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Jolene Reichart

Norristown,PA

Summary

Dynamic Nursing Educator and Supervisor with extensive experience at Valley Forge Medical Center, excelling in wound care procedures and patient education. Proven track record in achieving successful Joint Commission surveys and fostering collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes. Strong leadership and teaching skills, dedicated to mentoring new nursing staff.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Nursing Educator, Nursing Supervisor

Valley Forge Medical Center
Norristown, Pennsylvania
01.2023 - Current
  • Education and orientation for employees.
  • Nursing Supervisor for the day shift, 81-bed unit for drug, alcohol, and intense wound care patients.
  • Implemented wound care procedures for intense wound care patients.
  • Staffing accountability.
  • Phlebotomy training.
  • Collaboration with providers to assure the highest quality of care is delivered.

Travel Nurse

Crozer Chester Hospital
01.2022 - 05.2023
  • ICU and Burn Intensive Care, 6 week travel contract
  • Traveler that floated from ICU tele stepdown and burn intensive care
  • Epic EMR
  • Burn Patient Care and wound care
  • Intensive Care Unit
  • Provided direct patient care in diverse clinical settings.
  • Administered medications and monitored patient responses effectively.
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams for comprehensive care planning.

Adjunct Educator

Temple University
01.2022 - 12.2022
  • Senior Nursing Students, ICU Rotation 2 semester rotation
  • Education of 8 students within the ICU at Temple University
  • Hold post-conference
  • Grading of all projects and performance of the Critically Ill patient

Director of Intensive Care and Emergency Department

Lower Bucks Hospital
Bristol, USA
05.2020 - 12.2022
  • Manage 90 FTE’s
  • Scheduling and budgeting of staff
  • Discipline
  • Assisted in implementing and sustaining Just Culture throughout
  • Effective communication through morning huddles with both day and night shift
  • Active participant in all committees
  • Hiring of all staff and instrumental at decreasing travel usage
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Assisted in decreasing foley usage by implementing a nurse driven policy
  • Daily patient rounding

Travel Nurse Position

Einstein Health Care
Philadelphia, USA
08.2020 - 11.2020
  • Care of patients post transplant
  • Care of cancer patients receiving Chemotherapy

Travel Nurse Position

Reading Hospital
Reading, USA
01.2020 - 06.2020
  • Position: Medical Intensive Care Unit RN
  • Care of intensive care unit patients
  • Mechanical Ventilation Patients
  • COVID-19 Patients

Interventional Radiology Nurse

Pennsylvania Vascular Institute
King of Prussia, USA
09.2019 - 01.2020
  • Pre procedure care of patients receiving interventional radiology procedures
  • Assisting with interventional radiology procedures
  • Post procedure care of patients

Staff RN Trauma, 8 East Med Surge Tele, Burn Intensive Care

Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, USA
04.2014 - 01.2017
  • Direct patient care of 4-6 patients with various disease processes and trauma patients
  • Epic Super User
  • Co-Chair of Unit Based Committee
  • Implementation and maintenance of the plan of care.
  • Charge nurse role
  • Preceptor for new nursing orientees
  • Interpretation of telemetry monitoring
  • Strong critical thinking skills
  • Participation in daily patient care rounds with focus on discharge barriers
  • Compliance with hospital policy and procedures
  • Participation in nursing pharmacy committee
  • Care of trauma patients
  • Care of burn patients
  • Care of wounds
  • Administered medications and treatments according to hospital protocols.
  • Evaluated patient responses to treatments and adjusted care as needed.

Nursing Manager/Supervisor/Staff RN as needed

Kindred Hospital
S. Philly
04.2012 - 04.2014
  • 52 Bed ICU/Med Surge Long Term Acute Care Unit
  • Manage 45 FTE’s
  • Management of ventilator patients
  • Infection Control
  • Quality Control
  • Patient Assignment as needed in ICU and Med Surge/Tele
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Maintaining Budgeted HPPD
  • Patient Satisfaction and improvement of HCAP scores
  • Staff Discipline and Evaluation’s
  • Krono’s Payroll and Pro Touch Patient Computer Charting
  • Various Hospital Committees
  • Physician rounding and satisfaction
  • Decreasing incremental overtime
  • Staff Education
  • Updating and Implementing Policies and Procedures
  • Strong Knowledge base of complex wound care
  • Chairing Various Nursing Committee’s
  • Implementation of PI projects
  • Excellent Bedside nursing skills and best practice for positive patient outcomes

Clinical Manager/Director

St. Francis Hospital
Wilmington, De.
08.2009 - 04.2012
  • 42 bed med/surge/tele unit
  • Manage 65 fte’s
  • Manage Productivity and cost containment
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Working with all ancillary departments to assure the Highest Quality of Standards are Maintained
  • Member of various hospital committees
  • Employee education
  • Efficient use Krono’s and Meditech System
  • Hiring and discipline employees
  • Coordinating Staff Meetings
  • Assuring Standards of the Joint Commission & Hospital policies are adhered to
  • Adherence to Core Measures and Best Practice of Health Care Delivery Model
  • Increase of over 60% in patient satisfaction scores
  • Strong staff retention and high staff satisfaction scores
  • Assistance in creation of nursing polices and procedures
  • Scheduling assistance and education to other managers and directors in an effort to decrease HPPD
  • Successful Joint Commission Surveys

Clinical Resource Manager/Charge Nurse

Trumbull Memorial Hospital
06.2008 - 11.2009
  • 32 bed Medical Surgical, Tele, Oncology, Neurology patients
  • Assist of all staff, RN’s, LPN’s, Aides, Secretaries
  • Budgeting for floor
  • Staffing and scheduling
  • Hiring and discipline of employees
  • Working with all departments to assure the Highest Quality of Standards are maintained
  • Coordinating staff meetings
  • Assuring standards of the Joint Commission and hospital polices are being adhered to
  • Employee Evals and training
  • Assessment and transport of RRT patients to ICU/CCU
  • Education of Staff on various tasks
  • Chemo infusions
  • Working side by side with staff at bedside
  • Mentoring and education staff

PACU and Charge Nurse of inpatient unit

Edgewood Surgical Hospital
11.2008 - 07.2009
  • 9 bed inpatient unit ratio 1:4
  • Cardiac Monitoring, recognition and treatment of various arrhythmias
  • Care of the Post-Anesthesia patient
  • Charge RN
  • Care of total joint replacement patients, post-op

RN

Various Travel Nurse Positions
01.2006 - 12.2008
  • Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA: Staff RN Trauma Neuro ICU, Care of Trauma patients. Assisted in training of new RN grads
  • Life Care Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA: Staff RN ICU, Care of ICU patients. Vent Experience
  • University Hospital, Cleveland, OH: Staff RN Tele Medical Surgical Unit, Care of Cardiac Patients
  • John Hopkins, Baltimore, MD: Staff RN Cardiac Progressive Care Unit, Open heart, heart transplant and lung transplant patients, Care of 1 day post op cardiac patients
  • Altoona Regional Medical Center, Altoona, PA: Staff RN Cardiac Progressive Care Unit, Care of Cardiac Care Patients, assisted in training of new RN grads

RN

Jameson Memorial Hospital
01.2004 - 12.2006
  • Staff Nurse Cardiac step down unit
  • Staff Nurse ER
  • Training of new grads
  • Charge Nurse Position

Education

MSN - Nursing Executive

Chamberlain School of Nursing
Addison, IL
01.2018

BSN Nursing -

Chamberlain School of Nursing
Addison, IL
01.2016

Diploma Program -

Jameson School of Nursing
New Castle, PA
01.2014

Skills

  • EPIC charting
  • Wound care procedures
  • Patient education
  • Phlebotomy training
  • Quality control
  • Collaboration with providers
  • Assist in achieving positive patient outcomes
  • Successful Joint Commission surveys and Pennsylvania Department of Health surveys
  • Precepting new staff members
  • Familiar with continuous renal replacement therapy and ventilators
  • Able to interpret cardiac monitor strips
  • Strong understanding of disease processes
  • Strong teaching skills to nursing students and newer nursing staff

Certification

  • RN Licensure, Pennsylvania, 01/01/04 to present
  • BLS

References

References upon Request

Accomplishments

  • 20 Years of Nursing Experience; Tele/Step down, LTAC, ICU, Burn ICU, Travel RN, Clinical Leader MS/Tele, Management and Director, ICU, ER, Drug and Alcohol Rehab
  • 7 Years of Management Experience
  • Charge Nurse Experience
  • Supervisor Experience
  • Strong Knowledge of Telemetry & EKG interpretation
  • Excellent at engaging and mentoring staff
  • Strong Technical Skills
  • Ability to improve patient satisfaction scores while in management and director roles
  • Strong Clinical Skills: Cardiac, ICU, and Med Surge, Oncology, HIV
  • Strong knowledge of implementing nursing policies and procedures
  • Strong Knowledge of Nursing Productivity and Nursing Budget within Profit and Non-Profit Organizations
  • Strong staff retention ability
  • Excellent Critical Thinking Skills
  • Strong Knowledge Base with TJC, State Quality Standards, and Patient Safety Standards
  • Patient Plan of Care implementation and update
  • Ability to assist in decreasing length of stay and achievement of benchmark goals
  • 24/7 Accountability of Staffing Needs of Hospital
  • Coverage of CNO when needed
  • Excellent patient recovery skills
  • Excellent patient education skills
  • Assistance with Case Management and plan of care
  • Participation in various committees
  • Organization and participation of root cause analysis
  • Strong knowledge of Epic, Cerner, Well Sky
  • Successful Implementation and Oversight of Various Organizational Initiatives including hourly purposeful rounding, bedside nursing report, infection prevention and hospital acquired skin break down
  • Adjunct Educator

Personal Information

Title: RN, MSN

Professional Role Statement

My professional goal since completion of my MSN in Nursing Leadership is to lead others through my education and teach newer nurse’s clinical skills for professional development and safe patient care.

Timeline

Nursing Educator, Nursing Supervisor

Valley Forge Medical Center
01.2023 - Current

Travel Nurse

Crozer Chester Hospital
01.2022 - 05.2023

Adjunct Educator

Temple University
01.2022 - 12.2022

Travel Nurse Position

Einstein Health Care
08.2020 - 11.2020

Director of Intensive Care and Emergency Department

Lower Bucks Hospital
05.2020 - 12.2022

Travel Nurse Position

Reading Hospital
01.2020 - 06.2020

Interventional Radiology Nurse

Pennsylvania Vascular Institute
09.2019 - 01.2020

Staff RN Trauma, 8 East Med Surge Tele, Burn Intensive Care

Temple University Hospital
04.2014 - 01.2017

Nursing Manager/Supervisor/Staff RN as needed

Kindred Hospital
04.2012 - 04.2014

Clinical Manager/Director

St. Francis Hospital
08.2009 - 04.2012

PACU and Charge Nurse of inpatient unit

Edgewood Surgical Hospital
11.2008 - 07.2009

Clinical Resource Manager/Charge Nurse

Trumbull Memorial Hospital
06.2008 - 11.2009

RN

Various Travel Nurse Positions
01.2006 - 12.2008

RN

Jameson Memorial Hospital
01.2004 - 12.2006

MSN - Nursing Executive

Chamberlain School of Nursing

BSN Nursing -

Chamberlain School of Nursing

Diploma Program -

Jameson School of Nursing
Jolene Reichart