Teri Dart
Summary
Results-driven nurse executive with a proven track record in driving organizational excellence, implementing evidence-based practices, and fostering collaborative environments for optimal team performance. With 14 years of extensive experience as an emergency leader in a hospital setting, I bring a dynamic and educated approach to my role. Clear articulation and communication skills allow for effective representation of the nursing department to senior management and delivery of quality nursing management. Proactive in addressing problematic situations in stressful settings and resolving disputes fairly, ensuring the highest level of patient care and coworker satisfaction.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DIRECTOR
UCI Fountain Valley
04.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: UCI Health Fountain Valley
- Responsible for developing strategic, operational, and financial plans for the Emergency Department, nursing administration, and other designated patient care functions and services
- My role involves assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating nursing practices, care management, and clinical operations for UCI Health Fountain Valley
- Collaborates closely with senior leadership at both the facility and across the UCI Health system to ensure that the Emergency Department and nursing administration operate in a financially viable manner while delivering high-quality patient care
- Established and maintained effective working relationships with other directors throughout the Health System, fostering collaboration across specialties
- Actively developed and implemented programs aimed at enhancing organizational performance and have successfully led our team through multiple Joint Commission and other relevant regulatory surveys
- As a strong advocate for customer service, upholds high standards for myself and encourages the same expectations among my colleagues
- Possess robust planning, financial, and analytical skills, which enable me to provide effective leadership in all areas under my purview
- Adheres to all nursing practices and medical center policies and procedures concerning infection control, safety, administrative, and clinical practices, as well as compliance with mandates from The Joint Commission, Title 22, CLIA, and other regulatory agencies
- Successfully led cross-departmental projects and marketing initiatives, organizing, guiding, and directing the development, delivery, and promotion of assigned programs and services within the organization
- My experience also includes managing ancillary and operational support units, such as respiratory and laboratory services, within the Emergency Department
- UCI Health Fountain Valley
DIRECTOR
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
10.2019 - 02.2023
- In-depth knowledge and skill of the emergency department assuming 24-hour responsibility for patients and personnel
- Provides leadership for staff members and completes management and instructional responsibilities to maintain quality nursing practices and skills as well as supervising the employees in the department
- Facilitation of problem solving through collaboration with teams to emphasize creativity, direction, evaluation, and teaching of staff
- Embraced patient safety goals, conducted environmental surveys, and created processes to standardize best practices
- Improved areas of risk related to policy and practices
- Improved environmental opportunities to improve compliance with regulatory standards and ergonomics to help staff reduce injury and fatigue
- Successfully led the department through Emergency Department Accepting Pediatrics (EDAP) and base station LA County Emergency Medical Services surveys, providing support and leadership to the coordinators of both programs to be prepared and make necessary adjustments to meet the standards
- Participated in surveys for STEMI and Stroke with no deficits identified from the emergency department
- Managed budget of 154 FTE and operating margin budget of 275M with a 90K annual patient visit
- Meeting the complexity of financial management and daily operational decision making to adjust when necessary to meet targets during the pandemic ever changing dynamics
- Worked collaboratively with other department leaders to support projects and have led large scale projects successfully
- Ability to influence and inspire cooperation for many initiatives
- Embrace lean thinking and utilizes the processes to problem solve and implement improvement by involving staff members to understand the current process and learn the need of the frontline
- Upholds the values of standards of behavior and values of the medical center as a role model to create an environment of accountability for the department and direct reports
- Led a team through preparation for submission of Lantern application and the department received recognition in 2020 led through several Joint Commission and GACH surveys with minimal findings and action plans required
LEARNING LAB EDUCATOR
Western Governors University
05.2017 - 07.2020
- Delivered instruction for pre-licensed BSN nursing students in a simulation lab to prepare for clinical rotations
- Completed assessment of learning of critical skills for students and validate their skills to move on to the next semester of clinical rotations
ADVANCED CLINICAL NURSE EDUCATOR
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
09.2017 - 10.2019
- Developed education to meet the joint commission requirements for a staff of 120 employees in the emergency department
- Developed competencies and processes to efficiently orient all new emergency department staff to meet title 22 requirements
- Developed and revised policy to keep up with changing evidence-based practice and workflows to meet the CSC requirements for new certification and maintained annual recertification standards
- Mentored staff as they advance in their education and professional development, sponsored a CEN review course for staff to receive their professional certification which increased certification rate by 10%
- Assisted in daily operations of the department, meeting the needs of patients and staff by providing in services, in the moment education for high-risk patients and new processes
- Collaborated with Clinical Informatics nurse to improve patient documentation by modifying assessment tools and forms to better serve the nurses to improve documentation
- Development of workplace violence prevention program specific to Torrance Memorial to reduce the expense of contracting an outside vendor saving of over 10,000 dollars a year and meeting the individual needs of organization
- Participated in development of documents and presentation to obtain accreditation of a new grad program
CLINICAL EDUCATOR
Teleflex, Arrow EZIO
03.2017 - 08.2018
- Independent contractor delivered education for intraosseous devices for physician's, nurses, and paramedics
RN
WestWays Staffing Services
01.2017 - 10.2017
- Travel nursing assignments and registry assignments in the emergency departments
- St Joseph- Orange Ca Queen of the Valley - West Covina Ca Anaheim Regional Medical Center - Anaheim Ca
RN
Valley Healthcare Staffing
11.2016 - 01.2017
- Travel nursing assignment for the emergency department
- Coalinga Regional Medical Center - Coalinga Ca
ASSISTANT CLINICAL DIRECTOR/ NURSE EDUCATOR
Kaiser Permanente
06.2011 - 12.2016
- Managed direct reports, which includes completing yearly evaluations, delivering corrective action and ongoing mentoring of staff
- Prepared and developed a staffing matrix to staff per volume to meet the needs for patient care and support the budget to provide nursing FTEs to mirror the physician's staffing matrix
- Organized the regional educator group which has streamlined and standardized the implementation of onboarding and annual review of all emergency nurses to provide safe and efficient care for patients
- Developed a standard of care for patients in the department and service line agreements between departments to ensure the most appropriate care for each patient population, such as surgical, respiratory, lab and Critical Care
- Created and implemented new policies such as intraosseous insertion by RN and placing IO equipment in all crash carts throughout the hospital
- Developed new protocols and workflows to reduce length of stay by 90 minutes for patients waiting for admission
- Mentored staff pursuing advancement of their education such as BSN and MSN degrees
- Developed and maintained policies and workflows to meet the regulatory requirements and standards of sepsis protocol CMS SEP -1, behavioral health Joint Commission standards, STEMI Get with The Guidelines
PATIENT FLOW COORDINATOR, RN
Huntington Memorial Hospital
08.2004 - 06.2011
- Daily management of operations for the night shift
- Triage redesign committee - implementing rapid screening in triage
Education
MASTER OF SCIENCE - NURSING EDUCATION
Kaplan University
05.2013
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE - NURSING
Kaplan University
12.2011
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE - NURSING
Chaffey College
05.2000
Skills
- Organizational excellence
- Evidence-based practices
- Collaborative environments
- Team performance
Certification
- Lean Certification - Studer Group Education
- Certified Emergency Nurse Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Timeline
DIRECTOR
UCI Fountain Valley
04.2023 - Current
DIRECTOR
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
10.2019 - 02.2023
ADVANCED CLINICAL NURSE EDUCATOR
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
09.2017 - 10.2019
LEARNING LAB EDUCATOR
Western Governors University
05.2017 - 07.2020
CLINICAL EDUCATOR
Teleflex, Arrow EZIO
03.2017 - 08.2018
RN
WestWays Staffing Services
01.2017 - 10.2017
RN
Valley Healthcare Staffing
11.2016 - 01.2017
ASSISTANT CLINICAL DIRECTOR/ NURSE EDUCATOR
Kaiser Permanente
06.2011 - 12.2016
PATIENT FLOW COORDINATOR, RN
Huntington Memorial Hospital
08.2004 - 06.2011
MASTER OF SCIENCE - NURSING EDUCATION
Kaplan University
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE - NURSING
Kaplan University
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE - NURSING
Chaffey College
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