Teresa Gwinn
San Bernardino
Summary
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL Employee Health Coordinator - Case Management - Supervisor Employee Health Extremely competent, well-organized and professional Registered Nurse with excellent verbal and written communication skills. Detailed problem-solver who takes pride in meticulous work. Continually strives to expand professional knowledge and responsibilities. Excellent leadership, communication, interpersonal and safety skills.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensure Student Advisor Instructor
Concorde Career College
02.2023 - Current
- Prepare students with academic and success plan to pass NextGen LVN state Boards
- Review core nursing courses to help identify and measure content and concepts areas of mastery.
- Educate testing techniques and skills, study plan, HESI remediation and school policies related to testing preparation for LVN Boards
- Assign student quizzes, case studies and practice exam, assist with proctoring exams.
- 1 on 1 coaching and advising review grades, educate on exam areas of strength and weakness.
- Document and maintain tracker in excel spread sheet to monitor progress of each student weekly.
- Maintain contact with graduate students and track pass fail rates.
RN Employee Health Coordinator
Kaiser Permanente
01.2011 - Current
- Case manages COVID and sharps incident cases for all staff daily.
- Develops workflows for reporting incidents.
- Conducts contact investigation and provides appropriate follow-up.
- Supervises employee health, registry and deployed staff.
- Works in collaboration with Environment of Care and Safety to provide data and monthly reports to the Bloodborne Pathogen Task Force to evaluate exposures, identify root cause analysis. Provides recommendations to reduce needle stick injuries County wide.
- Assure outbreak or clusters of communicable diseases among HCWs and ensure appropriate follow thru with local Public Health, Human Resources and Occupational Health Services (Center for Employee Health and Wellness) and Risk Management.
- Analyzes injury statistics and develops reports for hospital committees, Risk Management and NHSN as required.
- Aggregates and maintains employee health records according to hospital policy. (Cal/OSHA) Regulations and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
- Develops, revises and maintains Employee Health related policies and standardized procedures in accordance with regulatory and recommendatory agencies.
- Supervises, directs and assists in providing ongoing staff development.
- Assist with Employee Health staff schedules and time off requests.
- Monitor fiscal performance and identify strategies to reduce cost and improve outcomes.
- Participate annually to review department workflows, look for opportunities of improvement, and seek staff participation.
- Assist with monthly staff evaluations and participation programs
- Co-Lead United Based Teams (UBT)
Education
BSN - Bachelor of Science in Nursing
AA - Nursing
RN Program - undefined
Skills
Employee Health Nursing in Ambulatory Care Services
Certification
- CPR ~ American Heart Association
- Member of National Society Leadership and Success
- Lead at KP Leadership
Extra Activities
Member of KP BRG: Operations Lead - Black @KP Business Related Groups (BRG) Joined October 2024 to current.
Assisted with the MLK day in Orange County
Professional Development Institute Seminars
WPS Safety Ambassador: Health and Wellness Event 2025 Fontana and Ontario
Community Health Fairs with the Inland Empire Steppers annually. November 2025
GIBNA: Black History Parade
Cal State Blu Student Engagement 2025
Fund Raiser for student scholarship awards
Capitol Hill Black Nurses Day Washington DC February 2025
State of the Union Event Moreno Valley 2025: Healthcare Initiatives
Accomplishments
1. Community Volunteer with The GIBNA. Help organize events with other community organizations and participate in Health Fairs, performing BP, Diabetes screening.
Provide education/recruitment to students and nurses to facilitate academic growth in the nursing profession.
2. Committee Member GIBNA Scholarship Awards: Organized and planned the 2nd annual scholarship awarded to 6 nursing recipients 2025.
I also mentor an LVN student who is currently enrolled in an RN program, graduation date 2027.
3.Fontana Employee Health Kaiser UBT Co Lead: in 2020, our department started at level 1 and reached level 4.
We worked on incidental overtime, staff set timers to remind them to clock in and out.
We also developed workflow changes to improve screening time for new hires by formatting a 1 sheet paper screening tool each nurse could use as a check off list to help with affordability and waste and attached to each chart, which also cut down on paper use .
Staff agreed on ways to improve communication and recognition. We used a communication box, with cards anyone could use as a way to compliment a co-worker, or note to share thoughts anonymously .
4. My work at Concorde Career College extended beyond my employment. I assisted students with preparation for their state board exams, testing skills and testing anxiety in 2023. Students and graduate nurses continued to reach out to me, one of them just passed her RN boards 1/2026
Timeline
Licensure Student Advisor Instructor - Concorde Career College
02.2023 - Current
RN Employee Health Coordinator - Kaiser Permanente
01.2011 - Current
University of Phoenix - BSN, Bachelor of Science in Nursing
San Bernardino Valley College - AA, Nursing
Riverside Community College - RN Program,