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Marshall, Michigan, United States

Coldwater, Michigan

Management of busy oncology and hematology practice; management of ECHO studies; management of Cardiac Rehabilitation department; manage four bed Sleep Lab diagnosing sleep disorders.

Seven years on Northwest Community Schools Board of Education in Jackson, Michigan.

Assist 11 hospitals in the District 1 region with pandemic flu planning.

Director of Organizational Excellence Successfully led hospital through the Joint Commission regulatory inspection and two State of Michigan regulatory inspections including Fire Code law.Provided leadership in Joint Commission Standards and Compliance by providing training/education to all employees. Provided leadership for entire organization as the Interim VP/COO for a two month period.Hospital Safety Officer responsible for safety and security of all patients, visitors, staff, and volunteers. Successfully brought hospital up to compliance with all fire code regulations, including policies and procedures.Integral role in Administrative Team.

Acted as Health System Safety Officer for 10 years. Responsible for safety and security of all patients, visitors, and staff.; Managed 36 employees in Security/Safety Department for 10 years. Brought department from an outside contracted department to a successful department of the hospital.Risk Manager for Health System from 1998-2005, helping reduce liablitiy, limit claims, review and analyze occurrence reports, and provided education and training to employees.Successfully implemented electronic occurrence reporting system from paper reporting system. Greatly increased the time of reported occurrences.Successfully grew the Health System's Emergency Preparedness program to comply with Federal, State, and Local mandates into one of the most successful programs in Mid-Michigan.Successfully secured federal grant money to purchase emergency preparedness equipment such as 800 mhz radios, Decontamination Tent and equipment, Card access security equipment.Started and ran the Health Systems Decontamination Team.Safety Committee Chairman for 10 years.Responsible for the handling and resolution of all patient complaints.Started Patient Safety Committee.

Responsible for supervision of 7 Respiratory Therapists.Hospital Employee of the Year in 1997 as voted by peers.Only Registered Respiratory Therapist; responsible for approval of all ventilator set-ups and preventative maintenance.Provided care to patients such as ventilator care, arterial blood gases, breathing treatments, CPR, and oxygen therapy.

Set up and made home visits on home ventilator patients.Set up and provided monthly oxygen concentrator checks. Set up and provided monthly apnea monitor checks, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), BiPap, and home Nebulizer checks.

Provided ventilator care; breathing treatments, arterial blood gases, oxygen therapy, and CPR to inpatients at hospital.

Masters Degree, Healthcare Administration

Bachelors Degree, Healthcare Management

Associates Degree, Respiratory Therapy