Almia J. Heald

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Indianapolis, In 46259

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Master’s prepared nurse, with over 25 years of critical thinking nursing experience. Excel leadership skills as a clinical expert with strong critical thinking skills in multiple areas with a focus on critical care. Proficient leadership experience in strategizing to improve patient care or outcomes, support compliance and close evidence-based gaps in care in performance-based models. Excel healthcare professionals to practice with high standards to deliver excellent care. Advocate for customer health promotion and prevention. Assertive interpersonal skills imperative to assist diverse individuals with defining and attaining functional goals. Expert in project management with an extensive diverse clinical healthcare background. Expert in managing and directing multiple initiatives to provide development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of projects. Hard-worker, team player, flexible, quickly adapt and rotated to many critical care areas, and unique ability to relate to various personality types while focusing on customer service and provide excellent follow through.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Options Behavioral Health Care Indianapolis, RN March 2022-to present (traveling contract)

Acute Care in patient psychiatric hospital, with medical co-morbidities ranging age from preteen to geriatric

Diverse psychiatric diagnoses with complex psychiatric history and medical co-morbidites

Diverse diagnoses with complex substance abuse history and co-morbidities

Completed admissions, discharge, daily charting, administer medication, deescalate patients, take-down patients

Participated on unit based councils, preceptor, multidisciplinary meeting

First Priority Health Care, DON, Indianapolis, IN September 2019- June 2022

Director of Nursing at home health agency for critically ill patients with complex co-morbidities

Case managed patients, including direct patient care, with complex co-morbidities with goal to stay out of hospital or avoid from having to move to a higher level of care.

Overseen process in office from intake process to admission and continuation of care collaborating with physicians, family members and patients.

Managed RN’s and HHA’s to complete care within regulatory and institutional policies

Provided continual education and responsible for QA

Responsible for survey requirements and to provide advanced evidenced based practice for optimal outcomes

Foster Health Care, RN, Indianapolis, IN June 2017-September 2019

RN for Home Health care for the critically ill patients with complex co-morbidities, including wound care

Case managed patients care, managed care, critically thinking and made care plans to keep patient in the home with the goal of not to return to the hospital or avoid from having to move to a higher level of care

Coordinated care with physicians, family, and patient

Bucher & Christian Consulting, INC, Indianapolis, IN December 2016-June 2017 (contract)

Anthem Medicaid, Cost of Care Coordinator/Project Management, RN

Reported directly under medical director of Anthem Medicaid division

Worked with team on a projected budget to decrease cost by $36 million

Managed 100+ ongoing project initiatives for development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation

Project Managed for multidisciplinary departments: Physical Health, Case Management, Utilization Management, Behavioral Health, Pharmacy, Nursing, Vendor Management, Data Analysts team, Claims, IT:

1.Participated with senior management to establish strategic plans and objectives reporting, analysis and executive decision making

2.Monitored program outcome metrics and reviewed specific program data analyses

3.Reviewed results-post implementation to ensure projected cost savings are realized and recommend modifications as applicable

4.Lead and participated in project teams to deliver project updates to all areas requiring information for management

5.Ensured accuracy and timeliness of output and deliverables for assigned functional areas

6.Implemented and ensured compliance with corporate management policies, practices, procedures and accreditation requirements

7.Established relationships with cross-functional leadership and business owners, corporate as well as Indiana

Identified cost of care savings opportunities by analyzing practice patterns

Assisted in performing healthcare cost analysis to identify strategies to control costs

Assisted in the process of measuring and evaluating the cost impact of various negotiations

Wishard Memorial Hospital/ Eskenazi Health, Indianapolis, IN August 2006 – March 2014

Staff Educator and Coordinator for Critical Care Services for Trauma One Hospital RN, MSN

•Educator at Trauma One facility for Critical Care, Progressive Critical Care, Telemetry, Emergency Room, Burn Unit, PACU, Cath Lab/IR, Cardiac Diagnostics including direct patient care and mentoring new staff (with focus on Critical Care skills)

•Direct patient care, preceptor

•Project Management to educate Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Medical students, RN’s, LPN’s, Student Nurses, Paramedics and Certified Nursing Assistants with a focus on disease management, health promotion and prevention, case management, patient safety, compliance, evidence-based research, and quality improvement

•Project manager for house-wide education initiatives to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluation that impact health care quality outcomes:

1. Umbrella all critical care areas, including ER, to practice under same standards of care and regulation

2. Redesign Critical Care curriculum used to educate on boarding staff and current staff

3. Redesign Critical Care orientation curriculum for hospital-wide onboarding staff

4. ECCO (Essential of Critical Care Orientation) and Simulation, Skills Lab and Simulation Lab, Mc Strategies E-

McKesson system for bedside charting

5.Taught Critical Care classes, Orientation Classes, American Heart Association classes (AHA)

6.House-wide projects and unit level projects projects, rounding support, super users, audits, and follow up education

7.On-boarding orientation based on PBDS (Performance Based Development System) critical thinking results

Developed strategies to improve patient care, support compliance, and close evidence-based gaps in care in

performance based models with all staff

Interpreted existing policies/procedures and develop ones based on changes in healthcare

Identified and developed opportunities for innovation to increase effectiveness and quality

•Responsible for Joint Commission readiness and State Board reviews

•Lead Increased Patient Satisfaction; Enhance Patient through Put

•Lead Staff Satisfaction with NDNQI RN survey (National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators)

IU Health at Methodist campus, Indianapolis, IN

RN, Adult Critical Care for a Trauma One Hospital September 1997 – April 2005

•Trauma One facility, staffed 1-2 patients

•Participated in Indiana Organ Procurement Organization for organ donors

St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, IN

Rse, Adult Critical Care May 1996 – September 1997

Winona Memorial Hospital, Indianapolis, IN May 1997 – March 2000 (PRN)

Registered Nurse, Medical/Surgical Unit October 1996 – May 1997

Nurse Extern, Medical/Surgical Unit August 1994 – October 1996

Nurse’s Aide, Medical/Surgical Unit March 1994 – August 1994

LEADERSHIP

•IOPO liaison for critical care services for organ donation

•6 Sigma project entitled “Medication Administration Safety”

•Poster presentation for National Nursing Staff Development Organization (NNSDO) entitled “Clinical Educator Role in Facilitating Staff Involvement and Process Improvement to Improve Medication Administration Safety”

•Indianapolis Coalition for Patient Safety Award for project “Improved Medication Safety through a Multi-Disciplinary Team Review of Alaris Smart IV Pump Use”

•Advisor for Shared Governed Councils, Unit Based Committees, Multidisciplinary Committees

•Advisor for Transition and Occupancy Committees (transition to new facility)

•Agile training and waterfall training for project management

•Advisor for Nursing 2000 “A day in a Life of a Nurse”

•Lead for Magnet application process

•Preceptor for onboarding educators

•FEMA (Emergency Management Institute) certified

•Certified American Heart Association (AHA) for Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Healthcare Provider (CPR), Heartsaver AED (HS AED), certified as well in AHA, ACLS, and HS AED instructor, TB administration

EDUCATION

Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

Master of Science in Nursing, Adult Nurse Practitioner May 2002 Graduated Sigma Theta Tau

Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

Bachelor of Science in Nursing May 1996

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