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KIDIST GMARIAM

Pottstown,Pennsylvania

Summary

Dynamic Registered Nurse bringing 9+ years of professional experience in case management, service plan development, wound care, treating patients and coordinating care with other healthcare staff. Proven history of leveraging critical thinking, analysis and medical knowledge to deliver superior care in high-pressure environments. Prioritizes clinical and operational tasks in fast-paced emergency medicine settings.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Skin Health Team Lead

Genesis HealthCare
10.2023 - Current
  • Developed and facilitates a person-centered team approach to prevention and management of wounds in collaboration of other departments
  • Coordinates and leads weekly team wound rounds and post-meet-ups for follow up discussions.
  • Communicates and coordinates readiness for any potential admissions with skin/wound needs
  • Lead and/or ensure team review of all new admissions/readmissions for skin integrity
    needs.
  • Provides hands-on bedside training to all areas related to skin and wound; such as aseptic technique, measuring and assessing, recognizing wound types, skin checks, turning and positioning, treatments and interventions.
  • Provides coaching to the team for all skin and wound related topics
  • Provides coaching and support to the nursing assistants for prevention and management
    aspects related to skin health

Transition Nurse

Promedica Health System-Montgomeryville
01.2020 - Current
  • Worked closely with nurses and social workers to provide transitional care for patients moving between care settings or from inpatient to outpatient treatment.
  • Coordinated with physicians and caregivers to establish and initiate follow-up contact in cases of concern for patient well-being following transition.
  • Prepared and processed discharge paperwork and communicated effectively with patients and caregivers to understand next steps in care.
  • Collaborated with transition team to assess status of primary care patients, scheduling follow-up visits and developing discharge plans.
  • Assessed patients to establish condition and monitor intervention outcomes, assessing impact on transition schedule.
  • Initiated and facilitated referral processes, serving as liaison between current and prospective care providers and processing any needed paperwork.

RN Supervisor

HCR ManorCare Health Services-Montgomeryville
10.2019 - 01.2020
  • Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
  • Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit to achieve optimal outcomes.
  • Ensure that patient’s needs are met in accordance with professional standards of practice through physician orders.
  • Supervises nursing personnel to deliver nursing care and within scope of practice coordinates care delivery.
  • Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, including treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care.

LTSS Case Manager

PA Health Management Community Health Choice
12.2018 - 10.2019
  • Complete thorough needs assessment to determine services for clinically eligible participants;.
  • Identify needs, complete comprehensive needs assessment, coordinate home care services, follow up and ongoing monitoring for 63 participants that are on my case load;.
  • Communicate with care planning team including participant, family members, service providers, vendors, physicians, informal and community services;.
  • Facilitate and assist participant with seamless transition between hospital and community and/or rehab and back to the community.

Service Coordinator/Supervisor

Accurate Care Services
02.2016 - 12.2018
  • Assess individuals’ needs and determine various home health services;.
  • Supervise service implementations, monitor progress and work in collaboration with other stakeholders for the safe and independent living of adult individuals with physical and medical disabilities.
  • Recruit, hire and train new employees and provide ongoing supervision.

CUA Case Manager

Bethanna
10.2014 - 01.2016
  • Certified Community Umbrella Agency case manager by completing 3 months training.
  • Interviewed clients, legal parents and other collateral parties to make complete assessment to identify proper services needs.
  • Attend meetings with families and other professionals on each case load to create single case plans that outlines families ‘goals and objectives.
  • Counseled children, parents, and foster parents and collaborated with various community organizations.
  • Prepared children and family’s for permanency.
  • Work with teenagers on my caseload with their educational and life skill goals.
  • Attended pre-hearings and court hearings for majority of my cases on my caseload.
  • Provided testimony on the progress of the case as well as provided recommendations.
  • Conducted supervised visits between children and biological parents.
  • Advocate for children and their family for them to receive appropriate services.
  • Consulted with clinicians to devise and manage effective ongoing care plans for at-risk patients.
  • Reduced care costs without sacrificing quality through effective service coordination and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Foster Care Social Worker

Bethanna
06.2012 - 08.2013
  • Held an intensive caseload of several clients specifically teenage mother baby placements.
  • Collaborated with medical social workers and various other community organizations to ensure clients received all recommended treatment.
  • Design Services Plans that outlined client’s needs and responsibility for care.
  • Counseled children, parents, and foster parents.
  • Worked with teen mothers, pregnant teens and low income communities.
  • Worked with incarcerated parents by providing services through the prison system.
  • Secured professional services for clients including PHMC funds when reunification was imminent.
  • Trained in the Parent Child Interaction Therapy module.
  • Prepared children and family’s for permanency.
  • Conducted home, school and community visits to assigned clients to assess client's level of care and provide guidance towards meeting treatment goals.
  • Assisted families in developing problem-solving and coping skills by providing counseling and referring to appropriate community agencies.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

La Salle University

Bachelor of Arts - Human Development and Family Science

Messiah College
Bowmansdale, PA

Skills

  • Patient consultation
  • Strong clinical judgment
  • Patient and family advocacy
  • Medication Administration & Wound Care
  • Service Plan Development
  • Proficiency in MS office
  • Certified Medical Interpretation

Certification

  • RN-BSN License
  • Certified Medical Interpreter (Amharic Language)
  • Certificate Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Model

Languages

Amharic
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Skin Health Team Lead

Genesis HealthCare
10.2023 - Current

Transition Nurse

Promedica Health System-Montgomeryville
01.2020 - Current

RN Supervisor

HCR ManorCare Health Services-Montgomeryville
10.2019 - 01.2020

LTSS Case Manager

PA Health Management Community Health Choice
12.2018 - 10.2019

Service Coordinator/Supervisor

Accurate Care Services
02.2016 - 12.2018

CUA Case Manager

Bethanna
10.2014 - 01.2016

Foster Care Social Worker

Bethanna
06.2012 - 08.2013

Bachelor of Arts - Human Development and Family Science

Messiah College

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

La Salle University

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