Samantha Thomas
Olive Branch,MS
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Remote LPN Patient Care Coordinator
ChartSpan
05.2024 - Current
- Provides monthly care coordination through a collaborative process of planning, facilitation and advocacy for options and services to meet patient’s health needs. Communicates resources and services available to patients through the continuum of care.
- Identifies patient specific problems, goals and interventions designed to meet the patient’s needs as identified by the clinical assessment/reassessment that are action-oriented and time-specific.
- Maintain patient chart compliance through proper documentation and updates of: medical history, medication, immunizations, allergies, surgical history, and family history.
- Demonstrates awareness of circumstances necessitating revisions to the plan of care, such as changes in the client’s condition, lack of response to the care plan, preference changes, transitions across settings, and barriers to care and services.
- Documents relevant, comprehensive information and data using standard assessments and tools supporting the plan of care and organized care coordination systems aimed at improving the outcomes of patients.
- Provide appropriate health education.
- Escalate patient concerns to triage nurse team.
Logistics Manager
The Trucking Pros LLC
04.2016 - Current
- Coordinated dispatching of 20 drivers to accomplish daily delivery requirements.
- Planned and supervised shipments from production to end-user and scheduled daily and weekly routes.
- Kept corporate departments and customers updated on critical shipments.
- Directed shipping and receiving of wide range of products daily.
- Coordinated driver dispatch to accomplish daily delivery requirements.
- Improved inventory accuracy by developing and implementing enhanced control systems.
- Negotiated transportation and logistics contracts to reduce shipping costs.
- Managed logistics budgets and forecasting to achieve cost-effective operations.
- Selected, trained and developed logistics personnel to achieve high-performing teams.
- Monitored logistics performance and identified improvement opportunities.
- Resolved shipping discrepancies by coordinating customer and courier communications.
- Developed and implemented web-based tracking systems for improved monitoring.
- Divided and categorized cargo received and redirected shipments in response to customer requests.
- Organized records of vehicles, schedules and completed orders.
- Reviewed established business practices and improved processes to reduce expenses.
- Reviewed and negotiated contracts with carriers to optimize shipping costs.
- Developed and maintained knowledgeable and productive team of employees.
- Reduced worker accidents by implementing improved safety standards and monitoring procedures.
- Created and enforced detailed organization processes to increase quality and service standards.
- Coordinated dispatching of 20 drivers at a time to accomplish daily delivery requirements.
LPN Charge Nurse
Solana Germantown
08.2014 - 01.2016
- Documented vitals and medical histories in patient charts when assessing patients and communicated patient information to physicians and other nurses for care continuity.
- Delivered direct quality care to patients by evaluating medical conditions and managing and assessing treatments.
- Managed daily staff assignments and patient scheduling to guarantee clinic coverage and flow.
- Updated patient medical records with services provided, health conditions, and response to treatments.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Served as charge nurse, caring for patients with serious illnesses.
- Analyzed patient assessments and laboratory data to bring any issues to attention of physicians.
- Achieved successful unit leadership by providing quality nursing care to 20 to 22 patients per day in 23-bed unit.
- Documented patient care plans and progress to enable tracking history and maintain updated records.
- Established cordial relationships with medical personnel and staff to promote teamwork and maintain positive attitude.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to establish proper patient care and provide education to patients and family members.
- Assisted in coordinating transfers, discharges and admissions to establish smooth transition of patients.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Helped long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, and other daily living activities.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
- Delivered emotional support to patients and families during challenging times.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Managed various general office duties such as answering multiple telephone lines, completing insurance forms, and mailing monthly invoice statements to patients.
Management Analyst
Memphis Housing Authority
12.2000 - 01.2011
- Evaluated current processes to develop improvement plans.
- Reviewed internal systems and organized training plans to address areas in need of improvement.
- Created and optimized records management strategies to coordinate and protect information.
- Restructured procedures through coordination with compliance director to create and execute projects.
- Conducted thorough reviews of operations to devise and deploy improvement strategies.
- Evaluated diverse organizational systems to identify workflow, communication, and resource utilization issues.
- Compiled research data and gave professional presentations highlighting finds and recommended optimizations.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Developed strong communication and organizational skills through working on group projects.
- Gained extensive knowledge in data entry, analysis and reporting.
- Reviewed 1200+ files per month for accuracy
Education
Practical Nursing - Nursing Administration
Tennesse College of Applied Technology
10.2013
Skills
- Skilled in Microsoft Office and Google Suite
- Transportation management systems
- Shipping Documentation
- Fleet Dispatch
- Purchasing management
- Carrier Negotiations
- Documentation
- Mentoring and training
- Strategic Initiatives
- Operational management
- Work Delegation
- Logistics Analysis
- Team Management
- Budget Planning
- Medical Documentation
- Hospice Care
- Health Promotion
- Behavioral Health
- Compassionate Care
- Vital signs monitoring
- Nursing Ethics
- End of life care
- Disease Prevention
- Palliative Care
- Family Communication
- Physical Assessment
- Clinical Documentation
- Emergency Response
- Patient Intake
- Pulse oximetry tracking
- Policy analysis
- Multitasking
- Analytical Thinking
- Time Management
- Active Listening
- Written Communication
- Adaptability
- Goal Setting
- Team building
Certification
Compact state LPN license
Timeline
Remote LPN Patient Care Coordinator
ChartSpan
05.2024 - Current
Logistics Manager
The Trucking Pros LLC
04.2016 - Current
LPN Charge Nurse
Solana Germantown
08.2014 - 01.2016
Management Analyst
Memphis Housing Authority
12.2000 - 01.2011
Practical Nursing - Nursing Administration
Tennesse College of Applied Technology
Compact state LPN license
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