Amber Kelso, LVN

Caring, compassionate and patient focused LVN with 17 years of experience in Hospice, Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living and Medical Review. 4/2023 – Present RegenMED Health Centers – San Antonio, TX Project Manager responsible for independently creating, building, and operating a new up and coming Functional Medicine Clinic under the direction of the overseeing physician, making connections with vendors and suppliers, creating marketing and educational materials, educating and screening potential new patients, creation, and management of weight loss program. 5/2022 – Present Amedisys Hospice – San Antonio, TX Provide supplemental care to terminal patients in their home setting under the direction of the hospice medical director and RN case manager. Care for both routine weekly skilled nursing visits for stable pts and PRN nursing visits for pts having an acute need. 8/2021 – 5/2022 Kindred Hospice - San Antonio, TX

Patient Care Coordinator - LVN - Responsible for of day-to-day operations such as answering phones, maintaining daily census, running reports, coordinating services of all team members such as scheduling, rescheduling and reassigning visits. Assist Clinical Managers with writing orders, completing FMLA/Insurance paperwork for patients’ and/or their family members, calling in prescriptions/refills, ordering DME, monitoring team member schedules and making sure the plan of care frequency is maintained, printing monthly records for facility patients. Back-up admissions coordinator when needed.

5/2021 – 7/2021 St. Gabriel’s Hospice – San Antonio, TX Provided supplemental care to patients in their home setting under the direction of the supervising RN. Assisted DON in the office as the ADON/Office Manager, processing workflow in HCHB, coordinating F2Fs and IDT, assist field staff with schedule changes, manage team schedules, monitor frequencies, and assist with new hire on-boarding and training. 11/2020 – 11/2021 Advanced Nursing and Rehabilitation – Live Oak, TX (PRN) Responsible for the day-to-day care of residents, ensuring resident comfort, and reporting residents’ status to the physician and family. Administering medications, change wound dressings as needed, manage tube feedings, catheter care, oxygen care, supervise nursing aides, perform basic procedures as needed.

2/2020 – 3/2021 Brookdale Senior Living at Alamo Heights – San Antonio, TX Responsible for the day-to-day care of residents, ensuring resident comfort, and reporting residents’ status to the physician and family. Administering medications, change wound dressings as needed, manage tube feedings, catheter care, oxygen care, supervise nursing aides, perform basic procedures as needed.

11/2019 – 1/2020 Carlyle Senior Care of Bishopville - McCoy Memorial – Bishopville, SC Responsible for the day-to-day care of residents, ensuring resident comfort, and reporting residents’ status to the physician and family. Administering medications, change wound dressings as needed, manage tube feedings, catheter care, oxygen care, supervise nursing aides, perform basic procedures as needed.

7/2014 – 11/2019 Gentiva Health Services / Kindred Hospice – San Antonio, TX Admissions Coordinator – processing new referrals, providing over the phone education of Medicare’s eligibility for hospice, coordinating and scheduling reps to meet with families or physicians.

LVN/Crisis care/IPU – providing bedside nursing to patients who have and uncontrolled symptom(s) needing frequent nursing intervention, under the direction of the hospice physician and RNCM in the home, nursing home or IPU setting. Provided supplemental nursing care under the direction of the hospice medical director and RN case manager. Care for both routine weekly skilled nursing visits for stable pts and PRN nursing visits for pts having an acute need. Communicate with pts family members as well as hospice medical director and RNCM after each visit. Participated in IDG meetings.

Marketing – Meeting with new referrals in the hospital, nursing home, private home or medical office setting, completing medical evaluation based on Medicare’s guidelines to establish appropriateness of Hospice services. Providing education to the patient, their family and to medical personnel, explaining what hospice is, the qualifications and answering any questions or concerns regarding hospice.

Contact

210-***-****

ad1yuj@r.postjobfree.com

Certifications / Licenses

2023 – ACLS/BLS

2006 – LVN - Texas

2005 – LPN – Alabama

2000 – CMA – Texas

Education

2003-2005 - LPN

Wallace State Community

College

Hanceville, AL

2000 - CMA

San Antonio College of

Medical and Dental

Assistants

San Antonio, TX

Skills

• Basic Assessment and

Documentation

• Blood Pressure and Vitals

• Catheter Care

• COVID-19 Specimen

Collection and Testing

• Geriatric Care

• Glucose Monitoring

• G-Tube Feedings and

Care

• Infection Control

• Injections

• Insulin Administration

• Medication Administration

• Orthopedic Aftercare

• Patient Bathing & Hygiene

Assistance

• PCC Computer Charting

• Phlebotomy

• Respiratory Treatments

• Supervision of CNAs and

Resident Assistants

• Urine and Fecal

Specimen Collection

• Wound Care

Contact this candidate