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Stephen Leron Edmonds

Plant City,FL

Summary

Highly motivated and autonomous Home Health Quality Leader with great organizational and performance improvement skills. Customer service master, efficient problem solver, and skillful coach and mentor of Rehabilitation Professionals. Experienced Home Health Physical Therapy case manager. Experience in implementing the DMAIC Lean Six Sigma process improvement methodology on large scale, system wide projects. Provides concrete positive change and solutions. Clinical Rehabilitation operations expert.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Clinical Therapy Director, West Florida Division

AdventHealth Home Care
2023.01 - Current

-Clinical Leader of all the PT,OT,and SLP for 5 AdventHealth home health agencies in South West Florida.

-Responsible for increase in Therapy productivity and documentation completion for the division.

-Field and Office trainer for the Rehabilitation department.

-Involved with divisional strategy and business development.

Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Manager

AdventHealth, West Florida Division
2022.01 - 2022.12
  • Monitored key performance indicators and built processes to support partner performance and growth.
  • Developed, tracked and analyzed variance of key performance measurements resulting in increase in NOMNC compliance and decreasing Rehospitalization.
  • Monthly Auditing of clinical data to investigate for trends in falls, rehospitalizations, infections, timely initiation of care, PAE's, med errors, etc.
  • Managed quality control process to drive accuracy of performance inputs.
  • Leveraged analytical tools to provide insight and enhance performance.
  • Tracked, analyzed and executed quality and continuous improvement initiatives to hold departments accountable for performance.
  • Spearheaded Performance Improvement Program to increase operational excellence and development.

Home Health Quality Analyst/LSS Green Belt

Memorial Hermann Home Care
2017.11 - 2021.06
  • I currently collect, classify, and analyze data on safety events, patient complaints, and potentially avoidable events.
  • Leading Greenbelt Lean Six Sigma projects in the Home Health division and System-wide initiatives.
  • I am responsible for educating, coaching, and implementing action corrective plans within Memorial Hermann Home Care
  • Assisting with a Timely Initiation of Care project within Home Care.
  • Prepared policies and procedure manuals for Memorial Hermann Health Insurance survey onsite survey of Memorial Hermann Home Care.
  • Change Management leader in the Home Health division
  • Co-Lead of the System wide Greenbelt Employee compliance project within the Memorial Hermann Employee Health Department to help meet and exceed quality standards and reduce costs.
  • Coordinate with the IT department for Tablet exchange and maintenance.
  • Assist clinicians with correcting tablet based problems.

Physical Therapist II

Memorial Hermann Home Care
2014.08 - 2017.11
  • Educated patients and family members regarding diagnosis, injury prevention and therapeutic treatments.
  • Conducted clinical assessment and evaluation to determine patient needs.
  • Planned individually-designed treatment programs to restore, maintain and improve physical functioning, alleviate pain and prevent disability.
  • Managed acute and chronic conditions with full understanding regarding complex therapy needs.

Rehab Program Manager/Physical Therapist

Sentara Home Care Services, SHCS
2012.04 - 2014.07


· Directly responsible for operations and management of all Home Care Rehabilitative services provided by SHCS in Va Beach, Norfolk, Suffolk, and North Carolina branches

· Manage staff of 90+ direct reports

· I also provided Physical Therapy services in patients' homes

Rehabilitation Director

Fivestar Rehabilitation and Wellness
2011.11 - 2012.06
  • Supervised, oriented, trained and counseled department employees to improve job performance and maintain high standards of patient care.
  • Liaised with patients, families and support departments to adequately plan for patient rehabilitation needs.
  • Developed programs appropriate to needs of residents in facility to achieve highest feasible level of functioning.
  • Performed or oversaw initial patient assessments and evaluated response to treatment interventions.
  • Recruited, hired and trained all staff, providing direct supervision, ongoing staff development and continuing education to employees.
  • Maintained appropriate and adequate staffing and scheduling of residents on caseloads and notified [Job title] of staffing constraints.

President/Owner

Onsite Rehabilitation and Consultants, LLC
2007.06 - 2012.01
  • Creation and development of multiple rehabilitation practices that included Home Health, Outpatient Physical Therapy, and a Rehab
  • Aide training program
  • Performed management and administrative duties
  • Marketing to referral sources and clinical program development

President/Owner

Therapy-One Rehabilitation Services, PLC
2002.06 - 2007.06

· Creation and management of multi rehabilitation practices to include the Eastern Shore of Virginia

· Performed Onsite Industrial Rehabilitation at Tyson Foods

· Communicated with Physicians and other health professionals to effectively meet the patients' healthcare needs

· Hired Staff and Delegated responsibilities as needed

· Responsible for overall company well being


Education

RPI Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training, -

The Joint Commission Center For Transforming Health
12.2020

MBA - Healthcare Admin

William Howard Taft University
Denver, Colorado
2013

Masters of Physical Therapy -

Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia
2000

B. S. Degree - Exercise Science

Norfolk State University
Norfolk, Virginia
1997

Academy To Innovate Human Resources
The Netherlands

Skills

  • Relationship building
  • Home Health Operations expert
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training
  • Home Health Physical Therapy Case Manager
  • Change Management
  • Flexibility
  • Comfortable in rapidly changing work environment
  • Customer focused professional
  • Working Autonomously
  • Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Professional
  • Data Capture and Analysis
  • Education and Clinical system wide Program development
  • Field and Classroom educator

Affiliations

  • 2012-2014 Board President, Minority AIDS Support Services, Inc. 2011-Present Member, Epsilon Nu Lambda Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 2008-2011 Board of Directors, Lake Taylor Hospital Foundation, Norfolk, VA 2007-2014 Vestry Member, Grace Episcopal Church, Norfolk, VA 2006-2014 Board of Commissioners, Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital, Norfolk, VA 2003 Graduate, Project Inclusion Leadership Development Program

Additional Information

  • 2020-Academy to Innovate Human Resources "Diversity and Inclusion" Certificate
  • 2020- ESSEC Business School, "Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace" Certificate
  • 2018-present American Heart Association BLS Instructor(License Number: 091807174150)
  • 2000-present Physical Therapist License, Commonwealth of Virginia (License Number: 2305202617)

Timeline

Clinical Therapy Director, West Florida Division

AdventHealth Home Care
2023.01 - Current

Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Manager

AdventHealth, West Florida Division
2022.01 - 2022.12

Home Health Quality Analyst/LSS Green Belt

Memorial Hermann Home Care
2017.11 - 2021.06

Physical Therapist II

Memorial Hermann Home Care
2014.08 - 2017.11

Rehab Program Manager/Physical Therapist

Sentara Home Care Services, SHCS
2012.04 - 2014.07

Rehabilitation Director

Fivestar Rehabilitation and Wellness
2011.11 - 2012.06

President/Owner

Onsite Rehabilitation and Consultants, LLC
2007.06 - 2012.01

President/Owner

Therapy-One Rehabilitation Services, PLC
2002.06 - 2007.06

RPI Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training, -

The Joint Commission Center For Transforming Health

MBA - Healthcare Admin

William Howard Taft University

Masters of Physical Therapy -

Old Dominion University

B. S. Degree - Exercise Science

Norfolk State University

Academy To Innovate Human Resources
Stephen Leron Edmonds