Lucinda Bauer
O'Fallon
Summary
Experienced nursing executive with strong track record in healthcare leadership and patient care management. Skilled in strategic planning, policy development, and driving quality improvement initiatives. Strong focus on team collaboration, ensuring reliable performance and adaptability to changing needs. Adept at fostering culture of teamwork and achieving exceptional results.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Nursing Officer
SSM Health DePaul Hospital
10.2023 - Current
- Serves as a member of the executive leadership team providing strategic direction on patient care and nursing related issues
- Improved patient experience scores by 5% through focused ministry-wide interventions
- Identified common opportunities for standardizing processes such as bedside report to achieve a consistent experience for all served
- Assumed fiscal responsibility through budgetary planning and implementation
- Developed and managed the operating and capital budgets for patient service operations, analyzed variances, developed plans and took appropriate actions for productivity and performance improvements
- Maintained knowledge and achieved compliance with federal, state and local regulatory requirements, licensure, accreditation requirements
Interim Regional VP Behavioral Health
SSM Health St. Louis
04.2023 - Current
- Identified opportunities for improved daily programming
- Collaborated with social work leaders to provide daily schedule for all departments
- Identified operational opportunities related to patient placement
- Led multidisciplinary team to develop standard work including escalation pathway
- Collaborated with nursing leaders to close nursing practice gaps
- Collaborated with pharmacy leaders for regulatory compliance within outpatient departments
Interim Regional Chief Nursing Officer
SSM Health St. Louis
08.2023 - 03.2024
- Improved communication among ministry chief nursing officers
- Successfully led ministry chief nursing officers through leadership realignment
- Improved ED productivity throughout the St
- Louis region through education, mentorship and accountability
Chief Nursing Officer
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital
02.2020 - 10.2023
- Served as a member of the leadership team providing strategic direction on patient care and nursing related issues
- Oversaw human resource management creating a culture of employee engagement; direct report engagement score of 4.69 in 2021
- Implemented daily review of invasive lines resulting in a decrease in indwelling urinary catheters from 12% to 10%
- Identified common opportunities for standardizing processes such as bedside report to achieve a consistent experience for all served
- Assumed fiscal responsibility through budgetary planning and implementation
- Developed and managed the operating and capital budgets for patient service operations, analyzed variances, developed plans and took appropriate actions for productivity and performance improvements
- Maintained knowledge and achieved compliance with federal, state and local regulatory requirements, licensure, accreditation requirements
Administrative Director Nursing Operations
SSM Health DePaul Hospital
06.2016 - 02.2020
- Developed and implemented nurse leader scorecard
- Facilitated and educated nurse leaders on COPs
- Worked closely with CNO to create a structured leadership development curriculum
- Facilitated NEA-BC review sessions for directors with the goal of 100% certification by the end of 2018
- Developed and implemented a centralized scheduling program to reduce OT and salary expense
- Assumed director responsibility of ED to provide stability while searching for permanent replacement
- Responsible for daily operations of nursing departments
- Develop and monitor annual/monthly budget
- Served as the value stream process owner for both inpatient and emergency department
- Served as the nursing leader on a hospital renovation team that spanned multiple years
Clinical Director
SSM Health DePaul Hospital
10.2012 - 06.2016
- Responsible for 3 inpatient units including 150 FTE
- Developed and monitored annual/monthly budgets
- Lead multidisciplinary teams that achieved Joint Commission Disease Specific certification for hip/knee replacement as well as comprehensive stroke
- Worked closely with VP of Operations on a 20 million dollar construction team for a new 30 bed inpatient orthopedic unit
- Co-led a multidisciplinary team that implemented a centralized telemetry monitor hub
Team Leader
SSM Health DePaul Hospital
07.2008 - 10.2012
- Opened new 20 bed interventional neurology/neurosurgery unit
- Developed code stroke response team
- Consistently led the team to patient experience scores above the 80%tile
- Responsible for day to day operations of a 20 bed interventional neurology/neuroscience inpatient unit
- Monitored and evaluated monthly budget
- Responsible for employee engagement, patient experience, patient safety and other department goals
- Responsible for regulatory compliance
Critical Care Nurse
SSM Health DePaul Hospital
08.2000 - 07.2008
Unit Secretary
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital
01.1998 - 08.2000
Phlebotomist
02.1996 - 01.1997
Education
MBA -
Webster University
St. Louis, Missouri05.2016
BSN -
Deaconess College of Nursing
St. Louis, Missouri05.2000
Missouri Western State College
St. Joseph, Missouri12.1996
Skills
- Patient safety
- Strategic planning
- Problem-solving abilities
- Effective communication
- Continuous improvement
- Innovation skills
- Patient care oversight
- Staff development
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Customer service
Affiliations
- AONL member
- MONL member
Credentials
- MBA
- BSN
- RN
Awards
- Jill Fine Lighthouse recipient for exceptional process improvement and innovation 2016
- March of Dimes Nurse of the Year finalist
- North County Inc. 30 Leaders in their 30s
Credentials And Licenses
BLS
Timeline
Chief Nursing Officer
SSM Health DePaul Hospital
10.2023 - Current
Interim Regional Chief Nursing Officer
SSM Health St. Louis
08.2023 - 03.2024
Interim Regional VP Behavioral Health
SSM Health St. Louis
04.2023 - Current
Chief Nursing Officer
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital
02.2020 - 10.2023
Administrative Director Nursing Operations
SSM Health DePaul Hospital
06.2016 - 02.2020
Clinical Director
SSM Health DePaul Hospital
10.2012 - 06.2016
Team Leader
SSM Health DePaul Hospital
07.2008 - 10.2012
Critical Care Nurse
SSM Health DePaul Hospital
08.2000 - 07.2008
Unit Secretary
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital
01.1998 - 08.2000
Phlebotomist
02.1996 - 01.1997
BSN -
Deaconess College of Nursing
Missouri Western State College
MBA -
Webster University
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