MELISSA HARRIS
Goshen,OH
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Summit Behavioral Health Care
Cincinnati, OH
11.2011 - Current
- Provide mental health assessments.
- Assist patients with crisis interventions, medication, and therapy.
- Educate patients on mental illness and effective management strategies.
- Collaborate with patient's families and community resources to ensure continued recovery during hospitalization and after discharge.
- Provide direct quality care to patients, including daily monitoring, recording, and evaluating psychiatric medical conditions of up to 28 patients daily.
- Work closely with interdisciplinary teams to develop patient care plans, helping them become independent.
- Organize therapeutic individual and group activities to help the patient improve their coping skills and work with patients' families to help educate them and cope with family members' illnesses.
- Respond to numerous volatile situations and violent outbreaks, earning the respect of physicians and coworkers for calm and quick thinking to restore the safety and security of patients and staff.
Case Manager
Talbert House
Cincinnati, OH
04.2006 - 05.2011
- Assessing needs: Evaluating patients' needs and support systems and identifying stress areas in their daily lives.
- Developing plans: Working with patients to create individual care plans that set recovery goals and strategies and help patients develop coping mechanisms.
- Planning for crises: Helping patients prepare for crises and explaining scenarios and concerns with compassion.
- Coordinating care: Connecting patients to mental health services and coordinating with other health and insurance providers to create the best mental health strategy for each client.
- Making referrals: Refer patients to medical professionals, hotlines, and other resources, such as vocational training and low-cost housing.
- Advocating: Advocating on behalf of patients to ensure they receive proper care.
- Updating records: Updating medical files with patients' progress.
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Summit Behavioral Health Care
11.2011 - Current
Case Manager
Talbert House
04.2006 - 05.2011