Nurse Manager
Resume:
LINDA MOORE LTC AN (retired)
Surprise, AZ 85379
Objective: To be a member of a strong, experienced and progressive team of health care professionals where my education, leadership and experience will be effectively utilized.
Education: BSN- University of Phoenix, Aurora, Colorado
MSN-University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona
Army Advance Course 2000
Command and General Staff Course (ILE) 2008
Professional Experience:
09/2014-Current: Inventive Therapeutics Institute.
Clinical Product Educator
02/2012-09/2014: Private Perioperative Consultant, Infection Preventionist and Educator.
Hospital and clinical consultant.
08/09-02/01/2012: Chief Operating Room/Central Material Services & Infection Control Officer/ LTC
Responsible to the Deputy of Nursing Weed Army Community Hospital
Fiscal and Administrative Oversight for the Operating Room and IC
Continued Education responsibility for 12 staff members and 18 IC committee members.
Collaborative continuity of care.
Retired from Army Nurse Corps
11/06-08/09: Director, Perioperative Nurse Course-US. Army William Beaumont AMC, TX
Responsible to the Chief, Education Division and the Chief, Department of Nursing, for all aspects of the perioperative specialty nursing education and training program to include infection control policies and regulations.
Administrative oversight for the surgical technicians program.
Direct and evaluate the teaching activities of assigned students in both didactic and clinical phases of the program.
Prepare and maintain a financial budget of $219,650.00 for the material and supply requirements for the program. Develop, prepare, present, and revise didactic material as necessary.
11/05-10/06: Operating Room Asst Head Nurse- 10th Combat Support Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
Function as a circulator/room manager for 1500 trauma/surgical procedures a month.
Responsible for assessing, planning, coordinating and implementing care for patients in surgery
Supervise OR technicians on a daily basis
Officer Evaluations Manage and evaluate staff
Collaborated with Surgeons and other departments to ensure continuity of care
Subject Matter Expert for Operating Room/Infection Control
Assisted the Chief Perioperative Nurse Manager in establishing and enforcing polices, standards, and protocols of practice
04/03- 10/05: Chief Perioperative Services/ W. Bliss Army Health Center, Ft Huachuca, AZ
Responsible for assessing, planning, coordinating and implementing care for patients in surgery
Implemented and managed budget of $500,000 yearly
Organize doctors preference sheets
Order and assemble instrumentation set and maintenance of equipment operation
Manage and evaluate staff
Infection Control Provider for W. Bliss Army Health Center
Responsible for Implementing Hand Hygiene System
Provided orientation and education for all Infection Control issues
Subject Matter Expert for Operating Room/Infection Control.
06/00-04/03: Head Nurse-Central Materiel Service/Operating Room, Ft Campbell, KY.
Function as the Central Materiel Service Manager for the hospital and all outlying clinics. Responsible for $1.2 million dollar budget.
Responsible for assessing, planning, coordinating and implementing sterilization of instrumentation needed for the Operating Room, clinics and outlying clinics. Infection Control Officer for OR/CMS.
Responsible for ordering and maintaining instrument sets and special equipment.
Supervise 20 OR technicians on a daily basis and 10 Professional Nurses.
Managed staffing and completed yearly civilian and military evaluations
Assisted the Chief Perioperative Nurse Manager in establishing and enforcing polices, standards, and protocols of practice. Chief PONS 2003.
BLS Instructor
Served on the JCAHO team
Responsible for Educational Team Building
Chairman ANC Birthday Committee
05/98-06/00: Evans Army Community Hospital, Ft Carson, CO
General
Responsible for assessing surgical technician aseptic technique ability
Interact professionally with clinical staff and physicians
Planning and assigning students to cases that will increase their learning opportunity
Assist with review of the curriculum PRN and teach clinical competencies PRN
01/95-06/2000: US Army Nurse Officer-USAR
Clinical Staff Nurse/ Education Facilitator
-Charge nurse role,
OR staff Nurse/Head Nurse ENT, GU
-Responsible for budget of $35,000 -$150,000 per year per service
- Supervising RN & tech staff, organizing doctors preference sheets and ordering and assembling instrumentation sets
US Army Reserves
-Nurse Officer in charge of a field hospital OR.
09/91-01/95: US Army Nurse Officer, Ft Carson, Colorado
Emergency Department
Newborn Nursery
Perioperative Nursing Course
Perioperative Nurse/Operating Room
06/89-09/91: US Army Nurse Officer, USAR
Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center
5502 USAR Unit Aurora, Colorado
Thoracic/GU Med/Surgical Ward
1984-1989: Penrose Community Hospital
Labor & Delivery
Newborn Nursery
Professional Certification: RN Licensure:
Arizona
CNOR
BCLS
ACLS
Teaching Appointments:
Director, Perioperative Nurse Program, US. Army,TX
Director US Army Operating Room Specialist Technician Course
Infection Control Provider, US. Army, AZ, TX, CA, CO and Ibn Sina, Baghdad.
Affiliations and Professional Organization Membership:
AORN
Federal Nurses Association
ANA
E-Chapter AORN President 2005-2005 over 3000 members.
Publications and Public Presentations
AORN National Congress “Iraq Lessons Learned”
AORN Local Chapters Presentations
OR Nurse 2007
Plastic Surgery Nursing Journal 2009
AORN Connections-2006
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