Otilia Elszy

• Provide primary care services to patients with acute and multiple complex chronic illnesses including mental health disorders, substance abuse, homelessness and sexually transmitted infections.
• Provide health education to families, caregivers and patients
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss patient cases and treatment plans.
• Collaborate ancillary health care providers
• Documentation utilizing electronic health records

• Assisted in launching evening primary care clinic within the Division of General Internal Medicine. Worked as sole primary care provider with remote physician supervision
• Provided primary care services including assessment, management and treatment of episodic, acute and multiple complex chronic illnesses including mental health disorders, substance abuse and homelessness and sexually transmitted infections.
• Coordinated with physicians, specialists, and other medical staff to develop treatment plans.
• Provided health education to families, caregivers and patients.
• Documented utilizing electronic health records

• Provided consultation, technical assistance and staff training for Medi-Cal Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program providers and prospective providers.
• Conducted quality assurance and improvemenet visits to ensure provider compliance with CPSP, Title 22 Regulations.
• Conducted assessments, developed nursing diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation and evaluation of prenatal services that promote well-being within the Medi-Cal prenatal community.
• Collected data
• Developed pilot project to increase Tdap immunization and breast feeding rates among pregnant women in LA County
• Interviewed and recommended team members for hire.

Conducted home nursing assessments for children and
adults with developmental disabilities.

Participated as a member of a multidisciplinary care team to address ongoing needs of clients.

Provided consultation to staff providing case management services.

• Supervised 13 public health employees including public health nurses, registered nurses and community health workers
• Managed and staffed communicable disease and immunization clinics
• Evaluated and counseled staff performance
• Determined workloads
• Collaborated with community groups and agencies
• Coordinated nursing services with community agencies to facilitate participation of program and services within identified population
• Directed nursing services in the absence of the nurse manager

• In-home nursing assessments of patients/families within assigned geographic area
• Duties included conducting assessments, developing nursing diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation and evaluation of services that promoted well-being of prenatal/postpartum patients, high-risk infants in foster care, patients with acute communicable diseases
• Case management
• Conducted investigations of child abuse and sudden infant death cases

• In-home nursing assessments to assess health status of newly discharged postpartum and newborn patients
• Provided case management of high-risk infants, children in foster care and patients with acute communicable diseases.