Clinic Manager - Cone Health-Elon Faculty and Staff Health and Wellness Clinic-Elon University - Elon, NC
(2018-08)
- Responsible for daily operations of the clinic for the provision of effective patient care
- Accountable for staff supervision and patient care management
- Identifies and accomplishes program goals and outcomes
- Maintains regulatory and professional standards/requirements
- Supports and maintains a cost effective, progressive and customer-focused service
- Delivers excellent customer service to advocate for safety, patient preferences, and optimal communication through partnering with patients, families and colleagues
School Nurse - Alamance Burlington School System
(2016-08 - 2018-08)
- Serve as coordinator of the health services program
- Promote health education
- Identify health and safety concerns in the school environment
- Assess health needs, provide health counseling, provide interventions and refer students as needed to appropriate agencies
- Serve as school liaison/advocate for children's health and safety
- Develop emergency medical plans and individual health plans for students with chronic illnesses and provide emergency care for illness and injury
- Make home visits
- Provide community resources and supporting families in obtaining needed treatment services
- Monitor student compliance with state immunization laws
- Provide Case management
- Assist with development of school policies and procedures
Medical Oncology Physician Nurse - Cone Health/Alamance Regional Cancer Center
(2015-11 - 2016-08)
- Prepares patient for examination by explaining the nature and purpose of the visit, procedures, therapy and treatments
- Promptly and accurately completes the documentation of the patients' vital signs and medical history
- Remains in communication with the physician and team ensuring they are aware of patient flow and that they remain on schedule according to patient volumes for the day
- Properly assists the physician with procedures and exams
- Educates patient/family receives health care instructions and information appropriate to their needs
- Coordinates/collaborates with other pertinent care providers when needed
Professional Development Specialist - Cone Health/Alamance Regional Medical Center
(2014-01 - 2015-11)
- Coordinates education resources and serves as a leader for assigned departments/community programs
- Coordinates educational activities for community groups
- Serves as a consultant and performs research as identified by need
- Provides staff development through the use of counseling, coaching, and mentoring
- Develops and coordinates educational programs that supports the development of skills and competencies of staff/employees to provide patient care
- Collaborates with staff and other leaders to develop/maintain a work environment that supports ongoing learning and staff development
- Applies educational theories, principles, and innovative strategies to advance clinical practice and job performance in an valuable and professional manner
- Provides primary leadership in development, implementation and evaluation of competency-base orientation for professional and non-professional staff
Bariatric Nurse Coordinator - Cone Health
(2012-01 - 2014-12)
- Assists with the planning, implementation, and coordination of all activities related to patient management within the Bariatric Services Department
- Navigates the patient along the continuum from the ambulatory setting, through the surgical experience, to the follow-up treatment setting
- Facilitates and provides education and psychosocial support to patients
- Provide education and support to staff caring for the bariatric population
- Serves as a liaison to physicians, allied health, and the community
Assistant Director - The Women's Hospital of Greensboro - Greensboro, NC
(2005-01 - 2012-12)
- Responsible for daily operations of the department for the provision of effective patient care
- Accountable for staff supervision and patient care management for a select program and/or a defined workgroup
- Identifies and accomplishes program goals and outcomes
- Maintains regulatory and professional standards/requirements
- Supports and maintains a cost effective, progressive, and customer-focused service
Staff Nurse - The Women's Hospital of Greensboro - Greensboro, NC
(2002-01 - 2005-12)
- Inpatient assessment, planning, interventions and evaluation of care for pregnant women, postpartum patients, newborns, pre/post operative patients
- Family centered care is provided and considers the physical, social, psychological, spiritual, and economic needs of the total family unit
- Breastfeeding support and education
- Family education related to the routine care of newborns and special needs of premature and sick newborns
- Charge nurse
- New employee preceptor; clinical resource to other staff members for high risk or complex patient populations
- RN III skills fair presenter
Staff Nurse - Burlington Pediatrics - Burlington, NC
(1999-01 - 2000-12)
- Assisting physicians with procedures-lumbar punctures, circumcisions, placement and removal of stitches, wart removal, wound care, pelvic exams, ear and eye washes
- Assessment of the ill patient
- Physical exams and immunizations
- IV therapy, allergy injections, Depo-Provera injections, antibiotic therapy, nebulizer treatments, telephone triage
- Educating patients on home nebulizer machines, medications
- Lab work-CBC, hematocrits, cholesterols, urinalysis, urine cultures, quick streps, throat cultures, wound cultures, fungal cultures
Nurse Manager - Burlington Pediatrics - Burlington, NC
(2000-01 - 2002-12)
- Responsible for the daily management/coordination of the clinical department staff and environment to provide quality care in the practice
- Responsible for interviewing, hiring, orienting, training, scheduling, evaluating, and discipline
- Policies and procedures
- OSHA and Infection Control Officer
- Maintains records of nursing licensure and certificates for clinical staff, competency checklists, CPR certifications, yearly PPD skin tests, and immunization history
- Reports to Practice Administrator and physicians
- Monthly staff meetings
Staff Nurse/OB-GYN/Nursery - Alamance Regional Medical Center - Burlington, NC
(1998-01 - 1999-12)
- Physical assessments of antenatal, postpartum patients, newborns, pre and postoperative gynecological patients
- Charge nurse
- Preceptor
- Education council secretary
- Patient education
- Family education related to the care of the newborn
Staff Nurse III-Mother/Baby Unit, OB/GYN, Central Nursery - Women's Hospital of Greensboro - Greensboro, NC
(1993-01 - 1998-12)
- Charge nurse
- Preceptor of new employees and 440 Nursing students
- Inpatient assessment of antenatal, postpartum, newborn, pre and postoperative patients
- Assisting physicians with treatments and procedures
- Patient education
- Chair person Unit Executive Committee and Divisional Practice Committee Secretary
Staff Nurse/OB/GYN/Pediatrics - Memorial Hospital - Burlington, NC
(1990-01 - 1993-12)
- Charge nurse
- New employee Preceptor
- Inpatient assessment of postpartum, pre and post operative, infant through adolescent patients
- Assisting the physicians with treatments and procedures
- Patient education
