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Nurse Health

Location:

Lincolnton, NC

Posted:

January 10, 2021

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Kimberly L. Williams

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Denver, N.C. 28037

Cell# 828-***-****

Email address: adjbk3@r.postjobfree.com

Coastal Carolina Community College Aspen University

Jacksonville, N.C. Aspen, Colorado

Associate Degree Nursing since May 1991 Bachelor of Science in Nursing March 2020

Professional Experience

Carolinas Health Care System Positions- from NOV. 2005 – present:

Nov. 2005 to Sept 2011 – Blue Ridge Health Care/CHS – Fulltime Home Health Case Manager Nurse. Carried case load of appropriately 50 pts, making between 5 to 10 daily visits. Provided Skilled care in the home setting such as IVs, Wound care, Teaching, CP assessments, Labs in conjunction with other skilled needs, etc. Responsible for admissions, recerts, discharges including Oasis to meet Medicare guidelines as well as compliance with other Insurances and worked to meet JACAHO standards set by hospital for Home Health agency. Coordinated closely with all other discipline (PT, OT, ST, & HHA). Worked well with physicians to provide excellent care and continuity in the care to their home health pts. Rotated call with other RN on staff. Preceptor for new staff as needed.

Sept 2011 to May 2013- Clinical Service Coordinator –Quality – Responsible for all quality assurance of patient charting/ documentation and worked closely with audit team to improve documentation with staff education. Provided all orientation, staff education coordinator, responsible for all employee health records and annual TB testing and Fit testing for our branch. Completed all monthly reports to corporate compliance/ education dept. regarding quality for the Blue Ridge branch. Responsible for Completion of field staff nurses and therapy staff annual infection control visits for quality. Responsible for all clinical staff employee files for documentation and in-service requirements and license kept up to date. Assisted with team meetings and case conferences on pts weekly. In rotation with other administrative nurses for on-call. Assisted with making home health visits as needed.

May 2013 to December 2018 – Central Intake Supervisor for Healthy at Home- Supervisor over all service lines – HH, HME, HI at first, but currently only over Home Health. Supervise 18 staff members daily to provide with educational needs, and guidance as needed for referrals coming from multiple resources via fax. Our dept. handles over 3000 referrals per month. Referrals are reviewed for all needed information to process, Data entry completed, insurance verified and authorizations obtained, quality checked and assigned to one of the 6 Home health agencies under Healthy at Home. Work to coordinate with the Hospitals in areas of NC, SNFs, Rehabs, MD offices, Asst Living facilities and other referral sources to provide Home health and continuity of care for pt. in their home. Responsible for all aspects of Staff attendance and time and labor approval for payroll. Provide staff with support as needed with multiple programs our dept. works in to get patient information accurately in system for Home health to provide the care in pt.’s home. Oasis Certification 2020.

Current Position: December 2018 to Present – Clinical Services Supervisor for Health at Home Lincolnton branch - Supervisor for all clinicians in the Lincolnton Home Health branch. 16 employees: nurses, physical and occupational therapist, Medical social worker, Home health aide. Reviewed all new start of care admissions, resumption of care admissions, recertifications every 60 days, all orders and discharges in workflow setting daily. Manage daily staff issues and scheduling issues along beside the Clinical manager, payroll review and corrections. Answer calls and any issues of doctors and patients. Obtain orders and assure compliance with orders and state regulations are followed for Home Health services. Serve on leadership, quality and nursing council committees.

Assets: Hard worker, always giving 100% of time and talent to the team effort to provide excellent care to the patients served. Assist with other leadership to manage new home health referrals, scheduling to clinicians, provide teaching when opportunities arise to staff.

McDowell County Home Health, Marion N.C.– May 2004 to Nov 2005:

Fulltime Public Health Nurse – Case manager for case load of 35 to 40 patients in McDowell and Burke counties. Provided assessments and skill needs as ordered by MD included doing admission, revisits, resumptions and recerts for pts. Supervised Home Health Aides every 14 days. Completed paperwork in accordance to meet JACHO standards and all insurance guidelines. Coordinated with Physicians to assure pt. care provided as ordered and to provide continuity of pt. care. Rotated on call to help provide 24/7 coverage.

Home Care Management Corp- Lenoir, N.C. – Jan 2004 to April 2004:

Fulltime Nursing Supervisor- Supervised HHA making visits for (PCS services) Personal care to pts in their homes in Caldwell, Alexander, Burke, Iredell, Lincoln and Catawba counties. Jobs included client assessments, home visits, computer charting of all communication between, worker and nurse to provide continued care of clients. Responsible for hiring, in-services and evaluations of Home Health Aide employees along with other RNs. Assist other RNs with caseloads as needed.

Willow Ridge of N.C., LLC- Rutherfordton, N.C. – Sept 2002 to Dec 2003:

Staff Development Coordinator/ Nurse Manager- Assisted to manage 150 Skilled nursing facility with 150 employees. Provided orientation, all DFS/OSHA mandated in-services and ongoing training, provided all employee TB and Hepatitis vaccines as well as kept all Employee health files. Responsible for QA on all resident incidents and monthly infection reports. Made daily rounds throughout the facility and took call rotation with two other RN administrative staff. Provided hands on assistance with residents daily as needed and help with staffing issues daily.

Britthaven July 1996 to June 2002- Skilled Nursing Facility Positions:

Britthaven of Wrightsville Beach – RN positions held:

Full time RN Supervisor – June 2002 to Sept 2002- 80 bed Skilled nursing facility. Responsibilities included supervising all nursing staff, performing initial review of FL-2s, completion of new pt. admissions. Chairperson for the QI committee. Assisted with staffing and staff issues. Assisted with being on-call with other admin s RNs.

Fulltime MDS Coordinator – July 1996 to June 1998- Responsible for initial assessments and the initial Care plan completion. Took call with other admin Nurses and worked on the floor as needed to fill in staffing needs. Assisted DON with staffing issues.

Britthaven Of North Chase – June 1998- June 2002- RN Admin Positions Held:

Part time MDS Coordinator / Part time Treatment Nurse June 1998 to Oct 1998

Part time MDS Coordinator / Part time Admission/Marketing nurse – Oct 1998 to Mar 1999

Fulltime Admission and Marketing Coordinator – Mar 1999 to July 2000

Fulltime Admission and Marketing Director for both Britthaven Wrightsville Beach (80 bed) and Northchase (150 bed)- July 2000 to June 2002 – responsible for going to local hospitals daily & worked with Hospital case managers and Social Workers to assure pts met criteria and accepted pts to keep facility beds full at our skilled facilities. Also, Marketed doctors in the area to get their business for referrals of their pts to our facilities if needed for skilled services (PT, OT, ST or Nursing). Responsible for calling pt. insurance, obtaining authorizations and approvals with case managers and all correspondence prior to and until pt. admission. Finance took over at that time. Had one assistant to help complete admission paperwork. We alternated weekends doing admissions.

Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center –Wilmington, N.C.–April 96 to July 1996

Development Coordinator/ RN Care Plan Coordinator: Duties included new employee orientation, coordination and scheduling and/ or instructor for all in-services for staff to meet requirements of Long term care facility & OSHA regs, CPR instructor & Care plan team coordinator. Rotated call with other RN staff and scheduling. Safety committee member and CNA Instructor and Program Coordinator.

Guardian Care of Burgaw- Burgaw, NC - Feb 1992 to July 1996 (Skilled Nursing Facility):

Charge Nurse and Wound Treatment Nurse - Part time (2/92 -9/94)/ Fulltime (9/94 to 1/95)

Director of Nursing – Jan 1995- May 1995- Temporary position

Staff Development Coordinator/ OBRA nurse- May 1995 to March 1996 – Duties including in charge of infection control, Scheduler and instructor for all in-services, MDS resident assessments, Care plan coordinator, Head of Bowel and Bladder Program, Head of restorative Dining Program, Head of CQI quarterly Committee meeting and all Quality, Responsible for all new Employee orientation and maintained Employee Health files.

Staff nurse – PRN -April 1996 to July 1996

Pender Memorial Hospital – Burgaw, N.C. – May 1991 to April 1993:

Medical Surgical Floor Nurse - Fulltime for 5 mos. (5/9 – 10/91)

ICU/ER Nurse – 10/91 to 4/93

Certified CPR, ACLS, BTLS, PALS, MICN

(Worked 12 hr. shifts and worked other jobs listed on days off)

Cape Fear Group Homes - Wilmington, N.C. Oct 1994 to July 2000 (23 hrs./month):

RN CONSULTANT- Duties include Annual Nursing evaluations on 12 clients at 2 different group homes. Taught Lay staff med classes to be able to pass meds every 2 months and PRN. Checked MARs Monthly. Reviewed all med errors and Lab reports. Supervisor of fulltime LPN that worked for Company.

Comprehensive Home Health Care – Jacksonville, N.C. – April 1993 to Sept 1994:

Home Health Nurse- Every Weekend and Holidays - Charge position on weekend and made Home visits. Performed all admission visits in 3 counties. Only RN working on Weekends at first. Took call from Fri at 3p till Mon at 8 am. (Attended weekly meetings and worked other jobs listed on off days.)

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