Karen M Thies
Healthcare Administrator
Sammamish,WA
Summary
Well-qualified Health Services Administrator effective at developing and implementing service policies to meet changing needs. Decisive manager with 6 years' experience in the field. Pursuing a new professional opportunity with long-term potential.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Health Services Supervisor
Issaquah School District
Issaquah, WA
09.2016 - Current
- Directly supervises & evaluates 50+ Registered Nurses and unlicensed assistants
- Manages resources for Health Services department
- Creates system processes for district health services
- Ensures nurses are adhering to state standards of practice for school health
- Organizes professional development opportunities for nurses
- Builds and maintains relationships with external resources, partners and organizations
- Hiring manager for department
- Designs and implements onboarding of new school nurses and Health Room Specialists
- Collaborates with Chief Financial Officer and Human Resources on nursing wages and workload distribution
- Created and implemented organizational procedures and policies
Nursing Instructor
Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Overlake Hospital Medical Center
Kirkland, WA
09.2013 - 07.2016
- Evaluated students' critical thinking and clinical competencies
- Contributed educational and clinical expertise to help optimize training courses and boost student learning
- Strived to continuously update course strategies and content based on current trends and technological advancements in healthcare
- Oversaw laboratory and clinical environments to help students advance knowledge and abilities
- Monitored progress of each student and provided formal evaluation upon completion of clinical placements
- Coordinated with clinicians to develop and coordinate student assignments
- Coached underperforming students to help meet clinical objectives
- Compiled, administered and graded examinations to evaluate and record student comprehension levels
- Prepared course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments and handouts for distribution or use within classroom
Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice -
Boise State University
Boise, ID2017
Skills
- Interdepartmental Functions Coordination
- In-Service Programs
- Employee Performance Evaluations
- Financial Operations Oversight
- Best Practices and Standards
- Employee Recruitment and Hiring
- Coaching Leadership
- Team Meeting Management
- Employee Work Scheduling
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of 4 in the development of COVID vaccine clinics
- Created clinical flow, organized staffing for 9 vaccine clinic dates, matched pharmaceutical volume to patient ratios, organized required supplies and sharps disposal
- Outcome: Over 1600 people received COVID 19 vaccines
- Successfully wrote a grant for cutting edge vision screening equipment
- Created and implemented onboarding and a multi-year mentoring program for new school nurses
- Created a pool of substitute school nurses
- Designed and implemented nursing presentations to nursing instructors in Vietnam in 1/2019 & 12/2021
- Evaluating ADN Faculty Job Satisfaction- published in April 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2017.12.008
Affiliations
2017-2020- Board of Directors-National Alliance of Mental Illness Eastside;
2017-present Health Volunteers Overseas
Timeline
Health Services Supervisor
Issaquah School District
09.2016 - Current
Nursing Instructor
Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Overlake Hospital Medical Center
09.2013 - 07.2016
Doctor of Nursing Practice -
Boise State University
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