Human Resources High School

James D. Bessette, Jr.

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City: Milton

State: VT

Zip: 05468

Country: USA

Phone: 802-***-****

Skill Level: Any

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Primary Skills/Experience:

Enthusiastic with superb leadership and communication skills. Easily cultivates trusting and productive relationships with clients and employees.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from Ashford University, Clinton IA 1/2001 to 10/2012 (Organizational Management)

Job History / Details:

Summary

Enthusiastic with superb leadership and communication skills. Easily cultivates trusting and productive relationships with clients and employees.

Highlights

Flexible and adaptive - the past seven years in management has shown me, and helped me to develop these critical skills.

Calm under pressure - holding leadership positions in healthcare, and correctional healthcare, has been a catalyst to this skill.

Organizational development knowledge - Took a poorly run facility with high staff turnover, numerous negative outcomes to patients, to achieving full staff, with 95 percentage retention rate, and won the NCCHC facility of the year - selected from 500 facilities in the U.S.

Critical thinker - being able to think a situation all the way through, taking time to not rush to decision, and being open to all information regarding the situation, for me are tools to critical thinking.

Curriculum development - developed, implemented and presented a competency program for nurses in corrections. Developed and presented "Administrative and program best practices in an all female jail", presented at NCCHC 2012.

Experience

August 2010 to Current

VT Dept. of Corrections/Correct Care Solutions Vermont

Health Services Administrator

Provide administrative oversight for all day to day operations of health services - medical, dental and mental health provided to approximately 400 inmates. Provide administrative supervision to approximately 30 staff. Monthly budget review and analysis, accountable for managing budget in two facilities, working to maintain budget with many competing priorities. Utilize group behavior in organizations knowledge, to develop consistent recognition of staff, maintain employee retention at 95 percentage, improve overall moral, perform job analysis in certain areas to improve work flow and load, developed and presented educational in services to improve competency, response to emergencies, and continuous quality improvement. Used knowledge of human resources in the practice of hiring, terminating, coaching staff. Work collaboratively with facility department of corrections administration, correct care solutions administration and program staff, to improve services in all areas and resolve challenges. Developed, implemented and monitoring of programs such as: infection control and safety. Developed and implemented audit tools for director of nursing and nursing supervisors, which helped them to monitor accreditation standards and keep their finger on the pulse of quality. Facility chosen as the NCCHC facility of the year out of 500 facilities in the U.S.

Education

2012 Ashford University Clinton, Iowa

Bachelor of Arts Organizational Management

Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Golden Key International Honour Society Inductee. Made deans list three times.

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