Chief Executive Officer - Recoveryalistic Corporation - Louisville, KY
(2023-01)
- Manage partnerships and strategic business relationships, including negotiating contract terms and handling conflicts
- Develop and implement strategic updates to operations to solve issues affecting efficiency, profitability and production
- Coach and guide program directors to improve effectiveness and policy enforcement, resulting in increased employee job satisfaction and heightened performance levels
- Formulated and executed a long-term strategy to promote sustainable growth and distinguish the market presence
- Instituted a high-quality work environment, as evidence by employee satisfaction ratings
- Adapted strategies and sustained agile, sustainable operations
- Monitored budget and utilizing operational resources
- Serve as the Primary Care provider delivering comprehensive health care to adults in family practice office setting
- Conduct routine health assessments including pap smears, implements and promotes preventive health care
- Establishes medical diagnosis and treatment for acute and chronic health problems
- Interpretation of laboratory and diagnosis procedures, therapeutic procedures such as incision and drainage
- Collaborating with multiple medical specialist
- Initiate and manage medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid and alcohol use disorders
- Collaborate with therapists, case managers, and medical providers to develop individualized treatment plans
- Monitor withdrawal symptoms and adjust medications accordingly
- Provide patient education on harm reduction, overdose prevention, and naloxone use
- Manage co-occurring psychiatric conditions including depression, anxiety, PTSD, and bipolar disorder
APRN - Recovery Now - Louisville, KY
(2025-01 - 2025-08)
- Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments for patients with substance use disorders
- Initiate and manage medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid and alcohol use disorders
- Collaborate with therapists, case managers, and medical providers to develop individualized treatment plans
- Monitor withdrawal symptoms and adjust medications accordingly
- Provide patient education on harm reduction, overdose prevention, and naloxone use
- Manage co-occurring psychiatric conditions including depression, anxiety, PTSD, and bipolar disorder
- Participate in case conferences and quality improvement initiatives
- Maintain compliance with state and federal regulations regarding controlled substances
Advance Practice Registered Nurse - Mountain After Hours Clinic - Hazard, KY
(2024-05 - 2024-12)
- Serve as the Primary Care provider delivering comprehensive health care to adults in family practice office setting
- Conduct routine health assessments including pap smears, implements and promotes preventive health care
- Establishes medical diagnosis and treatment for acute and chronic health problems
- Interpretation of laboratory and diagnosis procedures, therapeutic procedures such as incision and drainage
- Collaborating with multiple medical specialist
Advance Practice Registered Nurse - The Commitment House - Louisville, KY
(2023-08 - 2024-05)
- Assessed patients in active withdrawal and provided interventions to manage physical psychological withdrawal symptoms
- Maintained patient charts and confidential files
- Oversee primary care, case management, and medication management responsibilities
- Assist in developing quality improvement activities while contributing to unit budgeting and staffing activities
- Collaborate effectively with nursing staff, medial provider and other members of the healthcare team to enhance patient care and satisfaction
Advance Practice Registered Nurse - Athena Health and Wellness - Louisville, KY
(2023-02 - 2024-05)
- Act as the primary care provider delivering comprehensive health care to adults in a family practice office setting
- Execute routine health assessments, including pap smears, while promoting preventive health care
- Establish accurate medical diagnoses and treatment plans for acute and chronic health conditions
- Interpret laboratory and diagnostic results, as well as perform therapeutic procedures such as incision and drainage
- Engage in collaboration with multiple medical specialist to provide integrated patient care
RN, BSN Critical Care Nurse - Norton Suburban Hospital - Louisville, KY
(2021-01 - 2023-02)
- Monitoring assigned patients and performing services including titration of vasoactive drugs to maintain stability
- Assessing ventilator supportive patients
- Providing end of life care and support
- Critically assessing uneventful situations and intervening with appropriate medical interventions
- Conducting routine procedures involving SWAN-Ganz (PA, CVP, PCWP, and cardiac output) monitoring; pacemaker monitoring, maintenance and patient education; intra-aortic balloon pumps; ventricular assist devices; and continuous venous-venous hemodialysis
Health Service Organization RN, BSN, Manager of Care Management - Humana Inc. - Louisville, KY
(2015-01 - 2021-01)
- Completed a successful corporate pilot for a new model of care that enrolled out system-wide, resulting in improved patient experience and outcomes, interdisciplinary collaboration, and a reduction in readmissions
- Plan, implement, and administer programs and services to regional membership, including emergency room discharge outreach, post-discharge management, short-term case management, high utilization management, social worker management, and complex discharge management. 2017 improved functionality of emergency room dashboard for all HSO regions to access the effectiveness of their emergency room predictive model outreach. Completed process improvement identification and writing 2016/2017. Developed
- Achieved reduction in company revenue by decreasing Mid-Atlantic HSO Regions emergency room readmissions. 2015 (24%), 2016 (19%), and 2017 (18%)
- Recognized as one of the most outstanding Humana Associates who modeled its values and championed its culture with leading talent in 2017. Awarded "Thunder Over Louisville" Cruise. Collaborating and creating new processes for Kindred at Home (KAH) initiative 2019
- Instituted innovation ideas to assist Senior Case Managers in remaining compliant with processes, leading the region in operational metrics
- Oversaw travel management to ensure that clinical needs were met by a coordinated team of Nurses, Social Workers, and Specialists across five states in the Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)
RN, BSN Sr. Case Manager - Humana - Louisville, KY
(2010-01 - 2015-01)
- Selected as head emergency room preceptor for all incoming ER case managers
- Developed educational emergency room training process/job aids for all incoming ER case managers
RN, BSN Clinical Instructor - Spencerian College - Louisville, KY
(2013-01 - 2014-01)
- Monitored students in the application of theoretical knowledge in the clinical setting
- Classing passing rate at 100%
RN, BSN Critical Care Nurse - Norton Suburban Hospital - Louisville, KY
(2007-01 - 2011-01)
- Assigned Charge Nurse (Night Shift)
