Professional Summary

Bilingual Certified Respiratory Therapist with over 20 years of experience in respiratory care including 15 years of management/leadership experience. I am a proven leader with ability to self-manage, achieve program development & growth. I am a fast learner, love a challenge and am looking for a company to partner and growth with.

Skills

•Excellent Problem Solver •Analytical thinker •Resourceful and reliable worker •Savvy negotiator •Excellent verbal •Organized •Budget Development •Deadline-oriented

•Staff training development •Customer service-oriented •Dependable •Efficient multi-tasker

•Detail-oriented •Effective leader •Bilingual (Spanish) •Self-directed

•Microsoft Word •Microsoft Excel •Microsoft Outlook

Work History

PRN Respiratory Therapist

Respiratory Quality Services – 9315B Kirby Dr. Houston, Tx 77054 04/15/15-present

•Set up respiratory home care equipment in hospital and patient homes. Specializing in ventilation of the neuromuscular

Patient. Equipment including home vents, cough assist device, AVAPS, suction, trach, PAP and oxygen.

Director of RT Services

The Care Group of Texas – 9349 Kirby Dr. Houston, Tx 77054 10/2001-01/2015

•Managed clinical oversight for respiratory division of successful DME/RT homecare company. This included management of

150 complex ventilator dependent homecare patients, 65 trach patients, PAP, ABM, and oxygen patients. I oversaw a staff of 8

FTE’s and 1 PRN employee.

•Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate outstanding clinical care team for 13 years. My department did not lose patients

once on service. If patients did leave our service it was due to factors not related to care or service provided by my department.

•Prepared and monitored yearly department budget to ensure financial objectives were met. I was able to meet or exceed this

goal every year.

•Negotiated pricing with vendors to ensure company margins were maximized.

•Trained new staff on company protocol and made sure they were competency trained on all aspects of respiratory department

procedures.

•Managed various general office duties such as answering multiple telephone lines to troubleshoot patient equipment and

clinical concerns, evaluated insurance forms to ensure MD orders were correct and being followed and made sure patients

were seen monthly or as needed per protocol.

•Implemented necessary changes based on evaluation of department census.

•Evaluated patient care needs/treatment and oversaw patient compliance to needs/treatment.

•Contributed substantially to successful department/company ACHC accreditation to include clinical respiratory.

•Provided patient, staff, and referral source education as needed on clinical respiratory disease, equipment and supplies.

•Delivered in home care to respiratory deficient children and adults as needed.

Homecare Respiratory Therapist

Actioncare/Home Care Supply - No longer in business 8/1997-4/2001

•Interviewed patients to obtain medical information and documented their medical history per company protocol.

•Performed respiratory assessment on patients to obtain vital signs and basic pulmonary function studies.

•Educated patient or family/caregiver on respiratory disease process, equipment and supplies that were ordered by MD.

•Delivered in home care to children and adults with respiratory care needs.

Education

Respiratory Care Practitioner/Certification/Registry Eligible – Respiratory Care

Houston Community College – Healthcare Professional Building 1992

University of Houston Downtown – General Studies/Basics 1989-1991

References

Elizabeth Osher Del Pico – CEO, The Care Group-281-***-****

Bonnie Smith – Director of Marketing. Reach Healthcare – 281-***-****

Others available upon request

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