Summary

More than ** years of leadership and management experience in business, including executive level in nursing administration, sales and sales management, production, finance and personnel. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal. Skilled in personnel training, leadership training, and motivational speaking.

Experience

MSICU, Step-down ICU, PICC Team Manager // Hillcrest Medical Center // Tulsa, OK Dec 2017 - Present

Responsible for 24 Bed DNV Stroke Certified MSICU and Neuro ICU, 6 Bed Step-down ICU and PICC and IV services at both Hillcrest Main and Hillcrest South campuses. 100 direct reports in these three departments. Accomplishments include hiring and training for 35 open positions during the first six months on the job including leadership and administrative personnel. Facilitated Epic rollout during go-live and assisted in training of bedside staff. During this time all three units have returned to proper staffing budget and consistently operated within budget. Supply costs have been cut by 15%. The units have maintained greater than 98% occupancy during this time as well.

Chief Executive Officer / Chief Nursing Officer // AMG Specialty Hospital // Tulsa, OK Nov 2014 – Dec 2017

Responsible for 40-bed facility with 10 ICU beds including 25 vent rooms and 15 General Med/Surg beds. Oversight of daily operations. Oversee admissions and ensuring potential patients meet LTAC criteria. Oversight of interdisciplinary team, case management, HIM, nursing and clinical departments, and marketing team. Managing marketing projections and goals, personally marketing in the community weekly, annual budget preparation, tracking financials and monthly utilization, working directly with medical staff and medical executive committee, member of governing board, code blue training of staff, ICU level education of staff, maintaining compliance with all state and federal regulations, and PICC team leader.

RN // Oklahoma Heart Institute at Hillcrest Medical Center // Tulsa, OK May 2014 – Mar 2017

CVICU RN-IV Responsible for patients pre and post op in regards to cardiac procedures, Maintaining hemodynamic stability via titrated IV drips and boluses, invasive cardiac monitoring, vents, reporting to cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, and general surgery team regarding patient stability, needs and changes. Oversee and coordinate care between multiple disciplines within facility regarding Critical Care Team, Hospitalist, PT/OT, Dialysis, Radiology, MRI, and RT.

RN // Davita Dialysis – Tulsa Acute Team // Tulsa, OK May 2013 – Nov 2014

Perform dialysis treatments within acute facilities including ICU’s, ED’s, Rehab, and LTAC’s. CRRT and SLED treatment setups. Patient assessment and evaluation before and during treatment. Communicating with nephrologists and staff nurses regarding orders, labs results, and patient changes.

LPN // Oklahoma Surgical Hospital // Tulsa, OK March 2011 – May 2013

Provide nursing care to patients and assistance to nurses and physicians within the In-Patient Dept. Including Ortho and General Med/Surg floors. Duties include medication management, discharging patients, assisting with admissions, ER/Trauma nursing, sterile dressing changes, nursing education, electronic charting trainer.

Paraprofessional/Teacher // Union Public Schools // Tulsa, OK August 2009 – March 2011

Assist in lesson preparation and instruction. Tutor students in all core subjects, Mentor, provide reports on work, assignments, and discipline. Specifically worked with 80 underperforming or underprivileged students who were high risk for dropout. 79 of 80 graduated high school in 2012.

Business Owner // Auto Sales, Real Estate, Transportation // Claremore, OK 2003-2009

Retail/wholesale sales and sales management, building and maintaining vendor relations, maintain daily operations, employee oversight, payroll, reports, accounting, finance, customer service management and customer follow up. Remain in constant contact with previous and current customers in order to maintain customer loyalty. Develop and implement company policies, procedures and processes.

Education

Rogers State University – BSN

Tulsa Community College – ADN