Haidy Guirguis

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Glendora, CA **741

626-***-****

E-Mail: djimz7@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Experience

Kindred Hospital Brea, CA

Director of Nursing -Sub Acute unit

March 2011-Novamber 2011

• Rounds on unit at least once daily

Performs general management functions such as hiring, disciplining and evaluating employees.

• Interview and hire new nursing staff.

• Plans and facilitates meetings and committees to address resident care issues.

• Review time sheets for accuracy before payroll.

Manages the Nursing Department with the goal of achieving and maintaining the highest quality of care possible.

• Develops and manages systems to assure clinical competencies.

Participates in developing, implementing and evaluating programs that promote the recruitment, retention, development and continuing education of nursing staff members.

• Identification of training needs.

Initiates studies to evaluate effectiveness of nursing services in relation to their objectives and costs.

• Develops and manages nurse – on call system.

Develops the department budget for approval, monitors expenses and stays within budget.

• Investigate and resolve residents/family/employee concerns.

Ensures that annual competency evaluations and performance reviews are completed in the appropriate time frame.

• Participating in Employee Recognition Program.

• Pro-actively addresses survey and/or standards of care issues.

• Develop and manage staffing scheduler system.

• Plans and guides the professional development of nursing staff.

• Participate in Guarding Angel Program.

• Ensures that adequate nursing staffs are available based on facility/census requirements.

• Collect data to compile reports in a timely manner, and to meet deadlines.

• Participates in facility "Performance Improvement Program."

• Assures that all clinical protocols and nursing policies and procedures are followed.

• Performs other tasks as assigned.

• Assure Pharmacy, dietary, physician consults are followed in timely manner.

Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with the standards set out in the Company’s Code of Business Conduct, its policies and procedures, the Corporate Compliance Agreement, applicable federal and state laws, and applicable professional standards.

• Assumes complete responsibilities for the Center in absence of Executive Director.

Kindred Transitional care center: Glendora, CA

Assistant Director of Nursing

September 2010 to March 2011

• Acts as liaison between nursing units, admissions and the DNS.

• Monitor RCA performance and re evaluating resident performance or lack of performance.

• Plans and facilitates meetings and committees to address resident care issues.

• Monitor weekly and monthly weights.

• Monitors and evaluates nursing staff and makes recommendations for training or work modification to the DNS.

• Monitor meals and breaks to assure compliant by staff.

• Assists in preparation of departmental budget.

• Monitor meals and temperature of meal trays.

• Performs personnel management functions such as establishing personnel qualification requirements, drafting procedure manuals, initiating in-service programs, and installing record and reporting systems.

• Monitor noise level and satisfaction of residents with care/or dissatisfaction.

• Performs studies to evaluate effectiveness of nursing services in relation to their objectives and costs.

• Monitor and audit charts weekly for: Episodic; Medicare documentation; all assessments; nursing summaries, MAR’s; treatment; flow sheets; residents profile for CNA's.

• Ensures that annual competency evaluations and performance reviews are completed in the appropriate time frame.

• Rounds on unit daily.

• Pro-actively addresses survey and/or standards of care issues.

• Follow up on residents/family/employee concerns in a timely manner.

• Plans and guides the professional development of nursing staff.

• Participates in nurse on call system.

Kindred Transitional care center: Glendora, CA

Director of Staff Development/Infection Control Nurse

September 2009 to September 2010

• Ensures that employees receive compliance training and education necessary to perform their job responsibilities in accordance with Kindred's Code of Business Conduct.

• Ensures that documentation for all training is completed in accordance with state, federal and Compliance requirements.

• Monitors employee performance and takes necessary action for compliance issues.

• Develops and conducts an orientation program for new, rehired and contract employees.

• Manages Employee Health program

• Provides hands-on clinical orientation and instruction to licensed and unlicensed personnel.

• Conducts or coordinates new employee job training, and CPR training.

• Assesses resident needs in relation to staff abilities and designs appropriate training programs.

• Working with the Director of Nursing Services (DNS), ensures clinical competency of nursing staff through observed skills evaluation, and conducts annual *competency assessments for licensed nursing staff and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs).

• Assists in department budget preparation and contains expenditures within budget.

• Conducts and coordinates OSHA/Risk Management program with oversight of documentation requirements

Integrated Nursing and Rehab Care: Glendora, CA

Unit Manager/Case Manager (Alzheimer /Dementia Unit)

August 2007 to September 2009

• Holistically responsible for overseeing Integrated’s 99 bed Dementia / Alzheimer

Secure Unit within the 342 bed facility.

• Report solely to the Director of Nursing.

• Responsible for survey results, corrective plans and their implementation.

• Growing and maintaining unit’s census - grew census from 65 to 85 within a six

Months period.

• Participate in 100% of hiring of for unit with the DON.

• Oversee a staff of 6 Charge Nurses, 2 RN’s, 6 LVN’s, 21 CNA’s and 2 RNA’s

• Helped profitability and decrease discharges with the DON by increasing on-site treatment options that were previously “out sourced” to area hospitals: Wound VAC / IV’s / TPN / PICC Line care – maintenance.

Heartland Hospice: West Covina, CA

On Call Case Manager, RN Hospice Care

June 2007 to present

*Provide counseling and palliative care for families and terminally ill patients with diagnosis ranging from AIDS, ALS, Alzheimer’s, Cancer, COPD, Liver Disease and Parkinson’s.

*Executed and support given with intakes as well as bereavement and discharge.

Gladstone Care and Rehab Care Center

Case Manager, RN Sub-Acute Unit

August 2005 to November 2007

*Identifies Medicare entitlement and eligibility for prospective residents.

Completes weekly chart audits to assess documentation support for skilled Medicare coverage.

*Monitors MDS documentation and charting requirements that support services provided to meeting billing requirements.

*Charts MDS and pertinent narrative data to optimize case mix scores.

*Conducts daily assessments of Medicare patients and coordinates therapy, care mapping and discharge planning.

*Conducts weekly Medicare/case management meetings to review plan of care.

*Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with the standards set out in the Company’s Code of Business Conduct, its policies and procedures, the Corporate Compliance Agreement, applicable federal and state laws, and applicable professional standards.

Gladstone Care and Rehab Care Center

Charge Nurse/ Tretment Nurse LVN

November2003 to August 2005

*Documents the resident's condition and nursing needs.

*Accurately and promptly implements physicians' orders.

*Assigns nursing care to team members in accordance with the resident's needs and the person's capabilities and qualifications.

*Supervises, directs and evaluates junior staff members and CNAs.

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New Vision Home Health: Norwalk, CA

On Call Field Case Manager and RN Home Health

February 2005 – January 2008

*Provided skilled nursing assessments for patients and their family and was responsible for facilitating home care and a treatment nursing team for medical care.

* Provided caregivers with comprehensive discharge care plan.

*Additionally educated and supported caregivers / family with equipment prescribed to continue care coupled with care support form the primary nursing team.

Education:

BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) Elmina University:

Elmina, Egypt .June 1995

LVN (Licensed Vocational Nurse) Summit Career College:

Colton, CA June 2003

Skills:

Knowledge of learning principles and training techniques.

Skilled in developing and conducting training programs.

Skilled in work assessment.

Ability to communicate effectively with residents and their family members, and at all levels of the organization.

Knowledge of state and federal requirements for accreditation and certification.

Possesses basic computer skills

Ability to work with a culturally divese resident and employee population

Work efforts reflect a passion for exceeding customer expectations.

Solicits patient/resident feedback to understand their needs and the needs of the community. Advocates for Service Excellence within the Center and influences others to take action.

Displays responsibility by taking ownership of quality care. Shows dedication to enriching the lives of our patients and residents through empathy and compassion.

Exhibits a commitment to results by looking for and recommending/implementing process improvements.

Demonstrates commitment to interpersonal excellence through professional greetings, proper telephone etiquette, common courtesy, a professional attitude and appearance.

Enriches the Center culture by having fun.

Recognizes the benefits of team collaboration. Shows respect for fellow employees by working together to get the job done.

Effectively addresses customer concerns and resolves conflict in a manner that is fair to all.

Nursing Licenses:

California License # RN 711274 Expiration date 4/2013

California BLS/ CPR Expiration date 2/2013

California Director of Staff Development #CEP 212, October 2009

California MDS 2.0 Certification 8/2008

References: Available Upon Request

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