Medical Nurse
Resume:
Thomas J. Ochs II BS, BSN, RN
Deerfield, IL. 60015
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Medical Experience
HEDIS Nurse Consultant - Assist in Training Consultants and FTE’s on Epic, Cerner, PointClickCare
Molina Healthcare Practice Fusion, HEDIS criteria, audit trails, data collection and processing.
Judge Consulting - Validate audit trail and work with Providers on compliance.
First Project - Validate data measures fit Numerator/Denominator criteria.
March 2015 – April 2015 - Worked within multiple Corporate and HEDIS CMS approved software programs
MAXIS Group including Palantir, Inovalon QSHR and CMCM
Second Project - SME for ongoing Staff HEDIS education.
January 2016 – Current - Physician HEDIS compliance outreach.
- Perform Overread File Audits.
- Performed HEDIS Post Mortem Analysis and Report.
- Gained experience with The HEDIS Roadmap.
ICD-10 EPIC Physician - Epic/ICD-10/HEDIS related compliance Classroom Provider Trainer.
Classroom Trainer - Create classroom & 1:1 educational plans and objectives.
Nurse Consultant - Provide Classroom, small group and 1:1 Epic training and personalization.
Wake Forest Healthcare - Design programs & present to Departmental/Provider Group meetings.
Clinical Path Consulting - Recordkeeping and Provider tracking.
August 2015 – November 2015 - Responsible for 5 departments for both In & Outpatient Providers.
- Trainer for Provider Drop In Classroom.
- At Departmental level, analyzed/optimized workflows, Best Practices,
Compliance and Clinical Decision Support.
EPIC GoLive - Supported Providers CPOE, ClinDoc & Stork.
Nurse Consultant - Provided ClinDoc & Stork Elbow Support to all levels of staff.
Encore/Walker Healthcare IT - Volunteered and worked night shifts.
OhioHealth - Volunteered to work with highest need/most resistant Staff.
January 2015 – August 2015 - Trainer for Provider Support Classroom.
Three Consecutive Projects - Additional support given to Spinal/Neuro, Ortho and Provider Support Center.
- Provided workflow optimizations to Providers and Staff.
Hepatitis C Nurse Educator - Hepatitis C Patient Education RN.
BriovaRX - Patient Educator for home disease education and medication training.
Nurse, Contractor - Serve as initial patient support.
December 2013 – August 2015 - Educate patient and support network on medication proper dosing, administration, possible adverse events and appropriate responses.
Nursing Instructor - Supervise and teach nursing clinicals.
Northbrook College of Healthcare - Train nursing students on EMR functionality.
November 2014 – January 2015 - Teach and supervise medication administration, wound dressings,
assessments and universal precautions.
- Teach and reinforce current didactic units.
- Create Lesson Plans, Skill teaching goals and assessment tools.
EPIC Ambulatory GoLive - Provide Ambulatory Elbow support to all levels of staff.
Nurse Consultant - Trainer for targeted individual and small groups.
AdvantageCare Physicians - Supported: CPOE, Primary Care, Ortho PT/OT and lesser support to Radiant, Sagacious Consulting Pediatrics & Kaleidoscope.
September 2014 – October 2014 - Provided Workflow optimizations for Providers and Satff.
EPIC GoLive - Provided ClinDoc & Orders Elbow Support.
Nurse Consultant - Responsible for support of all levels: Doctors, Staff Nurses
Lexington Medical Center and Assistive Personnel.
Wake Forest Healthcare - Provided targeted Provider training as Individuals and Small Class sessions.
Clinical Path Consulting - Provided targeted classes with most reluctant/highest need staff.
May 2014 – June 2014 - Volunteered and staffed all night shifts.
- Supported ClinDoc, Orders, Stork and volunteered as additional support for
ICU and Ortho.
ACO/HEDIS Data Analysis - Validate clinical data for ACO/HEDIS
Nurse Consultant performance measures which also fulfilled practices’ PQRS.
Presence Health System - Nurse Trainer for Epic, Cerner, PointClickCare, HEDIS criteria, data
MedixIT collection, audit trails and validation.
February 2014 – April 2014 - Within Epic and four other EMR’s extract, analyze
and compile HEDIS/ACO performance data measures.
- Work in CMS approved software ICLOPS for data reporting and validating of auto populated data.
- Self taught required modules of PointClickCare, Cerner
McKesson and Practice Fusion EMRs and became Consultant Instructor.
EPIC GoLive - Provided ClinDoc Elbow Support.
Nurse Consultant - Assisted staff in streamlining documentation/workflow processes.
Reading Hospital - Responsible for support of all levels: Managers, Doctors, Counselors, and Staff
AMN Health Care Nurses and Assistive Personnel.
January 2013 - February 2013 - Gave private, individual and small class teaching.
- Volunteered to assist: Doctor’s initial texts and phrases,
technical support for patient encounter backfilling and night shifts.
Medical Information - Collected adverse event data in Abbvie Emr.
Safety Specialist - Taught medication and disease specific education to patients.
Nurse Contractor - Performed telephonic interviews with patients, doctors, pharmacists and Abbvie company reps to obtain appropriate medical histories within Abbvie Emr.
Asen Associates - Worked with WHO and MedDRA.
July 2012 - September 2012
Program Nurse - Designed and implemented the medical component for this
Renaissance Social Services community based agency.
February 2011 – December 2011 - Designed electronic medical record documentation.
- Performed all Medical and Psychiatric Health Intake Assessments. - Monitored all clients’ acute/chronic medical and psychiatric health conditions, including providing ongoing medication administration support.
- Provided 24 hour a day, 7 day per week access for clients. - Collaborated in identifying case management workflow and streamlining
within new medical services.
- Train staff in new medical and clinical information and workflows.
Behavioral Health Specialist - Compiled usage data in McKesson EMR and reformatted for in-house
Nurse Contractor and two governmental agencies.
McKesson Health Systems - Performed extensive initial & episodic medical & psychosocial assessments.
2009 - 2010 - Coordinated multiagency actions for fulfillment of psychosocial
and medical needs.
- QI Committee and rotating Staff Development Trainer.
- Provided Staff Education sessions on McKesson functionality.
Program Nurse - Clinical user EPIC ClinDoc for 8 years and 4 years Orders support.
Adult Psychiatric Day Program - Experienced, as RN, evolving from paper to EPIC GoLive and numerous
Highland Park Hospital upgrades.
2001 – 2009 - Developed own forms, Smart Phrases, Smart Texts and Doc Flows in ClinDoc.
- Informally educated Doctors in navigation, smart text and smart phrases.
- Provided 1:1 ongoing support with all patients for treatment of
relevant medical/addiction issues.
- Performed 1:1 education and groups on varied medical and psychosocial
educational topics.
- Nurse Educator for Nursing Students and Interns.
- JCAHO and Magnet Committees.
Staff Nurse - Performed initial and episodic patient assessments.
Chapman Center - Monitored and counseled patients related to treatment issues.
Highland Park Hospital - Provided medical and health education groups.
2000 – 2003 - JCAHO, QI committees and Journal Club.
- Nurse Educator for Staff and Interns.
Staff Nurse - Performed medical/addiction intake screening and assessment.
Keys to Recovery - Dual load patients on inpatient detox and outpatient units.
Holy Family Hospital - Performed 1:1 and group nursing education.
2000 – 2003 - QI, JCAHO and Staff Development committees.
- Rotating CEU/Special Topic Lecturer.
- Nurse Educator/Trainer for new staff & Interns.
Staff Nurse - Performed intake assessments and all patient care on Med/Surg floor
Swedish Covenant Hospital - Rotated to Oncology, Psychiatric and ICU floors.
1999 – 2000 - Departmental Improvement and JCAHO committees.
- Presented in Nursing Education Groups.
- Code Response team.
Staff Float Nurse - Floated between: Pediatrics, Burns, Brain Injury, Spinal Injury,
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Geriatric and General Rehab floors.
1995 – 1999 - QI and JCAHO Committees.
- Code Response team.
- Staff development, CPR and ACLS Instructor.
Nurse/Medic - Monthly drill rotations between: ER, Military Sick Call
United States Army Reserve and Psychiatric Units.
801st Combat Support Hospital - Taught Combat Lifesaving Certification, ACLS and CPR classes.
1991 – 1999 - Developed short and long-term departmental goals and workflows to support monthly drill and yearly unit goals.
Active Duty 1994 - 1995 - Rural Health missions to Panama and Paraguay.
- Responsible for Hospital wide CPR Certification, taught and certified
- Instructors and unit specific ACLS Certification.
- Supervised up to 20 Soldiers in varied departments.
Business Experience
Director - Performed all aspects of statistical analysis and reporting, fiscal management,
Stepping Stone Shelter grant writing, ST and LT organizational planning and Budgets.
Salvation Army - Increased special programming and program size by 50% while better
1992 – 1994 addressing the needs of specialized populations.
- Redesigned and implemented new data collection tools and agency policies
and procedures.
- Redesigned Case Management, all workflows & performance measures.
- Managed staff of 15, coordinated volunteers and responsible for all education.
Warranty Manager - Redesigned and centralized six branch warranty program.
Rogers Supply Co. - Created $90k annual cash flow from updated procedures within 4 months.
1990 – 1991 - Trained all staff in new inventory workflows.
- Renegotiated warranty processing and reimbursement with all vendors.
- Analyzed and identified inefficient and obsolete inventory.
- Sourced profitable market for $200k in current and future obsolete inventory.
- Manualized warranty program for management and staff reference.
Accounts Payable Manager - Initiated computerization of payables and provided staff training on system.
Z Frank Chevrolet - Uncovered $110k in mishandled and overdue accounts.
1989 – 1990 - Through extensive vendor contact, restructured payables procedures.
- Redesigned inventory audits and tracking.
- Supervised staff in Payables department.
Inventory Coordinator - Built three branch warranty system and generated $200k in three months.
Park Supply Co. - Began design of purchasing program incorporating: seasonality, cross demand,
1986 – 1989 discounts, holding costs and projected growth. - Stabilized current inventories by development of inter-branch transfer system.
- Analyzed and identified inefficient and obsolete inventory.
- Designated and sourced profitable market for $1.2M in obsolete inventory.
- Renegotiated warranty reimbursements from all vendors.
- Manualized warranty procedures for management and staff reference.
Volunteer Experience
Eucharistic Minister - Varied other community ministry activities.
Holy Cross Church
2010 - Current
Guest Lecturer - Chemical Dependency Process, Treatments and Outcomes within the 12 Steps
North Park University and Medical Models.
1999 – Current
Medical Grand Rounds - Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency in Inpatient and Outpatient
Mt Sinai Medical Center, Disease Specific Populations
Holy Family Medical Center,
North Shore University
Health System
Nursing Peer Outreach - Provided 1:1 Outreach
Founder - Led weekly Dual Diagnosis/Nursing Support Meetings
2004 – 2013 - Supplied Legal, Medical and Psychiatric Referrals.
Illinois Nursing Association - Served as Treasurer
Peer Assistance Nursing Network - Provided 1:1 Outreach
2002 – 2004 - Led weekly nursing support meetings
Education and Certifications
1986 B.S. Economics, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
1995 Licensed Practical Nurse, Triton College, River Grove, Illinois
Valedictorian, Active Duty Military
1999 B.S. Nursing, North Park University, Chicago, Illinois
Presidential Scholar
2010 Certified Addictions Registered Nurse
2012 A.AS Addictions Counseling, College of Lake County, Grayslake Illinois
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