Quality Control Manager

SUMMER M. BROOKS

**** ********* ***** • Murfreesboro, TN 37129 • 863-***-****

**********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

To obtain employment within your office as a full-time/part-time consultant

EMPLOYMENT

CLINICAL MANAGER November 2013 – February 2014

Precision Pain Care Clinic Smyrna, Tennessee

Supervising front desk personnel; overseeing patient scheduling; approving weekly

payroll, including any modifications needed for overtime and/or holidays; implementing policies

and procedures in accordance with TOSHA and TN Department of Health rules and regulations

and educating staff with regard to said policies and procedures, including but limited to blood-

borne pathogens, hand hygiene, IV conscious sedation administration, emergency preparedness,

etc; facilitating staff meetings as needed; maintaining employee health records; editing job

descriptions for future employees; assisting with the interview/hiring process for future

employees; admitting new patients into the practice; overseeing OR and PACU RN’s; managing

narcotics inventory. Responsible for ongoing communication with patients to assist with

medications and procedure scheduling; submitting prior authorizations for medications to various

insurance companies; coordinating with neighborhood pharmacies to ensure prescribed

quantities can be filled. Implementing a disciplinary action policy for staff members;

encouraging individual accountability and autonomy within the practice; maintaining the

physician’s personal calendar with regard to scheduling.

ICU RN (Neuro Care Unit Feb. 2013 – Nov. 2013) August 2012 – November 2013

Vanderbilt ICU Float Pool via Advantage Support Services Nashville, Tennessee

Admission and continuous assessment of the critical care patient (including but not

Limited to post-MI, CHF, acute and chronic renal failure, acute CVA, DKA, alcohol and drug

overdose, ARDS, COPD exacerbation, status asthmaticus, GI bleed, multi-system failure),

charting of vital statistics (including CVP/ABP/PAWP/CO), monitoring daily values (I&O’s,

weights, labs), and assisting physicians with medical procedures (central line placement, A-line

placement, chest tube placement, TEE, EGD, pericardiocentesis). ACLS certified, BLS certified.

NURSING SUPERVISOR October 2011 - August 2012

Tennessee Pain Surgery Center Antioch, Tennessee

Admission and continuous care of the ambulatory surgery patient (including assessing

pain level, vital signs, and other pertinent health information upon admission, starting IV's if

indicated, prepping for various surgical procedures, administering IV conscious sedation when

indicated, assessing patients post-procedure for pain level, level of consciousness, ambulatory

status, and respiratory status; educating patients with regard to discharge instructions and

medications prescribed; scheduling follow-up appointments as needed); maintaining health

records as required for employees (Hep. B, TB skin tests, flu shots); overseeing the education of

other staff members, including but limited to blood-borne pathogens, hand hygiene, IV conscious

sedation administration, emergency preparedness, etc; coordinating with office administrator to

ensure compliance with state rules and regulations for ASC (including fire safety, infection

control, quality control and improvement, and OSHA); ordering controlled substances for use

during procedures (Propofol, Versed, Fentanyl).

RN – Flu and Wellness Clinics October 2012 - present

Maxim Healthcare Nashville, Tennessee

Administering flu vaccinations, educating various clients about the flu vaccine; BP

checks, fingersticks to check cholesterol and blood glucose, obtaining height/weight/BMI/waist

circumference

ICU RN, PER DIEM November 2007- present

All About Staffing Nashville, Tennessee

ICU RN July 2007-June 2010

Baptist Hospital MICU Nashville, Tennessee

ICU RN January 2006 –June 2007

Winter Haven Hospital MICU Winter Haven, Florida

Admission and continuous assessment of the critical care patient (including but not

limited to post-MI, CHF, acute and chronic renal failure, acute CVA, DKA, alcohol and drug

overdose, ARDS, COPD exacerbation, including ventilated/tracheostomy pts, status asthmaticus,

GI bleed, multi-system failure, including TPN and PEG tube management), wound cat including

ostomies and wound vacs, charting of vital statistics (including CVP/ABP/PAWP/CO),

monitoring daily values (I&O’s, weights, labs), and assisting physicians with medical procedures

(central line placement, A-line placement, chest tube placement, TEE, EGD, pericardiocentesis).

Rapid Response Team as needed, ACLS certified, BLS certified.

EDUCATION

BACHELORS OF SCIENCE IN NURSING 2001-2005

University of North Alabama Florence, Alabama

Student Nurses Association 2004-2005

Fundraising Chair 2005

Student Government Association 2003-2005

Treasurer 2004-2005

Leadership UNA 2001-2005

Community Service Chair 2004

DIPLOMA 1998-2001

Gardendale High School Gardendale, Alabama

Masonic Lodge Scholarship recipient

Rotary Club scholarship recipient

University of North Alabama academic scholarship recipient

National Honor Society member

CONTINUING EDUCATION (SUPPLEMENTAL)

FORENSICE NURSING CERTIFICATION 2009-2010

Kaplan University (online)

ASLNC - Certified TN/AL 2009

Legal Nurse Consulting Center, Inc. Charlotte, North Carolina

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