Jennifer Hoffert
Landenberg,PA
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Nursing Professional Development Specialist
Chester County Hospital
West Chester, PA
12.2021 - Current
- Performs new-hire orientation for nursing staff.
- Coordinates and teaches four day Basic Dysrhythmia Course
- Assess and provides for educational needs on telemetry units and monitor room
- Developed and delivered content for LPN orientation
Education Specialist
Tower Health
West Grove, PA
01.2020 - 12.2021
- Coordinated biweekly clinical orientation.
- Developed and facilitated nurse residency program.
- Identified essential competencies for staff within the Department of Nursing.
- Assured all mandatory education required by regulatory standards were completed by staff
- acted as liaison between nursing schools, faculty and nursing units
PACU Staff Nurse
Jennersville Regional Hospital
02.2002 - 01.2020
- Perform advanced physical assessment on pre-operative, post-operative, and PACU patients
- Provide acute care for post-operative patients recovering from anesthesia, encompassing ambulatory surgical procedures and extensive surgeries
- Identify and mange life threatening post-operative and anesthetic complication, such as laryngospasm, aspiration, hypoventilation, apnea, acute hypotension, hypertension and symptomatic arrhythmias
- Provide education to the pre-operative, post -operative, and PACU patient
- Provide discharge planning for the post-operative out patient
PACU Staff Nurse, Per Diem
Hartford Memorial Hospital
10.2011 - 10.2016
- Provided care for post bariatric surgery patients
- Managed pain in the PACU patient population
- Utilized Meditech charting system in documenting post-operative assessment
Clinical Nursing Instructor
West Chester University
2008 - 2009
- Provided theoretical and clinical teaching to students
- Planed clinical experiences for students and supervised their activities
- Demonstrated direct nursing care to student groups
- Developed and gave clinical assignments to students, assessing their skills
- Corrected students' written clinical logs
Worldwide Pharmacovigilance Associate
DuPont Pharmaceutical Company
1998 - 2001
- Reviewed spontaneous reports and current literature to identify adverse events concerning DuPont Pharmaceutical cardiovascular and central nervous system products to ensure accurate and timely adverse event reporting
- Reported serious adverse events for Phase IV drug trials to maintain accurate safety data
- Maintained and reviewed standard operating procedures and guidelines for device reporting to maintain compliance with FDA and foreign regulatory agencies
- Provided training for device reporting and processing of literature reports for safety staff, as well as overview training in drug safety of pharmacology interns
Occupational Health Nurse
PECO Energy
1995 - 1998
- Applied Federal Regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Supervised medical office staff including secretary, medical technician and drug-testing personnel
- Assessed employee job restrictions and made recommendations for job reclassification to comply with the Americans with Disability Act
- Developed orientation/procedure manual for new Occupational Health Nurses
- Developed and maintained nursing standard operating procedure for triage of on site employees with injuries/illnesses
- Established partnership with safety analysts and management to improve overall safety and welfare of employees
Emergency Department Staff Nurse
Christiana Care Health System
1993 - 1995
- Performed initial assessment of population entering Level I Trauma Center
- Assessed and stabilized trauma patients
- Provided care of patients using nurse driven protocols
- Acted as nurse preceptor for new employees and nursing students
- Coordinated nursing education for Level I Trauma Nurses
Department of Neurosurgery Staff Nurse
Chrisitana Care Health System
1989 - 1993
- Performed advanced assessments on critically ill neurosurgical and trauma patients
- Developed interdependent and independent nursing interventions to prevent, minimize and resolve problems that occur in the critical care setting
- Utilized invasive monitoring including ICP, CVP, Swan Ganz catheter, and arterial lines to monitor critical patients
- Acted as nurse preceptor in intensive care setting
Education
Master of Science - Burn, Emergency, and Trauma Nursing
Widener University
Chester, PA1995
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Delaware
Newark, DE1989
Research
Willis,J.A., and Bridge, M.C. (1993), Selected Factors and Attitudes Related to Stated Patterns of Seat Belt Use. Master\'s Research Study, Widener University. Unpublished
Affiliations
Sigma Theta Tau International - Eta Beta Chapter
Timeline
Nursing Professional Development Specialist
Chester County Hospital
12.2021 - Current
Education Specialist
Tower Health
01.2020 - 12.2021
PACU Staff Nurse, Per Diem
Hartford Memorial Hospital
10.2011 - 10.2016
PACU Staff Nurse
Jennersville Regional Hospital
02.2002 - 01.2020
Clinical Nursing Instructor
West Chester University
2008 - 2009
Worldwide Pharmacovigilance Associate
DuPont Pharmaceutical Company
1998 - 2001
Occupational Health Nurse
PECO Energy
1995 - 1998
Emergency Department Staff Nurse
Christiana Care Health System
1993 - 1995
Department of Neurosurgery Staff Nurse
Chrisitana Care Health System
1989 - 1993
Master of Science - Burn, Emergency, and Trauma Nursing
Widener University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Delaware