Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Licenses Certifications Awards
Skills Achievements
References
Volunteer Experience
Timeline

Sarah Oyen

Atwater,MN

Summary

Motivated and adaptable professional demonstrating exceptional communication skills, relationship building, and collaborating with cross functional teams. Accountable leader with ability to work independently, produce effective process improvements, and bring projects from concept to completion. Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with background communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Scrum Master/ Product Owner

Nova-Tech Engineering LLC
09.2020 - Current
  • Quality improvement implementation and initiative management. Continuous improvement implementation in each 2 week sprint.
  • Hiring, interviewing, and onboarding structure of new team members.
  • Conduct daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, and sprint reviews, ensuring effective communication among team members.
  • Managed product backlog effectively, prioritizing high-value items for faster completion.
  • Assess and report progress to stakeholders regularly, maintaining transparency throughout project lifecycle.
  • Assist in Microsoft D365 Initiatives as needed. Involved in planning and implementation of Go-Live in 2021.

Clinical Quality Assistant/ Epic Optimizer

Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics
02.2014 - 08.2020
  • Licensed Practical Nurse with experience in psych and clinic care
  • Data production, abstraction, and audit for Meaningful Use/ CMS/ MHA/ MNCM/ ACO requirements/ MIPS
  • Facilitation of Process Improvements/ Lean Projects
  • Direct information services support for Epic applications. Credentialed trainer and provided direct support to 15 Inpatient and Outpatient physicians. ServiceNow manager.
  • Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
  • Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.

Health Management Internship (Leadership)

Veterans Affairs HealthCare System
06.2018 - 07.2018
  • Review healthcare document storage for obsolete and current forms per VA archives and database. Determined that 70% of documents stored in physical form were not up to date or present in VA database.

Licensed Practical Nurse/ Program Site Lead

Divine Home Care Inc.
01.2007 - 01.2016
  • Direct nursing care of home care clients
  • Site scheduler and administrative contact for 24/7 site.
  • Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.

Education

EMT-B Program -

Ridgewater College, Willmar, MN
04.2019

Health Management, BS -

University of Minnesota, Crookston, Crookston, MN
08.2018

Licensed Practical Nursing Diploma -

Ridgewater College, Willmar, MN
12.2006

AAS Degree Professional Photography -

Ridgewater College, Willmar, MN
12.2001

High School Diploma -

Montevideo Senior High School, Montevideo, MN
1999

Skills

  • Agile Metrics Tracking
  • Agile Coaching
  • Project Management
  • Sprint Planning
  • Meeting facilitation

Licenses Certifications Awards

  • Current EMT-B License, State of Minnesota, 1008479, 03/31/25
  • Current LPN License, State of Minnesota, L 063923-5, 07/31/25
  • Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master, 11/20/20
  • Credentialed Trainer, CentraCare Epic Ambulatory and HOD Applications, 01/2020
  • CPR, 03/2025
  • Purdue Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, 04/2019
  • IHI Basic Certificate in Quality, 11/2016

Skills Achievements

  • On time delivery of quality and compliance reporting, based on government program requirements. On time delivery of 100%.
  • Development of educational materials for software updates for Go Live implementation in 2021.
  • Experience with Microsoft Suite, Teams, Finance and Operations. Used daily.
  • Experience with ServiceNow System for Epic frontline user support and Epic applications. Used daily between 2019 and 2020.
  • Lean project implementation to reduce travel and waste: Project reducing steps for 3 departments during patient care delivery. Steps reduced by 40%.
  • Successful change initiatives based on root cause analysis, process mapping, and improvement activities. Reduced wait time for prior authorization by 5 hours per transaction.
  • Managing Sprint backlogs (2 wks) and workflow activities for production teams utilizing Scrum and Kanban methodology (Agile). Backlogs utilized daily.
  • Documentation improvement project resulting in 23% increased accuracy in cost reporting.
  • Communicate and collaborate directly with vendors, cross-functional teams, and executive leadership to meet organizational goals.
  • Continuous abstraction of quality data and performance monitoring to present to stakeholders. Completed development of quality date with reporting team for 1 production report, 1 time utilization report, and 3 healthcare quality reports.
  • Summarizing and communicating information from government sources and quality improvement organizations to leadership and team members. Completed quarterly.

References

Available upon request.

Volunteer Experience

Current Acting Secretary of Atwater Fire Department Auxiliary

Timeline

Scrum Master/ Product Owner - Nova-Tech Engineering LLC
09.2020 - Current
Health Management Internship (Leadership) - Veterans Affairs HealthCare System
06.2018 - 07.2018
Clinical Quality Assistant/ Epic Optimizer - Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics
02.2014 - 08.2020
Licensed Practical Nurse/ Program Site Lead - Divine Home Care Inc.
01.2007 - 01.2016
Ridgewater College - EMT-B Program,
University of Minnesota, Crookston - Health Management, BS,
Ridgewater College - Licensed Practical Nursing Diploma,
Ridgewater College - AAS Degree Professional Photography,
Montevideo Senior High School - High School Diploma,
Sarah Oyen