Executive Director

Michelle Kennon

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Cleburne, Texas 76033

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Summary of Qualifications

Dedicated Leader with twenty years of diverse medical experience and proven achievements in team building, customer service, clinical operations and business development. Highly motivated self-starting team player with the ability to assemble and direct cross-functional teams, resolve conflict and consistently exceed program goals.

•Management - Solid background as hands-on manager with highly developed strategic planning, performance evaluation, and financial management skills. Experienced in marketing, community relations, partnerships and equally strong in human resources.

•Innovation – Decisive team leader with big picture and out of the box thinking. Bring creative design and planning inspiration to business strategies, goals, and projects.

•Communication – Persuasive communicator with well-developed presentation and negotiating skills. Able to develop productive relations with community leaders, colleagues and staff; creating a positive growth environment.

•Special Skills – Current RN license, Administrator Certification, as well as Profit and Loss Management.

Experience

ALTUS HOSPICE HEALTHCARE – TEXAS 03/2017-

Executive Director - RN

FRONTIER MANAGEMENT - TEXAS 07/2015-03/2017

Executive Director-RN

Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the start-up community, achieving and maintaining maximum occupancy of the community to capacity, achieving high resident satisfaction and quality resident care/services, ensuring compliance with applicable state and federal requirements, generating respect in the community, ensuring smooth operation of the community, and generating the projected profit for the company. Maintaining outreach and education within the community.

American Hospice/Gentiva Hospice – Dallas, Texas 05/2010-04/2015

Executive Director-RN

Leader of the patient care team. Responsible to supervise, evaluate and coordinate the various component members of the Hospice interdisciplinary team: serve as patient advocate, and assure quality customer service. Responsible for the overall operation of a given location to include, but not limited to, clinical operations, business development and census growth, financial control-manage budget and P/L, increase revenue and develop additional business opportunities, compliance with corporate policies and procedures and all state and federal standards and all other areas of general business operations management.

Brookdale Senior Living – Fort Worth, TEXAS 08/2009-05/2010

RN Case Manager

Conduct a thorough and precise assessment of patient's condition, functional abilities, home-bound status and environmental and social factors. Make appropriate referrals to therapy, social work, as indicated. Instruct patients, family and/or caregivers in all aspects of patient care. Develops and implements nursing are plans and discharge plans with the involvement of the patient and the patient care team. Establish realistic patient treatment goals. Develops and supervises home health aide care plans.

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Encompass Home Health – Cleburne, Texas 10/2008-07/2009

RN/DON

Supervise and provide leadership to all staff members, participation in clinical outcomes, leading IDT team meetings, implementing nursing, aide and therapy services, education for employees, provide emotional support to patients and families, identify patient and family needs, manage financial resources, assist with billing and ICD 9 codes, ensure compliance with state and federal regulations, audit all documentation and time logs, chart audits, yearly evaluations and scheduling.

American Hospice – Cleburne, Texas 01/2004-11/2008

RN Regional Manager

Supervise and provide leadership to all members of the Patient Care Team including staff, volunteers, and contract personnel. Facilitate problem solving sessions and delivery of team support. Take responsibility for the productivity of each member of the Patient Care Team and for patient care assignments. Maintain communication with medical directors and physicians. Review and maintain all patient records and authorize all appropriate admissions following the Medicare/Medicaid guidelines.

Responsible for adherence to departmental budgets.

Participate in in-services, educational seminars and workshops as requested

Ensure coordination of services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to all patients on the team.

Cardio-Pulmonary Diagnostics – Fort Worth, Texas 09/2002-02/2004

Respiratory Clinician

In-home assessments of breathing functions including spirometer or a pulmonary function test measuring air flow rate attained during maximum forced exhalation and inhalation effort and pulse oximetry. Downloading test results and forwarding to appropriate health care providers.

Taught patients proper techniques and the importance of using nebulizer medications and inhalers as ordered by their physicians.

Assessment of patients and surroundings for potential health problems.

Educare of Texas – Fort Worth, Texas 06/1998-09/2002

LVN Healthcare Supervisor

Complete medical responsibility for MHMR group homes containing six clients each and on-call availability M-F evenings and rotating weekends for 12 group homes. Duties include, but not limited to, assessment of clients, teaching/training staff and clients, scheduling appointments with various physicians, Immunizations, lab values, tube feedings, catheter care, medicine administration, physician orders.

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Education

Associates Degree

Tarrant County Junior College

LVN & RN License

Hill County College – Hillsboro, Texas

Placed on President’s list and Dean’s honor roll

Community/Achievements

: Hill College Nursing Advisory Committee 2008 – present, President 2008-2012

: City of Cleburne Municipal Airport Board appointed committee 2012 – present

: Cleburne Economics Committee 2013 – present

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