Kristina Knudson-Browne
Woodstock,IL
Summary
Through an extensive career in healthcare in different roles, I find myself having worked towards a leadership role through on-the-job experience and education. I continue to find ways to educate and grow myself in advancing skills and work towards furthering my career in healthcare or education. career. I seek to challenge myself as I did throughout my career to utilize the building blocks of learning and application of business, health related fields and growth within my personal achievements and career.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Campus Health Coordinator
Judson University
Elgin, IL
08.2020 - Current
- Assists in managing all public health needs and crisis for the campus.
- Manages and advocate for health insurance needs of the campus along with medical records.
- EMS Liaison for GEAEMS
- Developing and implementation of community education and health needs for the campus.
- Assistance in coordinating care with surrounding health care providers to meet the immediate needs of the student
- Maintain a clean and safe environment for staff, faculty, and students.
- Working with leadership to develop innovative process and protocols
Simulation Operations Specialist
Advocate Aurora Healthcare
Barrington, IL
06.2017 - 07.2020
- Operation, programing, and maintenance of simulation activities.
- Accountable for the scheduling integration of multiple facilities.
- Ensured effective activities for over 2000 experiences.
- Accountable to ensure effective budget and budgeting process.
- Promoted from Critical Care Technician to Simulations Operations Specialist through competencies.
- Responsible for managing the simulation lab in order to ensure for over 1200 experiences.
- Collaboration as part of the team in which we aid with education during crucial system needs for staff and patient safety during crisis as well as everyday operations.
Critical Care Technician
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL
09.2003 - 03.2019
- Responsible for progressively assumed accountability for overall patient experience
- Working to ensure communication with physicians and nursing to ensure patients and family satisfaction
- Ensured the safety of patients through patient safety through falls and infection prevention.
- Responsible for managing the equipment and materials for efficient operations.
Paramedic
Murphy Ambulance
Grayslake, Illinois
12.2009 - 06.2014
- Supervising the care and treatment of patients within the confines of an emergency medical service provider as a paramedic.
- Responsible for precepting paramedic students and new hires.
- Effectively keeping up on continuing education for paramedic licensure.
Nurse Extender
Paramedic Services Inc/ Hospice Palliative Northeastern Illinois
07.2011 - 02.2012
- Effectively worked in a team base approach.
- In close collaboration with the clinical team responsible for the education of patients and families.
- Accountable to ensure the safety and security of patients in a period of stress.
- Responsible for ensuring patient and family satisfaction.
- HPNI provides care in a broad and diverse community of patients.
Paramedic
Marengo Rescue
Marengo, Illinois
01.2006 - 12.2009
- Responsible for the implementation of community-based education programs as public education coordinator
- Assuring patient satisfaction.
- Maintaining a clean, safe, and organized environment for both employees and patients.
- Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the employee association as president
- Ensuring effective communication with teammates and patients to ensure a healthy work environment
- Responsible assuring patient satisfaction to provide quality care to the patients and families
- Effectively working to learn leadership role of day-to-day operations for the growth into an eventual leadership role as a lieutenant candidate.
Office personal and medical coder/biller
Robert Schwartzenberg MD
Cary, IL
01.2000 - 01.2004
- Effectively working through the implementation of processes related to HIPAA and other related office procedures
- Responsible for coding, billing, claim submission and appeal process for insurance.
- Effectively working to manage patient accounts for financial accuracy
- Responsible for the credentialing process with health insurance companies in order to ensure that physician was receiving correct insurance payments.
Medical Billing and Collections
McHenry County Orthopedics
Crystal Lake, IL
04.1999 - 01.2001
- Responsible for the process to ensure proper reimbursement for the unresolved collections
- Effectively communicating with insurance and customers to ensure all parties were informed.
- Ensuring the medical claims were accurately documented to aid in the potential of the appeal processes
- Responsible for the correct and accurate filing of insurance claims for proper reimbursement
- Effectively communication with physicians and staff on medical coding related procedures
Radiology Secretary
Advocate Medical Group
Park Ridge, IL
01.1996 - 04.1999
- Responsible for administrative duties to ensure the flow of the department
- Effectively working through customer service and staff concerns to achieve conflict resolution
- Responsible for the medical coding to ensure proper input of charges for insurance claims
Education
Master of Arts - Business Administration
Judson University
Elgin, Il 6012305-2026
Bachelor of Arts - Organizational Leadership
Judson University
Elgin, IL05-2024
Skills
- Certified Nursing Assistant
- Emergency Medical Technician Basic
- Phlebotomy
- Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic
- Critical Care Tier one and Tier two
- Current IDPH licensed Paramedic
- Current IDPH Lead Instructor
- Current BLS Instructor
- Fire science related courses
- Intro to fire science
- Building Construction
- Attended fire academy
- IAFF Peer Support Training
- NIMS 100, 200, 300
- Public speaking confidence
Accomplishments
- Phi Theta Kappa, McHenry County College
- Event Organizer for 2024-2025 Football Awards Ceremony and Spring College Football Game
- Assisted the 2024-2025 FormerHead Football Coach on volunteer basis with various administrative needs
- Assist the Provost office with an Interstate Research Project
- ACLS, BLS currently held
- Held ITLS and PALS certification until 2018
- Started a non for profit by writing bylaws and filing with governing agencies
- Leaving the Story Behind: survival of the storm presentation completion 5/2020 CE teaching
- Simple grant writing for Illinois Heart Rescue for Community and Quality Assurance Grants (received both)
- Domestic Violence Vigil October 2022
Timeline
Campus Health Coordinator
Judson University
08.2020 - Current
Simulation Operations Specialist
Advocate Aurora Healthcare
06.2017 - 07.2020
Nurse Extender
Paramedic Services Inc/ Hospice Palliative Northeastern Illinois
07.2011 - 02.2012
Paramedic
Murphy Ambulance
12.2009 - 06.2014
Paramedic
Marengo Rescue
01.2006 - 12.2009
Critical Care Technician
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
09.2003 - 03.2019
Office personal and medical coder/biller
Robert Schwartzenberg MD
01.2000 - 01.2004
Medical Billing and Collections
McHenry County Orthopedics
04.1999 - 01.2001
Radiology Secretary
Advocate Medical Group
01.1996 - 04.1999
Master of Arts - Business Administration
Judson University
Bachelor of Arts - Organizational Leadership
Judson University
Teaching Experience:
- Started and Taught CPR at Marengo Rescue 2007 as well as taught for ten years at Good Shepherd Hospital
- Leaving the Story Behind: survival of the storm CE presentation completion 5/2020 Elgin Medical Coders Group
- Wings Domestic Violence Conference Panelist for Intimate Partner Violence
- Bystander CPR program For Judson University
- Rise Program: A Doctor’s Office Visit- yearly
- Rise Program: First Aid Workshop Yearly
- Athletic Department with Trainers: Health Insurance Navigation with concentration on athletic injury claims as well as injury prevention
- Athletic Department: Concussion Education Campus Process Spring 2022
- Precepting in the Emergency Room in the role as Critical Care Technician- wound care, cpr, policy/procedure, splinting, patient care
- Simulation education in role of tech with assistance with education development for diverse disciplines in a variety of scenarios.
- Standardized patient role
- Simulation Support for paramedic class with pediatric skills evaluator in fall of 2019