Former Clinical Quality Consultant

Member of the One Medicare Team. for recruitment of outpatient settings for the Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative; assessment of current antibiotic stewardship practices in clinical settings and facilities; providing technical assistance and education to recruited facilities.Member of Nursing Home Initiative team responsibilities included recruitment of Nursing Homes to C. difficile initiative; training and assistance with tracking and reporting C. diff data into the CDC NHSN national database for establishment of national baseline. Development of educational material, peer support groups and webinars.

Infection Control Coordinator/Nursing Management TeamJanuary, 2015 – October, 2016 Responsible for all aspects of the Infection Control Program and Employee health for 219 bed facility and 400 employees including Infection tracking and surveillance, employee infection control audits, new employee infection control and blood borne pathogen training, coordination and implementation of the annual flu shot and TB testing program for residents and employees. Initiated and facilitated the monthly infection control committee meetings. Monthly reporting to the Quality Process and Improvement committee (QAPI).

Implementation and coordination of the Infection Control program. Infection tracking and surveillance of patient population with documentation and reports to CDC and NHSN as needed. Facilitates quarterly Infection Control Meetings, participated in Quality Process and Improvement Meetings, Organizational Improvement Committee and Safety Committee Meetings. Member of Select Specialty Downriver Leadership Team and Patient Ambassador Program. Responsible for Employee Flu vaccine program, Blood borne Pathogen training and annual updates, Infection Control orientation of new hires and TB test administration. Maintained the Physician Audit database and Incident Report database for the DQM.

Staff RN

Staff RN

Performed water toxicity testing, environmental site assessments and environmental sampling

Progressive and successful management of environmental compliance projects for a leading hazardous waste incineration facility in the State of New Jersey, USEPA Region II; member of the corporate assessment/auditing team, Litigation support team member for litigation involving alleged exposures to environmental contaminants.