Medical Registered Nurse
Resume:
KEITH PATRICK STEINHURST
Pflugerville, Texas 78660
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EDUCATION
AS General Studies 1989, 3.57 GPA & BS Biology 1991, 3.14 GPA
Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee
MEd Education 1993, 3.57 GPA
Incarnate Word College, San Antonio, Texas
MD Allopathic Human Medicine 2003, 3.50 GPA
St. Luke School of Medicine, Monrovia, Liberia
ACTIVITIES
Collegiate: Men s Football, Army Reserve Officer Training Corps, Alpha Lambda Delta
Society, Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, Beta Beta Beta Society
Professional: Army Chemical Corps Regiment, American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine
Social: Pontifical Baron; Gentleman of His Holiness; Knight, Pontifical Equestrian Order
of St. Sylvester, Pope and Martyr
EXPERIENCE
01/08-Present: Emergency Preparedness Planner, YA-0301-02
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0301-12, United States Army,
Department of Defense Civilian. Assigned primary responsibility for the development and
coordination of all matters pertaining to contingency and operational plans for Public
Health Emergency Management. Assigned as Homeland Security Coordinator and Emergency
Preparedness Planner. Analyzes directives and guidance for emergency, operational, and
mobilization planning. Assists in formulating, developing, coordinating, and publishing
current and long range plans. Coordinates the operation of multiple planning cells.
Provides information by suitable means and media including, but not limited to, briefings,
presentations, formal, and informal reports. Responsible for developing, staffing, and
implementing Public Health Emergency Preparedness for the total Army Medical Department
and its interaction with other military services, federal, state, and local agencies, in a
joint / combined forces environment. Supplies Medical Force Health Protection (CBRNE)
subject matter expertise for the MEDCOM. Provides a CBRNE/WMD annex or input to all
Medical Force Health Protection plans or documents. Conducts liaison with supporting
Military Intelligence Groups, military, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies
(to include four FBI regions) to facilitate the collection, analysis and further
dissemination of terrorist related WMD/CBRNE intelligence. Establishes a working
relationship with the local intelligence community to access information regarding
possible terrorist or criminal threats. Collects, evaluates, analyzes, integrates, and
interprets all available information that would be perceived as a possible WMD/CBRNE
threat to DOD personnel and property to include monitoring criminal activity.
04/06-01/08: Environmental Health Specialist, Department of State Health Services, State
of Texas. Assigned primary responsibility for the development and coordination of matters
pertaining to Hospital Radiological Response, Mitigation of Radiological Events,
Contingency, and Operational Plans as they relate to Radiological Emergency Preparedness
and Regulatory Affairs within the Texas Department of State Health Services and
Stakeholders within the scope of the National Bioterrorism Hospital Response Program.
Analyzes directives and guidance for emergency, operational, and mobilization planning.
Assists in formulating, developing, coordinating, and publishing current and long range
plans. Analyzes available data to extract criminal, physical, or terrorist threat
information relevant to the Radiological Events or Radiological Emergency Preparedness.
Provides information by suitable means and media including, but not limited to, briefings,
presentations, formal, and informal reports. Supplies Hospital Radiological Emergency
Preparedness subject matter expertise. Training Instructor for Hospital Radiological
Emergency Preparedness and Transportation Radiological Emergency Preparedness. Conducts
liaison with supporting local, State, and Federal agencies to facilitate the collection,
analysis and further dissemination of Radiological event Emergency Preparedness Response.
Performs full range of duties of and with responsibilities as Community Preparedness
Training Instructor. Performs full range of duties of and with responsibilities as
Radiological Survey Field Response Team Member. Performs full range of duties of and with
responsibilities as Emergency Support Function VIII, State Operations Center Watch Officer
and as Department of State Health Services Multi-agency Coordination Center Plans &
Intelligence (Incident Command System Compliant) Watch Officer. Performs full range of
duties of and with responsibilities as public health officer authorized and empowered to
enter in or upon public or private property within the State to conduct inspections,
investigations, surveys, surveillance, evidence gathering and seizure as required by law.
Merit Raise Awarded 09/07.
07/04-07/05: Clinical Documentation Specialist, Yuma Regional Medical Center. With the
assistance of a Registered Nurse, and two outpatient coders, responsible for improving the
overall quality, completeness, and compliance of clinical documentation. Facilitates
clarification of clinical documentation and regulatory compliance through extensive
forensic analysis and review of selected inpatient medical records through interaction
with clinicians (physicians, physician assistants, and advanced practice nurses), nursing
staff, other patient care providers, and medical records coding staff to ensure that
clear, concise, complete, appropriate, and compliant documentation is present in the
patient record reflecting the intended assessment, treatment plan, and care objectives or
outcomes formulated by the clinical staff such that proper reimbursement for said level of
service rendered is validated and obtained in a timely manner. Reviews inpatient medical
records to identify payer source (Medicare, Blue Cross/Blue Shield) upon admission and
throughout hospitalization. Reviews and analyzes selected inpatient medical records for
all of the following, including but not limited to: chief complaint; presentation; history
of present illness; past medical, surgical, and social history; clinical status of
patient; diagnostic tests, evaluations, and studies; clinical decision making; and
treatment plan, in order to identify potential gaps in clinical documentation. Interacts
and directly communicates with attending physicians and medical staff (physicians,
physician assistants, and advanced practice nurses), nursing staff, and other patient care
providers both verbally or in written form to validate observations and suggest additional
and /or more specific clinical documentation. Works closely with professional coding staff
to assure documentation of discharge diagnosis and any co-existing co-morbid conditions
(CC s) are a complete reflection of the patient s clinical status and care by
demonstrating basic knowledge about standards of coding and applying ongoing evaluation of
inpatient medical record clinical documentation. Designs and implements under the
direction of Director, Health Records Department, and in collaboration with physician
leadership specific tools to support medical record clinical documentation including but
not limited to forensic inpatient record assessment, analysis, and review; population of
databases for statistical evaluation of same; and coordination of future projects as
assigned. Performs other duties as assigned or requested.
01/04-07/04: Installation Readiness Officer & Emergency Operations Program Manager, GS
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0301-11, United States Army, Department of Defense Civilian. Develops controls, evaluates,
and coordinates installation Emergency Operation Programs with external law enforcement
and public safety agencies and organizations.? Develops, implements, and evaluates
contingency plans and operations. Evaluates treaty compliance and conducts internal
evaluation of plans and services relating to readiness issues.? In coordination with the
Installation Antiterrorism Officer reviews all local standing operating procedures
ensuring compliance with force protection guidelines.? Reviews all documents developed
within the Emergency Operations Center providing guidance and instructions for crisis
management, natural disaster and force protection incidents.? Directs the Installation
Readiness Program including: disaster control, combating terrorism, civil disturbance, and
contingency plans - including Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High
Explosive (CBBRNE), safety, standardization, and both ground?aero-medical evacuation
emergency preparedness plans. Participates during treaty verification inspections and
initiates the notification procedures upon receipt of onsite visit requests.? Conducts and
provides direct liaison with representatives from the installation and other law
enforcement and public safety agencies (local, state, and federal).
07/03-01/04 & 07/05-04/06: Force Protection Officer (Current Operations and Weapons of
Mass Destruction), Captain, United States Army. Assigned primary responsibility for the
development and coordination of all matters pertaining to contingency and operational
plans for the installation with duty as Force Protection Officer, Operations Security
Officer, Exercise Coordinator, Contingency Planning Coordinator, Plans, Operation, and
Training Officer, and Weapons of Mass Destruction Officer. Analyzed directives and
guidance for emergency, operational, and mobilization planning; assisted in formulating,
developing, coordinating, and publishing current and long range plans. Coordinated the
operation of multiple planning cells analyzing available data to extract criminal,
physical, and terrorist threat information relevant to the security of the installation
and provides information by suitable means and media including, but not limited to
briefings, presentations, formal, and informal reports. Responsible for developing,
staffing, and implementing Force Protection, Antiterrorism Chemical, Biological,
Radiological, Nuclear, and High Explosive Event (CBRNE) policy and guidance for the
protection of the Army s largest installation with more than 41,000 soldiers, over 100,000
civilian Department of Defense (DOD) workers and dependants, and its equipment.
Coordinated installation vulnerability analysis including: identification, validation, and
assessment of security procedures for Access Control Points, and all High Risk Targets.
Conducted liaison with supporting Military Intelligence Groups, military, local, state and
federal law enforcement agencies (to include four FBI regions) to facilitate the
collection, analysis and further dissemination of terrorist related WMD/CBRNE
intelligence. Responsible for the coordination of status reporting of funded projects
allocated for Force Protection (vulnerability analyses) totaling more than one million
dollars. Awarded Meritorious Service Medal, 04/04 and Commander s Medal for Civilian
Achievement 04/06.
09/02-07/03: Brigade Chemical Officer, Captain, United States Army. Assigned as Staff
Chemical Officer responsible for the 1st Medical Brigade, consisting of: four combat zone
hospitals, three battalions, seven companies, and 18 detachments over 4300 soldiers;
principle advisor to the commander and staff on all aspects of Chemical, Biological,
Radiological, Nuclear, and High Explosive (CBRNE) weapons of mass destruction and events,
including assets, readiness, surety, intelligence, operations, training, force protection,
anti-terrorism, health physiology, environmental management, and industrial hygiene.
Developed, implemented, and assessed both station and unit specific job certification
program. Updated and quality controlled statistics for high level briefings. Prepared,
consolidated, and monitored the scheduling for manning and long range training
requirements. Performed quality control on CBRNE products, training materials, curriculum,
and academic and personnel records and monitored formal instruction, reviewing and
revising programs and lesson plans to insure standards were met. Drafted, published, and
evaluated procedure manuals, information papers, evaluations, lesson plans, and reports
for organizational use. Managed accountability and readiness of over one million dollars
worth of CBRNE defense equipment. Directly supervised the performance and training of one
brigade level staff NCO, three battalion level staff NCOs, and 16-company level NCOs and
enlisted soldiers. Additional duties included: Brigade Anti-terrorism Officer, Brigade
Assistant Civil-Military Operations Officer, Brigade Radiation health Officer, and Brigade
Unit Status Reporting Officer.
06/00-09/02: Student Medical Officer, Captain, United States Army. Student Medical
Officer, Company B, Student Detachment, Darnall United States Army Community Hospital.?
Duty under instruction in clinical medical science in Departments of Medicine (Internal
Medicine), Surgery (General Surgery), Family Community Medicine, Obstetrics
Gynecology, Pediatrics, Neonatology, Emergency Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear
Medicine, Preventative Medicine, Aerospace Medicine, and Operational and Deployment
Medicine. Under direct supervision of attending physicians, developed, implemented, and
assessed patient treatment plans and therapy. Updated and quality controlled statistics
for high level briefings. Prepared, consolidated, and monitored the scheduling for long-
term therapeutics requirements. Interviewed patients of all age and maturity level in a
variety of clinical settings to assess disease processes and attain detailed information
about health status while developing clinical impression. Performed physical examinations
leading to the preparation of reports of clinical findings in in-patient and outpatient
settings and performed high level research and analyses leading to the preparation of peer-
reviewed presentations utilizing a number of technologies and publicly briefed written
reports.
PERSONAL
Skilled in computers: MS Windows (XP, NT), Microsoft Office Suite. Interests include
chess, chivalry, and heraldry.
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