Margaret Lussier
Bonita Springs
Summary
Highly skilled and focused professional dedicated to promoting quality patient care and satisfaction and offering experience in nursing and healthcare administration. Possesses proven track record of developing and implementing comprehensive nursing policies, providing excellent leadership and mentoring, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards, budgeting, supply management, human resources, and Quality Improvement.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
RN Administrator
Bonita Springs Surgery Center
05.2023 - Current
- Responsible for physician recruitment and retention. Identifying physicians who would be a good fit for the center and physician credentialing.
- Verifying and assisting with Life Safety protocols.
- Developing budgets and ensuring that cases are cost effective. Recommending capital purchases to Board.
- Established new policies and updated existing policies to improve standard of care for patients.
- Quality Improvement, Risk Management, and Infection Control programs expansion and improvement.
- Responsible for maintaining Joint Commission accreditation. Completed successful survey 9/24.
- Developed cost effective anesthesia protocols-minimizing center out of pocket anesthesia costs.
- Developed employee education program.
- Instituted ROSA Robotic total knee program at facility while expanding total joint program.
- Expanded patient satisfaction quality initiative.
RN Administrator
North Naples Surgery Center
05.2022 - 05.2023
- Directed day-to-day operations of a new facility, providing guidance and leadership to teammates to deliver outstanding care and optimal patient satisfaction.
- Established Quality Improvement programs to provide safe, sanitary environment to patients, teammates, and surgeons.
- Improved facility forms to streamline work flow.
- Recruited and developed quality individuals to develop accountable top quality staff. Developed positive employee relations to promote teamwork and mutula respect.
- Implemented and recruited new services lines ensuring center had adequate supplies, training, and procedure was cost effective.
- Purchased supplies and medications.
Director of Nursing
Physicians Day Surgery Center/SCA
02.2003 - 05.2023
- Directed day-to-day operations of facility, providing guidance and leadership to teammates to deliver outstanding care and optimal patient satisfaction across 3 departments.
- Planned and assigned workload to nursing staff.
- Maintained quality improvement programs to provide safe, sanitary environment to patients, teammates, and surgeons.
- Evaluated work performance of 15 nursing personnel to determine wage increases, provide direction, and implement corrective actions.
- Identified department issues to recommend corrective actions in the Operating Room, PACU, and PreOp.
- Established new policies and updated existing policies to improve standard of care for patients.
- Implemented new services lines ensuring adequate supplies and staff training.
- Collaborated with purchaser to review capital recommendations and met with sales reps to ensure product meets the center's requirements and provides cost savings.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
College of Our Lady of The Elms
Chicopee, MA05.1986
Skills
- Accreditation-AAAHC and Joint Commission
- Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration
- Recruiting and Hiring
- Staff Management/Team Building
- Quality Improvement Activities
- Budgets/Ensuring Case Profitability
- Infection Disease
- Risk Management
Timeline
RN Administrator
Bonita Springs Surgery Center
05.2023 - Current
RN Administrator
North Naples Surgery Center
05.2022 - 05.2023
Director of Nursing
Physicians Day Surgery Center/SCA
02.2003 - 05.2023
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
College of Our Lady of The Elms
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