Lisa Fox
Northford
Summary
Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
APP Clinical Manager, Service Line
Yale New Haven Health
01.2020 - Current
- Provide strategic input to the Executive Director and Vice President in the planning and development of future goals and responsibilities for the Digestive Health Service Line
- Identified areas requiring operating efficiencies and implemented appropriate solutions
- Serves as the expert resource regarding PA/NP licensure, collaborative practice, credentialing, scope of practice and regulatory compliance
- Established productivity dashboard to aid in Business Plans and identify operational needs
- Administering of performance appraisals and review of employee job performance, recruitment, onboarding and credentialing of staff, increase staff retention
- Implemented new policies and educated staff on changes.
- Develops, maintains and tracks discretionary budget expenditure
Senior Manager
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Oversight for Surgical Services and Interim for Digestive Health Service Line. Managed 4 Clinical Managers and 100 employees
- Provide Clinical and Administrative support for APPs in the Department of Surgery while maintaining clinical practice in Transplant Surgery
- Responsible for recruitment, onboarding, and credentialing of staff
- Collaboration with Surgical Residency Director and Chief Resident for staffing, General Surgery call schedule, service line staffing
- Facilitate career ladder progression and assist in professional development of staff
- Support leadership in hospital operations, regulatory, quality issues, and deployment of new initiatives
- Ensure compliance with YNHH patient policies/procedures, CME, licensure and mandatory compliance for APPs
- Demonstrated exceptional adaptability in navigating complex situations or rapidly changing environments with ease.
Nurse Practitioner for the Section of Transplant Surgery
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2014 - Current
- Provide pre and post operative management to renal and liver transplant patients in the inpatient and outpatient clinical setting
- Mentor to staff members and provide ongoing education to MTD team
- Involved in ongoing research, evidence-based practice to provide quality care and implement treatment pathways and guidelines
- Participate in Quality assessment and Performance Improvement, Transplant Operations Council, led task force groups to improve patient safety and hospital metrics
Clinical Manager Surgical Services of Advanced Practice Providers
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2016 - 01.2019
- Provide Clinical and Administrative support for APPs in the Department of Surgery while maintaining clinical practice in Transplant Surgery
- Responsible for recruitment, onboarding, and credentialing of staff
- Collaboration with Surgical Residency Director and Chief Resident for staffing, General Surgery call schedule, service line staffing
- Facilitate career ladder progression and assist in professional development of staff
- Support leadership in hospital operations, regulatory, quality issues, and deployment of new initiatives
- Ensure compliance with YNHH patient policies/procedures, CME, licensure and mandatory compliance for APPs
- Work in collaboration to establish a NJT protocol for Transplant patients to decrease admission rates and improve malnutrition to bridge them to transplant
- Implemented staffing models to support clinical operations which improved hospital metrics and outcomes while enhancing staff engagement
Nurse practitioner for the Hospitalist and the Renal Service
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Provide comprehensive care for ESRD patients including dialysis, CKD, Renal Transplant, and medicine patients
- Duties include, but are not limited to, daily care of patients, ordering and analyzing tests, consults and coordinating care for a panel of patients, and prescribing and managing dialysis prescription for hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
- Led initiatives to improve LOS, re-admission rates, 11am Discharges, and Consults access and throughput
- Provided education to the nursing staff
Transplant Nurse Practitioner, Coordinator
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Participate in research and reporting to outside agencies (CMS, UNOS, etc)
- Instrumental in the implementation of the post kidney transplant clinic at St. Francis Medical Center, Hartford, CT
- Assessment/diagnosis of patient health status through diagnostic procedures and tests, and review of labs and other clinical indicators in collaboration with other team members
- Educate patients, families, community, and other health care professionals about transplantation and provide leadership in a multidisciplinary team
- Assume responsibility for on call activities that include organizing transplant surgery and medical triage urgent calls
- Provide orientation to new staff members of the Transplant Team
Registered Nurse Transplant Coordinator
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2005 - 01.2010
- Coordinates and assesses organ function post transplant and general health status and collaboratively determines need for additional assessment or intervention
- Participates in the development and implementation of protocol and standards of care for the transplant patient in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team
- Participates in the continuum of care for the post transplant patient including education, scheduling of diagnostic tests and acting as a liaison to outside providers
- Assumes on-call responsibility, including coordination and organizing transplants and as a medical triage for patients in collaboration with on-call physician
Clinical Nurse
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Provided direct patient care on a Medical/Surgical floor with transplant and vascular surgical specialty focus
- Provided pre and post operative care, education, and management for patients and families
- Worked in collaboration with all team members including social workers, pharmacists, and care coordinators
Student Nurse
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Developed skills in assessing adults on a medical surgical floor with a specialty in transplant surgery and vascular surgery
- Assisted with patient care including monitoring of vital signs, hygiene, maintenance, ambulation, and transport
Assistant Manager
Institute of Professional Practice
01.2000 - 01.2002
- Assisted in managing several groups homes in a non-profit company that treated clients with varying degree of Mental Health diagnoses
- Worked in collaboration with a team of Residential Instructors, Psychiatrist, and Social Workers and Nurses in implementing behavioral programs
- Responsible for managing the budget, payroll and scheduling of staff members
- Involved in the process of recruitment and hiring of employees
- Ensured each facility was in compliance with Regulatory Standards
- Organized the orientation of new staff and provided ongoing education to current staff members
- Shared on call responsibilities including scheduling of staff, managing client behavioral and medical needs, and/or emergencies
Education
Master of Science - Nursing, Adult Nurse Practitioner
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT05.2009
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT05.2004
Bachelors of Allied Health Sciences - Minor Psychology
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT05.2001
Skills
- Clinical leadership
- Effective communication
- Onboarding and coaching
- Recruitment and retention
- Operational efficiency
- Strategic planning
- Process improvement
- Workforce planning
- Operations management
Certification
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification, 10/24
- APRN, CT, Current
- RN, CT, Current
- BLS, Current
- DEA, Current
HONORSAFFILIATIONS
- Part Time Clinical Assistant Professor, Quinnipiac University, Fall 2014- Spring 2015
- UCONN Nursing Preceptor
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society
- Peace Award, Yale New Haven Hospital
ABSTRACTSPRESENTATIONS
- Can geriatric male anatomy handle urine produced by a successful transplant?, Friedman, Amy L., Fox, Lisa M., et al., World Transplant Congress, 2006
- Coordination of Discharge Specialty Mail Order Pharmacy Services for Patients Undergoing Liver, Kidney, and/or Pancreas Transplantation, Eric Tichy, PharmD, David Cronin, MD, PhD, Sanjay Kulkarni, MD, Evans Simmons, PA-C, Nancy Edginton, LCSW, Lisa Stump, MS, Lisa Fox, RN, et al.
- Diabetes in the Dialysis Patient, Presentation for National Kidney Foundation of CT, Joint speaker
PROFESSIONALMEMBERSHIPSAFFILIATIONS
- Connecticut Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Society
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
- Associate Member ASTS
Timeline
APP Clinical Manager, Service Line
Yale New Haven Health
01.2020 - Current
Senior Manager
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2019 - 01.2020
Clinical Manager Surgical Services of Advanced Practice Providers
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2016 - 01.2019
Nurse Practitioner for the Section of Transplant Surgery
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2014 - Current
Nurse practitioner for the Hospitalist and the Renal Service
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2013 - 01.2014
Transplant Nurse Practitioner, Coordinator
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2010 - 01.2013
Registered Nurse Transplant Coordinator
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2005 - 01.2010
Clinical Nurse
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2004 - 01.2005
Student Nurse
Yale New Haven Hospital
01.2002 - 01.2004
Assistant Manager
Institute of Professional Practice
01.2000 - 01.2002
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Southern Connecticut State University
Master of Science - Nursing, Adult Nurse Practitioner
Quinnipiac University
Bachelors of Allied Health Sciences - Minor Psychology
Quinnipiac University
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