan, UT
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best practices.
- Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
- Strengthened training and nursing knowledge by taking part in continuing education programs and surgical services workshops.
- Implement new policies and educate staff on changes.
- Monitored, analyzed and corrected staff performance while working with nurse manager to raise standards of practice.
- Oversaw quality assurance programs to enhance performance and consistently achieve superior care standards.
- Created weekly schedules for nurses, taking into account sick days and vacation time.
- Direct day-to-day administrative and operational functions for 10-bed inpatient surgical center, providing guidance and leadership to over 100 employees across 5 departments.
- Facilitate hiring of qualified surgical services personnel by interview applicants and making recommendations for employment.
Emergency Department
Jordan Valley Medical Center
West Valley, Utah
01.2008 - 01.2017
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Communicated openly and collaboratively with all healthcare staff to organize successful patient care.
- Teamed on trauma and emergency interventions involving serious head injuries, gunshot wounds, and thoracic trauma.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
American Sentinel University
Aurora, CO03.2020
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT12.2015
Skills
- Medical Recordkeeping
- Utilization Review
- Maintaining Patient Safety Standards
- Patient Care Assessment
- Crisis Prevention Intervention
- Patient Data Management Systems
- Patient Condition Monitoring
- Operational Standards
- Anesthetic Administration
- Healthcare Personnel Supervision, Unit Oversight
- Medical Procedure Preparation
- Vascular Access Specialist
Certification
- Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS); Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)- 2022
Timeline
Cardiac Cath Lab Registered Nurse
Jordan Valley Medical Center
01.2019 - Current
Registered Nurse Clinical Coordinator
Jordan Valley Medical Center
01.2017 - 01.2019
Emergency Department
Jordan Valley Medical Center
01.2008 - 01.2017
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
American Sentinel University
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Salt Lake Community College
- Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS); Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)- 2022
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