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Pa Department Of Health, Division Of Cancer Prevention And Control

Department Of Health, Harrisburg, Pa

Department Of Health, Harrisburg, Pa

Provides arthritis/lupus expertise. Utilizes data for program planning/evaluation. Provides evidence-based program expertise.Assists in maintaining program direction, and in monitoring fiscal operations. Assists in grant/budget preparation. Assists in negotiating grants/contracts.Liaison with state, federal, community agencies.Responsible for partnership development and overseeing partners to recruit and retain delivery system partners. Oversees intervention implementation and coordinates and provides technical assistance as needed to support system partners.Oversees all arthritis prevention and control communication activities and works with other BHPRR staff on communication initiatives developed by the CDC to integrate prevention and management of chronic diseases.Management of an Arthritis Stakeholder group, coalition and partnership building as well as the development of collaborative relationships. Assists in providing direction in the development and implementation of recommendations for data collection, surveillance and intervention activities for people with arthritis, lupus and other rheumatic conditions, and ongoing evaluation and revision of program and policy recommendations.Assists in coordinating the preparation, development, and evaluation of grantee agreements with community-based organizations for the delivery of outreach, education, and evidence-based interventions for people affected by arthritis and other rheumatic conditions. Supports the implementation and/or creation of models that will promote population-based behavior change that reduces identified modifiable risk factors.Provides technical assistance to professional staff within the Bureau related to arthritis and other rheumatic conditions. Provides technical assistance to community programs and health professionals throughout the Commonwealth related to arthritis and other rheumatic conditions.

Dauphin Cao, Harrisburg, Pa

Professional work assessing clients' socialservices and employment needs, determining client eligibility forIncome Maintenance Program services and making appropriatereferrals for services. Performs a variety of professional dutiesin the determination of eligibility for financial assistance andrelated income maintenance program services. Eligibilitydetermination work involves interviewing clients in the office andin the field and investigating resources to secure, evaluate andinterpret data essential to making a decision on eligibility. Employees assess clients' social service and employment needs, andprovide clients or their families with information on communityresources for social and employment services. Work is distinguished from that of the next lower level by the level ofsupervision. Supervision involves selective review of cases assigned to the worker. Responsibility for determination orredetermination action rests with the worker. Both individual andgroup conferences are scheduled as needed in order to explainpolicy and/or procedures changes to Income MaintenanceCaseworkers. Work may require contact with various communityagencies and facilities. Employees assist clients in preparing forand locating employment. Employees may also become involved withrepresenting selected clients in applying for and receivingfederally funded benefits under the SSI program.

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

Using professional and independent judgment, assesses patients cardiopulmonary status. Develops and updates plan of care along with physicians and patient care team members. Responsible for verifying respiratory charges for patients, and participates in performance improvement initiatives.Communicates with physicians and medical team and provides clinical insight regarding pulmonary disorders and respiratory therapy practice, and facilitates the achievement of maximum therapeutic care for patients. Our network of over 100 specialty hospitals care for medically-complex and critically-ill patients. Designed for patients with persistent weakness and often damaged organs, these hospitals are built for extended periods of recovery. They are known as long-term acute care hospitals.Another fifteen medical rehabilitation hospitals in our network are custom designed for patients who have survived critical injuries but are ready for more intensive rehabilitation.Select Medical also offers nearly 1,000 outpatient clinics for patients in need of physical rehabilitation. These clinics provide physical therapy, hand therapy, low back rehabilitation, work injury management, sports performance and other specialized services.For our business partners, we combine all of this expertise to offer highly specialized business solutions, including contract therapy, work injury management, and more.

Scranton Pa

Provides leadership, and clinical oversight for daily operations in department.Liaison between clinical staff and IT during Electronic Health Records development. Communicates and coordinates issues for implementing department Service Provider Workstation in Soarian EHR build.Identifies and coordinates solutions for physicians and staff when using Service Provider Workstation and C.P.O.E. Assists EHR builders and vendors in identifying problems among clinicians.Demonstrates strong administrative and leadership skills. Insures total compliance with all hospital, internal, and external regulatory policies and procedures. Provides annual review of policies and documents compliance.Demonstrates leadership of clinical staff, including hiring, training, education, customer relations, safety issues and discipline. Insures work efforts are in accord with union regulations.Provides proper daily inventory management, as well as required data collection to support quality, finance and performance improvement initiatives.Focuses on an independent management style, promoting clinical participation, fairness and customer service among staff. Initiates prompt service recovery when needed. Participates in all Leadership Development Institute monthly meetings.Provides at all times open and professional communications between physicians, staff, and members of the patient care community.

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Educate patients and their families about their conditions and teach appropriate disease management techniques, such as the use of medications and respiratory equipment, while they are inpatients at our Long Term Acute Care unit.Educate resident physicians and new employees on patient care procedures and policies. Assist management with implementation of productivity in the department at Special Care.Demonstrate respiratory care procedures to trainees and other health care personnel.Work as part of a Long Term Acute Care team of physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals to manage patient care by assisting with medical procedures and related duties.Rehabilitate patients working alongside specialty physicians, physical and occupational therapists.

Berwick, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton Pa.

Develop instructional materials and conduct in-service and community-based educational programs aimed towards patients and physicians as well as corporate providers.Prepare activity reports to inform management of the status and implementation plans of programs, services, and quality initiatives.Keep records of patients' therapy, completing all necessary forms.Teach or oversee other workers who provide respiratory care services.Teach patients how to use respiratory equipment at home.Assess patients' response to treatments and modify treatments according to protocol if necessary.Explain treatment procedures to patients.Read and evaluate physicians' orders and patients' chart information to determine patients' condition and treatment protocols. Follow up with appropriate medical paperwork for patients care.Interview and examine patients to collect clinical data.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Maintain charts that contain patients' pertinent identification and therapy information.Educated patients in disease management. Assisted and educated resident physicians during their pulmonary medicine rotation. One of the first therapists trained in exercise stress tests; worked closely with our pulmonologists to evaluate patients during these tests. Clinically managed more than 1,400 home care patients in our outpatient facilities. Afforded a high degree of mobility and independent decision making while being exposed to many different modalities of care while employed in the V.A. system. Teach, train, supervise, and utilize the assistance of students, respiratory therapy technicians, and assistants.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Performed routine respiratory care, including ER and pediatric care. Trained as a Care Associate as part of a new Patient Oriented Delivery System model. This model was implemented in an attempt to coordinate care departments, while reducing expenditures.Work with patients in areas such as the emergency room, neonatal or pediatric intensive care, and surgical intensive care, treating conditions including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, cystic fibrosis, and pneumonia.Perform diagnostic procedures to assess the severity of respiratory dysfunction in patients.

M.S. Hca, Health Care Administration, Gpa 3.98, Gpa 3.98

Activities and Societies: Member, Alpha Epsilon Lambda, King's College chapter. Presented May 2013 for outstanding scholarship, character.

Certificate Respiratory Therapy Technician 1993, Respiratory Therapy, Gpa 3.95, G.P.A. 3.9

Activities and Societies: Awarded Pennsylvania Society for Respiratory Care Student Award of Excellence, 1992. American Association.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Mass Communications, Gpa 3.5, G.P.A. 3.5

Activities and Societies: Member Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society; Who's Who Among American College Students, 1987, 1988.