Stasia Bodnar
Epping
Summary
To work full time as a Strategic Planning Consultant for the Robotic Surgical Technologies (RST) business at Medtronic. I have an ardent desire to transition from a clinical role to a consulting position in order to utilize my extensive healthcare and business background by working on large-scale projects that will positively impact entire healthcare systems.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Peri-Operative Nurse Educator
MGB – Integrated Care
08.2022 - 07.2023
- Member of several multi-disciplinary groups that focused on collaborating and achieving like goals
- Present essential operational and administrative information to appropriate audiences
- Teach and support benefits of LEAN and Six Sigma process improvement strategies
- Implemented LEAN process while creating sterile packs for procedures
- Extensive chart review for quality assurance purposes (identify gaps, educate staff accordingly, optimize reviewing processes, and create process improvement plans)
- Develop, compose, revise, and maintain policies according to evidence-based research, professional organizations, and regulatory requirements
- Coordinate, plan, implement, and evaluate continuing education for all disciplines within the Integrated Care department
- Ensure comprehension and competency of learning opportunities for individual staff members
- Construct and organize systematic charts (in-services, skills, and policies) for tracking and regulatory purposes
- Collaborate with iCare training team to ensure staff are enrolled in appropriate system-wide trainings
- Assign and manage HealthStream modules accordingly
- Synchronize shadowing experiences with various MGB entities which provides advanced training for a variety of positions
- Provide support and input based on my area of expertise in order to help construct an iCare Education platform
Peri-Operative Clinical Manager – East OR
Beth Israel Lahey Health - BIDMC
06.2014 - 08.2022
- Managed 28-32 FTEs
- Ensure that staff provide ultimate patient care including optimizing each individual staff’s needs in order to achieve professional goals
- Compose policies and procedures for the operating room and cross-functional collaborative workflows
- Ensure appropriate needs are readily available to promote patient, staff, and environmental safety
- Attend and participate at essential interdisciplinary steering committee meetings to identify and assess strengths, weaknesses, and areas for process improvement opportunities via utilization of healthcare metrics and KPI’s
- Data analysis performed monthly
- 30% increase in efficiency and productivity over the course of a year (2020)
- Effectively communicate patient safety and systems issues including proposed solutions to senior leadership and executive committees
- Design safe robotic operating room setup with staff
- Evaluate daily performance of staff as well as write annual staff evaluations
- Analyze various data segments to enhance overall process efficiencies
- Implement LEAN process for cost-effective utilization of robotic disposables
- Reposable arm waste decreased 18% while productivity increased by 21% in 2020
- Create service-line and departmental process improvement task forces
- Interview and acquire well-suited and talented staff
- Create staff retention measures within the department
- Educate staff regularly on clinical updates, system changes, and process improvement strategies
- Oversee and manage clinical trials for surgical equipment, instruments, and products
- Annual review and upkeep education and competency skills
- Encourage and foster staff growth based on individual learning needs
- Create and submit an annual budget based on departmental/organizational needs
- Devise cost-effective strategies with staff and peers while enhancing process improvement
- Collaborate effectively with various departments towards improving productivity, efficiency, and safety via the implementation of parallel processing techniques
- Ensure standards of care, the organizational mission, and values are upheld
Peri-Operative Clinical Manager
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
10.2012 - 04.2014
- Managed 15-18 FTEs
- Service line specialties- Robotics, Gynecology and Urology
- Manage and guide staff through daily procedures in the Surgery Department
- Create, update, and maintain preference cards for all surgical service line specialties
- Streamline robotic preferences to coincide with robotic sterile packs
- Proficient in assuming the role of Board Runner which entails scheduling surgical procedures and staff, as well as troubleshooting various issues that might arise in the department
- Active in quality care and cost-reduction committees
- 2013 Cost Reduction of 13.1 million dollars
Registered Nurse – Operating Room
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
05.2007 - 10.2012
- Assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and document overall nursing care of patients
- Assist colleagues with set-up and general department upkeep
- Participate in education and quality improvement within the department
- Promote /support the growth of others through precepting and mentoring
- Proficient in all service line surgical procedures
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ12.2020
Master of Business Administration - undefined
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ05.2012
Associates of Science - Nursing Program (RN)
Glendale Community College
Glendale, AZ05.2008
Skills
- Microsoft Office - Excel, Word, Power Point
- Strategic Planning and Performance Management
- Budgetary Planning
- Project Management/Process Improvement Strategies
- Analyze Healthcare Metrics - Review, address, and strategize
- LEAN/Six Sigma Methodologies
Certification
- Massachusetts State Board of Nursing – Registered Nurse License
- New Hampshire State Board of Nursing – Registered Nurse License
- Arizona State Board of Nursing – Registered Nurse License
- Sigma Theta Tau – National Honor Society of Nursing Member
- Alpha Chi – National College Honor Society Member
- AORN Member
- BCLS Certification
- Six Sigma/LEAN Certifications
Timeline
Peri-Operative Nurse Educator
MGB – Integrated Care
08.2022 - 07.2023
Peri-Operative Clinical Manager – East OR
Beth Israel Lahey Health - BIDMC
06.2014 - 08.2022
Peri-Operative Clinical Manager
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
10.2012 - 04.2014
Registered Nurse – Operating Room
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
05.2007 - 10.2012
Master of Business Administration - undefined
Grand Canyon University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Grand Canyon University
Associates of Science - Nursing Program (RN)
Glendale Community College
Master of Science - Nursing
Grand Canyon University