KERRY COHLMEYER RN, BSN, MBA, *** Orrington Circle, Sacramento, CA 95835; Cell: 530-***-****, Email: ade0np@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Nurse Manager/Director seeks position in healthcare, offering many years of clinical expertise and strategic planning in the following areas: University of Phoenix Faculty, Inpatient Nursing Director, Trauma ICU Manager, ICU Manager, ER Director, ICU/ER, Cardiology, Cardiac Short Stay Telemetry Depts, Case Management, Quality Improvement and., Ambulatory Care, Outpatient surgery and recovery as well as Treadmill Lab. Experienced with Utilization management, EMTALA, DHS, CMS, HIPAA, and JCAHO. Extensive experience related to Business Planning and Quality/Performance/Process Improvement. Taught 12 lead EKG, arrhythmia recognition, and performing and interpretation of Treadmill Stress Testing. Well-versed in QI/QA and Performance Improvement. Opened new hospital in Arizona with perfect licensure survey.Many accomplishments related to Patient Satisfaction, System, and Regulatory Goals and Mandates, Process Improvement, Transformational Care, Quality and More.

EXPERIENCE

Sutter Senior Care Clinic/Home Health/Triage/Case Manager-Manager

2/2019-current

2/09-3/15/15: University of Phoenix, Axia College, Faculty

Taught 3 courses online in Healthcare Administration including finance

INTERIM: FIRST STRING (Contracted position for 13 months lasting 6 to 12 months)

8/16-1/17 –Interim Management Keck USC Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

2/17-2/18 Kaiser Permanente San Jose, Interim ICU Manager

2/18-2/19-Dignity Health, Northridge Hospital Med. Center, Interim ICU Manager

KAISER PERMANENTE

9/22/14 Vallejo Kaiser Permanente-ICU Manager. Transitioned to Patient Care Coordinator position in 10/15 (UM, Case Management), prior to retirement in 2016.

4/22/13-9/22/14 TPMG Kaiser Permanente-Central Valley

Manage 4 departments across 3 facilities. Two departments are #1 in the Central Valley. Have taken 2 lowest in the region now to the upper third.

6/09-7/11 Kaiser Permanente, TPMG-Roseville, ED and ED Quality Manager

Roseville, CA. Responsible for operations of one of the largest EDs in the state of CA. Also responsible for regulatory preparedness and ED Quality. Opened Clinical Observation, improved quality related to psych population

7/11-2/1/13: Critical Care Director-ICU/ED/Ambulance

Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital

Grass Valley, CA

Director with 24/7 accountability for the Emergency, ICU, And Ambulance Departments. Multiple projects brought in on time and on budget. 110 FTEs, Initiated EMR in July of 2012. Succeeded all goals related to regulatory and CMS. Highest Staff Satisfaction survey in history of the facility with 100% participation in the ICU and the ED. Decreased patient door to doctor time from 4-6 hours to 30 minutes 90% of the time.

11/06-7/09

Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital, Auburn, CA 95614

ICU/Telemetry Unit Manager

24/7 accountability of an 8 bed ICU and a 12 bed Telemetry unit. Includes all phases of staffing, finances, Core Measures, Quality Indicator, e-ICU process. Later took on assignment of Bed Control, Staffing and Administrative Supervisors.

7/2002-11/2005

Deaconess Hospital Evansville, IN

Nurse Manager

Manage 16 Bed Neuro-medical ICU

17 Bed Neuro Care Center (not currently)

Opened and Manage 8 Bed Trauma ICU

Member Stroke Center Task Force-attained JCAHO Primary Stroke Center designation

Reduced ICU LOS by 2.4 days. Brought units in under budget for Exp/UOS and over budget for Rev/UOS for 2 years in a row.

Trauma Operations Team-attained Trauma Level II designation

Chair Work-Related Injury Task Force-successfully reduced work related injuries by 25%

EDUCATION

Indiana Wesleyan University: MBA

Excelsior College BSN

Mount St. Mary’s College: AND

LICENSES AND AFFILIATIONS

RN STATE OF CA, IN AND AZ

CEN (CERTIFIED EMERGENCY NURS)

BLS

ACLS

PALS EXPIRED LAST YEAR BUT CAN EASILY RENEW

CONVERSANT IN SPANISH

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