RAINBOW WELLS

· Assistant Nurse Manager of large Emergency Department, trauma center, STEMI center, and stroke center.

· Manager with direct reports of multiple disciplines resolves human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.

· Conduct performance evaluations for nursing staff, identifying areas for professional development.

· Manages daily departmental staffing and assignments based on department needs while minimizing overtime costs

· Handled patient care complaints swiftly, using regulated procedures to manage problems through proper channels.

· Collaborates in maintaining patient care and quality service standards to meet members and clients expectations. Implements and monitors departmental policies and procedures.

• Providing patient focused care in Emergency Department, stroke center, STEMI, and Trauma center
• Provide education and skill teaching for on boarding new hire employees
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to provide optimal patient care
• Volunteer for the disaster committee, contributing to preparedness efforts
• Provides rapid triage and stabilization of patients

• Providing patient focused care at all levels in Emergency Department
• Provide care for critically ill patients from outside facilities and facilities within Kaiser
• Joined sepsis committee to facilitate recognition and treatment process of sepsis patients and educate department staff
• Provide rapid triage and stabilization of patients
• Creates a team work environment and works well in multidisciplinary care

• Supervises staff of 30-35 serving as charge nurse of 42 bed Emergency Department as well as level II Trauma center and NSRC
• Management of patient assignments and staffing needs
• Leadership of daily multidisciplinary care and management of difficult and complex patient situations
• Provide training and education to new graduate nurses and new hire for up to six months
• Provide rapid assessment and triage of patients and prioritize based on acuity of patient
• Provide basic and advanced life support measures
• Provide care for psych and jail patients

• Pre/Post op, Assessing and preparing patients for outpatient surgical procedures involving eyes, gastrointestinal, pain management, and plastics
• Familiar with surgical procedures performed as well education patients and family on post -operative instructions
• Start IV's, medication administration, and provide a comfortable and safe environment while recovering patients from procedures

• Provided compassionate care to patients with life threatening conditions
• Initiation of prioritization and triage based on patient needs
• Proficient in time management, prioritizing tasks, and exercising critical thinking to improve the quality of patient care

• Served as an EMT on ALS unit running 911 calls in three cities
• Provide basic and assist with advanced life support measures to the public
• Able to perform under unpredictable and extreme circumstances
• Have experiences with a variety of patients including; trauma, medical, and psychiatric