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Experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. Skilled in Sepsis Care, Clinical Process Improvement and Intensive Care, Strong professional whose responsibilities include:~ successful design, implementation and achievement of cost reduction and clinical improvement strategies in the Intensive Care units at Dignity Health Hospitals. ~Assess all Intensive Care units and identify variance in clinical performance that results in increased cost and sub-optimal outcomes. Works with nursing and physician leaders to identify the required clinical process changes and provide guidance to hospital ICU leaders, including physician medical directors or intensivist, to implement protocols, programs or evidence- based practices that will improve care, reduce cost and achieve goals related to each project. ~ Works with other team members to develop program work plans, track progress and deliver user friendly tools aimed at reducing clinical variation and achieving both hospital and system level goals~ Performance improvement initiatives include; the implementation of the ABCDEF Bundles within the critical care units across the 37 Dignity Health Hospitals, reduction of VAE-PVAP, standardizing sepsis identification strategies and care, reduction of sepsis mortality and standardization of a alcohol withdrawal protocol.

Listed skills include Critical Care, Sepsis, Nursing, Clinical Research, and 16 others.