Ben Boggs

I am a competent registered nurse with 28 years of work experience within the industry. I most enjoy helping patients improve their quality of life.

Full-time staff Clinical Director, RNFA, BSN, CNOR, IP, QAPI, Risk Manager - Physicians Surgery Center - Knoxville, TN

(2019-01)

• Direct the MEC and Governing board meetings
• Assume administrator role in the absence of an administrator
• Prepare for AAAHC and State inspections
• Attend MOR meetings
• Attend Clinical OP's meetings
• Communicate with Doctor's on staffing and flow of cases
• Help with cost management and the monthly, and annual budgets
• Maintain Quarterly audits
• Represent Administration in the clinical areas on matters related to policy and procedures
• Hold monthly staff meetings
• Coordinate adequate staffing
• Identify and participate in developing programs for in service education related to the needs of the physicians and staff
• Help with recruiting and red carpet of physicians and staff
• Participate in the process of patient care evaluation
• Serve as a member on committees for Administration
• Work closely with payroll/HR to coordinate employee request
• Enter and approve personal hours in Kronos
• Maintain an awareness of Local, State and National trends in health care
• Track infections and report them to the MEC
• Risk management data entry into Midas
• Investigate incidents and report to the board
• Perform quality improvement studies
• Perform quarterly Quality meetings
• Perform monthly walk through for SPD, Infection Control and enter data in Midas
• Hand Hygiene Audits
• Data enter for NHSN
• Annual performance reviews for staff, and contract workers
• Help change policy and procedures
• Attend Quality meetings
• Laser safety officer
• Assume Clinical Director role in her absence
• Communicate effectively with the staff on new policies and procedures
• Communicate effectively with physicians if any delays are expected or any supplies they may need
• Help with scheduling so the flow of surgical cases is efficient
• Also maintain RNFA, circulating, and surgical technician roles

Full-time Staff Shared Governance Board, Registered Nurse, First Assistant, Post Anaesthesia Care Unit First Assistant - Lakeway Regional Hospital - Morristown, TN

(2012-01 - 2018-12)

• Create and update hospital policy & procedure
• Assure compliance with joint commission standards
• Assisted with surgical procedures
• Closed incisions from capsule or fascia to subcutaneous and skin
• Took autografts and prepared allografts
• Positioned patients to assure no harm comes to patient and exposure for x-ray is possible
• Verify preoperative orders for correctness and administer antibiotics
• Monitor patients to prevent complications following surgical procedure
• Assist with pain management and blood pressure control

Registered Nurse (surgery), Orthopaedic Coordinator, New Staff Mentor, Patient Manager, Procedure Director, Program Liaison, Patient Liaison - Morristown Hamblen Healthcare Systems Covenant TN - Morristown, TN

(2003-01 - 2012-12)

• Assure that labs, consents, history, and physicals are complete, updated, and signed by physician
• Ensure that all equipment and implants are available for procedure
• Confirm medications are accurate and correctly labelled
• Lead surgical team for Joint Commission Approved Procedure Review
• Assure patient not harmed during surgical procedure
• Guarantee all standards of care met by surgical staff
• Trained in all specialities: Orthopaedics, Ear, Nose, and Throat, Spine Surgery, Vascular, General, OB/GYN, Ophthalmic, and Urology Surgery
• Responsible for educating staff regarding procedures and protocol
• Call representatives for cases
• Taught patients what to expect when having total joints replacement surgery
• Follow-up to assure cases handled smoothly and without complication
• Contact representatives for cases
• Coordinate appropriate staff for cases
• Verify implants needed were readily available
• Troubleshoot issues with surgeons and/or staff members and brainstorm solutions
• Assisted in creation and management of first total joint camp
• Filled in on cases as needed (including scrubbing, circulating, and being a representative for products when reps were not available)
• Answer questions
• Patient rounding pre and postoperatively
• Assure quality care standards met
• Facilitate meetings to resolve patient/surgeon issues

Certified Surgical Technologist Full-Time Staff - Manchester Hospital - Manchester, KY

(1996-01 - 1997-12)

• Assist in surgical procedures
• Help in sterilization process and assure sterility is maintained
• Assure everything needed for the case is available
• Pass instruments
• Assist with decontamination

Registered Nurse First Assistant - National Institute for First Assist (2011-01 - 2011-12)

Bachelor of Science - Nursing - East Tennessee State University (2009-01 - 2009-12)

Associate of Science - Nursing - Lincoln Memorial University (2003-01 - 2003-12)

Surgical Technologist - Cumberland Valley Health Occupational (1996-01 - 1996-12)