Social Services Coordinator
Villa Valencia Skilled Nursing Facility
09.1996 - 07.2001
- My primary responsibilities were patient advocacy, admit and discharge planning
- I worked with doctors, nurses, family members, insurance companies and other health care facilities to ensure continuity of care
- I was responsible for teaching in-services (to CNAs) with an emphasis on preventing decubitus ulcers
- I worked personally with a psychiatrist to reduce unnecessary psychotropic medication use in patients, thus preventing unnecessary sedation