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Work History
Education
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Sarah Jordan

Sarasota,USA

Summary

Accomplished Assistant Manager in the nursing profession with in-depth experience consistently rising through the ranks. Well-versed in quality, team management, and educational advancement with certifications and bedside collaboration. Dedicated to understand and be a part of organizational culture and values.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Manager for Trauma ICU & CVICU

Sarasota Memorial Hospital
03.2024 - Current
  • Developed strong working relationships with staff, fostering a positive work environment.
  • Managed inventory levels to enhance department supply chain distribution while reducing overhead costs for more efficient productivity.
  • Promoted teamwork within the unit by encouraging collaboration among staff members on various Process Improvement projects.
  • Arbitrated the schedule for 300 employees.
  • Facilitated yearly evaluations and quarterly 1:1 's with the staff.
  • Supported education and participated in all new processes and policy changes.
  • Involved in the corrective action process for all staff in the department.

Clinical Coordinator

Sarasota Memorial Hospital
01.2023 - 03.2024
  • Clinical Coordinator for the 4th Floor Critical Care Department
  • Responsibilities are supporting the Manager and facilitating the goals of the 4th floor critical care leadership team, ensuring licensures and certifications are current for the staff, care and coordination for the equipment for Open Heart, mandatory education audits, supporting and maintaining quality data and audits accordingly, charge nurse shifts and advocation of patient experience

Nurse in Professional Development

Sarasota Memorial Hospital
11.2020 - 01.2023
  • Responsible for onboarding, development of educational plans for critical care, competency development, mandatory education requirement disbursement, quality, certification compliance of staff, process improvement projects, point of care compliance and resourcing for any and all staff in ICU

Bedside Staff RN

Sarasota Memorial Hospital
09.2015 - 10.2020
  • Bedside Staff RN in CVICU responsible for the primary care of the post open heart patient including but not limited to device management of intra-aortic balloon pumps, Impella (right and left), ECMO, arterial lines, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, vaso-active medication titration and management and pacemaker care
  • Alongside of the bedside role I also did Charge Nurse shifts for the ICU and 9ET (Trauma Progressive) and was an avid preceptor for new hires

Clinical Manager

Venice Regional Bayfront Health
01.2014 - 09.2015
  • Clinical Manager for Open Heart (CVICU), CVSD (cardiovascular step down), and SICU (surgical intensive care) at VRBH
  • I was responsible for the 58 beds between the three units and managed the schedule, the onboarding, the educational plans, daily staffing, all the quality, and patient flow
  • I belonged to the Quapi Council (quality assessment performance improvement) for the hospital and was very heavily involved with core measure compliance
  • I was in the direct line to the leadership above me assisting in the goals of the organization

CVICU Bedside RN

Venice Regional Medical Center
01.2007 - 09.2015
  • Staff RN in CVICU involved in the every day care as the primary RN to the post open heart patient population
  • Worked very closely with anesthesia as they were a dedicated service for the open heart program which was called VOHI (Venice Ocala Heart Institute)

CVSD Bedside RN

Venice Regional Medical Center
01.2003 - 01.2007
  • Staff RN involved in the direct care of those recovering from open heart surgery post CVICU
  • I also recovered post cardiac cath lab patients and was skilled in arterial sheath removal
  • I provided pacemaker care both temporary and permanent, hemodynamic monitoring using arterial lines, bipap management, and developed education for the discharged open heart patient population
  • Alongside of the responsibilities of the bedside RN I also did charge for the CVSD unit and was preceptor for new hires
  • Skill sets that I worked on above and beyond the expectation were sharpshooter team (IV skills), Code Blue Team, and Nursing Supervision coverage

Bedside LPN for Telemetry

Venice Regional Medical Center
01.1998 - 01.2003
  • Staff LPN directly involved in the care of the cardiac telemetry patient
  • This population of patients included post cath lab, heart failure, afib, ACS/MI, and assisted in transfers to SMH for the patients needing heart surgery prior to the organization receiving certificate of need for the open heart service line
  • I precepted new LPN's on the unit as well and was part of the Code Blue Team, Sharp Shooter Team and taught BLS and Basic Arrhythmia

Bedside LPN

Harbor Beach Community Hospital
12.1996 - 08.1997
  • I started my nursing career at this small rural community hospital in Michigan where I am from
  • I was in charge on night shift in the 40 bed long term care section of the hospital overseeing the CNA's and providing primary care for the residents
  • I also worked in the acute care area which was 20 beds where I provided care under the direction of the RN, watched telemetry monitors, did EKG's, and assisted in emergency room admits

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

State College of Florida
05.2018

Associate of Science - Nursing

Manatee Community College
05.2004

Licensed Practical Nurse -

St. Clair County Community College
12.1996

Undergraduate studies -

Central Michigan University
05.1994

Skills

  • Microsoft Word
  • Canva
  • Policy and Procedure Portal
  • Ventricular Assist Devices
  • BLS
  • ACLS
  • PCCN
  • CCRN
  • CSC
  • Donation Resource Specialist
  • Customer Relations
  • Product and service knowledge
  • Team motivation

References

Available on request

Hobbies and Interests

  • Traveling
  • Reading
  • Sunset watching
  • Gardening

Achievementsandcommittees

  • PCCN 2006-2014
  • CCRN 2009-Current
  • CSC 2013-Current
  • Donation Resource Specialist 2013-Current
  • Nurse of the Year 2012
  • NTI 2007 & 2013
  • Traveled to North Korea and Inner Mongolia, China for Open Heart medical mission
  • Magnet Champion/Ambassador 2018
  • UPC Chair 2019-2020 CVICU SMH
  • Councils: CPPC, NQPC, Code Blue, CDIT, Covid Advisory Board (retired 2023)

Timeline

Assistant Manager for Trauma ICU & CVICU

Sarasota Memorial Hospital
03.2024 - Current

Clinical Coordinator

Sarasota Memorial Hospital
01.2023 - 03.2024

Nurse in Professional Development

Sarasota Memorial Hospital
11.2020 - 01.2023

Bedside Staff RN

Sarasota Memorial Hospital
09.2015 - 10.2020

Clinical Manager

Venice Regional Bayfront Health
01.2014 - 09.2015

CVICU Bedside RN

Venice Regional Medical Center
01.2007 - 09.2015

CVSD Bedside RN

Venice Regional Medical Center
01.2003 - 01.2007

Bedside LPN for Telemetry

Venice Regional Medical Center
01.1998 - 01.2003

Bedside LPN

Harbor Beach Community Hospital
12.1996 - 08.1997

Associate of Science - Nursing

Manatee Community College

Licensed Practical Nurse -

St. Clair County Community College

Undergraduate studies -

Central Michigan University

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

State College of Florida

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