JAY CLARK
Gardendale,AL
Summary
Experienced ICU and staff nurse with 20+ years in critical care, skilled in ventilator management, hemodynamic monitoring, medication administration, and clinical judgment. Delivers safe, compassionate care while supporting team collaboration and accurate EHR documentation.
Overview
1
1
Certification
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Nurse
UAB St. Vincents
Birmingham, AL
12.2025 - Current
- Administered medications according to care protocols and patient care plans.
- Monitored patient responses to medications and communicated changes for timely dosage adjustments.
- Worked with interdisciplinary team to support positive patient outcomes.
- Supported clear communication among team members during shift handoffs.
- Document patient assessments and interventions in electronic health records.
- Provide direct patient care, including vital signs and personal hygiene support.
- Assist patients with mobility and daily activities to promote independence.
- Delivered bedside nursing care on UAB St. Vincent's inpatient units.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to clinical team.
- Administered medications per physician orders and hospital protocols.
- Coordinated interdisciplinary care to ensure comprehensive support for patient recovery.
- Educated patients and families on treatment plans and provided clear discharge instructions to enhance understanding.
- Responded to patient needs with calm, compassionate support.
- Demonstrated effective communication skills while interacting with patients, families, physicians and other healthcare staff members.
- Evaluated the effectiveness of nursing interventions and modified plans.
ICU Travel Nurse
Aya Healthcare
02.2015 - 12.2025
- Delivered critical care during Aya Healthcare travel assignments across ICU settings.
- Monitored ventilators, drips, and hemodynamic status for unstable patients.
- Administered IV medications and titrated therapies per ICU protocols.
- Assessed patient conditions and reported changes to physicians and care teams.
- Coordinated care with respiratory therapy, pharmacy, and interdisciplinary staff.
ICU Staff Nurse
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Columbus, MS
05.2004 - 02.2015
- Assessed critically ill patients in Baptist Memorial intensive care unit.
- Monitored cardiac rhythms and hemodynamic status for ICU patients.
- Managed ventilator support and airway care for unstable patients.
- Titrated vasoactive drips and sedation medications per protocols.
- Coordinated care plans with physicians, respiratory therapists, and charge nurses.
- Administered medications and blood products using ICU safety procedures.
- Functioned as charge nurse and assumed patient care in absence of nurses ending or arriving for shifts.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
University of West Alabama
Livingston, AL05-2004
Bachelor of Science - Biology Education
Delta State University
Cleveland, MS12-1995
Skills
- ICU patient monitoring
- Ventilator management
- Hemodynamic monitoring
- IV administration
- Medication administration
- Patient assessment
- Critical care
- Direct patient care
- EHR documentation
- Patient management
- Tracheostomy care
- Clinical judgment
- Critical thinking
- Team collaboration
- Patient education
Certification
- Registered Nurse - Mississippi License Number 869900
- AHA - ACLS eCard- 271256076021
- AHA - BLS eCard- 271266076022
Timeline
Staff Nurse
UAB St. Vincents
12.2025 - Current
ICU Travel Nurse
Aya Healthcare
02.2015 - 12.2025
ICU Staff Nurse
Baptist Memorial Hospital
05.2004 - 02.2015
Associate of Science - Nursing
University of West Alabama
Bachelor of Science - Biology Education
Delta State University