Melanie Gillespie
Summary
Dedicated to promoting quality patient care and satisfaction and offering experience in nursing leadership. Possesses proven track record of developing and implementing comprehensive nursing policies, providing excellent leadership and mentoring, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Director of Nursing
Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home
10.2022 - Current
- Daily audits of documentation by nursing staff that charting is up to compliance of the facility requirements.
- Admissions meeting, clinical review, grand rounds.
- In-services to staff providing education on issues that arise from situations concerning veteran care.
- Collaborate with staff, management, and external groups to coordinate patient care.
- Participate in management team meetings to discuss resident status, census changes, and resident complaints or concerns.
- Schedule referral appointments as ordered by provider.
- Monitor and evaluate nursing staff performance, providing feedback and guidance to support standards of care.
- Participate in veteran careplans with IDT , veteran and family.
- Oversee treatment, health and welfare of Veterans on memory care unit.
RN Supervisor
Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home
10.2022 - Current
- Assess veterans to determine if a higher level of care is necessary. Notify physicians, and family to apprise them of the situation.
- Developed and distributed nursing assignments for unit employees that outlined individual and group tasks.
- Enforced nursing practice standards and recommended unit and institution policies and procedures to boost medical care quality.
- Inventoried medications, supplies and equipment, stocking, assisting in providing nursing staff with equipment, and medication using Omnicell system.
- Educate new RN supervisors on their role in providing leadership and support to nursing team; teaching routine procedures, carry on-call phone at night to provide support to nursing staff by taking calls from hospitals, families and handing staffing for call-ins. Educate on auditing documentation and incident reports. Ensuring that all documentation is completed by staff prior to leaving their shift.
- Communicate with family members answering any questions and or solving problems that may arise with veteran or families concern with care.
Director of Nursing
Caprock Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
10.2021 - 09.2022
- DON responsible for LVN's, CNA'S delegating and assigning care according to daily resident care needs
- Managed caseload of Eighty plus residents, providing education and administration of medication, wound treatments, IV medication, PICC line care and venipuncture
- Focused assessment, planning and evaluating residents care needs
- Use Point Click Care to observe, record and communicate resident health; report to appropriate nursing administrative and medical staff any changes in health status
- Work with family members to resolve issues that may arise and report to administrative staff family concerns.
ADON/MDS Coordinator Skilled and LTC
Senior Village Nursing Home
06.2020 - 09.2021
- Staff skills fair and training, observation of staff skills and education if needed for compliance
- Coordinate with IDT with completion of the resident assessment instrument: MDS, CAAs, in accordance with current rules, regulations and guidelines
- Provided education and mentoring of CNA staff related to completion of the Nursing ADL documentation Education for licensed nursing staff, provide education for new staff members, continually provide guidance to nursing staff about the MDS process and Medicare documentation requirements
- Lead weekly IDT care plan meetings with IDT members, family and residents
- Reviewing medications, changes in health status, skilled therapy and address any concerns reported from family or resident.
House Supervisor RN
Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs
11.2018 - 07.2019
- Organize and multitasking with on-going coordination of nursing services through all departments
- Assist in staffing decisions and manage staff levels as required by facility policy
- Round throughout facility to monitor quality of care, safety and address complaints handling critical situations involving patients, unit, staff, and visitors and provide a resolution
- Monitor compliance to facility policies, rules and regulations, consult with Administrative staff concerning matters that require immediate attention
- Reviewed, assisted and monitored nursing staff that proper infection protocols were followed as per policies and procedures
- Educated staff members as needed.
MDS Coordinator/Quality Manager
Grace Living Centers Corporation
02.2015 - 03.2018
- Monitor resident care with chart auditing, checking nursing skills proficiency, routine rounding of staff performance, providing education as needed
- Daily review of departmental documentation and provided DON with areas that need completed or improved
- Care conferences with family, residents and staff to educate on patient centered care
- Administer of Incident Report System; identifying potential and actual risks of patients, staff and visitors
- Including fall risk program management patient assessments, teaching on fall prevention; hourly rounds, fall interventions, bowel and bladder programs
- MDS 3.0 long term care, quarterly/PRN family and residents, interdisciplinary team members care conferences
- Monthly in-services to train or teach new skills, survey preparedness.
Geropsychiatric Charge Nurse-PRN
Great Plains Regional Medical Center
08.2014 - 02.2015
- Assessment, implementation of treatment plans geropsychiatric patients with broad range of mental illnesses
- Work with Telemedicine Psychiatrists and Family Practice Physicians to implement plan of care.
RN-Case Manager
Carter Healthcare Inc.
08.2013 - 07.2014
- Performed in-home assessments and skilled nursing care, instructing patient and family members on plan of care, educated family and patient as needed
- Complete necessary documentation (OASIS, ROC, SOC), performed MD ordered medical services in home
- IV medications, blood draws, catheter insertions, wound vacs
- Communicate with physician on changes of condition or adjustments to plan of care.
Charge Nurse-Women's Center
Great Plains Regional Medical Center
01.2013 - 08.2013
- Charge Nurse of labor and delivery and postpartum patients; responsible for laboring patients and postpartum mothers; managing other staff members
- Assessed patient status and communicated with physicians any clinical changes before delivery and recovery
- Educating pregnant and postpartum patients and family members including laboring techniques, comfort measures, pain control and care of the mother after birth.
Risk Manager, Performance Improvement Coordinator, HIM Director
Hansford County Hospital District
05.2011 - 07.2012
- Medical/Surgical, ER charge nurse then accepted PI/QA position in Critical Access Hospital
- Fulfilled multifaceted roles incorporating acute care nursing practice, policies and procedures with administrative responsibilities district wide
- Redesign and implementation of PI measures via web based program Actioncue
- Trained staff per department requirements, reports analysis data for board meetings
- Managed HIM operations and staff
- Committee leader for multiple monthly meetings PI/QA, review of policies and procedures, legal issues and safety issues
- Medical Staff and Facility Leadership on standards and guidelines enforced through the Medical Staff Bylaws/Rules and Regulations
- Responsible for hospital peer review process of medical records documentation deficiency and delinquency; educating staff on areas needed to improve
- Conducted Practice-Peer Review for nurses performing tasks out of their scope of practice, meeting leader, reported findings to State Board of Nursing.
RN-Long Term Care
Twin Oaks Manor
08.2007 - 04.2011
- Supervisor Alzheimer Unit- Assisted DON with opening new unit, patient care, policies and procedures
- Infection Control Nurse- Identified infection control issues; implemented plans to reduce infection rates with a shown reduction of respiratory infections by 70% through monitoring staff hand washing techniques, cleaning of respiratory equipment, reduction of visits from family members and visitors during flu season
- Staff Education Coordinator- In-services to all staff based on performance reviews, addressing areas of weakness
- Implemented online staff education through Health care Academy
- Monitored and improved compliance of required education requirements with 90% improvement in compliance compared to 45% compliance of staff attendance
- Certified Nurse Aide Instructor for newly hired nurse aides within facility.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
University of Texas at Arlington
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - undefined
University of Texas at Arlington
01.2014
Associate Degree in Nursing - undefined
Technical College of the Lowcountry
01.2006
Skills
- Implemented long term care educational programs
- Strong background in clinical compliance, medical record review, and documentation
- Behavioral Health
- Quality Improvement
- Healthcare administration
- Clinical Leadership
Certification
- BSN RN- Texas Compact License
- Infection Preventionist
- Resource Utilization Group (RUG) Certification for MDS
- CPR
Timeline
Assistant Director of Nursing
Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home
10.2022 - Current
RN Supervisor
Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home
10.2022 - Current
Director of Nursing
Caprock Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
10.2021 - 09.2022
ADON/MDS Coordinator Skilled and LTC
Senior Village Nursing Home
06.2020 - 09.2021
House Supervisor RN
Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs
11.2018 - 07.2019
MDS Coordinator/Quality Manager
Grace Living Centers Corporation
02.2015 - 03.2018
Geropsychiatric Charge Nurse-PRN
Great Plains Regional Medical Center
08.2014 - 02.2015
RN-Case Manager
Carter Healthcare Inc.
08.2013 - 07.2014
Charge Nurse-Women's Center
Great Plains Regional Medical Center
01.2013 - 08.2013
Risk Manager, Performance Improvement Coordinator, HIM Director
Hansford County Hospital District
05.2011 - 07.2012
RN-Long Term Care
Twin Oaks Manor
08.2007 - 04.2011
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
University of Texas at Arlington
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - undefined
University of Texas at Arlington
Associate Degree in Nursing - undefined
Technical College of the Lowcountry
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