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KELLI ENGEL MSN, RN
Director, Critical Care & Inpatient Medicine
Sioux City,IA
Summary
Dynamic healthcare leader with over 20 years of nursing experience, past business ownership, inpatient and ambulatory operations leadership with a keen focus on quality patient care, safety and key performance indicators. Demonstrates organizational commitment through a combination of unmatched work ethic, strategic mindset to guide decision-making, excellent communication skills and determination in meeting desired goals.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Director, Critical Care & Inpatient Medicine
Unity Point Health St. Luke's
09.2019 - Current
- Provide operational oversight of several service lines; including Invasive Cardiology (2019-2024), Critical Care 2021-current, Outpatient Cardiac Rehab (2021-current), inpatient Medicine/Hospitalists (2022-current), Intensivists (2023-current) and Inpatient Dialysis (2021-current).
- Maintain high standards of accountability for financial performance, marketing, business growth, strategic opportunities, and employee engagement.
- Develop high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Cultivate positive work environment that fostered employee engagement, increased retention rates, and boosted overall team morale.
- Improve project efficiency with strategic planning, resource allocation, and time management practices..
- Spearhead innovative approaches to resource allocation and strategic planning.
- Leverage data analytics insights for informed decision-making in critical areas such as sales forecasting, budgeting, or personnel management.
- Negotiate price and service with customers and vendors in the ambulatory and inpatient settings to decrease expenses and increase profit.
- Manage budgets effectively to ensure optimal use of resources while maintaining financial stability and ensuring quality of care.
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration for improved decision-making processes within the organization.
- Instrumental change management leader in pandemic response, deploying team members from ambulatory service area to inpatient response.
Registered Nurse
Unity Point Health St. Luke's-Cardiac Cath Lab
3 2019 - 09.2019
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Utilized critical thinking in planning care of stable and critically ill patients in cardiac cath, peripheral vascular, and electrophysiology labs
- Demonstrated professionalism and effective communication with patient/family and all members of care team
- Collaborated effectively with multidisciplinary team to meet needs of both patient and family, delivering high quality patient care
- Demonstrated willingness to learn from all individuals on care team
- In both voice and action, supported best practice standards for patient care.
Nurse Educator/Faculty Member
Western Iowa Tech Community College
11.2004 - 1 2019
- Provided theory and clinical nursing education to students in pre-licensure nursing education program
- Developed curriculum to align with program objectives and accreditation standards
- Utilized evidence-based practice standards as appropriate and practiced clinical excellence in providing hands on instruction as a bedside caregiver in the Med-Surg and Post-Critical Care setting 64 hours per month
- Acted as role model and best practice leader in the clinical practice setting for new and seasoned staff members in clinical areas
- Demonstrated efficiency, with precision attention to detail and organization, in daily tasks
- Interacted effectively and professionally with faculty, students, and nursing staff
- Collaborated with area acute care facilities to negotiate and organize appropriate placement of students for RN preceptorship experience
- Supervised students throughout preceptorship, meeting with RN mentor and student, to evaluate and ensure graduation standards were met
- Evaluated student academic achievement and clinical performance, enforced disciplinary actions, and maintained necessary documentation
- Utilized excellent verbal and written communication skills; numerous computer literacy skills including strong working knowledge of Electronic Medical Record documentation (Epic)
- Counseled students on academic and related issues, facilitated problem solving and offered appropriate referral or assistance, including ADA accommodation requests
- Maintained current nursing skills and practice knowledge with part time employment in critical/acute care while employed as full time nursing faculty.
- Developed strong relationships with community partners to facilitate collaboration on healthcare initiatives and educational programming.
- Championed advancements in technology integration within healthcare settings, leading workshops on cutting-edge tools and techniques.
- Conducted research on emerging trends in nursing education, incorporating findings into evolving curricula accordingly.
- Directly cared for patients at least 60 hours each month in critical care setting to maintain currency on clinical techniques.
- Lead teams of clinical instructors in numerous modalities; laboratory, classroom and clinical settings to ensure student learning outcomes achieved.
- Developed recruitment strategies to attract qualified clinical instructors.
- Screened applications, conducted interviews and evaluated performance of clinical instructors within academic setting.
Small Business Owner
Alainn Boutique
01.2011 - 03.2015
- Established Limited Liability Corporation as sole owner of high end women's boutique.
- Managed daily operations for successful small business, ensuring efficient processes and quality services.
- Established Open-To-Buy/Inventory needs and sales goals for the business and its employees.
- Advertised products online, utilizing social media and through traditional campaigns to target ideal consumers.
- Completed all payroll functions and monthly/quarterly tax documentation for the business.
- Acted as sole buyer for business, making quarterly trips to Chicago, Los Angeles and Dallas for inventory purchasing.
- Assessed daily inventory needs and phoned vendors/representatives from fashion brands regarding authorization of shipments and future orders.
- Provided excellent customer service through personal communication with customers as well as utilization of social media outlets
- Built numerous marketing campaigns through use of mailchimp or similar large volume email
- Utilized strong interpersonal skills to enhance relationships with customers and business partners.
Registered Nurse
Mercy Medical Center-Post Anesthesia Care Unit/Post-Critical Care Unit
01.2014 - 01.2018
- PACU RN 2004-2005 full time, PCCU 2014-2018
- Provided patient care to patients requiring telemetry monitoring immediately following surgery, intensive care transfer, or those with high acuity cardiac or medical needs in specialty unit.
- Provided patient care in immediate post anesthesia phase of recovery following surgery.
- Responsible for Kronos timekeeping duties for multiple units to ensure accurate and complete payroll.
- Responsible for logging daily charges and patient data into computer for statistical analysis.
- Responsible for unit readiness for following days' patient flow by stocking supplies and preparing necessary equipment/carts for surgical cases.
Registered Nurse
Family Healthcare of Siouxland-Sunnybrook Medical Clinic
03.2000 - 02.2004
- Responsible for patient assessments, education, and triage.
- Provided telephone triage as phone nurse.
- Responsible for coordination of patient referrals to outside specialty services/agencies.
- Worked closely with physicians/providers to ensure appropriate patient education and follow-up.
Registered Nurse
St. Luke's Regional Medical Center-Emergency Dept.
08.1995 - 12.2000
- Charge nurse responsible for assignment of patients and delegation of staff duties.
- Collaborated with large variety of physicians/providers to coordinate patient care.
- Assisted with examinations and outpatient/emergency procedures
- Provided patient education regarding diagnostic tests, discharge planning, medication instructions and follow-up care.
- Nurse advocate as member of Sexual Assault Response Team
- Acted as member of HazMat Team for response to disasters and hazardous material exposures in community.
Education
Master of Science, Nursing (MSN) -
Nebraska Methodist College
Omaha, NE 05.2001 - 05.2008
Bachelor of Science, Nursing (BSN) - undefined
Creighton University
Omaha, NEDiploma in Nursing - undefined
St. Luke's School of Nursing
Sioux City, IASkills
- Project Management
- Change Management
- Effective Communication
- Financial Management
- Verbal and written communication
- Strategic Planning
- People Management
- Team Management
- Operations Management
- Project Management
Certification
Registered Nurse License, Iowa, active
Community Service/Volunteerism
- Board Member, Boys & Girls Home & Family Services- September 2023-current
- Volunteer-Unity Point Health-St. Luke's- 2019-current
- Volunteer-Food Bank of Siouxland; Backpack Program- 2013-current
- Volunteer- Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church- 2000-current
- Volunteer-Western Iowa Tech Community College Nursing Club Advisor- 2012-2019
- Committee Member- Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Peace & Justice Committee- 2008-2019
Interests
Timeline
Director, Critical Care & Inpatient Medicine
Unity Point Health St. Luke's
09.2019 - Current
Registered Nurse
Mercy Medical Center-Post Anesthesia Care Unit/Post-Critical Care Unit
01.2014 - 01.2018
Small Business Owner
Alainn Boutique
01.2011 - 03.2015
Nurse Educator/Faculty Member
Western Iowa Tech Community College
11.2004 - 1 2019
Master of Science, Nursing (MSN) -
Nebraska Methodist College
05.2001 - 05.2008
Registered Nurse
Family Healthcare of Siouxland-Sunnybrook Medical Clinic
03.2000 - 02.2004
Registered Nurse
St. Luke's Regional Medical Center-Emergency Dept.
08.1995 - 12.2000
Registered Nurse
Unity Point Health St. Luke's-Cardiac Cath Lab
3 2019 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Science, Nursing (BSN) - undefined
Creighton University
Diploma in Nursing - undefined
St. Luke's School of Nursing
Registered Nurse License, Iowa, active
BLS, active
ACLS, active
Mandatory Adult & Child Abuse Reporter, active
Lean Leader Certified
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