Melede Jones
Registered Nurse
Fort Lauderdale,FL
Summary
Focused Clinical Director with a background spent overseeing budget, personnel and regulatory concerns. A highly collaborative leader with skills in assigning caseloads, participating in meetings with clinical staff and ensuring that facility policies are observed. Offering exemplary communication and organizational skills.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Clinical Operations
IVF Florida Reproductive Associates
Margate , Florida
09.2020 - Current
- Direct day-to-day administrative and operational functions for over six locations and Operation and Recovery unit , providing guidance and leadership to over 75+ employees.
- Overseeing Budgets and contracts
- Estimating monthly IVF production and outcomes
- Responsible for yearly Employee Performance Evaluations
- Addressing patient issues and concerns and providing solutions to ensure successful patient outcomes.
- Maintaining facility licensure's for Clinical, particularly Bio-waste Management , Radiation , and AAAASF accreditation.
- Infection Control Officer and Risk Manager
- Assisted in the Development of metrics to ensure that staffing needs are met and employees are utilized efficiently.
Operation and Recovery Coordinator
IVF Florida Reproductive Associates
Margate , Florida
11.2018 - 09.2021
- Over seen the day to day function of the Operation and recovery Unit.
- Expertly managed planning, scheduling and coordination of outpatient procedures.
- Coordinated with outside surgeons to ensure availability for time specific surgeries. Which included coordinating urological procedures MESA/ microTESE to coincide with Oocyte retrieval dates.
- Develop and update Policies and Procedures to ensure compliance with the Health Department, Board of Medicine and accrediting body AAAASF
- Over seen multiple inspections commenced by the Florida Health Department , and AAAASF
- Direct report for all OR personnel and responsible for ensuring coverage.
- Responsible for All Chart Audits and Peer Reviews required for Accreditation.
- Educated patients about surgeries and provided treatment plan documentation.
- Reviewing consents with patients prior to procedures to ensure accuracy.
- Responsible for reviewing information pertinent with current cycle including reviewing Fertilization Reports, Cryo reports , Embryo reports and PGT-A reports.
- Providing on call service Friday - Monday , being first call with physician backup.
- Reviewed medical histories and current information to provide accurate information to surgeons.
- Collaborated with assistants and surgeons to prepare and set up rooms with adequate supplies and equipment.
- Maintained sterile surgical environment and secured confidential data to protect patients' health and privacy.
- Assisted families by answering questions, supplying general information and providing frequent updates on patient progress.
- Created warm, supportive atmosphere to keep patients feeling safe and comfortable immediately before and after surgery.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
- Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
- Responsible for the care and recovery of patients during the pre-operative/ intraoperative and post-operative phase. Including full pre-operative assessments, assessing the patient's condition, recording vitals and reporting any change in the patient's condition to the attending physician and anesthesiologist, as well as provide pharmacological and non-pharmacological management and treatment during the post-operative phase.
IVF Nurse Coordinator
IVF Florida Reproductive Associates
Margate , Florida
04.2015 - 11.2018
- Responsible for the coordination of multiple IVF and IUI cycles.
- Performing IVF Consultations, coordinating treatment dates, ordering medications and obtaining prior authorizations.
- Extensive patient education and teaching (including medications mixing and injection technique) ensuring that all pre-requisites have been met prior to the patient moving forward with the IVF process.
- Floating to the Operation and Recovery unit being responsible for the care and recovery of patients during the pre-operative/ intraoperative and post-operative phase. Including full pre-operative assessments, assessing the patient's condition, recording vitals and reporting any change in the patient's condition to the attending physician and anesthesiologist, as well as provide pharmacological and non-pharmacological management and treatment during the post-operative phase.
- Serving as a physician nurse responsible obtaining extensive medical histories on all new and returning patients, scheduling surgical procedures, triage, prescription refills, ordering medications, obtaining and reviewing all labs and medical records relevant to patient's treatment.
- Performing Intrauterine Inseminations, pap smears.
- Consenting patients for all procedures and chart preparation for surgery.
OR Tech
IVF Florida Reproductive Associates
Margate, Florida
10.2005 - 04.2015
- Assisted with all minor surgeries with several different physicians including Oocytes retrievals, Cyst Aspirations, Hysteroscopies, Dilation and Curettage, and Urological procedures such as Micro Epidydimal Sperm Aspirations, Testicular Sperm Extractions, etc.
- Assisted in the pre-and post - operative care of patients.
- Responsible for preparation of charts prior to procedures.
- Assisted doctors with surgeries and non-invasive procedures.
- Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared them for lab testing.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management And Supervision
Miami Dade College
Miami 04.2023
Associate of Arts - Nursing
ITT Technical Institute - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN04.2015
Associate of Arts -
Miami Dade College
Miami, FL01.2009
Skills
- Employee Recruitment and Hiring
- Clinical Development and Operations
- HIPAA Regulations
- Policies and Procedures Implementation
- Employee Performance Evaluations
- Quality Improvement Activities
- Operating Plans Development
- Regulatory and Statutory Compliance
- Infection Control Procedures
- Clinical Inventory Control
- Nursing Standards
- Nursing Operations Management
Certification
Registered Nurse Exp 2023
ACLS Certified Exp 2024
BLS Certified Exp 2024
Quote
"People will forget what you said, they will forget what you did, but they will never forget how you made them feel"
Maya Angelou
Timeline
Director of Clinical Operations
IVF Florida Reproductive Associates
09.2020 - Current
Operation and Recovery Coordinator
IVF Florida Reproductive Associates
11.2018 - 09.2021
IVF Nurse Coordinator
IVF Florida Reproductive Associates
04.2015 - 11.2018
OR Tech
IVF Florida Reproductive Associates
10.2005 - 04.2015
Bachelor of Science - Business Management And Supervision
Miami Dade College
Associate of Arts - Nursing
ITT Technical Institute - Indianapolis
Associate of Arts -
Miami Dade College
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