Manager Registered Nurse
Resume:
TAMELA JO SILL, MSN
CAREER SUMMARY
Hospice Positions Feb 2012-March 2014
Odyssey Hospice of North Charleston
Feb 2012-April 2013
Title: Field RN Case Manager October 2012-April 2013
Title: Clinical Manager- Feb 2012-October 2012
ACUTE CARE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
July 1996-January 2009 & February 2011- February 2012
Feb. 2011 to Feb. 29, 2012
Nurse Manager Outpatient Clinic
Responsibilities:
1) Overall management of outpatient unit on a daily basis to provide effective
provision of care to patients and families working with provision of care to
patients in addition to management position
2) Utilization review: daily basis was responsible for review of budget, finances of
the unit and investigation of:
Costs/charges/relationships/appropriate documentation/concurrent reviews
of pt. charts and interqual criteria
3) Education to staff regarding correct documentation of patient care provided in
order to allow for charges to be processed and received.
4) Appropriate ICD9 codes corrected so that matched with procedures performed
to increase reimbursement that was being lost.
5) Budget/Hiring, disciplinary actions with termination if needed/annual
evaluations
SUMMERVILLE MEDIAL CENTER- South Carolina
Jan. 2009 to Feb.2011
Nurse Manager Ortho/Cardiac
Responsibilities:
1) Oversaw and Implemented Process to receive Joint Certification for the
Orthopedic Unit.
2) Overall management of daily operation of unit to provide for effective provision
of care to patients and families
3) Budget, hiring of staff, disciplinary action of staff and termination if required
along with annual evaluations
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN- COLLEGE OF NURSING
Feb. 2009 to Feb. 2011
Adjunct faculty- Part Time
Responsibilities:
1. Overseeing practice of nursing students (7-8) in medical – surgical rotation to
assure safe practices and learning occurred
2. Enhance students learning by challenging them with new opportunities and
incorporation of their teaching to each other with post conference clinicals
3. Evaluations mid-term and final
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Jan. 2006 to Jan. 2009
Nurse Manager Ortho/Trauma
Responsibilities:
1) Overall management of daily operation of unit to provide for effective provision
of care to patients and families
2) Case Management: On a daily basis worked with the interdisciplinary team
members (physicians, Social Worker, case manager and myself) to review all
inpatients on a daily basis (concurrent review of charts and interqual criteria) in
order to begin planning for their discharge upon admission. This involved
working closely with and being involved with the process from admission to
discharge as to what is involved and required in preparation to an effective
discharge of patients so appropriate care, if needed, was provided.
3) Budget, hiring of staff, disciplinary action of staff and termination if required
along with annual evaluations
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Dates from Jan. 2006 to Jan 2009
Title: Adjunct faculty- Part Time
Responsibilities:
1) Overseeing practice of nursing students (7-8) in medical – surgical rotation to
assure safe practices and learning occurred
2) Enhance students learning by challenging them with new opportunities and
incorporation of their teaching to each other with post conference clinicals
3) Evaluations mid-term and final
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Dates from Jan. 2004 to Jan. 2006
Nurse Manager Hemodialysis /Hemapheresis and Radiology
Responsibilities:
1) Overall management of daily operation of unit to provide for effective provision
of care to patients and families
2) Utilization review: daily basis was responsible for review of budget, finances of
the unit and investigation of:
Costs/charges/relationships/appropriate documentation by performing
concurrent chart reviews to assure that appropriate documentation
In place to allow for charges to be processed and recieved . Reviewing ICD9
codes matched with procedures performed and put charges in place for
charges of procedures being performed, but were not being charged for and
reimbursement was being lost.
3) Budget, hiring of staff, disciplinary action of staff and termination if required
along with annual evaluations
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Nov. 2002 to Jan. 2004
Nurse Educator Ortho/Trauma
Responsibilities:
1) Maintaining of:
a) Records for all staff in reference to education and certifications
b) Certifications tracking of when renewals required
2) Organization of annual competencies for all staff
3) Continuing education: organization of calendar with guest speakers for staff on
unit during lunch so that they could participate in learning events
4) Assisting manager of unit with various needs as required
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Nov. 2001 to Nov. 2002
Hospital Service Coordinator
Responsibilities:
1) After hours serving as point of contact as house supervisor (manager) for either
the adult or children’s hospital for all units included in either
2) Management of daily staffing for all units in preparation of the next day
3) Management of arranging staffing as needed for coverage of sick calls
4) Conflict resolution among staff, patient’s and/or families
5) Responded to all trauma calls in ER and/or codes in the hospital to
supervise/assist/arrange for bed placement of patient having the code
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Sept. 2000 to Nov. 2001
Title: RNII Transplant Unit
(Took a Staff position, while attaining Master’s Degree)
Responsibilities:
1) Staffing as RN on the unit providing care to all patients admitted on the unit
According to standards of care and policy and procedures
2) Acting charge nurse overseeing 6-7 staff members per shift assuring care is
provided and unit running smoothly
3) Providing of education to all patients according to their admitting diagnosis and
what educational needs were required or needed by patient or family
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
July 1996 to Sept. 2000
Lead Transplant Coordinator Renal/pancreas
Responsibilities:
1) Development of the “nonrelated” living donor program that now exists at MUSC
Transplant Center that allowed for many additional patients awaiting transplants
to be able to receive organs sooner and improve their quality of life
2) Budget and finance investigation of avenues to improve reimbursement for
transplants which involved concurrent chart reviews as well as interqual criteria
3) Involved with the patients and overseeing their daily care assuring “best
Practices” were followed (Interqual criteria and along with concurrent reviews of
charts)
4) Upon admission with pateints would immediately begin planning for discharge
needs working with the other disciplinary care team members to meet goals
being set upon admission so that successful discharge occurred with pt. needs
being met
Publications
Caring for the Care Giver; Sill,T. J.; Erbe, L. Accepted for poster
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presentation at national conference SEOPF 1992
Pathophysiology of the Renal System: Sill, T.J., Nursing student study guide
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for national boards, 1998
Cyclosporine Disposition in the Dog: Comparison of Radioimmunoassay
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with High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Assay and
Pharmacokinetics Following Intravenous Administration: Robert G. Buice,
B.J. Gurley, Frankie B. Stentz, Paramjeet Sidhu, Tamela McClellan, and
James W. Williams. Published in the Journal of Transplantation 1985 Vol.40,
No.5
Canine Intestinal Transplantation: Effect of Pre-Transplant Graft Irradiation:
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J.W. Williams, M.D., T. McClellan, S. Nag, M.D., P. Dean, M.D., B.Banner,
M.D., S.R. Vera, M.D., T.G. Peters, M.D., F. Stentz, M.D. Published in
Journal of Transplantation, 1989.
Key skills and achievements
1) Utilization Review:
• Successful with researching areas of opportunities for improvement in order
to improve reimbursement organizationally as well as incorporation of “Best
Practices” for achievement of better outcomes with patients
2) Management
3) Financial Improvements
4) Software Knowledge:
MS Word
a.
Power Point
b.
Excel spread sheets
c.
Visio ( Flow charting)
d.
Various EMR systems (Epic, Practice Partner, McKesson etc.)
e.
Typing skills (wpm avg. 45-50)
f.
5) Knowledge of The Joint Commission and DHEC standards of care requirements
Professional License/ Honors &/or Recognitions Received
Registered Nurse
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Dean’s List Graduate School
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Palmetto Award Recipient 2005
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“You Rock” Award/Recognition 2011
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Education/Training
Name of School Graduated Degree Major
MUSC School of
Nursing Yes MSN Nursing Education
UT School of Nursing Yes BSN Nursing
Memphis, TN
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