Kally Fuller
Rogers,MN
Summary
Energetic and enthusiastic individual with broad based background including long term care, clinic service experience in various settings and a focus on residential services. Well-developed judgment and motivation skills. Proven ability to successfully handle difficult situations and complex problems. Strong interpersonal and relationship skills with demonstrated adaptability, flexibility and creativity. Dedicated, self-motivated and assertive with a positive attitude, and commitment to quality performance.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Nursing Assistant
Grape Tree Medical Staffing
07.2023 - Current
- Reduced risks of patient infection and cross-contamination by cleaning and sterilizing equipment.
- Assisted nursing staff with completing daily rounds, documenting vital signs and answering calls.
- Built rapport with patients and families, providing emotional support during difficult times.
- Streamlined communication between nursing staff, patients, and families to ensure comprehensive understanding of care plans.
- Prevented pressure ulcers development through frequent turning, repositioning of patients, and diligent skin assessments.
- Assisted nurses with wound care procedures ensuring proper healing processes took place.
- Collaborated with nursing staff to create individualized care plans tailored to each patient''s needs.
- Supported ambulation and physical therapy needs by conducting planned exercise routines.
- Served as an advocate for each patient's needs during shift handoffs or interdisciplinary conferences with other healthcare professionals.
- Observed patients under care conditions to help identify symptoms, responses to treatments and progress with goals.
- Documented patient information and care activities in electronic health record.
- Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.
- Maintained patient stability by checking vital signs and weight and recording intake and outtake information.
- Ability to orient to new facility with minimal training or orientation and adapt to site specific routines, rules, structure and shift requirements.
Program Director
REM Sevita
12.2021 - 01.2024
- Demonstrates excellent communication skills beyond listening
- Upbeat and positive, ready to support individuals each day to encourage them to their best potential in the community and to support them in achieving their goals
- Attends and facilitates semi annual and annual meetings including all IDT members
- Edits and completes CSSP Addendum including Risk Assessments, ISSA & Action Plans tailored to each individual
- Pays attention to detail and can deflect situations of vulnerability, confusion or frustration into a productive result by showing, teaching and setting the example as a role model
- Works alongside agency coordinators, county case workers, other direct support specialists and family to support the individual to help achieve their personal outcomes
- Has the ability to assess and implement creative and fun filled ideas on short notice and guide individuals living with disabilities in a positive manner
- Researches and spends time networking with the community to link each individual with fulfilling past times, activities and spontaneous adventures
- Use patience, dignity and respect to work with individuals, their peers and families in the community
- Fully understands and supports individuals in the community living independently, with guardians or families
- Supports by prompting, giving physical or verbal cues and hand-over-hand teaching for life skills, financial literacy, social etiquette, meal planning and housework
- Has full understanding and responsibility of generating and completing multi-site staffing schedules
- Has the ability to make a full and completed schedule for each site's staffing needs and requirements
- Manages staffing complications to ensure individuals’ staffing needs are met according to their individualized needs and requirements according to their CSSP Addendums
- Assists with direct care daily as required such as tasks of daily living, assisting with showering, toileting, dressing and grooming
- Certified instructor for REM’s Physical Intervention Alternatives course.
- Created and enforced programming standards to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Oversaw staff schedules and assignments to handle programming demands.
- Developed high-impact programs for optimal results, focusing on strategic planning and execution.
- Established strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders for collaborative problemsolving.
- Developed proposals and operational plans within assigned area.
- Mentored team members for professional development, resulting in increased productivity and job satisfaction.
Behavior Specialist I
Stable Housing Solutions of MN
03.2021 - 12.2021
- Responsible for coordinating and implementing personalized activities according to each individual's crisis prevention plan and safety plan with their best interest in mind
- Provides direct support to each individual in a corporate foster care setting and in the community
- Demonstrates an understanding of adult foster care standards, licensing and maintains compliance with the county, state and federal regulations
- Has full knowledge and understanding of 245D requirements and regulations in the State of Minnesota
- Assists with various daily living skills such as cooking, cleaning, driving and safe transportation, supporting social etiquette in the community and job preparedness
- Fosters emotional and vocational growth
- Provides intervention and de-escalation strategies for individuals experiencing mental health symptoms
- Has knowledge and experience of behavior management techniques
- Has ability to stay calm, remain patient, has self control, ability to self direct, has scheduling flexibility, pays attention to detail, consistently complies with support plans, recognizes and respects client and staff boundaries, works with a wide variety of people
- Attends weekly meetings with the team and receives feedback and direction from the clinical neuropsychologist and follows recommendations and behavior interventions, care plan modifications and any client-first based models.
Memory Care Coordinator
Birchwood Senior Living
01.2019 - 02.2021
- Responsible for coordinating and implementing Tealwood’s 8-8 activity calendar daily and curriculum planning for special events, ordering supplies, organizing volunteers, and logistics for guided activities
- Leads small and large group activities and enjoys 1:1 reminiscing time with each person
- Attends weekly IDT meetings, care conferences, PIPP meetings, completes MDS assessments, full recreation assessments and resident interest interviews and is involved with multiple aspects of their lives
- Responsible for contributing to their quality of life through self-expression and body language wherever they are in their journey
- Gives great support and encouragement to all residents to keep their independence
- Piloting Living Well Dying Well program and Resident Ability Level staff-initiated bins for independent leisure pursuits as part of a company wide initiative
- Comes to work with an inviting and positive attitude
- Strong ability to reassure and redirect residents in stressful situations and is extremely patient and understanding of Dementia and aging related diseases
- Works closely with nursing, social work and dietary departments and intertwine interventions and ideas through one common goal of resident centered care
- Uses Behavior Expression Worksheets and Positive Physical Approach when engaging with residents
- Prompt, ready to work and flexible
- Extremely motivated and persistent and assignments are always completed and turned in on their proper due date
- Always willing to help with the workload
- Has strong teamwork skills
- Extremely flexible with implementations of new rules, regulations, safety guidelines and health protocols
- Creative in ways to find proper socially distanced small group activities and adapts well to change in rules and environment while still engaging and encouraging residents to live to the best of their abilities
- Certified Nursing Assistant under the State of Minnesota Nursing Registry as of May 2020
- Mechanical lift certified.
- Developed and maintained strong relationships with residents'' families, ensuring proper communication regarding progress and any concerns.
- Developed and updated policies and procedures, maintaining compliance with guidelines relating to HIPAA, benefits administration and general liability.
- Supervised a team of caregivers, providing guidance on best practices for dementia care and ensuring adherence to established policies and procedures.
- Implemented successful healthcare program through professionalism, quality of care, medical teaching and patient satisfaction.
- Assisted in the creation of a therapeutic environment by incorporating sensory stimulation activities tailored to individual needs.
- Implemented effective communication strategies with residents experiencing memory loss or confusion, helping them feel more at ease in their surroundings.
- Liaised with other healthcare professionals to develop comprehensive patient care plans and provide highest quality of care.
Program Coordinator
Life By Design, Inc
11.2018 - 02.2019
- Responsible for coordinating and implementing person centered outcomes, cares, outings and social events with each individual served with Program Director, IDT team and family as required
- Gathers data monthly and reports to appropriate IDT team members as required
- Compiled data for outcomes in data log and presented to IDT meetings annually and semi annually
- Daily duties include Implementing goals while in home setting and assists with life skills development such as financial skill building, housekeeping duties and assistance with employment
- In addition, assists with achieving these goals while in a community setting, such as practicing social cue skills, attending social events and financial transactions
- Provides direct care such as activities of daily living, showering, toileting, cooking, cleaning, moving and other verbal, visual and physical prompts
- Positively engages with individuals and their families in the home Fosters emotional and vocational growth
- Establishes and builds positive professional report and boundaries with families receiving services
- Provides intervention and de-escalation strategies for individuals experiencing mental health symptoms
- Has knowledge and experience of behavior management techniques
- Follows behavior support plans as written
- Has ability to stay calm, remain patient, has self control, ability to self direct, has scheduling flexibility, pays attention to detail, consistently complies with support plans, recognizes and respects client and staff boundaries, works with a wide variety of people
- Demonstrates an understanding of individuals living with disabilities and their spectrum, licensing and maintains compliance with the county, state and federal regulations
- Has full knowledge and understanding of 245D requirements and regulations in the State of Minnesota.
- Created and enforced programming standards to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Monitored programming schedules, conformance to guidelines and quality.
Activities and Special Projects Coordinator
St. Therese at Oxbow Lake
09.2016 - 02.2018
- Demonstrates the ability to educate staff using principles of adult learning
- Proven enthusiasm for adult teaching and ability to engage the learner
- Lead the planning and implementation of the SOS Program successfully as defined by the DHS PIPP contract
- Plentiful knowledge and experience in a long term care and memory care setting with a thorough understanding of systems and operations
- Proves leadership qualities and skills to develop and motivate staff and to oversee the utilization of resources and to design work processes and establish programs
- Conducts audits and creates measurable goals and action plans to facilitate implementation of the grant
- Assembled, coordinated and facilitated the SOS teams
- Attended all educational sessions pertinent to the program and present education back to facility to implement to campus
- Led daily meetings with direct care staff in neighborhood, held weekly and bi-weekly meetings with the Falls/ Behavior Team and held monthly SOS IDT Team meetings
- Works full time in the Memory Care Neighborhood to analyze any changes that needed to be brought to the IDT team
- Held education meetings for family members with loved ones in the Memory Care Neighborhood
- All initiatives based to improve resident’s quality of life through Quality Indicators from the Quality of Life Family Surveys
- Program initiatives include: Music and Memory, Behavior Expression Team Worksheets, the use of Root Cause Analysis, audits completed monthly, Know the Resident Tool, Actigraphy watch and sleep studies and proper implementation and documentation of interventions found from those studies
- Implements and oversees Behavior Expression Tracker and analyze results with the team and integrate findings
- Developed, tracked and updated the SOS Facility Action Plan and completed the sustainability plan
- Completed two Six Month Status Reports to Empira
- Worked closely with Executive Director, Director of Nursing, nursing staff, residents, family members and others with the planning, organization, development and coordination and direction of the program and activities in accordance with current Federal, State and Local guidelines and regulations
- Engaged positively and encouraged residents to enjoy life to their biggest potential
- Coordinator of implementing exercises, activities and other recreational programs throughout the day to keep residents actively engaged and fulfilled
- Completed the 12 week ARMS program in the marketing sub-committee and a loyal member of the Safety Committee Team
- A member of the Dementia Task Force and established an organization wide behavior analysis, root cause analysis and behavior expression form
- Physically strong, certified with mechanical lifts and safe with transfers
- Accurate ability to take vital signs and report properly to the charge nurse
- Great time management skills and calm in stressful situations
- Able to be flexible with sudden changes
- Kind and compassionate to residents in heightened state of emotions
- Use of Applied Behavior Analysis for behavior change
- Previously a certified Nursing Assistant under the State of Minnesota Nursing Registry for 4 years.
- Delivered high-impact results by skillfully guiding projects through all stages of planning, development, and implementation.
- Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Superior
Superior, WI05.2016
Skills
- Decision-Making
- Program Guidelines Adherence
- Problem-Solving
- Program Operations
- Crisis Management
- Exemplary communication skills
- Person-Centered Care Plans
- Developmental Disabilities
- State Reporting Requirements
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
Grape Tree Medical Staffing
07.2023 - Current
Program Director
REM Sevita
12.2021 - 01.2024
Behavior Specialist I
Stable Housing Solutions of MN
03.2021 - 12.2021
Memory Care Coordinator
Birchwood Senior Living
01.2019 - 02.2021
Program Coordinator
Life By Design, Inc
11.2018 - 02.2019
Activities and Special Projects Coordinator
St. Therese at Oxbow Lake
09.2016 - 02.2018
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Superior
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