Christine Bunch, RN, LNFA

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Arlington, TX 76001

817-***-****

acwib8@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Management and Administration

? Directed the care and supervised multidisciplinary teams in various acute, sub-acute care, inpatient hospital, hospice units, and long-term care facilities that included nurses, therapists, medical records, marketing, admissions, and discharge staff.

? Collaborated with multiple specialty physicians to oversee acute, sub-acute inpatient hospital care, hospice and long-term care operations.

? Coordinated with insurance companies, outpatient, and home health care organizations with continuity of care and follow-up care.

? Developed and analyzed departmental budgets together with the administrator for submission and approval for long-term care facilities to the corporation?s Chief Financial Officer.

? Reviewed, approved and collaborated with the administrator budgeted expenditures.

? Analyzed monthly care issues through the quality assurance and improvement process following State and Federal guidelines and departmental policies and procedures.

Program Development and Education

? Licensed as RN in Texas

? Initiated a long- term care volunteer program

? Initiated a certified nurse aide orientation program for staff.

? Implemented a continuing nurse aide education program in a long- term care facility developed through the corporation Integrated Health Services to further improve the individual?s knowledge base and organizations requirement.

? Participated in planning & conducting telephonic conferences and on site workshops.

? Participated and completed the long-term care administrator program and internship at Tarrant County College, Texas. Licensed 06-2011as Nursing Home Administrator.

? Participated in the DADS Quality Monitoring Vaccination and Restraint Research program and revision of the current policy.

? Participated in the DADS Quality Monitoring new hire and employee-mentor/training program.

? Participated in the DADS Quality Monitoring PASSR pilot program.

? Completed CMS/ DADS Basic Surveyor Education Certification.

? Participated in the Texas State Board of Nurses LVN- On Call Pilot record review program.

Collaboration and Communication

? Established relationships between insurance providers, acute, sub acute, long- term care facilities, home health, and hospice agencies throughout Texas counties.

? Developed collegial relationship with community based health care and supporting entities, to include non-medical organizations.

? Facilitated ongoing meetings of the Community based health care and supporting entities.

Volunteer Management

? Supported wives of commissioned officers living in Germany while their husbands were away from home.

? Set up voluntary meetings to guide officers wives through available military support programs and community based programs that assisted with learning language and the new duty station of the community.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

2005-2014

Quality Nurse Consultant ? Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, Arlington Texas (Retired Oct 31.2014)

2004 -09 PRN, RN Supervisor ? Community Hospice of North Texas, Burleson and Ft. Worth, TX

2003-05 Hospital State Surveyor ? Texas Department of Health, Compliance Department, Arlington TX

2002-03 Nursing Supervisor ? Kindred Hospital (formerly Vencor) Arlington, TX

2001-01 Director of Nursing - IHS Grand Prairie, TX

2000-01 Charge Nurse ? Vencor S/W, Fort Worth, TX

1998-99

1999-99 Director of Nursing - Peoples Nursing Center of River Oaks, Ft. Worth, TX

Director of Nurses- Brentwood HealthCare, Dallas, Texas

1997-98

Case Manager, Health South City View Hospital, Ft. Worth, TX

1997-98 Weekend PRN, Charge Nurse, Vencor Hospital, (former THC) Ft. Worth, TX

1995-96 Weekend Charge Nurse, THC, Arlington, TX

1995-96 Nurse, PRN Arlington Day Surgery, Arlington, TX

1992-94 Nurse, Millwood CPC, Arlington, TX

1992-95 Nurse, HCA Hospital, Arlington, TX

1989-91 Mental Health Technician, CPC Millwood, Arlington, TX

1986-89 Student Nurse, City Hospital, Fulda, Germany

Classroom and Internship, leading to a BS in Nursing, and was licensed as a Registered Nurse.

1981-85 Nurse, Psychiatric Hospital, Wuerzburg, Germany

1978-79 Nurse, Haus Europa Long Term Care Facility, Nidda, Germany

1976-78 Charge Nurse, Die Burg, State Psychiatric Hospital, Burglengenfeld, Germany

1972-76 Student Nurse, State Psychiatric Hospital, Regensburg, Germany

Job Description: Classroom and internship, leading to an Associate Degree in Nursing, and an LVN license.

1970-72 Student, Schwandorf Business School, Schwandorf, Germany

Job Description: Training, including: bookkeeping, business correspondence, accounting, marketing, retail sales, import/export laws, etc. I also worked 40 hrs/week in a perishable retail/wholesale business as an extension of my classroom training.

? Bilingual: German & English

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