Michael Bullock
McCordsville,IN
Summary
History of meeting and exceeding standards of care with hands-on coordination of clinical operations and team activities. Devoted to continuously improving professional skills to optimize care for every patient and community. Experienced in Surgical Services, Education, Public Health, and Infection Prevention
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Infection Preventionist
Ascension Health
08.2021 - Current
- Report infection surveillance, prevention, and control information to local, state, and national public health authorities (CDC, NHSN)
- SSI, CAUTI, BSI, CLABSI, etc. surveillance
- Conduct onsite risk/gap assessments
- Provide direct training and mentoring to various staff
- Review, analyze, interpret, and implement regulations, standards and/or guidelines of applicable government agencies and professional organizations
- Develop and implement surveys and projects to identify and solve hospital and public health problems
- Collaborates in the development and delivery of educational programs and/or tools that relate to infection prevention, control, and epidemiology (POU, POC)
- Liaised with other healthcare professionals to develop comprehensive patient care plans and provide highest quality of care.
- Developed and updated policies and procedures, maintaining compliance with guidelines relating to HIPAA, benefits administration and general liability.
- Conducted routine facility inspections, identifying areas needing improvement and eliminating hazards posed to staff and residents for continued compliance with associated regulations.
Graduate Teaching Associate
Indiana State University
01.2021 - 12.2022
- Graduate Teaching Associate (Virtual): Performed duties as the Instructor of Record for undergraduate Nursing courses.
- Graduate Research Assistant (Virtual): Data collection, entry, and analysis, reviewing literature, assisting with the preparation of grand applications and reports.
- Developed and conducted own research study on adolescent dietary factors associated with programs that instill lifelong positive decision-making.
- Graduate Clinical Assistant: Direct student engagement in clinical practice.
Infection Preventionist
Franciscan Health
03.2021 - 08.2021
- Report infection surveillance, prevention, and control information to local, state, and national public health authorities (CDC/NHSN, IDOH)
- Review, analyze, interpret, and implement regulations, standards and/or guidelines of applicable government agencies and professional organizations
- Develop/implement projects to identify and solve hospital and public health problems
- Development and delivery of educational programs related to infection prevention.
- Performed Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA)
- Gathered, analyzed and reported on infection data.
- SSI, CAUTI, BSI, CLABSI surveillance
- Oversaw HACER committees, investigations, and surveillance focused on preventing infection outbreaks.
- Presented findings to committees and public interest groups to spearhead necessary changes to policies and procedures.
- Developed staff “Needle Stick” procedure program
- Create infection control/prevention policies and audit tools
- Member of numerous committees (IP, Clinical Outcomes, Hospital leadership, COVID command center, etc.)
- Daily collaboration with infectious disease physicians
- Education of staff and students on proper sterile techniques (Catheter insertion, sterile gloving etc.)
Operating Room Supervisior
Franciscan Health
03.2018 - 03.2021
- Perform yearly performance/Education evaluations of staff
- Identify staff training needs and promote professional development
- Assisted in the creation of operating room education program for new hires
- Created various educational materials and training programs
- Helped create/edit various policies and procedures for hospital system
- Assists Director of Operations in the creation of departmental budget
- Supervised Materials and Sterile Processing Departments
- Assure compliance with professional standards, regulatory, and hospital codes of conduct
- Collaborates with Inter-disciplinary team
- Supported research and its integration into clinical setting
- Member of various hospital committees (Procedural Safety, Surgery Value Analysis, Infection Prevention, etc)
- Member of design/planning committee for new surgical orthopedic center of excellence
Operating Room Charge Nurse
IU Health University Hospital
11.2016 - 03.2018
- Fast-paced, high stress operating room environment
- Coordinates the nursing and interdisciplinary team for daily patient care assignments
- Surgical technologies from various vendors
- Daily collaboration with Physicians
Registered Nurse
Golden Living Center
08.2014 - 11.2017
- Perform various nursing procedures
- Collaborate with Physicians, RN's, and other support staff
- Teach/Train newly hired nursing assistants as well as students
Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice -
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN12.2022
Master of Science - Organizational Leadership and Management
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT12.2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI01.2014
Skills
- National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
- Tableau, Sentri7, REDcap surveillance programs
- Secure Access Management Services (SAMS)
- National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) Base System (NBS)
- EPIC electronic health record (Bugsy)
- Sunrise Clinical Manager
- Microsoft 365, Google Workspace
- Data Collection and Data Analysis
- Clinical Quality Program Standards
- Facility Inspections
- Quality Assessment and Quality Reporting
- Report Generation
- Regulatory compliance through HIPAA, OSHA, CMS, and Joint Commission requirements
- Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (ANSI, AAMI) infection prevention guidelines
- Privacy and confidentiality
- Professional Compliance
- Policy and Procedure Review (PolicyStat)
- Workday Enterprise Management Cloud
- Public Health disease prevention education
- Strong clinical judgment
- Performance Improvement
- In-service education planning
- Patient treatment planning
- Staff direction and support
- PALS, ACLS, and BLS Certification
- Professional Communication
- Ability to Prioritize
Affiliations
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Certification
Registered Nurse: #28233186A
Timeline
Infection Preventionist
Ascension Health
08.2021 - Current
Infection Preventionist
Franciscan Health
03.2021 - 08.2021
Graduate Teaching Associate
Indiana State University
01.2021 - 12.2022
Operating Room Supervisior
Franciscan Health
03.2018 - 03.2021
Operating Room Charge Nurse
IU Health University Hospital
11.2016 - 03.2018
Registered Nurse
Golden Living Center
08.2014 - 11.2017
Doctor of Nursing Practice -
Indiana State University
Master of Science - Organizational Leadership and Management
Western Governors University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
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