Yvette LaWanda Riley
Miramar,Florida
Summary
Results-driven Retired Army Nurse Corp Officer with 23 years of military experience. Expert in perioperative nursing and operations, with extensive knowledge of AORN standards, JCAHO requirements, Central Services, and state regulations. Effective leader skilled in team building and promoting patient safety and quality care. Strong critical thinker and trainer in the perioperative arena.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Surgery Center
Deerfield Beach Outpatient Surgery Center
01.2023 - Current
- Provide leadership, direction and administration of all surgery centers’ activities to include clinical, fiscal and administrative
- Establish budgeted needs for new equipment, updating of current equipment and maintenance of equipment
- Establish budget for supplies
- Develop and oversee all operations of a three OR ambulatory JCAHO accredited outpatient surgical center to include staffing, surgical scheduling, policy development, credentialing, supply
- Chain management, coordination of care with outside agencies, anesthesia services, contractual agreements with suppliers and support services
- HR responsibilities include recruitment of staff for all areas to include front office, Pre-op/ PACU, operating room technicians, radiology technicians, and perioperative RNs, termination of staff, evaluating and establishing new roles, onboarding, payroll, establishing wage scale and requirements, exit interview and establishing end of year bonus guidelines for staff
- Monitoring of work environment to ensure patient, staff and physician satisfaction
- Administrative duties include ensuring JCAHO, OSHA, AHCA, Florida Health Department, and regulatory agencies requirements are maintained and staff is kept up with policies and changes
- Determining in-service needs and conducting in-services and staff meetings
- Responsible for managing of financial resources to include vendor payments, ordering of supplies, conducting supply inventory and working with billing department
- Perform clinical duties as perioperative RN, Pre-op and post-op RN and scrub RN as needed
- Ensure the Pre-Op and Post-op of patients are completed and coordination with Anesthesia team regarding patient needs.
Interim Director
Memorial Health University Medical Center
04.2022 - 01.2023
- Worked with Patient Care Team members to prepare OR for upcoming JCAHO- established responsibilities for each team member for cleaning of their assigned area inside and outside the OR suites, checking of fluid warmers and signing off on checklist, helped them clean up and organize all storage areas and equipment, checking and cleaning of alcove areas
- Worked to clean and organize trauma OR suites
- Assisted with education and development of leadership team regarding conducting of meetings, being present when in meetings, importance of attending and participating in team meetings and daily huddles, working closely with them in the surgical suite when needed, and being present for them as needed
- Evaluating OR area, Endoscopy area and pre-op and post-op area for JCAHO readiness and working with leadership of those areas on JCAHO preparation
- Work with Operations VP, VP of Surgical Services, Director of Pre and Post Op; Managers of
- Endoscopy, OR and Sterile processing to ensure efficient and functional operations.
Operating Room RN
OR RN, SNAP Nurse Agency, St Francis Medical Center
01.2022 - 04.2022
- Evening Charge Nurse
- Travel Assignment.
Director
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Aiken, SC
12.2019 - 12.2021
- Responsible for 102 FTEs, 9 ORs, Central Sterile Department, Anesthesia-CRNAs, Pre-op, PAT, PACU, GI, ASC
- Increased Surgical volume by 10% and GI volume by 5%
- Maintained OR metric goals as established by Corporate
- FCS >80%, TOT -24 min, Same Day Surgery
- Cancelations <3%
- Increased Revenue by 7%
- Maintained IUSS <2%
- Established and executed a plan for Surgical services during a major flooding in the hospital that caused damage to CSS, OR, GI
- Was able to have OR Services and CSS back up in less than 48 hours and GI back up in 24hrs
- Planned and executed Covid Testing site for pre procedure patients and staff
- Established electronic communication for all Surgical services staff areas by putting monitors in staff lounges and physician lounge and using a PowerPoint presentation to communicate information
- Worked very close with physician offices, the managers and schedulers to improve Surgical volume and patient, staff and physician satisfaction
- Participated in Hospital community events
- Worked with Corporate Perioperative Director on the following projects: safety boards, Cernerl improvements, implementation of Covid guidelines, OR metrics, and various other improvement projects
- Attended monthly Corporate meetings
- Worked with other Perioperative leaders within the corporation on improvement projects
- Established a program with Aiken Technical College and the hospital to transition Surgical tech students into the hospital by offering them PRN job in CSS after the completion of the CSS portion of their education thereby establishing a pipeline for filling staffing positions in the OR and CSS
- Worked with CNO in establishing an external program with University of Aiken
- We accepted 2 externships in OR
- Hired and establish training program for international OR nurses.
Interim Director
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Aiken, South Carolina
08.2019 - 12.2019
Director
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami, Florida
08.2015 - 08.2019
- Responsible for 46 Operating Rooms to include 6 Trauma ORs and 2 Pediatric Open Heart ORs;FTEs, Pre- Anesthesia Testing, GI Services, Central Sterile Services, 3- Pre and Post Op areas
- Improved FCS from 28% to over 75%
- Decreased turnaround time from 2 hours to 45-50 minutes
- Increased Surgical volume year over year by 8%
- Increased revenue by 8.3%
- Successfully implemented a tissue tracking system- Trackcore
- Reduction in IUSS from 15% to under 3%
- Reduction of cold ischemic times for all transplant cases
- Worked on several renovation projects for CSS and OR suites
- Participated in the planning, design and equipment needs for Jackson West Perioperative Services
- Developed and planned a PERIOP 101 course to begin in Oct 2019 to help with staff turnover and attrition
- Created new waiting room for families of surgical patients
- Worked Nurse Week committee, Laser Safety Committee, Patient belongings committee, and Medical
- Equipment Management Committee
- Developed, Planned and Implemented three yearly events for Perioperative Services staff and family-
- Spring-Fling- Family Barbeque and games at the park, Periop Expo- Educational event covering pertinent topics, and Holiday Gala
- Successfully completed JCAHO inspection without any findings.
Associate Director
Patient Care Services, Holtz Children’s/ Jackson Women’s Hospital
09.2014 - 08.2015
- Established a Perioperative Pediatric Team which included pre and post op RNs, OR RNs, OR Techs
- Established a Pediatric pre and post op area separate from adults
- Designed and established a pediatric waiting room
- Redesigned the Pediatric Special Procedures Unit
- Established a Women’s surgical OR suite in the Labor and Delivery Operating Room for Fetal Endoscopic surgery
- Coordinated and purchased over $2 million in equipment and supplies
- Increased the first case start and turnaround time for pediatric surgery
Associate Nurse Manager Operating Room Front Desk
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami, FL
09.2011 - 09.2014
- Responsibilities include working as a team with Anesthesiologist, CRNA, and the Front Desk Secretary to ensure the surgical schedule flows, while improving first case start time, turnover time and ensuring the proper skill levels are assigned to the acuity level of the cases
- Manage nursing surgical staff scheduling and the day to day staffing issues
- Coordinate with surgeons, anesthesia and nursing urgent and emergent cases
- Coordinate with Trauma manager staffing and supply needs
- Provide leadership to OR staff while completing the mission of the OR and Health System
- Review and update Perioperative Policies and Procedures as needed
- Responsible for staffing schedule and Kronos for approximately 250 personnel
- Supervise over 30 FTE’s
- Responsible for evaluations, counseling and disciplinary of MSAs.
Director
Deerfield Beach Outpatient Surgical Center
Deerfield Beach, Florida
06.2013 - 09.2014
- Provide leadership, direction and administration of all surgery centers’ activities to include clinical, fiscal and administrative
- Develop and oversee all operations of a three OR ambulatory JCAHO accredited outpatient surgical center to include staffing, surgical scheduling, policy development, credentialing, supply chain management, coordination of care with outside agencies, anesthesia services, contractual agreements with suppliers and support services
- Responsible for hiring and firing of all staff from front office to Pre-op and PACU staff, operating room technicians, radiology technicians, and perioperative RNs; monitoring of work environment to ensure patient, staff and physician satisfaction
- Administrative duties include ensuring
- JCAHO, OSHA, AHCA, Florida Health Department, and regulatory agencies requirements are maintained and staff is kept up with policies and changes made that affect how we do our work
- Also responsible for managing of financial resources to include payroll, vendor payments, ordering of supplies and collection of deductibles as well as cash payments from patients
- Perform clinical duties as perioperative RN, Pre-op and post-op RN and scrub RN as needed.
Associate Nurse Manager
Transplant Surgery, Jackson Memorial Hospital/ DTC
Miami, Florida
08.2010 - 09.2011
- Responsible for the management and coordination of nursing personnel, supplies, equipment and instrumentation for liver, kidney, multi-visceral, and kidney/pancreas surgical cases both during and after duty hours
- Provided and participated in Transplant surgery call schedule for nursing personnel
- Attended M&N liver transplant meetings, quarterly process improvement transplant meetings, and designed and presented process improvement project for getting Liver transplant cases in the OR within 1.5 hrs of notification
- Provided UNOS report for vessel use and maintained complete records
- Designed Transplant report in Cerner that allowed for tracking of cases and documentation errors
- Re-designed Transplant instrumentation sets to align with current procedure needs.
Clinical Staff RN
Ryder Trauma Center OR, Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami, Florida
03.2009 - 08.2010
- As Charge Nurse for Trauma Operating Room -Manage the operating room surgical schedule, use surgical computer program (CERNER) to schedule, cancel and document on surgical cases
- Spend two weekends and some weekdays as charge nurse
- Coordinate with anesthesia, surgeons and nursing staff, and supporting services (blood bank, core lab, pharmacy) for the care of trauma patients
- Make daily nursing staff assignments, coordinate lunch assignments
- Accomplished 90-100% first case on time starts
- Scrub and circulate Trauma, Orthopedics, General Surgery, GYN, Ophthalmology, Kidney transplant
- Hands, and Plastic Surgery cases
- Chairperson of Trauma OR Unit Practice Counsel.
Perioperative Service Clinical Educator
University of Miami Hospital
Miami, Florida
04.2008 - 03.2009
- Designed orientation program for all new incoming perioperative staff based on experience (from novice to experienced), which include a rotation through central processing and an 4–6-month Med/Surg rotation for newly graduated RN’s
- Conducted training on Meditech Computer documentation system for new personnel
- Maintained and arranged weekly in-service schedule for perioperative staff which included pre-op/post-op and perioperative staff
- Participated on Perioperative committee for process improvement
- Conducted inservices with ICU and floor nursing staff on special equipment used in surgery that followed patients to ICU or the floor
- Scheduled various moral boosting events for staff, i.e
- Christmas party, Thanksgiving luncheon, etc
- Created educational bulletin boards for perioperative section that focused on patients, staff and Hospital
- JACHO, and State Agency policy and procedures
- Completed instructor training for AORN Perioperative 101 program and taught and monitored new perioperative nurse training in program.
Perioperative Clinical Nurse Specialist
Army Trauma Training Center
Miami, Florida
06.2006 - 10.2008
- Facilitated streamlining of logistical system by developing an Excel spreadsheet with product information for easy ordering
- Maintained and operated within the allotted budget of $640,000
- Developed and successfully implemented perioperative curriculum for all rotating Forward Surgical Teams (FST) to the Army Trauma Training Center (ATTC)
- Improved staff relations between the ATTC and Ryder perioperative staff by participating in Ryder staff initiatives and coordinating the purchasing of equipment and flat screen TV for staff lounge
- Coordinated with the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office, University of Miami Anatomy Division, and
- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine for the use of facilities and supplies for training of Army FSTs
- Coordinated equipment and supplies for the quarterly Advanced Trauma Operative Management course and assisted by scrubbing at five stations
- Volunteered as medical staff for the Miami Marathon each year as well as coordinated medical teams for the first Lehman Center for Injury Research 5K run.
Director, OR/CSS
Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center
Ft Meade, MD
12.2001 - 06.2006
- Managed 16 FTE's which consisted of 6-RN, 10-Surgical Technicians, 1-Secretary, 1-Supply Coordinator
- Maintained operations within allotted operating budget of 1.2 million
- Streamlined logistical operations to the tune of $60,000 in savings by reducing inventory and improving inventory turnover
- Increased operating room efficiency while improving utilization from 55% to 95%
- Developed and implemented with Cerner the S-3 surgical documentation and scheduling system for the facility
- Successfully passed 2 JCAHO inspections without findings
- Developed and defended capital equipment purchasing
- Developed and implemented block scheduling system which lead to improved utilization
- Maintained central processing/re-processing and central supply operations
- Improved first case starts from 75% to 95%
Nursing Supervisor/ OR Manager
28th Combat Support Hospital
Bagdad, Iraq
02.2003 - 02.2004
- Nursing supervisor responsible for 80 FTE's in a 296 bed Combat Support Hospital- a Level 1 Trauma Center
- Coordinated medical evacuation for all wounded soldiers from Iraq to Germany
- Coordinated disposition of remains of all deceased American soldiers, Coalition forces and Iraqi civilians
- Completed and reported to Hospital Commander, DCS, DCN 24-hour report to include admissions, evacuations, deaths, staffing issues, logistical requirements and other activities
- Coordinated emergency blood drives as needed
- Developed and participated in initiatives for improving staff morale
- Perioperative expert member for the design, planning, and implementation of the building of 296-bed
- Combat Support Hospital in the desert of Iraq and Baghdad
- Perioperative manager for 24 bed perioperative suite
- Responsible for establishing 3-, 7- and 14-day supply levels for level 1 trauma cases
- Ensured equipment, staffing, instrumentation, and supplies was available and in proper working order
- Established requirements needed regarding staff rotation plan, surgical supplies, and surgical response for mass casualty events
- Prepared and updated hospital policies and procedures for the Operating Room.
Charge Nurse/Clinical Staff Nurse
121st General Hospital
Seoul, South Korea
05.2000 - 12.2001
- Specialty service coordinator for General Surgery, OB/GYN, Vascular and Urology
- Maintained equipment and supply inventory of over $500,000
- Performed Charge Nurse duties
- Supervised 4 nurses and 6 OR technicians
Chief Nurse
Team
Seoul, South Korea
05.2000 - 12.2001
- Responsible for 17 FTE's which included RNs, Surgical Technicians, LPNs, CRNAs, Medics, and administrative personnel
- Coordinated and participated in all field training exercises for FST
- Maintained training records and ensured all staff was up to date on shots, and required medical care
- Coordinated with 121st General Hospital for the availability of professional staff for training exercises
- Maintained operating budget of $900,000 to include maintenance and purchasing of equipment, supplies and vehicles.
Clinical Perioperative Nurse/ Specialty Coordinator
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
05.1996 - 05.2000
- Specialty Nurse Coordinator for ENT, Vascular and GYN services
- Performed duties of Safety Officer for operating room; Latex allergy coordinator; Patient educator/Facilitator; Waste management officer; Preceptor/Instructor for OR technician Phase II training Program
- Charge Nurse evening and night shift
- Perioperative/ICU Rn for NARMC Trauma/Critical Care Response Team
- Circulated in Cardiothoracic, Transplant, Orthopedics, Neurosurgical, General Surgery, Vascular, and GYN procedures
Clinical Staff Nurse/ OR Tech Instructor /Preceptor
Irwin Army Community Hospital
Fort Riley, Kansas
10.1992 - 05.1996
Staff SICU Nurse
The Medical Center
Columbus, GA
06.1991 - 06.1992
Charge/Staff Nurse
Martin Army Community Hospital
Fort Benning, Ga
09.1991 - 05.1992
Nursing Assistant
The Medical Center
Columbus, GA
11.1989 - 06.1991
Education
MBA - Healthcare Management
University of Phoenix
Columbia, MD05.2006
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Columbus State University
Columbus, Ga06.1991
Ph.D. - Healthcare Administration
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, ArizonaSkills
- Team building skills
- Perioperative nursing
- AORN standards
- JCAHO requirements
- Critical thinking
- Teaching
- Training
- Patient safety
- Quality care
- Efficiency
- Problem solving
- Win/win attitude
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Operations Management
- Staff Management
- Project Coordination
- Staff Development
- Budget Management
Certification
- ACLS/BLS
References
Available Upon Request
Membership
- Member of SHEAR, Inc.
- Educational Board Member - Health Connect Partners
- Chi Eta Phi Sorority
- Sisterhood Circle (Miami)
Timeline
Director of Surgery Center
Deerfield Beach Outpatient Surgery Center
01.2023 - Current
Interim Director
Memorial Health University Medical Center
04.2022 - 01.2023
Operating Room RN
OR RN, SNAP Nurse Agency, St Francis Medical Center
01.2022 - 04.2022
Director
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
12.2019 - 12.2021
Interim Director
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
08.2019 - 12.2019
Director
Jackson Memorial Hospital
08.2015 - 08.2019
Associate Director
Patient Care Services, Holtz Children’s/ Jackson Women’s Hospital
09.2014 - 08.2015
Director
Deerfield Beach Outpatient Surgical Center
06.2013 - 09.2014
Associate Nurse Manager Operating Room Front Desk
Jackson Memorial Hospital
09.2011 - 09.2014
Associate Nurse Manager
Transplant Surgery, Jackson Memorial Hospital/ DTC
08.2010 - 09.2011
Clinical Staff RN
Ryder Trauma Center OR, Jackson Memorial Hospital
03.2009 - 08.2010
Perioperative Service Clinical Educator
University of Miami Hospital
04.2008 - 03.2009
Perioperative Clinical Nurse Specialist
Army Trauma Training Center
06.2006 - 10.2008
Nursing Supervisor/ OR Manager
28th Combat Support Hospital
02.2003 - 02.2004
Director, OR/CSS
Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center
12.2001 - 06.2006
Charge Nurse/Clinical Staff Nurse
121st General Hospital
05.2000 - 12.2001
Chief Nurse
Team
05.2000 - 12.2001
Clinical Perioperative Nurse/ Specialty Coordinator
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
05.1996 - 05.2000
Clinical Staff Nurse/ OR Tech Instructor /Preceptor
Irwin Army Community Hospital
10.1992 - 05.1996
Charge/Staff Nurse
Martin Army Community Hospital
09.1991 - 05.1992
Staff SICU Nurse
The Medical Center
06.1991 - 06.1992
Nursing Assistant
The Medical Center
11.1989 - 06.1991
- ACLS/BLS
MBA - Healthcare Management
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Columbus State University
Ph.D. - Healthcare Administration
University of Phoenix
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