Kimberly Timmerman
Butler,PA
Summary
Dynamic leader and seasoned physical therapist with a proven track record at Butler VA Health Care. A clinical who embodies a goal of marrying both clinical and administrative experiences to provide exemplary care to our nation's Veterans along with skill in implementation of projects that cross multiple departments to analyze processes and utilize systems thinking to uphold the VA mission.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff
Butler VA Health Care
09.2021 - Current
- Establishes atmosphere conducive to accomplishment of facility mission and provides leadership and priority setting in utilization and implementation of sound management practices.
- Provides executive level support, analysis, and report preparation.
- Developing management improvement programs or revised policy and procedure requirements for more effective application of various administrative and clinical management systems.
- Functions independently on behalf of senior leadership in order to analyze, involve, advise on and/or coordinate health care delivery systems and operations at the health care system.
- Handles confidential and sensitive information with discretion and tact and acts as a liaison between leadership and Human Resources.
- Coordinates and manages aspects related to physician/provider pay including market pay reviews and physician performance pay.
- Serves as team leader for region-wide studies or projects with significant impact on organizational change while providing expert analysis and advice on complex program issues.
- Manages executive calendars, scheduling meetings and appointments.
- Maintains confidentiality with sensitive documents, ensuring proper storage and distribution as needed.
- Develops facility business plans for program development such as the business plan to institute a research program for our facility.
- Develops clinical restructuring business plans to request expansion of clinical services to central office. Examples include: MRI, CT, and chemotherapy.
- Leads complex interdisciplinary workgroups to create a systems process for alcohol withdrawal management for our facility.
- Coordinates and tracks staff recruitment efforts and reviews all proposed organizational changes.
Competency Rater
Slippery Rock University
01.2014 - Current
- Assist with rating SRU Doctor of Physical Therapy students' performance in their competencies/skills assessment for courses including Physical Modalities and Musculoskeletal as needed.
- Served as a guest lecturer for labs for SRU DPT Physical Modalities course as needed.
- Developing guest lecture for Health Care Systems course on Job Preparedness to be presented in March 2025.
Staff Physical Therapist
Butler VA Health Care
12.2013 - 09.2021
- Performed comprehensive evaluations of orthopedic, neurologic, amputee, and chronic pain diagnoses of various levels of complexity to identify deficits and to develop individualized treatment plans.
- Served as Acting Chief for PMRS department in the event of Service Line Chief absence.
- Participated in clinic management in assisting with scheduling and provider call offs to ensure the needs of patients are met. Overseeing call offs for 13 provider clinics.
- Department leader among therapists providing insight and assistance for patient management, handling high risk patients, and coordinating necessary care with other departments such as behavioral health or primary care.
- Member of monthly VISN 4 rehab supervisor call in which there is opportunity for collaboration amongst facilities within the VISN.
- Member of VISN 4 documentation standardization project.
- Instrumental in the development and implementation of interdisciplinary chronic pain management program in accordance with national standards. Programs include patient education on self-care for Veterans, physical evaluation, collaborative case management meetings, fostered relationships with key stakeholders, and contributed to clinic creation.
- Led Physical Therapist in Western Market initiative efforts to implement cardiac rehabilitation program at Butler VA resulting in increased access to care by coordinating, scheduling, and participating in weekly interdisciplinary conference call with Pittsburgh for patient review and discussion as well as aided in the procurement of telemetry monitoring equipment for the cardiac rehab program.
- Graduate of Leadership Development Institute (LDI) program in 2019 to further develop leadership skills and gain knowledge of administrative processes such a system redesign and AIB training.
- Led LDI facility project of aligning pain management strategies with whole health programming at Butler VA to optimize interdisciplinary services within our facility.
- Point of contact for CBOC staff and specialty care services such as Cardiology and Orthopedics in reference to rehab needs.
- Coordinated necessary training with vendors for PMRS staff members. Collaborating and assisting with facilitation of training for alpha stim for behavioral health staff as well.
- Served as a clinical instructor for physical therapy students on clinic affiliations. Providing direct supervision in clinic and appropriate reviews of skill and documentation.
- Oversight of Physical Therapy students who were completing clinical rotations as part of their Doctorate of Physical Therapy programs.
Acting Director of Rehab & Prosthetics (Detail)
Butler VA Health Care
11.2020 - 05.2021
- Oversight of Rehab Staff consisting of 2 Physical Therapist, 2 Kinesiotherapists, 2 Occupational Therapists, 1 Occupational Therapy Assistant, 2 Physiatrists, 2 Chiropractors, 1 Acupuncturist, 1 RN, 1 Wheelchair Specialist, and 1 Program Support Assistant along with Prosthetic Staff including 2 Prosthetic Representatives and 3 Purchase Agents.
- Coordinated staffing needs for planned and unplanned leave for clinic coverage.
- Led systems redesign projects in order to address department issues including: Tracking system for Logistics secondary inventories to avoid financial losses for facility and Standardization of clinic review process for community consults in which additional episodes of care were requested.
- Assessed workload management for staffing.
- Developed and implemented phased reopen plan post COVID to 100% capacity for PMRS clinics including submission of plans to Incident Command.
- Clinic activation for OT and VVC Cardiac Rehab Clinics.
- MCM, Charter, and Provider Privilege reviews and revisions.
- Mid-year performance appraisals for PMRS staff.
- Effectively managed employees through any Human Resource/Employee Relation issues within the department.
- Served as a facility fact finder for a case involving an allegation of workplace harrassment.
- Review and coordination with Contracting and CORE staff for purchases of LSI telemetry equipment and for submission for approval of adapted vehicle for driving evaluations.
- Review of and communication with staff for review of All Employee Survey data and development of action plan for improving process in department based on feedback/data.
Staff Physical Therapist
Allegheny Valley Hospital
09.2012 - 11.2013
- Performed evaluations in the acute care setting to identify deficits to develop appropriate plans of care and to assist with discharge planning.
- Provided treatment to address functional deficits to patients at various levels of medical need: ICU, CCU, PCU, Med/Surg, Ortho, Oncology, ER, Adult and Geriatric Psych.
- Worked as part of an interdisciplinary team including OT, Speech, and Social Workers to determine appropriate discharge recommendations.
- Served as a clinical instructor for physical therapy students on clinic affiliations. Duties including review of skills through direct supervision as well as review of documentation.
Education
Doctor of Physical Therapy -
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock, PA05-2012
Bachelor of Science - Exercise Science
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock, PA05-2009
Bachelor of Science - Community Health
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock, PA05-2009
Leadership Development Institute
Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 4 01-2019
Virtual Aspiring Supervisor Program (vASP)
U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs 01-2021
Skills
- Executive team management and decision making
- Team/Group leader
- Strong clinical and ethical judgement
- Strong problem solver
- Program development
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Systems redesign
- Use of objective data
- Motivation to take on tasks above daily requirements
- Use of evidence-based practices
- Patience centered approach
- Commitment to the VA mission
Accomplishments
Federal Executive Board Excellence in Government Award 2024 for Administrative Employees: Silver
Hobbies
Family activities, Travel, Cooking, Hiking, Reading, Photography
Timeline
Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff
Butler VA Health Care
09.2021 - Current
Acting Director of Rehab & Prosthetics (Detail)
Butler VA Health Care
11.2020 - 05.2021
Competency Rater
Slippery Rock University
01.2014 - Current
Staff Physical Therapist
Butler VA Health Care
12.2013 - 09.2021
Staff Physical Therapist
Allegheny Valley Hospital
09.2012 - 11.2013
Doctor of Physical Therapy -
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science - Exercise Science
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science - Community Health
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Leadership Development Institute
Virtual Aspiring Supervisor Program (vASP)
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