Established professional with proven leadership, operational excellence, and organizational development skills, as well as experience in recruiting, training, and managing employees to provide exceptional patient care in the healthcare industry.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Healthcare/Senior Care Consultant
Align Senior Care Consulting
Current - Current
Collaborate among patients, family, physicians, fellow consultants, community agencies, and institutions to facilitate the best patient centered care
Develop and participate in implementation of processes that collect and analyze health services data, initiate actions to resolve problems promptly, and evaluate effectiveness of these actions
Regulatory compliance, monitoring, and implementation.
Director of Health Services
Ebenezer/Fairview
Savage & Mankato, MN
06.2015 - 12.2023
Effectively planned, organized, directed, and implemented a comprehensive health care program
Developed and participated in implementation of processes that collected and analyzed health services data, initiated actions to resolve problems promptly, and evaluated effectiveness of these actions
Collaborated among patients, family, physicians, consultants, community agencies, and institutions to facilitate the best patient centered care
Manage 54 nursing department staff including: RN's, LPN's, PT's, OT's, ST's, and CNA's
Budget management
Staff education on nursing best practices and continued evaluation on implementation of best practices
Patient education and counseling
Clinical system monitoring
Regulatory compliance, monitoring, and implementation
Staff evaluations.
Private Duty Case Manager
Prairie River Home Care
Mankato, MN
01.2012 - 06.2015
Responsible for providing expert professional nursing care; assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care rendered to patients
Ordered, interpreted, and evaluated diagnostic tests to identify and assess a patient's condition
Played an integral role in reporting patient changes in condition and symptoms
Directed case management for all patients
Educated, trained and oversaw all private duty RN's, LPN's, PCA's, HHA's, and HHM's staff members.
Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice -
Capella University
05-2026
Nursing Leadership & Management - Master of Science -
Western Governors University
01.2023
Nursing BSN - Bachelor of Science -
Western Governors University
01.2017
Nursing - RN - Associate of Science -
South Central College
01.2011
LPN - Associate of Science -
South Central College
01.2010
Business Management - Bachelor of Science -
Minnesota State University, Mankato
01.1996
Skills
Multidisciplinary team communication and collaboration
Staff management
Training and development
Quality improvement
Professional development
Utilize clinical experience to assess, plan, implement, coordinate, and monitor healthcare services
Promote quality effectiveness
Certification
ACLS recertification - 2022
Safe Care for Seniors via Leading Age MN - 2019 and 2022
Certification via Institution for Healthcare Improvement - 2018 and 2022
Certification via American Museum of Natural History - 2018
Genetics
Genomics
Genethics
AIDET Training Certification - 2016
Timeline
Healthcare/Senior Care Consultant
Align Senior Care Consulting
Current - Current
Director of Health Services
Ebenezer/Fairview
06.2015 - 12.2023
Private Duty Case Manager
Prairie River Home Care
01.2012 - 06.2015
Doctor of Nursing Practice -
Capella University
Nursing Leadership & Management - Master of Science -
Western Governors University
Nursing BSN - Bachelor of Science -
Western Governors University
Nursing - RN - Associate of Science -
South Central College
LPN - Associate of Science -
South Central College
Business Management - Bachelor of Science -
Minnesota State University, Mankato
ACLS recertification - 2022
Safe Care for Seniors via Leading Age MN - 2019 and 2022
Certification via Institution for Healthcare Improvement - 2018 and 2022
Certification via American Museum of Natural History - 2018
Genetics
Genomics
Genethics
AIDET Training Certification - 2016
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