Rachel Carnes

I am a hardworking, loyal employee who is always eager to learn and acquire new skills as I strive towards my personal commitment of continually improving patient care, regardless of the professional role in which I serve.

Field Nurse at Maxim Healthcare (2026-02 – Present)

At Maxim I am a Field Nurse providing Private Duty Nursing care for medically complex patients in the home care setting.

Clinical Nurse Manager at Center For Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine at Swedish Medical Center (2025-12 – 2026-02)

At the Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine I was a Clinical Nurse Manager responsible for managing a clinic of nurses, techs, and office staff providing outpatient advanced wound care, limb salvage, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. I also provided hands on patient care, case management, staff education, and handled PAR/billing/coding requirements for all treatments and visits.

Field Nurse at CNS Cares (2023-11 – 2025-09)

At CNS Cares, I worked as a field nurse providing total patient care and case management for injured workers receiving benefits through the EEOICPA and managed their workers' compensation claims with the Department of Labor.

Registered Nurse at Mount Evans Home Health and Hospice (2023-09 – 2023-11)

At Mount Evans I was a Registered Nurse working in the field. I provided home health and hospice services (hands on care and case management) to clients in the surrounding rural mountain communities.

Private Duty Field Nurse, Case Manager, Resource Nurse at Bright Star Healthcare (2010-07 – 2022-12)

At BrightStar, I served in the roles of private duty field nurse, case manager, and resource nurse (educator/trainer) working with catastrophically injured workers' comp clients at home, inpatient, and within community care settings.

Complex Care Manager at Colorado Access (2020-04 – 2020-11)

At Colorado Access I worked as a Complex Care Manager for Medicaid coordinating care and services for medically and psychologically complex patients and high utilization members. Offering support, education, and counseling to patients and their families, I connected people to much needed resources within their communities. Working to better manage their care, I strategically strived to help control healthcare costs.

I was also involved in community health efforts and participated in COVID-19 outreach and education during the pandemic.

Private Duty Home Health Nurse at Maxim Healthcare Services (2010-04 – 2010-07)

At Maxim I was a private duty home health nurse caring for trach and ventilator dependent spinal cord and brain injury patients living at home.

Float Nurse, Unit Secretary at Health One (HCA) - Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital (2003-07 – 2010-01)

At Spalding, I worked as a float nurse on the orthopedic, neurological, and traumatic brain injury units where I was responsible for providing rehabilitative total patient care as well as patient and family education. I was charged with managing wound care on the orthopedic unit, assisted in policy development, and educated staff nurses on wound care and documentation. In addition to floor nursing, I worked as a unit secretary managing the needs of all three units 1-2 days per week for 3 ½ years.

I also served as a member of the Spalding Employee Advisory Committee for over 2 years.

Personal Assistant at Dr. Eugene Chapman – ACC (2002-05 – 2002-12)

I was a personal assistant to Dr. Chapman and helped him with tasks such as grading and filing papers, managing testing within the online learning system, set up for lab, corresponding with students via email, and making modifications to the online syllabus.

Master of Science in Nursing in Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner – Helen and Arthur E.

Johnson

Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences UCCS (2012-09 – 2018-12)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing in Nursing – University of Phoenix (2007-12 – 2010-05)

Associates of Applied Science in Nursing – Arapahoe Community College (2002-06 – 2002-11)

LPN Certification in Nursing – Concorde Career Institute (2001-02 – 2002-03)

High School Diploma – Alamo Heights High School (1993-09 – 1997-05)