Michele Tierney
Saugerties,NY
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Unit Manager of the Neurodegenerative Disease Unit
ArchCare
08.2025 - Current
- Staff supervision and management
- Resident care coordination
- Assisting in the development, implementation, and ongoing adjustment of individualized resident care plans
- Acting as the main point of contact and an effective liaison between residents, their families, and the healthcare team to address concerns and provide updates.
- Coordinating services and communicating with an interdisciplinary team, including physicians, therapists, social workers, and dietitians, to maintain residents' highest possible level of function.
Owner/Operator
Creative Home Design
07.2021 - Current
- Offer design services for modification of interior spaces for investors and homeowners
- Provide all levels of home staging in Ulster, Colombia, Greene and Dutchess counties
- Offer consultations for real estate investors and homeowners to help ensure top selling price
- Perform project management duties for investors
Case Manager
Health Alliance Hospital
02.2025 - 08.2025
- Provided case management and coordination
- Collaborated with clinicians and healthcare team members to ensure efficient healthcare delivery.
- Utilized strategies to reduce the length of stay and resource consumption
- Performed initial utilization reviews
- Coordinated discharge planning assessments and activities from admission to post-discharge.
Nurse Care Manager
The Community Hospice
06.2024 - 02.2025
- Coordinated all patient/family services
- Implemented individualized plans of care
- Performed initial and ongoing assessments of the impact of the terminal diagnosis on the patient’s physical, functional, and psychosocial needs
Infusion Field Nurse
Always Compassionate Care
04.2022 - 06.2024
- Provided infusions of medications in the home via peripheral IV & central lines using aseptic technique
- Provided instruction to the patient and their caregiver in the management and of the central line
- Performed collection of blood specimens
- Educated patients on their disease process
- Instructed patients how to safely self-administer IV or injectable medications
Certified Mobile Research Nurse
PCM Trials
04.2014 - 02.2025
- Trained and certified to follow GCP and complete trial specific training to provide alternative site visits for subjects enrolled in clinical trials
- Provide source documentation for each visit and a variety of clinical services including assessments, injections, infusions, blood draws and processing specimens
Long Term Care Nurse Specialist
Centene Corporation, d.b.a Fidelis
07.2017 - 08.2021
- Performed UAS assessments in the member’s home or via Zoom to determine the nursing functional level of care necessary to maintain optimal health
- Coordinated care with the member’s care manager and care coordinator to ensure a comprehensive plan of care
Staff Registered Nurse
Health Alliance Hospital
09.1996 - 03.2018
- Critical care nurse: areas of expertise include: ED, ICU, PACU, vascular lab, interventional radiology, cardiac stress lab, cardiac rehab
Faculty Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
SUNY Dutchess & Excelsior College
05.2014 - 01.2016
- Instructed students in the hospital clinical area, long term care facilities, and simulation laboratory
- Instructed through demonstrations and online discussions on topics of professional socialization and fundamentals of nursing
Director of Clinical Education
Taconic Professional Resources
09.2013 - 05.2014
- Conceptualized, developed and delivered effective, accurate, concise, and engaging training content and curriculum
- Developed and implemented internal and external training programs
- Delivered firsthand training, training aids and training materials for all training sessions
- Served as a practice transformation facilitator for the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative
Director of Acute Care
Northern Dutchess Hospital
10.2011 - 09.2013
- Planned and directed the daily activity of a 40 bed acute care unit
- Monitored compliance to assure operations were within budget
- Established and monitored standards of care policy and procedures to assure regulatory compliance and clinical excellence
- Investigated, reported and managed all patient, family and physician complaints
- Directed performance improvement activities to improve care/service, emphasis on value based purchasing and maintaining core measures
Assistant Professor of Nursing
SUNY Ulster
08.2006 - 10.2011
- Planned, evaluated and revised course content and materials
- Developed and delivered lectures to undergraduate students and facilitated class discussions and ethical debates
- Advisor to the nursing club
- Areas of teaching expertise- advance medical surgical nursing with an emphasis in pulmonary, cardiology, renal, neurology, hematology/oncology, endocrinology, and integumentary systems
Timeline
Unit Manager of the Neurodegenerative Disease Unit
ArchCare
08.2025 - Current
Case Manager
Health Alliance Hospital
02.2025 - 08.2025
Nurse Care Manager
The Community Hospice
06.2024 - 02.2025
Infusion Field Nurse
Always Compassionate Care
04.2022 - 06.2024
Owner/Operator
Creative Home Design
07.2021 - Current
Long Term Care Nurse Specialist
Centene Corporation, d.b.a Fidelis
07.2017 - 08.2021
Faculty Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
SUNY Dutchess & Excelsior College
05.2014 - 01.2016
Certified Mobile Research Nurse
PCM Trials
04.2014 - 02.2025
Director of Clinical Education
Taconic Professional Resources
09.2013 - 05.2014
Director of Acute Care
Northern Dutchess Hospital
10.2011 - 09.2013
Assistant Professor of Nursing
SUNY Ulster
08.2006 - 10.2011
Staff Registered Nurse
Health Alliance Hospital
09.1996 - 03.2018