Terrie Whitfield
LPN
Trenton,NJ
Summary
Caring ,energetic,task oriented individual looking for full time employment as an Licensed Practical Nurse. Energetic nurse with more than ten years of experience providing comprehensive support and care to patients. Committed to increasing treatment knowledge through hands-on learning for professional development. Skillful in solving complex problems and staying calm in emergency situations. Expertise in case management.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Legacy Treatment Services
Mt.Holly, New Jersey
11.2011 - 09.2023
- Responsible for providing healthcare services for at-risk and DDD youth with behavioral and mental health needs in residential setting
- Supervising staff of eight colleagues
- Observe and document residential response to psychotropic and non-psychotropic medications in electronic health record
- Complete APN/Physician orders and acts as liaison between facility and other public and/or private organizations including managed care plans
- Coordinates and schedules medical appointments with primary care providers to ensure coordination of care
- Responsible for medication administration in accordance with State and DCPP regulations
- Comply with standards set forth by the NJ State Board of Nursing and Agency policies
- Provide on-going nursing assessments and nursing treatments on residents in accordance with NJ nursing licensing standards and agency policies
- Provide team treatment in coordination with caseworkers and other professional staff members to develop treatment plans for youth and reports and documents progress, incidents, and treatment issues
- Monitors and supervises youth in a residential treatment facility, observes the interaction and behavior of youth while engaged in various activities, and maintains a safe and secure living environment where youth are involved in programmatic activities
- Provides individual coaching, conducts behavioral/social/educational skill development group sessions, establishes rapport and trust with youth, observes behavior patterns of youth to detect signs of depression, anger, and/or other emotional problems/issues, and implements behavior management programs/techniques and appropriate intervention techniques.
Public Health Representative 1
New Jersey Department of Health, Communicable Disease Services
Trenton, New Jersey
03.2021 - 06.2023
- Under direction of the Communicable Disease Service Director, plans and coordinate regional activities and staff for statewide rapid response team in order to assist local health departments with contact tracing in response to COVID-19 hotspot areas
- Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with county/local health department personnel and others involved in COVID-19 contact tracing activities19 and other infectious disease outbreaks
- Assign, train, and supervise a team of three personnel to assist local health departments with COVID-19 contact tracing and disease investigation
- Supervise staff in the collection and analysis of reported data in the Communicable Disease Reporting and Surveillance System (CDRSS), which facilitates the timely reporting and immediate sharing of pertinent data, thus supporting appropriate public health responses
- Provide consultation and technical assistance to local health agencies and others regarding contact tracing and public health control actions
- Provides instruction in the methods and techniques used to communicable disease contacts tracing in coordination with department initiatives
- Reviews, analyzes and prepare statistical data on rapid response team activities
- Evaluate efficiency of regional activities and provide data to Rapid Response Team supervisor.
- Explained medical care options to help families make informed healthcare decisions.
- Promoted health education events within the community, increasing public awareness of essential health issues.
- Enhanced communication between healthcare providers and patients for better care coordination.
- Conducted outreach efforts to inform community members about available healthcare resources and services.
- Mentored new hires in adopting best practices within their roles as Health Representatives.
- Represented and interpreted agency's functions and services to other institutions, public, government agencies and other organizations.
- Led multidisciplinary, continuous quality improvement program to improve patient outcomes.
- Developed partnerships with community organizations to expand services and referrals.
Program Specialist 2
New Jersey Department of Human Services, Office of Special Projects
Trenton, NJ
09.2013 - 03.2021
- Performs various administrative and analytical work to enhance planning, operation, implementation, monitoring and/or evaluation of human service programs designed to improve medical, social, or other circumstances of client population served while supervising team of six colleagues
- Research funding sources, writes proposals, negotiates and monitors contracts and/or grants for the program while also conducting on-site evaluations and audits to monitor compliance with Federal or State regulations
- Responsible for programming specifications with the ICM program, including vendors, program oversight, data integrity and program reporting maintenance
- Establishes business relationships with potential funding sources and conduct surveys or other studies to help identify program needs
- Plan and develop informational technology tools, resources and implement MOU’s, including goals, strategies, and objectives
- Responsible for direct communication with federally qualified health center by providing training and oversight for the Refugee Health Tracking System
- Prepare accurate and informative reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations for programs
- Identify reporting deficiencies, investigates, and develops strategies for corrective action
- Responsible for programming specifications for Boarding Home Program including program oversight, and program reporting maintenance
- Attends and participates in conferences and meetings with staff from Division of Family Development and other non-profit, state and federal agencies
- Research and analyze various States programs methods and practices to develop and implement acts as a liaison between agency and other public and/or private organizations.
- Improved overall program effectiveness through comprehensive data analysis and evaluation of key performance indicators.
- Interviewed and recommended team members for hire.
- Monitored employee work and developed improvement plans.
- Achieved successful outcomes for multiple projects through effective project management and collaboration with stakeholders.
Public Health Representative 2
New Jersey Department of Health, Communicable Disease Services
Trenton, NJ
10.2005 - 09.2013
- Under the direction of the Program Manager, complete assigned refugee administrative and fieldwork in support of the refugee task force goals and objectives
- Provide consultation and technical assistance to multiple agencies that assist with providing refugee resettlement and health screening and other medical activities
- Participate in the coordination of the refugee task force meeting
- Write quarterly and annual progress report about to development of the program in preparation for the annual grant application submission and the MOA application
- Perform telephone interviews pertaining to disease investigation and overall occurrence of health and adjustment
- Conducts onsite evaluations and audits to monitor compliance with Federal and State regulations
- Collects data for investigations and control studies for research
- Conducts surveys or other studies to help identify program needs.
- Managed and updated health records of clients
- Managed and updated health records of over 500 personnel.
- Explained medical care options to help families make informed healthcare decisions.
- Developed strong relationships with local organizations to support ongoing collaboration on community health projects.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Liberal Arts
09.2023 - Current
Skills
Teamwork,critical thinking,time management
Health Promotion
Data entry proficiency
Healthcare Systems Knowledge
Patient Education
Patient confidentiality
Medical assessment
Quality Improvement
Treatment Planning
Training and mentoring
Strategic Planning
Medical evaluation
Timeline
Mercer County Community College - Some College (No Degree), Liberal Arts
09.2023 - Current
Public Health Representative 1 - New Jersey Department of Health, Communicable Disease Services
03.2021 - 06.2023
Program Specialist 2 - New Jersey Department of Human Services, Office of Special Projects
09.2013 - 03.2021
Licensed Practical Nurse - Legacy Treatment Services
11.2011 - 09.2023
Public Health Representative 2 - New Jersey Department of Health, Communicable Disease Services
10.2005 - 09.2013