Rachel Fix
Littleton,CO
Summary
Innovative and experienced individual with expertise in project management and creative problem-solving. Skilled in project coordination, health care research, and contributing to organizational growth.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Research Health Science Specialist
Seattle-Denver Center of Innovation
02.2024 - Current
- Supported funded clinical research and quality improvement projects focused on aging and long-term care
- Served as a primary project manager responsible for regulatory approvals, adherence to project milestones, and coordinating team duties
- Conducted data collection and analyzed datasets to provide deliverables and insights to project stakeholders
- Developed data collection strategies and designed tools to increase efficiency and efficacy
- Created presentations to executive leadership, senior management, and project stakeholders to provide research progress and implications
- Lead dissemination of research findings and report writing to local and national conferences
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Eastern Colorado Health Care System
09.2022 - 02.2024
- Coordinated and lead clinical and administrative duties to assist in the growth of the inpatient medicine case management service as a principal medical social worker
- Participated in the hiring of social work staff including training of 10+ staff members
- Performed work related to monitoring, analysis, planning, and assessment of various program components such as standardizing onboarding of staff and training materials
- Provided clinical management to 20+ inpatient veterans in 6+ surgical treatment teams
- Managed care plans for post-operative patients and implemented psychosocial treatment modalities to achieve treatment goals
- Arranged care services aligned to clinical recommendations to long-term care facilities, inpatient acute rehabilitation, and skilled nursing facilities, home health services, and end of life services to assist in the care continuum
Licensed Social Worker
Eastern Colorado Health Care System
09.2021 - 09.2023
- Provided clinical management of 3,500+ enrolled veterans within 3+ interdisciplinary teams
- Independently managed walk-in clinic 3x/week to provide access to care to veteran and/or their families
- Performed therapeutic interventions including motivational interviewing, crisis intervention, brief solution therapy, medical psychotherapeutic techniques for the acquisition of skills for self-management and barriers to care plan adherence
- Engaged as a task supervisor to social work graduate students to support education and mentorship and was responsible for learning plan adherence
Inpatient and Partial Hospitalization Program Therapist
Eating Recovery Center Behavioral Health
07.2019 - 09.2021
- Provided individual and group therapy using cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy modalities in treating eating disorders within a hospital setting
- Provided therapeutic recovery support to patients in various stages of eating disorder recovery including crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques
LinkAGES Graduate Research Assistant
Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging, University of Denver
08.2019 - 06.2020
- Evaluated how intergenerational programs in the Denver community impact issues of social isolation and ageism
- Assisted in literature reviews and writing of publications on intergenerational research and community program development
Education
Master of Social Work - Aging Services and Policy
University of Denver
Denver, CO06.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Health And Human Physiology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA05.2019
Certification
- Colorado Licensed Clinical Social Worker, DORA, CSW. 09929629, 2023-2025
- Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence, DORA, 2023-2025
- GROVE Facilitation Training, Center for Authentic Community Engagement, 2024
- CITI Research and Ethics Program, 2024
- Designing for Dissemination, Implementation and Sustainability Learning Hub, 2024
- Six Sigma Yellow Belt, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, 2023
Peer Reviewed Publications
Steward, A., Hasche, L., Greenfield, J., Ingle, M. P., De Fries, C., Fix, R. , King, J., Hennig, M., Bonatus, D., Bridging generations: A scoping review of participant, agency, and community outcomes of non-familial intergenerational programs., Journal of Social Work, 11/21
Peer Reviewed Conference Presentations
- Manheim, C., Fix, R. , Haverhals, L., Long-Term Care In-Home: Lived Experiences of Individuals in VA Medical Foster Homes., Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, WA, United States, 11/24
- Haverhals, L., Manheim, C., Fix, R. , Veteran and family perspectives of the department of veterans affairs nursing home to home program., Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, WA, United States, 11/24
- Manheim, C., Fix, R. , Haverhals, L., The value of in-person VA medical foster home national conference for rural program coordinators., Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, WA, United States, 11/24
- Fix, R., Klocko, K., Magid, H., McCarthy, M., Haverhals, L., Levy, C., PhD, Barriers and facilitators to integrating palliative care in Parkinson's disease care in the VA., Palliative Care Research Day, Aurora, CO, United States, 10/24
- Fix, R. , Klocko, K., Magid, H., McCarthy, M., Haverhals, L., Levy, C., PhD, Assessing pre-implementation barriers and facilitators to integrating palliative care in Parkinson's disease care in the United States veteran health administration., VA Research Day, Aurora, CO, United States, 09/24
- Hasche, L., Steward, A., Greenfield, J.C., Ingle, P., De Fries, C., Fix, R., King, J., Hennig, M., Botanus, M., The state of the field: A scoping review of non-familial intergenerational programs., Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Online, 01/21
- De Fries, C., Steward, A., Fix, R. , Hasche, L., A process evaluation of cross-organizational intergenerational partnerships., Using implementation research to promote the expansion and sustainability of intergenerational programs., Online, 11/20
Timeline
Research Health Science Specialist
Seattle-Denver Center of Innovation
02.2024 - Current
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Eastern Colorado Health Care System
09.2022 - 02.2024
Licensed Social Worker
Eastern Colorado Health Care System
09.2021 - 09.2023
LinkAGES Graduate Research Assistant
Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging, University of Denver
08.2019 - 06.2020
Inpatient and Partial Hospitalization Program Therapist
Eating Recovery Center Behavioral Health
07.2019 - 09.2021
Master of Social Work - Aging Services and Policy
University of Denver
Bachelor of Arts - Health And Human Physiology
University of Iowa