Jessica Billings
Topeka,KS
Summary
Experienced nursing professional bringing 20+ years of demonstrated clinical expertise, leadership skills and technical knowledge. Proficient in updating charts, monitoring medications and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care. Quality-driven and efficient with strong interpersonal abilities.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital
Topeka, KS
07.2019 - Current
- Evaluated nursing intervention outcomes by conferring with other healthcare team members.
- Documented patient medical histories, current symptoms and vitals.
- Delivered high-quality direct and indirect nursing care to up to nine patients per day.
- Educated patients on disease prevention and management strategies for their individual conditions.
- Assisted patients with personal hygiene activities such as bathing, dressing, eating, grooming, and toileting needs.
- Assembled and used catheters, tracheotomy tubes or oxygen suppliers.
- Answered patients' calls to determine how to assist.
- Administered medications and therapies in accordance with physicians orders.
- Educated clients, patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Communicated concerns regarding patients' status, care and environment to nursing supervisors, clinical care supervisors and case managers.
- Prepared patients for examinations, tests or treatments and explained procedures.
- Worked with social workers, physical therapists and speech therapists to assess patient needs, plan and adjust plans of care and actualize nursing interventions to promote and restore patient health.
Clinical Informaticist
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka, KS
01.2008 - 01.2022
- Analyzed and interpreted patient, nursing or information systems data to improve care.
- Assessed computer and information technologies to determine applicability to nursing practice, education and administration.
- Facilitated communication between physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals regarding use of clinical informatic systems.
- Collaborated with stakeholders from various departments to integrate data across disparate sources.
- Developed reports and dashboards for clinicians and administrators to monitor performance metrics.
- Developed, implemented and evaluated informatics solutions and data structures to support patients and health care professionals.
- Coordinated with IT teams to ensure interoperability of clinical systems.
- Designed workflows based on user needs to optimize the utilization of EHRs and other information systems.
- Identified areas for improvement in current clinical informatics processes through analysis of workflow patterns.
- Configured systems, designed workflows, and created documentation for end users.
- Researched new technologies that could improve process automation within Epic applications.
- Provided support during software upgrades by analyzing impacts on existing configurations.
Medical Transcriptionist
Command Health
Topeka, KS
01.2002 - 07.2011
- Followed federal and state guidelines for release of information.
- Demonstrated knowledge of HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations by appropriately handling patient information.
- Reviewed diagnostic and procedural terminology for consistency with acceptable medical nomenclature.
- Reviewed transcribed documents for accuracy and completeness in accordance with established procedures.
- Demonstrated extremely fast and accurate typing abilities.
- Translated medical jargon and abbreviations into expanded forms to promote accuracy of patient and health care facility records.
- Provided technical support for software applications used in the transcription process.
- Evaluated audio recordings for clarity prior to beginning transcription work.
- Efficient in transcription software and equipment to work from home.
- Transcribed medical dictation from physicians, including patient histories, physical examinations and discharge summaries.
- Produced high-quality transcripts while meeting tight deadlines set by supervisors or clients.
Education
Practical Nursing -
Washburn University of Topeka
Topeka, KS05-2019
Associates - Business Administration
Baker University
Topeka, KS08-2013
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Rasmussen College - Topeka
Topeka, KSSkills
- Patient Intake
- Clinical Documentation
- Health Education
- Family Communication
- Wound Care
- Physical Assessment
- Patient Care
- Kansas Licensed Practical Nurse
- Rehabilitation Techniques
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Direct Patient Care
- Medication Administration
- Inpatient Care
- Chronic Disease Management
Certification
- Care Discovery Super User - Truven Health Analytics, part of the IBM Watson Health business
- EPIC Certifications in EpicCare Ambulatory, Research, Dashboards, Healthy Planet
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital
07.2019 - Current
Clinical Informaticist
Stormont Vail Hospital
01.2008 - 01.2022
Medical Transcriptionist
Command Health
01.2002 - 07.2011
Practical Nursing -
Washburn University of Topeka
Associates - Business Administration
Baker University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Rasmussen College - Topeka
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