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Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Area

Quality Administrator for Nebraska’s Home and Community Based Services overseeing Nebraska’s four waivers regarding Quality and Compliance. Lead a team of 18 professionals that; review, aggregate, decipher and present various data’s to in house senior management for compliance and quality/performance improvement measures. Report out to CMS findings for regulation thresholds. Offer training and insights on ways for better services backed by data. Work in collaboration with other senior leadership to refine and harmoniously bring more efficiency and better services to all stakeholders in and out of house. Senior leadership on the state’s business plan overseeing a large RFP contract to restructure and bring better oversight to the state’s overall quality and services. Oversee the state’s new Mortality Review Committee (MRC), designed to bring senior medical staff together to track and trend for training and preventative measures for Nebraska’s waiver recipients. Oversee the state’s new Critical Incident Management Procedure (CIMP), designed to encompass one Critical Incident process to all waivers, as well track and trend various data points to better serve our participants with tangibles in training and preventable measures in the future. Working on high end grant projects with other senior leadership. Quality Improvement Committee senior leader. Work with other senior leaders in various audits of financials and services rendered under our waivers. Member of the Steering Committee working in conjunction with senior leaders to put into action many systemic changes for those we serve. Plan, design and implement robust systemic changes that the state has found deficiencies in based on CMS findings and recommendations.

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Program Accuracy Specialist, PAS- Compliance with state waiver criteria and program accuracy. Post claim reviews, I-CAP reviews, ISP reviews, interRAI Home Care (HC) reviews. Review and provide feedback to supervisors across the state, based on the policies, procedures and operational guidelines set forth by the governing body. Assure that; programing, individual support plans, budgets, and all aspects of waiver funding are in compliance with state and federal guidelines.

Direct care for high acuity youth using trauma-focused interventions. De-escalation with inclusion of behavioral modification strategies. Continuous and intensive interventions to encourage skill-building of life and communication skills. Direct implementation of continuous and intensive treatment plans using positive reinforcement strategies. Partnering with the Board Certified Behavior Analyst and other key staff to ensure constant follow-through of the programming, behavioral modification strategies, treatment plan, plan progress, etc. Serves as the key facilitator of group meetings held with the youth groups. Coordinates and monitors the conduct of those meetings. Conducts interviews with the youth to collect data for classification studies. Maintains all progress reports and classification information on assigned youth caseloads. Coordinate orientation of new youth. Serve as a liaison between school staff and Unit staff to further promote continuity of handling the programming of youth and youth groups. Communicates with parents, legal professionals, Juvenile Service Officers, and other social and state agencies. Work with Courts, probation officers, and other IDT members to strategies plans and coordinate best treatment plans and placement opportunities for youth in the care of OJS. Facilitate, plan, and coordinate most meetings involving the youth. Monitor and track all aspects of youth’s lives while in our care. Work with administration and other professionals to ensure proper care, treatment, and direction for youth is implemented and continued. Work with a variety of external stakeholders and conduct Interdisciplinary Team Meetings IDT’s, for various professionals. Testify in court to treatment rendered in our care and appropriateness of decisions and aftercare plans made by our clinical team.

Managed sixty-five Developmental Technician staff. Managed nine Shift Supervisors. Twenty-nine clients on my caseload. Three ICF-DD homes with a sixteen bed capacity on each ICF. Five vehicles, one car, and four lift vans. Scheduling for all shifts all homes. FML/LOA and other types of leave in conjunction with HR. Formal and informal discipline up to terminations with HR collaboration. Payroll/Kronos- Smart goals for 74 subordinates. Purchase and inventory order approvals. Budget management. Inter discipline team (IDT) member. Incident review team (IRT) member. New hire and continuing educations training for my subordinates. Working with other disciplines to accomplish short and long term goals. Enforcing and following policies and procedures. State credit card management and tracking.Paper and electronic document management. Weekly and bi-weekly staff and supervisor meetings. Oversee the quality assurance process of our clients and staff by ensuring, the facility protects and promotes the health, safety, and well-being of the individuals served through coordination, integration, and monitoring of comprehensive services including medical, nutritional, educational, vocational, behavioral, psychiatric, residential and habilitative across 24 hours per day, seven days/week; develop organizational unit policies, procedures, goals, and objectives, including procedures which require the reporting of any evidence of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of any individual served by the facility in accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat. 28-372 of the Adult Protective Services Act or, in the case of a child, in accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat. 28-711; ensures compliance with facilities policies and procedures, standards/ regulations, and Labor Union Contract; and maintains staff appropriate to meet individual’s needs; performs related work as assigned.

Oversee the daily operations of 400 State and 311 Lake ICF’s. Responsible for the day to day functions of staff and individuals whom we serve. Ensuring that staff is trained to complete their job duties as assigned. Assisting in training and making sure staff are knowledgeable of current and new policies and procedures. Conducting a wide variety of daily training and leading by example to make sure that the individuals who we serve are receiving the highest level of care and services they deserve. Completing end of shift reports ensuring sensitive information is passed along from shift to shift. Conducting and filling out AJT forms of newly hired staff and ensuring they are complete and new hires are properly trained. Daily, asking that the staff are reading and understanding Therap entry’s and notes to ensure all staff is trained to perform their job duties. Following incident management and conducting investigations to ensure abuse or neglect have not occurred. Temporary or permanent separation of employees who have violated policies or procedures pending the outcome of the investigation or referred investigations to higher authorities. Responsible for emergency response of all incidents on campus that may occur and handling them according to policies and procedure working with authorities in the event of natural or internal disasters. Handling and accounting for client funds for the campus, ensuring that appropriate paperwork has been completed when issuing money to staff or clientele, along with issuing and accounting for state credit cards. Accounting for and monitoring receipts of funds and approving and denying purchase requests and issuing disciplines to subordinates when applicable, and keeping track of performance issues. Completing and submitting audits to superiors to ensure that we are abiding by CMS standards. Plan and conduct meetings, keep track of those meetings and the meeting minutes.

Assisting individuals in the day to day routines, daily cares, running BSP’s safety plans and programs implemented by the QDDP’s and making sure that the individuals we serve are receiving the highest quality and care to assist them in achieving their life goals. Documenting daily information, as well as reporting all incidents as they arise. Filling out all appropriate paperwork for various tasks. Participate in IDTs. Running and following IPPs safety plans and BSPs, taking and assisting DD clients to their jobs and social events.

Trained incoming employees on daily routine answered questions. Supervised inmates in various situations and activities, conducted inspections on inmates, performed security observations, prepared incident, and misconduct reports, operated security equipment, operated control centers, recognized critical behavior, transported inmates, enforced rules and regulations of the facility. Filled out appropriate paperwork when applicable. Reported all concerns to upper management Conducted forced cell moves and other uses of force when applicable always in the last scenario situation. Assisted major in 100% shakedowns of staff and participated in ERT. Worked SMU and death row along with lower C and D. A lot of other various duties as my supervisor saw fit. Other duties as assigned.