Tamara Jones
St. Louis,Mo.
Summary
Highly skilled and enthusiastic nurse professional with more than 5 years of experience managing operations in patient-centric medical offices. Successfully oversee human resources, budgeting, supply management and patient services. Develop and lead productive and efficient clinical staff. Contribute to high-volume medical practices by providing exceptional customer service. Highly organized and hardworking with excellent planning and program management skills. Licensed in Missouri and California. Committed and responsible with supervisory/leadership experience. Specializing in providing attentive patient care and current education/information on various health matters to the public, specifically community/public health. Adept at performing a variety of administrative/clinical duties from routine physicals to policy development. Specialize in providing exceptional patient care through
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN Supervisor
Saint Louis County Department of Public Health
11.2007 - Current
- Assist with patient examinations and record all patient data
- Conduct brief, but sensitive problem-focused medical interviews including sexual history and questions regarding sexual orientation
- Make determinations as to patient care needs based on chief complaints, symptoms, medical history and/or test results in the Specialty (STI) clinic
- Facilitate patient education about clinical flow and basic protocols, including available medical and behavioral services, confidentiality and partner services
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate clinic activities
- Assist with the development and implementation of health promotion and prevention programs
- Ensure that physicians and/or nurse practitioners are fully briefed on patient information before each visit
- Refer patients to other community service partners, as well as state and federal programs
- Professional nursing consultation and intervention for pregnant and post-partum mothers, infants, children, adults, and seniors, with a caseload of approximately 60
- Performed holistic in-home nursing assessment and education to promote health and wellness
- Instructed health education classes to the public for the promotion and maintenance of health and wellness
- Assist with community assessment and needs identification
- Partner with community leaders to influence health policy development
- Engaging communities to respond to health issues
- Coordinated and assisted with coordination of health fairs and community events
- Assisted with coordination of vaccine clinics for residents in various municipalities in St. Louis County
- Inventoried medications, supplies and equipment and distributed stock to patients.
- Coordinated nursing activities and staffing with health-related, therapeutic and support services to streamline service delivery.
- Evaluated and monitored care and services throughout shift to improve quality levels.
- Enforced nursing practice standards and recommended unit and institution policies and procedures to boost medical care quality.
- Onboarded new employees through orientation meetings and training sessions before deployment to different departments.
- Ordered all pharmacy supplies and kept check on inventory levels.
- Liaised with other healthcare professionals to develop comprehensive patient care plans and provide highest quality of care.
- Implemented successful healthcare program through professionalism, quality of care, medical teaching and patient satisfaction.
- Spearheaded and implemented new projects to expand scope of engagement.
Staff Nurse
Christian Northeast Hospital
04.2006 - 11.2007
- Assigned to provide patient care for up to 10 patients on a team
- Performed clinical tasks according to hospital policies
- Assessed patient status and notified physicians of clinical changes
- Educated patients and family members on health care needs, conditions, options, etc
- Assisted with admittance and discharge of patients
- Monitored and maintained patient charts
- Assisted in the orientation of new staff nurses
- Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
Education
Master of Public Health -
Chamberlain University
Addison, IL10.2024
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Chamberlain University
Addison, IL10.2016
Diploma in Registered Nursing -
Lutheran School of Nursing
St Louis, MO03.2006
Skills
- Educate and manage clinic staff
- Proficient in medical databases and MS Office applications
- Multi-tasking
- Prioritize tasks
- Promote quality improvement
- Clinical assessment
- Healthcare technology
- Continuing education
- Clinical leadership
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Staff development
- Logistics project management
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of nine in the development of Linkage to Care program for individuals who test positive for syphilis.
- Achieved a more efficient method of screening individuals through effectively helping with the implementation of a fast track testing initiative.
- Managed team of ten staff members.
Certification
Basic Life Support Certification, American Heart Association, 10/31/25
Affiliations
- American Nurses Association
- Missouri Nurses Association
- Public Health Nursing Collaboration (Missouri Center for Public Health Excellence)
Timeline
RN Supervisor
Saint Louis County Department of Public Health
11.2007 - Current
Staff Nurse
Christian Northeast Hospital
04.2006 - 11.2007
Basic Life Support Certification, American Heart Association, 10/31/25
Master of Public Health -
Chamberlain University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Chamberlain University
Diploma in Registered Nursing -
Lutheran School of Nursing
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