Nurse Manager
Resume:
Michelle Harrington
**** **** ***** ** **, Lilburn, GA 30047
***************@*****.***
To obtain a position where I can maximize my experience in management, clinical skills, quality assurance, program development, training experience, and customer service.
Skills
Mature Critical thinking and problem solving characteristics
Self-motivated
Lifelong learning
Strong organizational skills
Strong analytic skills
Experience
November 2019- current
RN Staff Azura Vascular Center/Fresenius IR/ASC North America
Pre-op/Post-op-Intra-op. Check patients in for IR procedures to be performed in the Intra-op area, Intra -op responsible for patient monitoring under going IR procedure performed with Moderate sedation. Post-op responsibilities include but are not limited to monitor patient Vital signs during post procedure and post -op teaching for vascular access.
June 2019-November 2019
RN Charge Nurse Fresenius Kidney Care North America
Responsible for daily operations of a twenty two chair dialysis center to include patient assessments, medication reviews, new and transient admissions for treatment. Daily reconciliation and reviews of company productivity and objective. Coordination of new employee on boarding to ensure company competency requirements and CMS guidelines for reimbursement.
OCTOBER 2017 – MAY 2019
RN Clinical Ladder II / University of Virginia, Lynchburg Dialysis
Triage and assess chronic renal patients with hemodialysis treatments plans prior to treatment. Understand physiological response to treatment while dialyzing. Medicate patients with renal support medications during treatment.
FEBRUARY 2017 – AUGUST 2017
Lynchburg Surgery Center / Lynchburg, VA
Circulated multispecialty Outpatient Operating Room procedures. Also actively oversaw Infection Control processes to include SPD and surveillance of post-operative procedures for infections. Streamlined sterilization process whereby provided more throughput of reusable medical devices and decreased supporting consumable product line saving money for the department.
October 2016 – February 2017
Centra Healthcare Bedford/ Bedford, VA
Circulated and scrubbed Endoscopy and General Surgery Cases.
April 2016 – September 2016
Wake Forest Medical Center/ Winston Salem, NC
Two consecutive Travel Contracts in the Operating Room, supporting Urology specialty service.
07/2015 – 04/15/2016 CaroMont Regional Medical Center/Gastonia, North Carolina Coordination of supplies and staff for Cardiovascular/ Cardiothoracic Service. Provide competent safe care for patients undergoing all procedures associated with Cardiovascular and Cardiothoracic Procedures. Also competent to scrub and circulate in most specialties when necessary.
April 2012 – July 2015
Manatee Memorial Hospital/ Bradenton, FL
PeriAnesthesia Educator
As the PeriAnesthesia Educator I Functioned independently and reported directly to the Division Director of Surgical Services and Women’s And Children’s to collaborate, assess, develop, plan, implement and evaluate educational programs for PeriAnesthesia staff to maintain and improve competency, continuing education and leadership development in their defined roles and provide opportunity for staff fulfillment of regulatory agency requirements. Responsible for the design and implementation of effective educational programs through application of adult learning principles and utilizing multiple teaching approaches including blended learning, to meet multiple staff learning styles. Created and revised pertinent educational programs, coordinated implementation of course content, monitors participant progress and evaluates overall effectiveness of programs. Integrates evidence based practice and nursing theory into education interventions. Successful implementation of a Perioperative Entry Level program for new nurses with minimal experience in Nursing wanting to enter the PeriAnesthesia Environment.
May 2008 – April 2012
STERIS Corporation/ Mentor, OH
Clinical Education Specialist
Provided needs assessments in the perioperative department to include the Operating Room and Sterile Processing Department as well as Endoscopy Units. Assessments were used to make recommendations to align the departments for compliance with Joint Commission in preparation for accreditation. Responsible for customer presentations at the local regional and national level for continuing education credits. Planned, generated and provided formal educational workshops to stimulate product interest and increase sales overall. Also responsible for providing clinical expertise with troubleshooting, equipment and consumable products to resolve customer issues by supporting and collaborating with Account Managers, Quality Improvement Team, Regulatory, and R and D as required. This position was a remote position reporting directly to the Director of Clinical Education with weekly calls. Worked closely with Regional Manager and Capital and Consumable Account Managers to support the regional customer needs.
2006 – 2008 Lakewood Ranch Medical Center Lakewood Ranch, FL
Operating Room Staff Nurse: Ability to circulate and scrub for multispecialty
2007 – 2008 Visiting Nurses Association Bradenton, FL
Home Health Nurse: Admit patients into the program doing head to toe assessments as well as assessing clients environment, to include ability of caregiver. In home blood work and laboratory test to directly report results to client physician.
2005 -2006 All Children’s Hospital St. Petersburg, FL
Operating Room Staff Nurse RN II: responsible for self and physician directed work in pediatric critical-care operating room setting. Competent to circulate in all specialties, with limited abilities to scrub certain specialty procedures.
2001 - 2005 West Florida Surgery Center Bradenton, FL
Facility Manager/Licensed Health Care Risk Manager/RN
Responsible for day to day facility operation and maintenance, surgical staffing and scheduling. Plastic Surgery procedures were the specialty provided at this center. Also assisted in office procedures occasionally.
Responsible for Materials Management, Performance Improvement, Safety and Quality Improvement Programs and Risk Management Program.
In addition to these responsibilities I was part of the clinical staff mix, 100% of the time having my own room assignment.
2000 - 2001 All Children’s Hospital St. Petersburg, FL
Operating Room Staff Nurse: Responsibilities same as above
1999 - 2000 University of Nebraska Med Center Omaha, NE
Operating Room Staff Nurse: Competent to circulate all specialties. Mainly worked in Neurosurgery and
Orthopedics, competent to scrub neuro and ortho cases with an emphasis in spinal instrumentation procedures.
1998 - 1999 Children’s Hospital Omaha, NE
Patient Care Manager, Operating Room: Responsible for daily operations of four general surgery suits and one open heart room. Responsible for clinical competency and development of 23 FTE’s. Daily coordination of the perioperative patient through length of stay.
1997 - 1998 St. Joesph’s Hospital Augusta, GA
OR Staff Nurse/Performance Improvement Representative Surgical Services: Circulate and scrub responsibilities in multispecialty operating room. Cross trained in pre-op holding and phase I, phase II recovery. In addition responsible for unit performance improvement projects and clinical data collection. Also worked pre diem for infection control department performing chart auditing and review, for data collection.
1995 - 1997 University Hospital Augusta, GA
Management Team Coordinator, Day Surgery Unit: Responsible for four operating room suites, two minor procedure rooms, one bronchoscopy room, six bed Post Anesthesia Unit, Fifteen bed outpatient pre-op/phase II unit, and self-contained sterile processing department. Responsible for clinical competency and development of 32.8 FTE’s with an annual salary budget of $1,040,800
1994 - 1995 Ambulatory Surgery Center Bradenton, FL
Operating Room Supervisor: Responsible for four surgical suites, staffing and daily operation of freestanding surgical facility. Responsible for coordination of resources to include material, housekeeping, sterile processing and infection control program.
1990 - 1994 Manatee Memorial Hospital Bradenton, FL
Surgical Staff Nurse Operating Room: Responsible for self and physician directed work in critical- care operating room setting.
1987 - 1990 Manatee Memorial Hospital Bradenton, FL
Licensed Practical Nurse: Oncology Floor Nursing direct patient care, and Float pool.
Additional Experience:
Medical College of Georgia PRN Operating Room
Infection Control Department: Chart surveillance and monitoring of infections for 125 bed facility
Licensed Practical Nurse 1981 - 1990
Licensed Health Care Risk Manager from 2003 – 2007
CNOR 2012-2018
MAY 2013
Bachelor of Science Healthcare Management/Southern Illinois University
4.0 GPA
JUNE 1990
Associate of Science Nursing / Bradenton, FL
State College of Florida
Activities
Hold Certificate Nurse of the Operating Room (CNOR) since 2012 Expired 2018
Enrolled Chamberlain College of Nursing BSN track
Completed ANLNC course work for Legal nurse consulting
ACLS, BLS
Involved in natural living through essential oil use and natural product support.
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