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Kankakee, Il, Us

Kankakee, Il, Us

Involved in all aspects of small business ownership, including marketing, budgeting, purchasing, hiring and decision making.Selected by State Representative for Aug 2022 Small Business of the Month.

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Kankakee, Il, Us

Manage and lead a multidisciplinary team composed of CDI, infection prevention, physician quality, medical group quality, inpatient quality, behavioral health quality, nurse case managers, care navigators, data analysts and social work to improve health outcomes and to exceed quality metrics and value-based reimbursement benchmarks.Ensure Quality and Population Health teams are able to provide high-quality care to patients with multiple chronic conditions, social risk factors and transition of care needs through a patient-centered approach.Identify process and performance improvement opportunities, create and update efficient, evidence-based workflows, policies and procedures, and leverage resources appropriately to improve quality metrics, reduce total cost of care, reduce readmissions and improve quality and patient experience. Collaborate with the continuum to coordinate services such as the Medical Group, Mobile Integrated Health, outpatient services and post-acute services to manage the health of the population. Increased transitional care visit revenue 63%.Decreased preventable readmissions by 87%.Decreased Medicare hospital readmission penalty by over $1.3 million.

Kankakee, Il, Us

Develop, monitor and evaluate quality management activities related to inpatient and outpatient stroke, sepsis, DVT/PE prophylaxis, colonoscopies, elective OB deliveries, emergency room throughput, and inpatient psychiatric facility measures, including working collaboratively with all hospital and clinical personnel.Coordinate the development, implementation and revision of processes, protocols and order sets to meet the needs of patients, staff and external agencies for areas such as stroke, sepsis, neurology, and neurosurgery, including building the protocols and training for the implementation of inpatient TeleNeurology.Provide Quality Improvement (QI) leadership and consultative services to healthcare leaders, providers, frontline staff and other personnel in effectively achieving regulatory accreditation and organizational compliance for QI activities.Organize, compile and report QI data for both hospital and medical staff departments to identify trends, establish priorities and recommend improvement activities as well as conduct case reviews. Stroke Committee chair – Decreased average door to needle time from 86m to 43m, improved door to CT initiation within 20m from 35% to 100%, improved transfer of patients to a Comprehensive Stroke Center within 2 hours from 0% to 80%. Manage and host regular staff and community education events.Sepsis Committee co-chair – Increased Sep-1 compliance from 38% to 83%. Implemented monthly sepsis newsletter. Manage and host regular staff and community education events.Practice Council chair – Implemented PrimaFit, PrimoFit and other products that impact nursing practice, manage annual staff training, implemented and manage annual Shark Tank event. Selected for Riverside’s Young Professionals course in 2018 - 2019 – 18-month course of leadership training headed by the CEO.Illinois Region 7 Stroke Advisory Subcommittee member – Implementing LVO assessment tool for EMS providers.

Kankakee, Il, Us

Facilitate new employee and student orientation, assessing successful course completion/learning gains.Perform needs assessment to coordinate and provide educational programs in response to learning/performance improvement needs of all RHC staff/students and designed to facilitate meeting IDPH/CMS/IDPH and other regulatory agency and accrediting requirements.Selected for Riverside’s Leadership Excellence training program in 2016 - 2017 – 12-month program of leadership training sponsored by Kankakee Community College.Serve as a facilitator/educational resource for RHC including active support on various Riverside committees/teams.Provide support to staff during implementation process(es), applying change management and organizational development models, specifically LEAN. Facilitate external student internships/practicums, including contract processes, placement, student orientations. Consult collaboratively with departments/areas to assure appropriate education and competencies, and provides support in tracking orientation and competencies.Evaluate and develop training materials using most effective and efficient instructional design methods for learners and recommend hard wiring plans for achieving behavioral change.Demonstrate creative and coherent presentational skills including development of instructor-led and self-study or WBT training classes.Build and manage Riverside's simulation program including performing all mock codes for the organization as well as drills and other trainings that require simulation. Implement and manage Riverside's online CPR HeartCode program.Perform training and coaching to staff and leaders on organizational goals, mission, patient satisfaction, Press Ganey data and reports, new leader development and employee engagement. Certified BLS Instructor and ACLS Instructor

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Manage the care of adult patients experiencing life-threatening problems that require complex assessment, high intensity therapies, and interventions.Consult with healthcare team members and record all care information concisely, accurately and completely in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms.Order and evaluate diagnostic tests.Respond to life-saving situations.Act as patient advocate by supporting the basic rights, values and beliefs of the patient.Communicate to family/significant others appropriate information on patient’s condition.Perform other position-related duties as assigned, depending on assignment setting.Monitor the patient’s physical and emotional wellbeing.

Detect and collect comprehensive data and identifies patterns pertinent to the patient's health and unique situation.Analyze the assessment data to determine the patient's nursing diagnoses or patient problems.Develop a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes, based on the patient's individualized situation and anticipated needs.Implement the identified plan based on the nursing process, the nursing mission and philosophy, and the organization's mission.Evaluate progress toward effective attainment of patient, family and community goals.Coordinate care delivery through the utilization of department, organization and community models and resources; critical thinking; interdisciplinary teamwork; patient advocacy; and the unique nurse-patient connection, and identify and uses available resources to define and implement the plan of care.Employ strategies, including the art of translation, to promote healthy behaviors for patients and families.Enhance the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice through communication, documentation, initiation of change, creativity, innovation, participation ini quality improvement (QI), evidence based practice (EBP), and research processes.Evaluate one's own nursing practice in relation to the Illinois Nurse Practice Act and professional practice standards and guidelines.Effect changes through engagement, involvement, and participation of peers and colleagues, leading others where they need to be rather than where they want to go (American Nurses Credentialing Center [ANCC]).Mentor others in all aspects of nursing practice.

Kankakee, Il, Us

Assist patients with all aspects of ADL's.Take temperatures, pulse, respirations, B/P's, and measure and document I & O's.Feed patients and give them between meal fluids and nourishments.Report changes in patients' condition to the professional nurse.Document chartable activities in computer.Answer call lights in a timely and courteous manner.Utilize safety restraints and assistive devices appropriately.Follow and maintain isolation procedures, especially chemo precautions and radium implant precautions.Follow the interdisciplinary plan of care developed by the professional nurse.Competent in medical equipment: Blood pressure cuff, stethoscopes, scales, specialty beds, cardiac chair, Omnicell, microwave, thermometer, patient bed, Hoyer lift/transfer devices, walker/wheelchair, personal protection equipment, bladder scanner, SCD, toilet seat risers, Posey equipment, Hover mat, blood glucose monitor, pulse oximeters, Vocera, minimal lift equipment

Master’S In Nursing - Executive Leadership

Associate’S Degree, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse