Melanie Gillespie
Harker Heights,TX
Summary
Professional nurse leader equipped to excel in healthcare management roles. Strong focus on team collaboration, patient care, and achieving results in dynamic environments. Skilled in staff training, regulatory compliance, and quality improvement. Reliable, adaptable, and driven to improve operational efficiency and patient outcomes.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ADON/ Infection Preventionist
The Springs Healthcare and Rehabilitation
09.2024 - Current
- Oversaw infection control efforts throughout the facility, contributing to reduced transmission rates among patients and staff members alike.
- Worked closely with administration to develop and implement best practices to improve patient outcomes.
- Prepared and reviewed infection control surveillance reports to identify trends and develop effective actions to control and prevent infections.
- Enhanced staff competency through regular training sessions and performance evaluations.
- Mentored new nursing staff, fostering professional growth and development while maintaining high standards of patient care.
- Reduced medication errors by conducting thorough medication administration audits and providing feedback to nursing staff.
ADON/Clinical House Supervisor
Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home
10.2022 - 08.2024
- Admissions meetings, clinical review, grand rounds.
- Staff education
- Oversee treatment, health, and welfare of Veterans.
- Participate in care plans with IDT and families.
- Assessed Veterans to determine if higher level of care is necessary.
- Enforced nursing practice standards and recommended unit and institution policies and procedures to boost medical care quality.
- Audited new admissions, nurse documentation daily to maintain compliance.
- Working relationship with providers, families and other team members.
Director of Nursing
Caprock Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
10.2021 - 09.2022
- Participated in management team meetings to discuss resident status, census changes, and resident complaints or concerns.
- Oversaw and approved recruitment, hiring and orientation of new nursing staff.
- Ensured regulatory compliance by staying current on industry standards and updating policies accordingly.
- Monitored and evaluated nursing staff performance, providing feedback and guidance to support standards of care.
- 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.
- Work with family members to resolve issues that may arise and report to administrative staff family concerns.
ADON/MDS Coordinator
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.
Nursing House Supervisor
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.
Quality Manager/MDS Coordinator
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.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas At Arlington
Arlington, TX05-2014
Associate of Science - Nursing
Technical College of The Lowcountry
Beaufort, SC05-2006
Skills
- Clinical leadership
- Nursing supervision
- Nurse education and training
- Quality improvement
- Care plan development
- Healthcare administration
Certification
Infection Preventionist
CPR
Timeline
ADON/ Infection Preventionist
The Springs Healthcare and Rehabilitation
09.2024 - Current
ADON/Clinical House Supervisor
Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home
10.2022 - 08.2024
Director of Nursing
Caprock Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
10.2021 - 09.2022
ADON/MDS Coordinator
Senior Village Nursing Home
06.2020 - 09.2021
Nursing House Supervisor
Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs
11.2018 - 07.2019
Quality Manager/MDS Coordinator
Grace Living Centers Corporation
02.2015 - 03.2018
Infection Preventionist
CPR
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas At Arlington
Associate of Science - Nursing
Technical College of The Lowcountry
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