Joel Lawrence

• Coordinate Emergency Department operations during periods of high census, critical patient arrivals, and staffing shortages while maintaining patient throughput and patient safety.
• Directed multidisciplinary response during STEMI and acute stroke activations, facilitating rapid diagnostics, treatment, and patient placement.
• Successfully managed department resources during high-volume operations, ensuring timely placement of ambulance arrivals, straight-back patients, and rapid responses.
• Collaborate with physicians, nursing staff, ancillary departments, and hospital leadership to optimize patient outcomes and department efficiency.

• Provide emergency nursing care within a THR Trauma Center managing high-acuity medical, cardiac, and trauma emergencies.
• Function as a trained triage nurse responsible for rapid patient assessment and identification of time-sensitive emergencies.
• Served as primary nurse during major trauma activations, unstable STEMIs, ruptured AAA, massive transfusion activations, and cardiac arrest resuscitations.

• Independently assessed and triaged urgent and emergent medical complaints within a federal correctional healthcare environment.
• Developed a facility-wide chemical safety management program and an enhanced intake screening process for Spanish-speaking inmate populations.
• Awarded the United States Public Health Service Achievement Medal for healthcare process improvement and regulatory compliance initiatives.

• Coordinated real-time staffing operations for a 300+ bed Level II Trauma Center.
• Managed staffing resources, float assignments, and coverage needs across multiple inpatient departments.
• Facilitated daily staffing meetings with nursing directors, managers, charge nurses, and executive leadership to address operational priorities and staffing challenges.
• Assisted nursing leadership with workforce planning, scheduling, and implementation of new staffing workflows.

• Provided emergency medical care and coordinated casualty evacuation operations in austere and operational environments.
• Trained Marines in Tactical Combat Casualty Care and mentored junior Corpsmen in emergency medical skills.
• Coordinated medical support activities with Marine Corps leadership and served in personnel development roles including Career Counselor and Leading Petty Officer duties.