Samantha Gardner, BSHS, RRT, RCP

**** **** ***** *****, *** Vegas, NV 89141 • 209-***-**** •adm69f@r.postjobfree.com

Performance metric driven candidate with 24 years clinical experience, eager to offer dynamic leadership talents, as well as strong professional RT proficiencies, toward maximizing your success within a growth-oriented role.

Profile of Qualifications

Respiratory Care • Team Building / Training • Precepting • Patient / Physician Relations • Workflow Scheduling

Code Blue Team Leadership • Committee Leadership • Program / Process Development • Regulatory Compliance

Home Healthcare Education • Strategic Analysis / Planning • Clinical Projects • Epic • Cerner • Meditech • EMR

Integral leader who facilitates the delivery of responsible patient care for all ages based on industry and / or facility standards of practices, and spearheads corrective RT action plans to boost healthcare success.

Top performer who offers proven experience in large-scale healthcare optimization, including developing and implementing forward-thinking programs, policies, and processes to achieve continued high-quality care.

Excellent communicator who builds solid relationships with executives, healthcare teams, patients, and families, and exhibits up-to-date knowledge of national RT care management trends and critical statistics.

Education & Professional Development

Bachelor of Science, Health Education Trident University International

Respiratory Therapy Program Diploma California Paramedical & Technical College

Registered Respiratory Therapist (NBRC, #139031 / CA RCB, #19192, NV RC #3394, AZ RCB #012415)

Advanced Life Support Provider

Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider

Neonatal Resuscitation Provider

Basic Life Support Provider

Member, California Society for Respiratory Care (Since 1996)

Member, American Association for Respiratory Care (Since 1996)

Professional Synopsis

Manager, Respiratory Therapy and Pulmonary Services Departments

SSM Health, DePaul Health Center, Bridgeton, MO 2018-2020

Responsible for 48 direct reports to include Respiratory Therapy and Pulmonary Service Line staff.

Increased completed therapy compliance from 77% to 89% over one quarter.

Manages personnel to include interviewing, orientation and training, staff development, problem resolution, evaluating performance, initiating recommendations for personnel actions, and motivation of employees to achieve peak performance. Ensure that staff meets licensing requirements and follow applicable policies, procedures and regulations.

Pivotal in department fiscal reviews and planning. Along with hospital administration, coordinate capital and operational budget processes.

Decreased voluntary turn over from 12.8% to less than 10% over one quarter through increased staff engagement, daily team huddles and performance improvement programs.

Recognized as hospital “Employee of the Month” within 45 days of hire.

Create and drive training of RT staff for all L & D and NICU response, through collaboration with nursing and medical staff.

Respond to all pediatric traumas.

Samantha Gardner, BSHS, RRT, RCP

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Manager, Cardiopulmonary & Neurology Departments

College Medical Center, Long Beach, CA 2017-2018

Responsible for 19 direct reports to include Cardiology, Respiratory and Neurology staff.

Driving the clinical care practice to DNV standards.

Writing and implementation of departmental policies and procedures.

Responsible for arterial blood gas lab to CAP standards.

Chair of Code Blue committee, responsible for internal audits and root cause analysis for all code blues, implementing new code policies and running of staff assessment mock code blues quarterly.

Involved in quarterly education on respiratory topics to resident physicians including, ventilator management, ABG interpretation, Arterial line insertion, bipap and high flow oxygen management and end of life care in a critical care setting.

Director of Subacute Unit & Respiratory Therapy Departments

Sunnyside Nursing Center, Torrance CA 2016-2017

Director of 26 bed subacute and all respiratory care for 300 bed skilled nursing center.

Write and implement policy and process for all cardiopulmonary respiratory care and mechanical ventilation. Wrote standards of practice for all respiratory treatments and charting, for new post-acute program.

Work with resident’s physicians in providing care, treatment, rehabilitation, and education to patients and their families.

Manage all resources and expenses for Subacute division and Respiratory department.

Instructor/Lab Manager, Respiratory Therapy

American Career College, Anaheim, CA 2014- 2016

Provide students with clinical knowledge skills and abilities required to meet course objectives.

Manage controlled clinical environment to include the acute hospital setting and high-fidelity simulation lab.

Proven leader in the field of Respiratory Therapy, actively involved with the continual process of professional development through attendance of workshops and conferences.

Respiratory Care Practitioner

College Medical Center, Long Beach, CA 2013 – 2015

Utilize broad scope of industry knowledge toward serving as LEAN process participant and member of Code Blue and Rapid Response teams while serving as an ICU and ER staff member to recommend respiratory care using established guidelines and evidence-based practices which are instrumental in maximize care success.

Responsible for training of new NICU and L&D Respiratory Staff.

Handle competency skills lab check offs of 250+ RNs, RTs, and ancillary staff in Rapid Response and Code Blue.

Respiratory Care Practitioner / Relief Supervisor / Relief PFT Technician

Memorial Medical Center, Modesto, CA 2007 – 2013

Strategically steered respiratory care among Level 2 Trauma, Code Blue, Rapid Response, and Level 2 NICU teams, including initiating mechanical ventilation, vent management, BiPAP / CPAP trauma / code blue response, ABG drawing and analysis, as well as facilitating basic respiratory therapy modalities as required.

Developed and delivered innovative precepting for new employees, as well as RT, CNR, and EMT students.

Worked with Pediatric Joint Council Unit and Respiratory Recognition Committees; served as relief Pulmonary Function Technician while cross-training in ICU, L&D, NICU and ER; and served as Epic and Meditech Super User.

Chaired committees charged with developing mission statement for RT department, along with serving as RT liaison for Pediatric Unit Joint Council Partnership tasked with reviewing and implementing clinical practices.

Respiratory Therapy Supervisor

Apria Healthcare, Santa Fe Springs, CA 2005 – 2007

Applied strong leadership talents toward directing daily respiratory department operations, including recruiting, training, and managing a top-performing team while implementing process improvement initiatives.

Drove operations success by educating caregivers (e.g. HHN, Hospice RNs) in home respiratory care efforts, including continually educating staff in clinical care (e.g. vent management, honing clinical assessment abilities).

Trained 200+ Home Health Hospice Nurses that were employed with Kaiser on appropriate at-home care.

Responsible for 20 pediatric patients on home ventilators.

Recognized for job performance excellence with highly competitive “Clinical Excellence Award” in 2005.

Excellent professional references available upon request

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