I don't embrace labels. I write with whatever methods and styles I feel best convey what I am trying to express.I work on commission and have had the privilege to write for many talented artists and ensembles.

Review admissions referral packets from outlying medical facilities. Evaluate and confirm insurance coverage for prospective residents. Visit referred patients and their families to familiarize them with our facility and welcome them to accept a bed if applicable. Conference with social workers, care managers, and floor nurses to share insights on patient suitability and prognosis for long term care. Facilitate intake of new residents, including coordination with attending physician, social work, environmental services, physical and occupational therapy, nursing, family, and other stakeholders.Work with Medicare HMOs and other private insurance plans to recertify residential stays.Provide input in managerial Interdisciplinary Team meetings, including Medicare and clinical rounds.Discharge planning for those residents engaging rehabilitative services to return home or to a lower-acuity facility. This includes substantial coordination of services from home health agencies, primary care physicians, pharmacies, and family members,Other duties include overseeing the facility-wide Gradual Dose Reduction (GDR) review regarding psychotropic medication use as required by statute. Routine employee covid testing, including rapid and PCR. Assisting the Director of Nursing in creating the monthly charge nurse schedule.

Monitor resident health status, administer medications and apply wound treatments, oversee nursing aide staff, maintain accurate and timely records on residents, facilitate communications between families, staff, and healthcare providers.

I manage the pharmaceutical prior authorization process, facilitate the prescription refill protocol per practice guidelines, fulfill the referral process for routine procedures, triage incoming patient and facility communications, assist with rooming patients as needed and administer a battery of basic diagnostic and prescriptive procedures as needed.

Based on faculty standards, I graded music appreciation essays written by undergraduate students.