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Savannah Williams
Santa Margarita,CA
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Sierra Mental Wellness GroupSan Luis Obispo, CA
Medical Coordinator
08.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Built work schedules and staff assignments, taking workload, space and equipment availability into consideration.
- Monitored inpatient bed use, facilities and staff to provide optimal use of resources.
- Navigated health information exchange systems to preempt and identify patient needs.
- Monitored staff performance and provided coaching and formal counseling to staff.
- Applied clinical judgment and comprehensive knowledge of facility policies to assist floor nurses with patient care decisions.
- Mentored nursing staff and set unit goals and standards.
- Performed personnel interviewing, hiring, disciplinary actions and dismissals.
- Collaborated with multi-disciplinary staff to improve overall patient care and response times.
- Stocked medical supplies, medications and equipment to maintain essential items for unit.
Dignity HealthSanta Maria, CA
Licensed Psychiatric Technician
08.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Cultivated relationships with patients, discussing ways to help improve overall health while alleviating self-harm practices.
- Developed basic strategies to promote patient safety, wellness and independence.
- Monitored patients' well-being and reported changes or unusual behavior or physical illness to medical staff.
- Aided patients in performing activities of daily living.
- Handled vital sign monitoring, medication administration and patient behavior assessments.
- Restrained violent or suicidal patients using approved verbal or physical techniques.
- Provided psychiatric or personal care to emotionally disturbed or cognitively impaired patients.
- Influenced patients' behavior with interaction, counseling or instruction.
- Collaborated with doctors, psychologists or therapists in working with patient treatments.
The Bauman ClinicSan Luis Obispo, CA
Lead Clinical Coordinator
03.2020 - 08.2022
Job overview
- Monitored quality assurance program to improve performance and maintain high standards of care.
- Improve policies and procedures through development, implementation, revision and evaluation of new protocols.
- Admitted patients to services and completed thorough clinical documentation.
- Managed patient flow and directed nurses and doctors to ensure medical assignments are completed on time.
- Explained policies, procedures and services to patients.
- Collaborated with multi-disciplinary staff to improve overall patient care and response times.
- Scheduled appointments for patients via phone and in person.
- Measured vital signs and took medical histories to prepare patients for examination.
- Relayed messages from patients to physicians about concerns, condition updates or refill requests to facilitate treatment.
- Organized charts, documents and supplies to maintain team productivity.
San Luis Obispo County San Luis Obispo, CA
Licensed Psychiatric Technician
09.2017 - 04.2019
Job overview
- Monitored patients' well-being and reported changes or unusual behavior or physical illness to medical staff.
- Developed basic strategies to promote patient safety, wellness and independence.
- Restrained violent or suicidal patients using approved verbal or physical techniques.
- Provided psychiatric or personal care to emotionally disturbed or cognitively impaired patients.
- Assisted psychiatrists in working with patients to rehabilitate for community reintegration.
- Accompanied patients to medical and counseling appointments.
- Administered oral and injectable medications following physician's prescriptions and instructions.
- Contacted patients' relatives to coordinate family visits and conferences.
- Issued medications from clinic dispensary and kept records using specified procedures.
Transitions Mental Health AssociationSan Luis Obispo, CA
Psychiatric Technician
02.2014 - 02.2019
Job overview
- Safely and accurately prepared all medications and sterilized products by using proper techniques, calculations and standards of precautions.
- Documented information in patient charts and communicated status updates to interdisciplinary care team.
- Obtained, recorded and reported patient vital signs for medication administration.
- Received supply of ordered medications to apportion, mix or assemble drugs for administration to patient.
- Monitored patients' well-being and reported changes or unusual behavior or physical illness to medical staff.
- Provided psychiatric or personal care to emotionally disturbed or cognitively impaired patients.
- Collaborated with doctors, psychologists or therapists in working with patient treatments.
- Administered oral medications following physician's prescriptions and instructions.
Education
Cuesta CollegeBaumanSan Luis Obispo, CA
Certificate #36870 from Psychiatric Technician
01.2012
California Coast UniversitySanta Ana, CA
Bachelor of Science from Psychology
Skills
- Staff Scheduling
- Employee Recruitment and Hiring
- Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration
- Critical Thinking
- Decision-Making
- Employee Supervision
- Employee Performance Evaluations
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Employee Work Scheduling
- Patient Safety
- Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI)
- 5150 Designee
- HIPAA Guidelines
- Patient Education
Timeline
Medical Coordinator
Sierra Mental Wellness Group
08.2022 - Current
Licensed Psychiatric Technician
Dignity Health
08.2022 - Current
Lead Clinical Coordinator
The Bauman Clinic
03.2020 - 08.2022
Licensed Psychiatric Technician
San Luis Obispo County
09.2017 - 04.2019
Psychiatric Technician
Transitions Mental Health Association
02.2014 - 02.2019
Cuesta College
Certificate #36870 from Psychiatric Technician
California Coast University
Bachelor of Science from Psychology
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