Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Resume:
Christopher Elliott
Tampa, FL 33624
Phone: 1-302-***-**** (c)
Email: ****************@*****.***
Professional Summary
I have 20 years of experience as an RN with a focus on Mental Health and Operating Room Nursing. I currently work as a Physician Substitute at Octapharma Plasma Incorporated. I conduct head to toe physical exams, mental health screenings, health history screenings, medication screenings and make autonomous donor suitability judgments based on deferral matrix criteria from FDA guidelines. I have recently graduated with from an MSN program for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) at Walden University.
Professional Objectives
It is my goal to attain a position as part of a mental health team. I want to become an integral part of that team using all my experiences and skills of assessment, diagnosing, treatment planning, and therapeutics for my patients. The framework to the goal is to provide safe, evidenced-based, cost-effective care possible for new, existing, and step-down services for clients in this underserved population.
Skill Highlights
-MSN – Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner across the lifespan (2021 – 2023)
-BSN (2003 - Present)
-U.S. Army Nurse (Major Retired 24 years of service)
-Mental health nursing military and civilian (Member of APNA)
-OR nurse: Circulating and Scrub Nurse
-CPR
-Leadership training and actual use military and civilian (Deputy State Surgeon, Commander,
Platoon Leader)
Example: Designated leader for a large civilian team of Doctors, Nurses, Respiratory
Therapists, Surgical Techs and X-ray techs movement, safety, and medical mission
performance to Haiti for emergency earthquake disaster care.
-High level of verbal and written communications skills
-Able to manage and work multiple IT platforms
-Prioritizes and completes time sensitive tasks in group or as individual
Awards
-Hope Scholarship for nursing
-Nursing leadership award
-Honor Graduate Officer Candidate School (OCS) U.S. Army
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-Distinguished Graduate Officer Candidate School (OCS) U.S. Army
-Airborne Badge, Expert Field Medical Badge, Army Commendation medal,
Army Achievement Medals x8, Humanitarian Service Medal (Hurricane Andrew)
Employment History
Company/Agency – Octapharma Plasma Inc.
510 E Francis Ave, Spokane, WA 99208
http://octapharmaplasma.com/donor/center/18551
Dates – October 2016 – January 2016
Position – Physician substitute
Duties Summary – Conduct Head to Toes physical exams, Mental Health screening, Health History Screening, Medication screening and making autonomous donor suitability judgments based on Donor Deferral Matrix criteria from FDA guidelines. Provide medically emergent care for reactions. Performing phlebotomy, baseline screening, and lab screening.
Supervisor – Christine Kelly, Center Director
Company/Agency –State of Delaware
258 Chapman Rd, Newark, DE 19702
http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dltcrp/ohflcmain.html
Dates – June 2016 – October 2016
Position – Nurse Surveyor
Duties Summary – Conducting inspection surveys for the Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) and state regulations on Ambulatory Surgical Care, HHA, Hospice and End Stage Renal Disease facilities. Performed concise survey write-ups and Plan of Corrections (PoC) review and resolution.
Supervisor – Corrina Getchel, OHFLC Director
Company/Agency –Dover Behavioral Health
725 Horsepond Rd, Dover, DE 1990
http://www.doverbehavioral.com
Dates – June 2015 – June 2016
Position – Evening Nursing Supervisor
Duties Summary – Supervision and management of an 80 bed psych hospital. Directed admission of new patients, direct patient care for 5 inpatient units. Managed all facility routine and emergent situations. Manage MD health and physicals assessments for all wings of the facility. Directed patient learning sessions, medication administration, and maintained safe patient environment in supervisor, charge, or staff nurse roles.
Supervisor – Jaqueline White, Director of Nursing
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Company/Agency – Connections
801 N West
Wilmington, DE 19801
http://connectionscsp.org/
Dates – October2014 – June2015
Position – Assistant State Wide Health Services Administrator
Duties Summary – Assisted in directing all operations in correctional healthcare for the entire State of Delaware. Ensured that correctional health facilities conducted patient care within policy and procedures established with revision on a continual basis. Wrote clinical guidelines used for institutional care. Managed all supervisors at sites.
Supervisor – Misty May, RN Statewide Health Services Administrator
Company/Agency - U.S. Army and Delaware Army National Guard
1 Regiment Rd, Wilmington, DE 19808
https://www.de.ng.mil/
Dates – November 1990 - October2014
Last Position - Deputy State Surgeon
Duties Summary - Management of all medical readiness for the Army National Guard of Delaware (DEARNG) in maintaining military medical readiness for a ready deployable soldier. Maintaining medical and dental documentation, as well as, civilian medical documentation with conversion to military duty limitations. Managed Mental Health Psychiatrist with Soldier follow-up. Immunization coordinator for all routine immunizations in the state. Financial management of funds $500,000 received from U.S. Army National Guard Bureau in planning, execution, and correct usage of those funds. Medical advisory capacity to the Adjutant General and senior staff officials as a medical planner and other for other medical issues. Deployed the largest contingent overseas since WWII. Consistently maintained Delaware in the top 10 in medical readiness.
Supervisor - COL Dave Werner, G-1 Director of Personnel
Company/Agency - Nemours Children’s Hospital
1600 Rockland Rd, Wilmington, DE 19803
https://www.nemours.org/
Dates – November 2007 – September 2011
Position - Circulating/Scrub nurse
Duties Summary - Ensure safe and efficient care in the intraoperative period with all materials needed for surgical cases verified as correct, present and accounted for before, during and after surgical cases completion. Set-up, monitoring, and maintenance of sterile surgical fields by all present in the room. Perform scrub nurse role with instrument, medication, and sharps
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accountability. Timely documentation of information generated by the surgical procedure in written or computer systems.
Supervisor - Lynn Colmery, Director of Nursing
RN license history
Type- PMHNP-BC (Active)
Date Issued – December 2023 Number – APRN11030293
Issued By – State of Florida
Type – RN
Date Issued – July 2023
Number – RN9622957
Issued By – State of Florida
Type – RN
Date Issued - October 2016
Number - RN60702530
Issued By - State of Washington
Type - RN
Date Issued - June 2003
Number - L1-0031486
Issued By - State of Delaware
Education
School Name - Delaware State University, Dover, DE 19904
Highest Degree Attained - Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Dates – September 1999-May 2003
School Name – Walden University, Minneapolis, MN 55401
Program – Masters in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Dates – March 2021 – November 2023
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