RN/Acting Service Manager - Bluebonnet Trails Community Services
(2024-12)
- Oversee the coordination of daily activities of the State Hospital step-down program, which includes the daily operation of the home
- Admission of new patients from the state hospital to a transitional living facility
- Conducting a daily morning huddle on updates via Zoom or Teams with all program staff members on the previous day's events. Facilitate continued quality care and delivery of care to our clients: medication administration, management, and education of clients on their current medication actions and side effects
- Follow up on lab orders and communicate results with service Providers
- Book and attend clinic appointments with medical doctors, psychiatrists, and other professionals, including case managers and BCBA counselors
- Ensure all staff complete tasks according to expectations
- Provide training, coaching, and monitor staff related to medical and nursing needs
- Ensure safe and up-to-date information on clients' finances with accountability for purchase receipts
- Reporting to the Program Chief Director
Shift Supervisor, Specialty Services - Austin State Hospital-HHSC
(2022-03 - 2025-09)
- Coordinates and oversees nursing activities and ensures appropriate nursing staff coverage during the assigned shift
- Serves as the point of contact for other interdisciplinary staff to coordinate nursing services for the designated areas. Responds to emergencies to provide assessment and ensure the safety and care of individuals and staff. This includes treatment for HHS employees who are injured during the course and scope of their employment
- Performs comprehensive physical assessments and care interventions, such as health screenings, treatments, and medication administration
- Evaluates and documents healthcare needs and/or issues and reports these to the appropriate person(s)
- Provides oversight and coaching of, and delegates work to, nursing staff, including direct care RNs and LVNs, and psychiatric nursing assistants during the assigned shift
- Assists with on-the-job nursing instruction and training of other nurses as instructed and serves as a resource for other nurses
- Report personnel issues to the assigned nurse managers for follow-up. Provides input into subordinate nursing staff evaluations, as requested—model appropriate interaction with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their family members, and staff members
- Develops and presents information for in-service training or staff development, as assigned
- Communicates with others, such as direct care staff, physicians, primary care practitioners (PCPs), administration, and other nursing staff to ensure optimal care as part of the interdisciplinary team
- Notify the nurse manager, nurse operations officer (NOO), or other designated supervisors of trends and concerns to ensure that communication is in place to provide consistent, high-quality care for all individuals served
- Works under the general supervision of the nurse manager, NOO, or other designated supervisors, with moderate latitude for initiative and independent judgment
Nurse Surveyor/Investigator, Long Term Care Regulatory- SMQT Certified - Texas Health and Human Services - Austin, Texas
(2019-03 - 2020-05)
- Conducted on-site surveys and complaint/abuse investigations in nursing, skilled nursing, and assisted living facilities
- Conducted inspections in long-term care or residential facilities to protect the health of Texans
- Ensured compliance with Standards in admission, transfers, and discharges; residents' rights; staffing; census; quality of care assessment; quality of life assessment; resident care plans; social, psychological, and rehabilitative services; provision of medical services; and therapeutic programming
- Investigated complaints and conducted follow-up surveys
- Worked with team members to collect and analyze data to prepare detailed written reports
Campus RN/Shift Supervisor (RN 3) - Austin Supported Living Center - Austin, TX
(2018-04 - 2019-03)
- Provided for the assessment, care, and treatment of patients
- Supervised the work of other RNs, LVNs, and DSPs
- Demonstrated considerable knowledge of nursing rules/regulations, methods, procedures, techniques, and human relations
- Demonstrated a practical working knowledge of family and group relationships' cultural, social, and economic forces
- Kept records and wrote reports
- Evaluated subordinate nursing staff and tracked discipline
- Calculated precise dosages of medications
Assistant Unit Manager - Charge Nurse - Austin Lakes Hospital
(2010-10 - 2017-11)
- Provided care for patients with chemical and alcohol dependence, mental health illnesses, and all other medical issues
- Supervised and managed RNs, LVNs, and CNAs in the unit
- Provided direct patient care, including tracheotomy and wound care
- Administered IM medications, provided general physical assessment, and conducted nursing interventions
- Performed case management to include discharge planning, placement of patients after rehabilitation, & behavior management sessions with patients
- Conducted in-services with staff to inform them of new policies, procedures, and safety measures
- Monitored and assisted in the intense implementation of the continued outpatient program
- Coordinated efforts with all medical staff, including a psychiatrist, to do all possible for the patient to be successful post-rehabilitative services
- Provided the unit manager with daily briefs of the unit's activities
House Supervisor - Austin State Hospital
(2007-07 - 2010-10)
- Provided care for patients with chemical and alcohol dependence, mental health illnesses, and all other medical issues
- Supervised and managed RN's, LVNs, and CNAs in the unit
- Administered IM and PO medications, provided general physical assessment, and conducted nursing interventions
- Performed case management to include discharge planning, placement of patients after rehabilitation and behavior management sessions with patients
- Conducted in-services with staff to inform them of new policies, procedures, and safety measures
- Worked with certified addiction counselors, specialized physicians, medical doctors, and staff
- Monitored and assisted in the implementation of the continued outpatient program
- Coordinated efforts with all medical staff to ensure the patient's success post rehabilitative services
Present RN/Case Manager - F.C. Home Health
(2004-01 - 2007-08)
- Conducted assessments and evaluated elderly patients in their homes
- Review and coordinate patients' care with physicians
- Supervised the fieldwork of LVNs
Registered Nurse - Georgetown Hospital
(2001-02 - 2003-01)
- Responsible for making assignments and coordinating nurses' duties and activities
- Assessment and evaluation of patients with multiple system disorders
- Insertion of Peripheral IV, monitoring PICC lines, and central lines
- Take shift reports on patient care supervision and conduct training and coaching of new staff members
