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Medical Registered Nurse

Location:
Pflugerville, TX
Posted:
September 29, 2012

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KEITH PATRICK STEINHURST

***** ********* *****

Pflugerville, Texas 78660

abowtl@r.postjobfree.com

254-***-****, 512-***-****

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

/GS-

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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