KELLY BRUGGEMAN
St. Louis,MO
Summary
To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Admissions Liaison/ Branch Manager
Friendship Village Home Health
04.2020 - Current
- Responsible for the coordination of an effective, efficient admission process for all patients by reviewing referral, gathering and verifying pertinent information and completing necessary procedures to schedule and admit patients
- Stay current with all mandatory agency and regulatory requirements
- Ensure prompt coordination for insurance verification/ pre authorization
- Work closely with hospital discharge planners, physicians, social workers, case managers and other key entities
- Work in conjunction with the marketing team to create new partnerships by constantly seeking out new referral relationships and opportunities in the communities served
- Work in conjunction with the marketing team to coordinate effective community education to increase community awareness on the home health benefit and to help generate qualified referrals
- Assist with the coordination of community awareness events such as health fairs
- Plans for and achieves monthly goals for referral contacts and admissions
Clinical Nurse Manager
Woodlands of Arnold
07.2016 - 04.2020
- Evaluated nursing staff's performance and developed education programs and professional development opportunities to improve individual and team competencies, clinical knowledge and delivery of care.
- Interacted effectively with department managers to promptly correct problems and improve services.
- Collaborated with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to devise and manage individualized plans of care.
- Supervised professional and paraprofessional nursing staff and delegated tasks to maintain continuum of care.
- Educated patients and families on treatment, expected outcomes and discharge instructions, serving as advisory resource to patients and families to facilitate recovery.
- Reviewed charts weekly to complete quality control checks.
- Oversaw admissions and discharges and scheduling of nursing staff.
- Motivated nursing staff to pursue advanced training and collaborated with unit leaders to identify skill needs.
- Conducted rounds with physicians, advising physicians on patients' conditions and assisting in coordinating diagnostic testing and follow up appointments to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
- Performed head-to-toe physical assessments, prioritizing treatment and delegating assignments to maintain patient flows.
- Directed day-to-day nursing and operational functions for 60-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, ensuring exceptional delivery of care when developing well-rounded nursing teams.
- Administered performance evaluations and probationary reviews to assess nursing personnel.
- Responded to behavioral and medical crises codes.
- Introduced initiatives based on staff education, infection control audits, safe medication administration and proper wound care to achieve unit and facility goals.
Clinical Nurse Manager
Green Park Nursing Home
12.2014 - 07.2016
Charge Nurse
Green Park Nursing Home
11.2010 - 12.2014
- Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
- Conducted daily shift briefs to inform staff of changes in patient care assignments.
- Administered medications and treatments to patients as ordered by physician, maintaining accountability for accurate narcotic count at end of each shift.
- Worked with patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, congestive heart failure (CHF), cerebrovascular accidents (CVA), diabetes or sepsis to asses needs and determine best options for care.
- Cared for patients' wounds and changed dressings.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
Education
LPN-Diploma - Nursing
Applied Technology Services
Sunset Hills, MO10.2010
High School Diploma - undefined
Mehlville High School
05.2008
Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Community Relations
- Staff Training
- Excellent Time Management Skills
- Staff Management
- Spreadsheet Tracking
- Marketing
- Regulatory Compliance
- Training and Development
Timeline
Admissions Liaison/ Branch Manager
Friendship Village Home Health
04.2020 - Current
Clinical Nurse Manager
Woodlands of Arnold
07.2016 - 04.2020
Clinical Nurse Manager
Green Park Nursing Home
12.2014 - 07.2016
Charge Nurse
Green Park Nursing Home
11.2010 - 12.2014
LPN-Diploma - Nursing
Applied Technology Services
High School Diploma - undefined
Mehlville High School
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