Nurse Practitioner Medical
Resume:
Natalie Y. Giscombe-Simons
Aldie, VA 20105
Mobile: 240-***-****
Evening Phone: 703-***-****
Email: *********@***.***
Availability:
Job Type: Permanent, Temporary, Presidential Management Fellows, Multiple Appointment Types, Telework
Work Schedule: Full-Time, Job Sharing
Desired locations:
United States - VA
United States - DC
United States - MD
Work Experience:
Oakhurst Medical Centers (non-profit federally
qualified community health clinics)
5582 Memorial Drive
Stone Mountain, GA 30083 United States
07/2013 – 12/2014
Hours per week: 55+
Chief Nursing Officer/Director Patient Care Services
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
Plans, organizes and directs the activities of Nursing, Enabling Outreach, Referral Management
Services, Health Information Management and clinical case management for complex and defined
patient population at six Federally Qualified Community Health Centers which serves 12,500
medically indigent and underinsured beneficiaries annually. Coordinate health services activities to
ensure efficient, quality patient care and provides training to the 15 providers and 30
nursing/ancillary staff. Clinical consultant on transition from NEXTGEN to implementation of
Athenahealth EHR system. Lead project manager on Centering Pregnancy, Family Planning Title X,
NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home initiatives. Directed continuous quality improvement, patient
safety and accreditation activities, resulting in Joint Commission 3-year accreditation certification
July of 2014. Collaborated with community outreach team in the development, proofing, and
implementation of public health communications and educational materials. Developed health
communication strategies, Researched and develop clinical policies (i.e., Infection Prevention &
Control; Patient Safety, Anaphylactic Reaction Management, Sexually Transmitted Disease
reporting)and formulated plans of dissemination via fact sheets, media outreach, and web page
information.
Supervisor: Mr. Jeff Taylor
Okay to contact this Supervisor: Contact me first
Air Force Medical Support
Agency/Requirements Division
DoD Health Headquarters
7700 Arlington Boulevard
Falls Church, VA 22042 United States
08/2012 - 06/2013
Hours per week: 40+
Requirements Analyst (Clinical Nurse Consultant)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
•Responsible for identifying, developing requirements and analysis of medical modernization of
existing technologies for validated capability gaps within the Air Force Medical Service.
•Provided clinical expertise in review and evaluation of new requirements received by the
Requirements Division and determine strategy for action.
•Responsible for the initial execution of funded initiatives by directing and facilitating the creation of
initial capability documents and capability development documents for new requirements.
•Utilized clinical and operational expertise to identify and develop needed future
capabilities/technologies with the potential of enhancing future Air Force Medical Service support to
line operations and DoD beneficiaries treated in AFMS-operated facilities.
•Interfaced with clinical colleagues at the Air Staff, Research Laboratories, Operational units, and
Major Military Commands (MAJCOMs)
Supervisor: ANGELA GRUBBS 703-***-****)
Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
95th Medical Group
30 NIGHTINGALE ROAD
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE
Edwards, CA 93524 United States
06/2010 - 07/2012
Hours per week: 55
Chief Nurse Executive
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
•Plans, initiates and directs execution of nursing activities by 65 registered/licensed practical nurses,
and health technicians in the delivery of 45,000 health care visits per year
•Designed creative approaches to the effective overall development and management of various
recruitment, appointment, retention, and recognition initiatives of nurses and health technicians
•First-line clinical advisor, serves as member of executive staff in strategic planning in organization’s
decision-making process on health matters
•Subject matter expert leader, assists administrator in developing the annual budget for nursing
service and health programs. Provides direct oversight of nursing triage, case management, disease
management, patient safety/ethical/quality program & reviews, education/training and staff
development programs
•Serves as facility infection control senior nurse officer providing continuous oversight and
assessment reviews of blood pathogen and infection prevention program ensuring compliance.
ACHIEVEMENTS: Under my direction, galvanized customer service culture achieving 97% patient
satisfaction rate 24 months consecutively--garnered Outstanding Unit Award recognition. Steered
population/occupational/prevention health programs, earning facility ranking of #1/8 military major
commands. Consultant on 31 elements and 120 supporting documents for the National Committee
for Quality Assurance inspection, key to earning highest accreditation scoring of Level 3 Patient
Centered Medical Home facility. In addition, as senior clinical advising officer, I was responsible for
collaborating with public health department officer to provide infection control expertise on numerous
occasion related to base schools and community impacting disease process (i.e, conjunctivitis
EColi,meningitis, sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis cases), applied and integrated
research results and data with the planning and development of public notice communication
strategies and tactics to prevent spread of disease and increase base populace knowledge.
Reported research findings and evaluation activities to appropriate stakeholders (executive staff,
Chief Medical Staff, Nurse Executive staff, population and infection control committee's through
peer-reviewed journals and other Air Force publications, via formal & informal presentations.
Developed health communications strategies, analyzed clinical policies and procedures and
provided feedback for development of public health communications and educational materials for
dissemination of program summaries, fact sheets, talking points on installation newspaper and
television station.
Supervisor: Colonel Janet Taylor 623-***-****)
Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
779th Medical Group, Malcolm Grow Medical
Center, Andrews AF
1050 West Perimeter Road
Andrews Air Force Base
Andrews AFB, MD 20762 United States
08/2005 - 06/2010
Hours per week: 50
Director Education & Training/Graduate Medical Education Program/Deputy Chief Nurse
Executive/
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
Director Education & Training/Graduate Medical Education Program (40+hrs/wk)
•Directed the planning and implementation of education and training programs to validate and
enhance competencies of 30 resident/fellows and 500 clinical nurse/ancillary staff
Deputy Chief Nurse Executive (55+hrs/wk)
•Served as the operations officer for nursing services responsible for the coordination of all activities
related to maintaining standards for the clinical practice of nursing
•Established innovative approaches to the development of a research/evidence based practice
culture for 350 nursing personnel
Director Quality Improvement/Accreditation & Inspection Readiness Services (60 hrs/wk)
•Provided leadership in the application of the nursing process to evaluate continuous readiness and
performance improvement principles to patient care, organizational processes and systems,
improving outcomes at the program and service level. Guaranteed Joint Commission and Air Force
Inspection Agency standards compliance and a 3-year accreditation in 2008
Adult Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Preceptor, Primary Care/Family Practice Clinic (55 hrs/wk)
•Delivered high quality research/evidence-based practice to a panel of 950 military beneficiaries with
acute and complex medical issues
•Facilitated nurse practitioner clinical rotation (3 students/year) and served as clinical site preceptor
in collaboration with Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
•Coordinates and conducts physical/occupational health screenings with determination of fitness for
duty/deployment status affecting military personnel
Deputy Commander, Medical Operations Squadron 55+ hrs/wk)
•Managed clinical/administrative/regulatory compliance functions for 420 personnel/18 clinics/24
inpatient beds with a $15 million health care budget, generating 2,000 admissions and 233,000
outpatient visits yearly
Deputy Director, Family Practice Clinic (50+ hrs/wk)
•Directed clinical/administrative operations and health programs for 92 military and civilian staff.
Directed oversight for provision of primary health care to 35,000 patients annually
Health Care Integrator/Case Manager, Family Practice Clinic 50+hrs/wk)
•Directed managed care practices/policies, program development and execution for health care
delivery to 12,000 patients; guided 12 nurse and 16 health technicians in the performance of
discharge planning, utilization/case management (CM) and disease management (DM) activities
•Coordinated tracking of referrals management, quality reviews and clinical pathway development
saving $250K per annum in health care cost. Crafted population/prevention health strategies and
programs, tracked and presented reports of measurable metrics in preventative health, deployment
readiness and fitness for duty for specific category of gender and age pertinent, exceeding local and
Air Force level metric goals
ACHIEVEMENTS: Created daily communications surveillance reports by analyzing the current
communication context or situation (including print, television, Web & social media; identified gaps in
knowledge about learning audiences, collect feedback from customers; monitor reports and revise
strategy for communicating required information/data. Inspection tested, capturing strings of
successes with "Outstanding" rating for facility's (Physician Assistant, Nurse Transition, Ancillary
Services Program) Phase II training platform, taking over all programs from a "zero failure" to "2"
compliance score within 4 months. Established benchmark Air Force resuscitative medicine
program, recognized as "best practice" training site by Air Force Inspector General survey team.
Lead facilitator for executive team strategic planning and project officer for Joint Commission(JC)
inspection, won "Top Performer" award by JC lead inspection and hospital CEO for key contributor
in earning JC 3-year accreditation.
Collaborated with civilian health agencies and piloted expansion training platform, garnered 2
additional civilian long-term care facility training agreement contract...first-ever for the Air Force.
Paramount to Patient Safety program newly automated patient safety event reporting process,
conducting staff training and dissemination of electronic daily reporting reminders and updates-
program recognized as "best practice" by Air Force Audit Agency. Performed Air Force accession
interviews for northeastern region recruitment efforts, 99.8% selection and commissioning rate for
candidates endorsed. Vital to organization's joint manpower drill, examined 420 FTE and submitted
validation briefing for 174 nursing service positions to meet base realignment and downsizing plans.
Supervisor: Colonel Sandra Tynes 703-***-****)
Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
36th Medical Group, Andersen AFB, Guam
Yigo, GU 96543 United States
06/2003 - 07/2005
Hours per week: 55
Director Clinical Services/Flight Commander/Adult Nurse Practitioner
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
Director Clinical Services/Flight Commander, Medical Operations Squadron (60+hrs/wk)
•Provided overall direction and leadership for 65 clinical staff on policies, procedures and programs
serving 3,500 patients with a wide-range of medical problems
Adult Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice Clinic (50+ hrs/wk)
•Evaluated, diagnosed and treated adult patients with acute and complex medical problems
•Developed care plan, provided comprehensive treatment with a combination of medication,
patient/family counseling on wellness and prevention to promote health and evaluation of fitness for
duty determination
ACHIEVEMENTS: Under my leadership, clinched the title of "Clinical Optimization Team of the Year
2003 & 2005 and Pacific Air Forces Surgeon General award 2005 for efficiency, quality, patient
safety, health promotion/prevention and patient satisfaction initiatives with measurable outcomes
and best continuous On-The-Job training.
Supervisor: Gloria Bowden 505-***-****)
Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
10th Medical Group, United States Air Force
Academy, CO
4102 Pinion Drive
USAFA
Air Force Academy, CO 80840 United States
12/1999 - 07/2003
Hours per week: 55
Adult Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Preceptor Internal Medicine/Family Practice
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
•Evaluated and provided comprehensive outpatient medical care for 650 medically complex adult
internal medicine patients, managing over 2,800 visits annually
•Served as the only advanced practice nurse preceptor in the facility to 3 nurse practitioner students
and 8 clinical phase II physician assistants. Awarded 10th Medical Group Nurse Practitioner
Preceptor of the Year 2002
•Presented article review lecture, and coordinator of advance practice nurse continuing education
lecture series for 50 Army-Air Force Colorado Springs Nurse Practitioner Group
•Sole clinician to provide preventative women’s health care evaluations. Stood up first-ever women’s
health focus clinic within the Internal Medicine Department.
ACHIEVEMENTS: Assigned as first-ever Air Force Adult Nurse Practitioner and first advanced
practice nurse to be part of the Internal Medicine Department team; yielded an additional $20K/year
in performing office procedures, earned $13M in revenue/saved $2M in outsourcing to civilian
network--met military beneficiary needs within DoD health care system.
Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Flood 719-***-****)
Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
89th Medical Group, Malcolm Grow Medical
Center
Andrews Air Force Base
Andrews AFB, MD 20762 United States
07/1996 - 11/1999
Hours per week: 45
Eve/Night Supervisor/Assistant Nurse Manager
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
Evening/Night Nursing Supervisor (36-45 hrs/wk)
•Coordinated, supervised, and evaluated clinical and administrative activities for 45 professional
nursing staff in 11 clinical areas, 39 bed aero medical staging facility, 8 bed intensive care unit, 8 bed
medical surgical unit, and emergency department
•Leads managers in the development of staffing ratios & plans and performs bed control
management, transfer coordination, discharge planning and case management for military health
beneficiaries
Assistant Nurse Manager, Family Practice Clinic (45 hrs/wk)
•Plan, direct, nursing triage advice line and responsible for administrative and clinical aspects of an
outpatient ambulatory service clinic for 8 providers, a family practice residency site, 7 nurses, 10
medical technicians, and 4 clerical support staff serving over 15,000 patients annually.
•Case managed and coordinated medical care and referrals to civilian resources and military
specialty services.
•Participated in family practice residency program as grand round lead medical case review/topic
presenter
Assistant Nurse Manager, Pediatric Clinic (45 hrs/wk)
•Implemented and managed 15 new pediatric subspecialty clinics servicing over 100 patients
monthly and 6 pediatricians caring for 30,000 pediatric visits annually
•Functioned as case manager and clinical research nurse coordinator care coordinator to 75 special
needs pediatric patients and family
Nurse Manager, Medicine-Surgical Unit (50 hrs/wk)
•Supervised 27 registered nurse and health technicians on a 7-bed unit in the delivery of health care
services to senior ranking military personnel, congressmen, foreign diplomats, and their dependents
Supervisor: Major Sandra Tynes 703-***-****)
Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
56th Medical Group, MacDill Air Force Base,
Florida
8415 Bayshore Boulevard
MacDill AFB
Tampa, FL 33621 United States
04/1992 - 07/1996
Hours per week: 42
Clinical Nurse/Asst Nurse Manager/Asst Infection Control Officer
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
Clinical Nurse/Assistant Nurse Manager, Critical Care Unit (36-42 hrs/wk)
•Performed and coordinated clinical nursing care on an 8-bed critical care unit for adult patients
Assistant Infection Control Officer (12-14 hrs/wk)
•Developed/implemented infection surveillance program designed to reduce incidence of infectious
disease for 2,000 admissions and 233,000 patient visit/year
Clinical Nurse, Medical Surgical Unit (36-42 hrs/wk)
•Performed direct patient care on a 33-bed medical surgical telemetry unit for adult patients
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Pioneered first-annual HIV/AIDS awareness day health fair event.
Supervisor: Supervisor Military Retired/Contact Info Unknown (000-***-****)
Okay to contact this Supervisor: Contact me first
Ehrling Bergquist Hospital
2501 Capehart Road, Offutt Air Force Base
Offutt AFB, NE 68113 United States
02/1989 - 04/1992
Hours per week: 40
Clinical Nurse Medical Surgical/Critical Care Unit
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
Clinical Nurse, Medical Surgical/Critical Care Unit (36-42 hrs/wk)
•Performed and coordinated clinical nursing care on a 36-bed medical surgical and 10-bed critical
care unit. Maintained individualized care plans, reports, and clinical records
Supervisor: Supervisor Military Retired Location Unknown (000-***-****)
Okay to contact this Supervisor: Contact me first
New York University Medical Center, New York
City, NY
550 First Avenue
New York, NY 10016 United States
09/1987 - 01/1989
Hours per week: 36
Graduate Student/Transitional Nurse Pgrm, Med-Surg/Telemetry/Oncology Unit
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
Graduate Student/Transitional Nurse Program, Med-Surg/Telemetry/Oncology Unit (40hrs/wk)
•Performed and coordinated clinical nursing care on a 38-bed unit providing hospice and palliative
care to patients with complex medical illnesses, end-stage cancer and AIDS
.Administered chemotherapy and pain management interventions
Supervisor: Unknown (000-***-****)
Okay to contact this Supervisor: Contact me first
Education:
Syracuse University School of Nursing Syracuse, NY United States
Master's Degree 08/1998
GPA: 3.78 of a maximum 4.0
Credits Earned: 37 Semester hours
Major: Primary Care Nursing Minor: Adult Nurse Practitioner
Relevant Coursework, Licenses and Certifications:
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Dec/2014 to Dec/2019 – National Certification Adult Nurse Practitioner
State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook Stony Brook/Long Island, NY United States
Bachelor's Degree 05/1988
GPA: 3.13 of a maximum 4.0
Credits Earned: 174 Semester hours
Major: Nursing
Relevant Coursework, Licenses and Certifications:
Licensure-Registered Nurse
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Job Related Training:
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
•Nurse professional with twenty five years of clinical/administrative experience
•Master of Science in Nursing: Area of concentration-primary care adult nurse practitioner
•Past experience as chief, education & training/staff development, nurse executive, deputy director medical operations,
manager-internal medicine, family practice, pediatric, and intensive care unit
•Professional nursing certificates: primary care health-adult nurse practitioner
•Air Force officer/military leadership training as graduate of Infection Control and Epidemiological Course (1995),
Squadron Officer School Air University Maxwell AFB Alabama (1996), Air Command and Staff College (2005), Health
Care Integrator (HCI)/Care Management Course Sheppard Air Force Base Texas (2005), Air War College (2007),
Intermediate Executive Skills Course San Antonio Texas (2009), Executive Leadership Course Dallas Texas (2011),
TRICARE Basic Course, Primary Care Optimization and Quality Improvement Air Force Course
•Current Licensure: Registered Nurse/Adult Nurse Practitioner (Washington District of Columbia) Expires Feb/2014
Language Skills:
Language Spoken Written Read
English Advanced Advanced Advanced
Spanish Intermediate None Novice
Affiliations:
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) - Organization Member
American Nurses Association (ANA) - Organization Member
References:
Name Employer Title Phone Email
Colonel United States Medical Squadron 301-633-
Hildegard Air Force Commander/Master 6570 *********.*******@*****.**.***
Stewart Clinician
LtCol Michelin United States Medical Squadron 618-593-
Joplin Air Force Commander/Chief 2510 **********.******@**.**.***
Nurse Executive
Nicholyn Nurse Practitioner 301-922-
Nicholson 6576
Colonel Sandra United States Chief Nurse 703-362-
Tynes Air Force Executive/Master 3491 ***********@***.***
Clinician Indicates professional reference
Additional Information:
AWARDS
Adjunct Professor, Undergraduate School of Nursing Washington Trinity University/2009
Air Force Inspection Agency Accreditation Director Top Performer May/08
Strathmore’s Who’s Who of Advance Nurse Practitioner July/03
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