Jennifer

Brooker,

RN

**

years

of

nursing

experience

in

long

term

&

home

health

care.

Director

of

Nurses,

Assistant

DON,

MDS

Coordinator,

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

Ave.•

Jacksonville

Florida

32218

Care

Manager,

Unit

Manager,

Clinical

Program

Coordinator,

904-***-****

•

acd1f9@r.postjobfree.com

Infection

Control,

Risk

Manager,

Wound

Care

&

Hospice

Experience

RN

Case

Manager

Community

Hospice

of

Northeast

Florida,

Jacksonville

Fl.

Oct.

2012

–

Dec.

2013

• Functioned

as

the

face

of

Community

Hospice

for

patients

in

assigned

facilities

-

increasing

referrals

for

my

assigned

facilities

by

38%

year

over

year

• Worked

as

the

sole

hospice

nurse

for

each

facility,

ensuring

collaboration

across

various

teams

of

doctors,

nurses

and

other

staff

while

managing

care

planning

needs

with

patients

and

family

members

as

we

assisted

in

the

dying

process

RN

Case

Manager

Sept.

2011

–

Oct.

2012

Heartland

Hospice,

Jacksonville,

Fl.

• Managed

the

choice

of

comfort,

care

or

crisis

intervention

and

assisted

the

dying

process

for

patients

wherever

they

resided

–

home,

hospital

or

facility

• Oversaw

a

case

load

of

patients,

ensuring

that

each

met

hospice

criteria

per

Medicare

guidelines

and

ensuring

each

provided

proper

care

equipment

and

medication

to

needs

• Collaborated

with

a

cross

functional

team

of

physicians,

social

workers,

chaplains,

hospice

aides

and

bereavement

coordinators

while

managing

care

planning

needs

with

patients

and

family

members

Director

of

Nurses

Aug.

2010

–

May

2011

Edgewood

Nursing

Center,

Jacksonville,

Fl.

60

bed

SNF

• Supervision

of

nursing

department

while

simultaneously

functioning

as

the

Risk

Manager

• Cleared

the

most

successful

State

Survey

in

the

history

of

Edgewood

Nursing

Center

(March

2011),

resulting

in

only

2

nursing

tags

• Monitored

and

oversaw

all

aspects

of

resident

care

to

ensure

quality

care

while

maintaining

state

and

federal

regulations,

as

well

as

nursing

hiring,

retention

and

education

Risk

Manager

Oct.

2009-

July

2010

Park

Ridge

Nursing

Center,

Jacksonville

Fl.

104

Bed

SNF

• Worked

closely

with

Administrator

and

department

heads

to

ensure

facility

policy

&

compliance

was

functioning

within

state

and

federal

guidelines

• Participated

in

state

survey

process,

including

plan

of

correction,

&

facilitating

plan

of

action

when

necessary

to

make

improvements

within

facility

• Oversaw

quality

assurance

committee

and

Q.A.

process

for

all

departments

Home

Health

Nurse

June

2009

–

Nov.

2009

Quality

Care

Home

Health,

Jacksonville

Fl.

• Completed

start

of

care

assessments,

recertification,

discharge

planning,

&

Oasis

assessments

• Provided

care

including

wound

care,

ostomy

care,

blood

work,

I.V.

therapy,

medication

management

&

client/caregiver

education

Director

of

Nurses

Aug.

2008

–

Jan.

2009

Harts

Harbor

Healthcare,

Jacksonville

Fl.

180

Bed

SNF

• Supervised

nursing

department

(100+

employees),

monitored

all

aspects

of

resident

care

practices,

implemented

and

oversaw

clinical

programs

• Participated

in

care

plan

process,

Medicare

management,

QA

process

and

all

nursing

programs,

maintained

nursing

budget,

nursing

education

and

recruitment

of

licensed

staff

Director

of

Nurses

Oct.

2004

-

Aug.

2008

Clinical

Programs

Coordinator

First

Coast

Health

&

Rehab

Center,

Jacksonville

Fl.

100

Bed

SNF

• Supervised

nursing

department

(100+

employees)

while

functioning

as

the

Risk

Manager

&

Abuse

Coordinator.

Lead

care

plan,

QA,

standards

of

care

and

special

needs

meetings

• Developed

Infection

Control

program

that

led

to

4

years

of

citation

free

infection

control

care

• Trained

sister

facilities

Nurses

in

self-

developed

Infection

Control

Programs

• As

DON,

managed

facility

out

of

its

previous

Q6

Monthly

Survey/Probation

to

best

survey

results

within

Senior

Health

Care

Corporation

that

year

Additional

Skills

MDS

3.0

Training,

Negative

Pressure

WoundVac

Therapy,

I.V.

Therapy,

Risk

Management

Workshops,

MDI,

American

Health

Tech,

Telemetry

Certified,

Tracheostomy

Care,

Pain

Management

Therapy

including

PCA

pump

training,

Microsoft

Office

Suite

and

Citrix

proficient.

Education

Associate

Degree,

Nursing

(RN)

Florida

Community

College

at

Jacksonville

1997,

Honors

Practical

Nursing

Program

(LPN)

Florida

Community

College

at

Jacksonville

1990

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