Tamra G. Tharp
RN
Temple,TX
Summary
Administrative skills, organizational skills, top 10 caregiver award Detail-oriented individual with exceptional communication and project management skills. Proven ability to handle multiple tasks effectively and efficiently in fast-paced environments. Recognized for taking proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, with focus on optimizing processes and supporting team objectives.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Adult Inpatient Behavioral Health RN Preceptor
Peacehealth
01.2024 - Current
- Staff RN for 35 bed acute adult inpatient behavioral health unit
- RN Preceptor for nursing students and new employees
Adult Behavioral Health RN Case Manager
Accentcare HomeHealth
04.2023 - 01.2024
Behavioral Health Nursing Supervisor (Administration)
Primetime Healthcare
06.2021 - 04.2023
- 200 bed Inpatient Behavioral Health State Hospital to include Forensics, General adult population, senior adult population
- Coordination of all Administration duties after normal business hours
- Staffing for 200 bed facility
- Education encompassing all staff
- Liaison with various facilities regarding patient admissions, referrals
- Receiving of all new patient admissions upon arrival, providing acute crisis management as needed
- Regular rounding on patient units to ensure policies were being enforced
- Employee disciplinary actions as required
- Staff interviews
- Multiple administrative reports compiled. Answered to Administrator on call.
Behavioral Health RN
Supplemental Healthcare Staffing
01.2021 - 06.2021
- Travel Behavioral Health RN Central State Hospital, Georgia
- 200 bed Inpatient Behavioral Health Facility
Faculty-LVN program
Vista College
12.2018 - 01.2021
- Teaches Full-Time: Anatomy & Physiology, Pathophysiology, Mental Health Nursing
- Clinical Instruction: Mental Health, Obstetrics & Pediatrics, Capstone
Nursing Supervisor (Administration)
Bartlett Regional Hospital
02.2018 - 12.2018
- 73-bed hospital containing ED, Mental Health Unit, Chemical Dependency Unit, CCU, Medical Surgical, Surgery, and Day surgery.
- Responsible for all nursing personnel in absence of Chief Nursing Officer
- Serve as a clinical consultant/resource to nursing personnel
- Schedule and enforce all nursing personnel assignments
- Time and Attendance review/input of nursing personnel
- Q2 hour rounding throughout hospital to ensure safe and effective delivery of patient care
- Receive report and give report on every hospital patient for every shift worked
- Routinely takes classes to continue education for clinical competencies
- Serve as Incident Commander in the event of disaster or mass casualty event
- Administrative reports every shift
- Completes occurrence reports as necessary
- Tracks air transport of patients to a higher level of care, sick calls, code blue, rapid response, admission delays and reason why
- Responds to every code in the hospital, remaining the leader on the scene
- Does RN pronouncements as ordered by physician
- Arranges post-mortem care, and movement of the bereaved to funeral home after family engagement
- Serves as a mentor to other nurses
- Ensure patient safety by properly delegating assignments to nursing personnel
- Utilize policy and procedures as needed
- Serve as a direct source/contact for physicians, medical examiner, tissue and organ procurement office, and medical flight crews
Behavioral Health Nurse, Charge RN, Nursing Supervisor, Intake RN
Georgetown Behavioral Health Institute
02.2017 - 02.2018
- 118 acute care psychiatric bed hospital
- Worked the psychiatric intensive care unit, the general adult unit, the adolescent
- Filled in for the Intake Department, and Outpatient programs
- General nursing duties as expected
- Care for multiple diagnosed patients with: schizophrenia, schizoaffective, bipolar (all types), depression, substance abuse, personality disorders
Psychiatric Nurse Case Manager/Crisis Management Specialist
Agate/Trillium Healthcare Plan/Senior & Disabled Services
06.2014 - 02.2015
- Clinical Liaison between insurance company and Senior & Disabled Services
- Staff education and recommendations pertaining to the treatment of the behavioral health plan and treatment plans.
- Community Liaison between health plan and general population of city
- Track statistical analysis of health plan data pertaining to hospitalizations
- Provide individual case management of clients within the health plan needing behavioral health support services
- Perform and update behavioral health assessments of individuals with disabilities
- Case management for specified individuals requiring a higher level of care
- Clinical resources for colleagues in the area of behavioral health
Advantage RN
03.2014 - 06.2014
- Acute Inpatient Behavioral Health Travel RN, New Mexico
Behavioral Health RN
Baylor Scott & White Hospital
06.2012 - 03.2014
- Identifies, plans, implements, and evaluates the care of the psychiatric patient
- Supervise ancillary personnel and provides ongoing patient education
- Continuing education for professional enhancement
Behavioral Health RN
Cedar Crest Hospital
02.2010 - 06.2012
- Charge RN
- Identifies, plans, implements, evaluate, the care of the psychiatric patient
- Supervises all ancillary and provide ongoing patient education
- Adult, child, adolescent acute care as well as residential treatment services
Emergency Department RN
Metroplex Hospital
10.2007 - 03.2009
- Identifies, plans, implements, and evaluates the care of all ages of emergency care patients
Behavioral Health Charge RN
Millwood Hospital
05.2006 - 05.2007
- Acute care of the adult psychiatric patient to include detoxification
- Dual diagnosis
- Supervises all ancillary personnel and provides patient education
Behavioral Health RN
Timberlawn Mental Health Hospital
10.2000 - 06.2006
- Charge nurse
- Acute care of child, adolescent, and adult patients
- Dual diagnosis, trauma, general psychiatric
- Supervises all ancillary personnel, and provides patient education
Behavioral Health RN
MHMR Tarrant County
01.2004 - 03.2006
- Outpatient adult patient management
- Provide pharmacological management for 1,200 patients under the direct supervision of the clinic physician
- Mental status examinations on each patient during visit
- Inventory control, monthly QA/PI reports
- Patient education
- Crisis management
Director of Nursing
TRS Behavioral
08.2003 - 11.2003
- Chemical Dependency residential treatment center
- Develop detoxification program, protocols, nursing forms, QA/PI tools
- Maintain compliance with TCADA and OSHA regulations
- Develop and revise staffing requirements, patient and staff education, employee health
- Develop and revise policy and procedure manual
- Interface with physicians and administrators regarding strategic planning activities
- Utilization review and case management
Emergency RN
Staff Search Nursing Agency
04.2002 - 11.2003
- Traveler
- Identifies, plans, implements, and evaluate the care of emergency patients of all ages
- Provides patient education
- Flexibility with various institutions and levels of care
Director of Critical Care, RN
Dallas Southwest Medical Center
10.2000 - 04.2002
- 24/7 accountability for the emergency department and intensive care unit
- Recruitment and hiring
- Leadership to all management staff of the ED and ICU
- Make assignments for patient care based on team member abilities
- Complete annual performance evaluations for ED and ICU staff
- Develop, revise, and evaluate ED and ICU strategic goals
- Budget development and revision for ED and ICU
- Hospital wide and administrative committee membership
- Develop QA/PI tools
- Staff in-service for professional growth and development
- Statistical analysis and spreadsheet production of departmental trends
- Decrease LWOBS for emergency department to below the national level to optimize patient satisfaction and ED flow
- Provide education for staff to include annual competencies and skills labs
- Infection control analysis and reporting
- Prepare and develop processes for the trauma designation
- Direct supervisor to the trauma coordinator
- Attend quarterly physicians meeting for strategic planning
- Risk management
- Ongoing revision of policy and procedure manual for critical care areas
Emergency Department Clinical Education RN
Methodist Hospitals of Dallas
08.1988 - 10.2000
- Developed 16 week clinical internship for new graduates transitioning to the ED
- Author teaching materials with revision and evaluation of materials
- Develop mentorship/preceptor program for all staff RN's
- Develop job descriptions and qualifications for tier nursing program to ensure continued growth and departmental leadership goals
- Develop staff and patient satisfaction surveys
- Budgeting with corresponding variance reporting
- Develop QA/PI tools to meet departmental educational and expansion goals
- JCAHO liaison for surveys with no deficiencies noted
- Hospital wide committee involvement
- Develop, plan, and present educational activities for staff according to individual needs
- 24/7 call for ED
- Integration and evaluation of new key team players into management roles
- Develop, revise, evaluate departmental goals for education and expansion of department
- Chart auditing
- Annual skills lab set up and delivery
- Age specific competency verification of all ED staff
Education
Nursing
El Centro College
Dallas, TX06.1995
Skills
- Computer Literate: EPIC, Meditech, Cerner, Microsoft Office Products
Certification
- Current License: RN for State of Texas (active)
- RN for State of Oregon (active)
- RN for State of Alaska (expired)
- RN for State of Washington (expired)
- Current Certifications: American Heart Association CPR, State of Montana Restraint/Seclusion Professional, CPI
- Past Certifications: CEN, TNCC, ACLS, ENPC, PALS, PMAB, Therapon Counseling
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