Jeri Godfrey, RN
Ankeny,IA
Summary
Seasoned RN Care Manager with a proven track record at Optum for enhancing patient care and improving quality measures across multiple facilities. Expert in geriatric care and quality improvement, demonstrating strong clinical judgment and leadership. Skilled in utilizing advanced clinical platforms, ensuring compliance and excellence in healthcare delivery.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
RN Care Manager/Iowa/Senior Community Care
Optum
10.2022 - Current
- Responsible for collaborating with the primary advanced practice clinician (APC), along with the skilled nursing facility, to identify and respond to members change in condition.
- Assist in managing members, in multiple facilities across the state of Iowa, through an acute medical situation or an exacerbation of a chronic condition, including testing, diagnostics, and interventions.
- Assist providers in assuring complete and accurate documentation and coding, medication reconciliation, nursing rounds, assessment and member documentation.
- Coordination of training, tracking and compliance with quality measures.
- Discuss member cases with facility healthcare professionals, APC, member and responsible party to obtain plans-of-care.
- Identifies opportunities for process improvement in all aspects of members care.
Regional Nurse Consultant
Azria Health Care
08.2021 - 09.2022
- Overall support of the nursing departments for multiple skilled facilities in the state of Iowa.
- Responsible for training and supporting the facility Director of Nursing and Administrator.
- Provide training to staff nurses to promote performance improvement.
- Functions as a clinical resource expert to the nursing administration team at each facility.
- Monitors, performs, and manages quality assurance processes including those supporting compliance to regulatory and/or accreditation standards.
- Collects, reviews, and analyzes clinical outcome data and determines trends.
- Provides support and guidance for clinical aspects of state and federal government survey processes.
Director of Nursing
Parkridge Specialty Care
05.2014 - 08.2021
- Strong knowledge of Federal and State long-term care regulations and laws. Appropriate follow up and corrective actions to ensure quality and compliance are always maintained.
- Develop action plans and process improvement for identified problem areas.
- Collaborate with administration, CFO and CEO to assure efficient financial operations of the facility and optimizing the most cost-effective performance of operations.
- Develop, implement, and maintain policies and procedures for nursing care of the residents.
- Demonstrate strong leadership skills, working together as a team, and leading by example with hard work, dedication, and a positive attitude daily.
- Demonstrate initiative to improve quality of care of the residents, by working closely with Quality Assurance in the facility and collaborate on providing the highest quality of care for the residents.
- Conduct audits and assessments of care to ensure clinical standards of practice and compliance with State and Federal regulations and standards.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny, IA05-2005
Skills
- Proven ability to function independently and responsibly with minimal supervision
- Extensive experience in acute, long-term care, acute rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities
- Proficient in computer skills-Windows, MS Word, Outlook, Excel clinical platforms
- Strong clinical skills
- Quality Improvement
- Geriatric Care
- Clinical judgment
- Research utilization
- Case Management
- Complex Problem-Solving
Timeline
RN Care Manager/Iowa/Senior Community Care
Optum
10.2022 - Current
Regional Nurse Consultant
Azria Health Care
08.2021 - 09.2022
Director of Nursing
Parkridge Specialty Care
05.2014 - 08.2021
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Des Moines Area Community College