Tammy Smith
Rockingham,NC
Summary
Energetic and goal-oriented Registered Nurse with 17 years of experience and almost 12 years of leadership qualities seeking a role as a Nurse Executive. Coming with organizational and team building skills, clinical experience, and a clear vision of objectives has prepared me for this new role in leadership.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Administrative Director Medical/Surgical Services
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital
04.2023 - Current
- Responsible for daily operations, adequate staffing and maintaining budget/productivity for 4 Medical, SG1, OSU, 2 Neuro, ION and ADU
- Successfully opened the Admission/Discharge unit to assist with patient flow to alleviate wait times in the ED
- Responsible for maintaining patient and staff satisfaction
- Achieved Tier 1 status on all 7 units in 2024 for employee engagement survey
- Attend daily safety huddle, ED huddle and IDR to ensure patient safety and flow
- Promote teamwork and collaboration between departments
- Building positive connections between the interdisciplinary teams
- Successfully implemented blended care model on SG1 and virtual nursing on OSU
- Decreased external contract in the service line from 16 to 0 by December of 2024
- Lead the P&I study for the system with reduced pressure injuries since leading
- Ensure adequate staffing for all units while working closely with the Staffing Resource Office
- Work closely with quality, attend QMOC and strive for zero harm
- Ensure DNV readiness on all units
- Monthly 1:1 with leaders to review score cards and implement action items
- Partnered with bed board to convert OSU into an observation unit
- LOS committee to reduce length of stay on 4 Medical
Nurse Manager 4 Medical and CDU
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital
07.2020 - 04.2023
- Provide strong leadership skills to maintain a successful 27 bed medical/surgical covid unit
- Promotes effective communication among all staff, patients and the healthcare team
- Maintains and ensures adequate staffing
- Collaborates with Human Resources to maintain employee relations
- Supervisors and coordinates approximately 70 staff members and delivery of nursing care
- Identifies staff development and ensures those needs are met
- Ensures staff follow all policies and procedures
- Maintain timely evaluations of 70 employees
- Achieved and maintained Tier 1 status for employee engagement
- Maintain all staff requirements and credentialing
Clinical Nurse Educator-Medical/Neuro Division
FirstHealth Moore Regional
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Continuous quality improvement projects to improve patient outcomes and hospital reimbursement
- Strong level of clinical judgment and assessment skills
- Conduct leadership rounds and TJC environment checks
- Audit medical records and provide education based on findings
- Facilitate learning needs assessments on nursing units and provide In-services on needed educational areas
- Assist with interventions to improve patient satisfaction and HCAHPS scores
- Educate nurses on ways to prevent core measure misses and participate in root causes analysis with managers
- Ensure staff stay current with annual competencies and required CBLs
- Conduct walking rounds providing education and assist with skills at the bedside
- Provide skills fair for new graduate nurses and serve as a mentor for nursing staff
- Assist with hospital-wide education and project rollouts
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse for 3-Medical
FirstHealth Moore Regional
07.2008 - 01.2019
- Served as a preceptor, charge nurse, and mentor for staff
- Assisted with Shiftwizard issues and maintained staff schedules
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess a patient's condition
- Establish work schedules and assignments for staff, according to workload, space and equipment availability
- Caring and professional bedside manner while providing direct care to patients
- Prioritized events based on patient and staff needs
- Conducted TJC rounds and participated in multidisciplinary rounds
- Served as an educational resource to staff on the nursing unit
Education
Master of Nursing Leadership and Management -
WESTERN GOVERNORS' UNIVERSITY
Salt Lake City, UT12.2019
Bachelor of Science Nursing -
WINSTON SALEM STATE
Winston Salem, NC12.2017
Associate degree Nursing -
RICHMOND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Hamlet, NC05.2008
Certifications Accomplishments
- Board Certified Medical/Surgical RN
- Daisy Award Winner, 2015
- Leadership Academy Graduate, 2017
- Participated in Lean Project, 2015 and 2019
- Poster presenter at the 2018 AMSN Nursing Conference-placed in top 10
- Nursing Clinical Support Nominee, 2019
- Nursing Leader of the year Nominee, 2020
- Completed ODI training, 2021
- Innovative Nurse of the Year Winner, 2022
- Insigniam High Performance Leader Program-, 2024
- Engagement Committee, 2024-Present-Moved employee engagement from 62nd percentile to 79th percentile
Timeline
Administrative Director Medical/Surgical Services
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital
04.2023 - Current
Nurse Manager 4 Medical and CDU
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital
07.2020 - 04.2023
Clinical Nurse Educator-Medical/Neuro Division
FirstHealth Moore Regional
01.2019 - 01.2020
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse for 3-Medical
FirstHealth Moore Regional
07.2008 - 01.2019
Master of Nursing Leadership and Management -
WESTERN GOVERNORS' UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science Nursing -
WINSTON SALEM STATE
Associate degree Nursing -
RICHMOND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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