Randy A. Gilmore
High Springs,FL
Summary
Qualified clinical nurse with background in supporting organizational operations and enhancing team efficiency. Proven track record in managing daily tasks and contributing to strategic initiatives. Demonstrated ability in effective communication and problem-solving.
Overview
40
40
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse/Unit Nurse Educator
Malcom Randall VAMC
Gainesville, FL
07.2021 - Current
- Utilizes clinical judgment and critical thinking skills to achieve positive patient outcomes in the medical environment.
- Ensuring standards of care are maintained and compliance of the vision and mission is adhered to, along with demonstration of clinical and ethical practices.
- Performing thorough nursing assessments; being an integral part of the treatment team for cultural transformation; assisting and fulfilling medical and psychosocial needs; coordinating admission and discharge planning, including contributing to appropriate placement planning; performing and assuring accountability procedures; and supervising, educating, and documenting appropriate disease processes and needs for promotion of a therapeutic milieu and to reach optimal health outcomes for the clients.
- Performing medical records audits and providing staff education.
- Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates care based on age-specific components.
- Mental Health Unit (July 2021-August 2023)
- Med Surg Unit (September 2023-Present)
Adjunct Nursing Faculty/Staff
Elmhurst University
Elmhurst, IL
10.2021 - Current
- Construction of a course syllabus, consistent with the generic course syllabus that stipulates course objectives, content, and grading criteria.
- Preparation of course presentations and instructional materials for lecture, and laboratory and clinical functions (as appropriate).
- Delivery of instruction, including being prepared for and meeting courses and laboratories (if appropriate) at scheduled times.
- Consultation with and evaluation of students.
- Maintenance of clear records on student performance, as well as any other factors such as attendance involved with the grading of students.
- Compliance with departmental and institutional policies and procedures including but not limited to submission of midterm and final grades, keeping office hours, and decisions regarding instructional matters such as texts, assignments, and grading standards; also adhering to provisions of the university contract.
- Compliance with institutional procedures.
- Part time job) 20 hours per week
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse
Carl Vinson VAMC
Dublin, GA
05.2020 - 07.2021
- Utilizes clinical judgment and critical thinking skills to achieve positive patient outcomes in the medical environment.
- Ensuring standards of care are maintained and compliance of the vision and mission is adhered to, along with demonstration of clinical and ethical practices.
- Performing thorough nursing assessments; being an integral part of the treatment team for cultural transformation; assisting and fulfilling medical and psychosocial needs; coordinating admission and discharge planning, including contributing to appropriate placement planning; performing and assuring accountability procedures; and supervising, educating, and documenting appropriate disease processes and needs for promotion of a therapeutic milieu and to reach optimal health outcomes for the clients.
- Performing medical records audits and providing staff education.
- Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates care based on age-specific components.
- Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient transition through the continuum of care, patient and family education, patient self-management after discharge, and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction.
- Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines.
- Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.
- Active participation in program level quality improvement processes and initiatives as well as customer service programs.
- Considers all characteristics of the individual, including age and life stages, state of health, race and culture, values, and previous experiences.
- Educates staff as unit educators and keeps staff up to date with evidence-based practices and trends.
- Train and educate staff on units' standard operating procedures.
- Update units standard operating procedures.
- Supervises staff, maintaining safe staffing for patient safety.
- Mental Health Unit
- Administered medications and monitored patient responses in compliance with care plans.
Nurse Manager
Southern Cross Surgery Center
Conyers, GA
04.2019 - 05.2020
- Working in conjunction with Executive Director, Medical Director, and Board to assure patient safety, comfort, and quality.
- Triage patients for outpatient pain clinic consisting of obtaining vital signs and brief assessment.
- Assist with injections at the procedural site.
- Assist with conscious sedation and placement of IVs.
- Assist with the management of patient messages and phone calls.
- Collaborate with other care team members to provide optimal patient care.
- Working with Management Team to develop the clinical budget, policies, reports, variances, cost per case analysis, equipment pricing, vendor supply negotiations.
- Directs purchasing and management of medical supplies and drugs.
- Analyzes block utilization, turn-over times, OR efficiencies for physicians and staff.
- Works with management team in defining center goals, implementation, and communication of goals with staff and physicians.
- Provides required educational programs for maintenance of strong clinical skills.
- Works with management team to assure staff is appropriately oriented and trained, including BCLS, PALS, ACLS, infection control, HIPAA, and Corporate Compliance.
- Maintains Southern Cross Surgery Center's policies and procedures for continued compliance with CMS certification, AAAHC accreditation, and state licensure.
- Overseeing quality management such of (Patient Safety, Risk Management, Infection Prevention and Control, Joint Commission Readiness, Credentialing and Privileging, and Performance Improvement) and providing direct contributions or expertise to organizational leaders regarding Joint Commission regulatory compliance as a member of the committee.
- Recruits, interviews, hires, trains, orients, evaluates, and counsels clinical staff to assure the vision and mission of Southern Cross Surgery Center.
- Responsible for the implementation of the Quality Improvement Committee and Medical Executive Committee, working closely with the Medical Director and Executive Director.
- Works with the management team to measure patient satisfaction, identifying trends, and opportunities for improvements.
- Clinical Director at Southern Cross Surgery Center is a very hands-on position. Straightforward communication with physicians and staff daily.
- (For-profit, Outpatient Surgery Center)
- Outpatient Surgery Center
- Directed nursing staff to ensure high-quality patient care and adherence to safety protocols.
Chief Nursing Officer
Ridgeview Institute Monroe
Monroe, GA
01.2018 - 03.2019
- Directing 105 employees, which include nursing supervisors, nurses, and mental health techs.
- Responsible for the preparation and maintenance of staff activities and schedules for designated units and areas to ensure 24-hour coverage, making adjustments to number and mix of staff based on hospital patient acuity and staff resources available.
- Communicating with other shift coordinators on overall staffing of the hospital.
- Responsible for oversight of department's payroll.
- Participating in the performance improvement process by monitoring and evaluating functions and performing qualitative and quantitative reviews.
- Conducting shift staff meetings and facilitate staff training.
- Overseeing quality management such of (Patient Safety, Risk Management, Infection Prevention and Control, Joint Commission Readiness, Credentialing and Privileging, and Performance Improvement) and providing direct contributions or expertise to organizational leaders regarding Joint Commission regulatory compliance as a member of the committee.
- Responding to all hospital codes and actively participating in these events.
- In direct consultation with the hospital's nursing supervisors and all hospital department heads.
- Staff scheduling, and preparation of master schedules and the inclusion of daily revisions so that accurate records are always available by position; unit; shift assessment.
- Complete performance evaluations for assigned staff. Planning, coordinating and supervising the delivery of professional nursing care by direct observation of licensed staff while on nursing units
- Conducting scheduled and unscheduled rounds to all nursing units as indicated.
- Oversees and participates in nurse recruitment activities.
- Collecting data, as well as tracking and trending data for the hospital's Infection Control Program and reporting results to CDC.
- (For-profit, Psychiatric Hospital - 88 bed)
Chief Nursing Officer
Correct Care Recovery Solutions
Miami, FL
08.2013 - 12.2017
- Directing 198 employees, which include nursing supervisors, nurses, and mental health techs.
- Responsible for the preparation and maintenance of staff activities and schedules for designated units and areas to ensure 24-hour coverage, making adjustments to number and mix of staff based on hospital patient acuity and staff resources available.
- Overseeing quality management such of (Patient Safety, Risk Management, Infection Prevention and Control, Joint Commission Readiness, Credentialing and Privileging, and Performance Improvement) and providing direct contributions or expertise to organizational leaders regarding Joint Commission regulatory compliance as a member of the committee.
- Communicating with other shift coordinators on overall staffing of the hospital.
- Participating in the performance improvement process by monitoring and evaluating functions and performing qualitative and quantitative reviews.
- Conducting shift staff meetings and facilitate staff training.
- Responding to all hospital codes and actively participating in these events.
- In direct consultation with the hospital's Nursing Supervisors and Assistant Director of Nursing.
- Staff scheduling, and preparation of master schedules and the inclusion of daily revisions so that accurate records are always available by position; unit; shift assessment.
- Complete performance evaluations for assigned staff.
- Planning, coordinating and supervising the delivery of professional nursing care by direct observation of licensed staff while on nursing units.
- (For-profit, Forensic Psychiatric Hospital - 249 bed)
Intelligence Specialist
United States Navy
Norfolk, VA
09.1986 - 09.1990
- USN Seal Team Six/Special Forces
Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice & MSN - Nursing
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL01-2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
State College of Florida
Sarasota, FL01-2016
A. S. Degree - Nursing
Lake Sumter Community College
Leesburg, FL05-2002
Skills
- Scheduling and coordination
- Leadership qualities
- Safety compliance
- Process improvement
- Performance monitoring
- Report development
- Problem-solving
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Multitasking Abilities
- Excellent communication
- Team building
- Conflict resolution
Accomplishments
Achieved lead adjunct professor of bridge RN/BSN Program through contributing to program development at Elmhurst University.
Affiliations
- Regular Participant in Relay for Life.
- Member of ANA since 2004.
- Meals on Wheels
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Certification
- ACLS (Advanced Critical Life Support)
- PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
- BLS (Basic Life Support) and First Aid.
- BLS/First Aid Instructor with American Heart Association.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- NIH Certificate in Human Subjects Protection
- Florida RN License: RN9207084
- Georgia RN License: RN166441
Timeline
Adjunct Nursing Faculty/Staff
Elmhurst University
10.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse/Unit Nurse Educator
Malcom Randall VAMC
07.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse
Carl Vinson VAMC
05.2020 - 07.2021
Nurse Manager
Southern Cross Surgery Center
04.2019 - 05.2020
Chief Nursing Officer
Ridgeview Institute Monroe
01.2018 - 03.2019
Chief Nursing Officer
Correct Care Recovery Solutions
08.2013 - 12.2017
Intelligence Specialist
United States Navy
09.1986 - 09.1990
Doctor of Nursing Practice & MSN - Nursing
University of Alabama
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
State College of Florida
A. S. Degree - Nursing
Lake Sumter Community College