Rejina Saji

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Stafford, TX *7477

Phone: 832-***-****

Work: 713-***-****/ 713-***-****

Email: adxovt@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

To advance my professional growth in nursing leadership that leverages my leadership skills and nursing experience to provide value to the organization that I am working for, while continuing to apply these skills to my daily practice.

Education

Master’s in nursing leadership and administration (MSN)

Bachelor’s in science in Nursing (BSN)

Associate degree in Nursing (ADN)

Career Profile

I am an experienced RN with16 years of clinical experience and 10 years of leadership experience. I have worked for 16 years in various departments including ICU, ER, Tele and medical surgical unit and 10 years of on hematology oncology experience. . I have held the charge nurse/leadership role through most my career. My experience, knowledge and leadership skills led me to an Assistant Nurse Manager in ATC since 2016. As a member of leadership team, I assisting the unit run safely and within the budget, lead and participate in unit and institutional PACTs, coordinate patient care and scheduling along with medical and multidisciplinary teams.

Professional Strengths

Strong leadership qualities with strong communication skills: I strongly believe, am a born leader with great customer service skills and communication skills. I pay close attention to detail and dutiful respect for complaints in all aspects and communicate openly to members of the health team.

Efficient leader and Problem Solver: As an assistant nurse manager of a large unit I have a lot of opportunities to take care and resolve problems for patient, family, staff and other teams. I manage them well with my natural talent in adherence with MD Anderson core values.

Advanced Clinical Coach/Preceptor/Resource: my knowledge and experience and my certifications help me to coach and mentor for my colleagues and new graduates within depth knowledge and skills.

Population specific clinical knowledge and managing emergency situations and crisis. I am an OCN, ACLS and Chemo-Bio certified nurse and I have worked in different areas of patient care. My critical thinking skills help me to anticipate and manage care with great patient outcomes

Goal Oriented and an excellent team player: As an assistant Nurse Manager I work together with my leadership team and colleagues to achieve our mission with core values and institutional policies. Moreover, I am utilizing all the opportunities to develop my professional and personal growth by attending leadership and professionalism courses offered by MD Anderson.

Professional Experience

M.D Anderson cancer care center: August 2010-Present

Assistant Nurse Manager in ATC from Sept 2016 – current

Able to participate, guide and lead the project of initiating outpatient SCT/Car T infusion in the Ambulatory treatment center and starting and managing separate cellular section of ATC .

1.Empower, lead and guide staff and conflict resolution

2.Patient scheduling, SDA and staff scheduling

3.Assist in providing leadership to support the vision of the unit and transform unit values and behaviors to meet the demands of the current and future.

4.Participates in the implementation and monitoring of the unit budget to respond in a cost-effective manner to changing patient, staff and inter-professional team requirements

Assists the delivery of unit staffing plan considering skill mix, staff and patient care requirements.

5.Ensures daily staffing plans and patient care assignments are appropriate to provide quality care and support an environment where staff practice with autonomy

6.Supports change initiatives and ensures staff understand the importance, necessity, effect and process of change

7.Coordinate with physicians and teams in various levels of patient issues and care.

8.Participate and manage the initiation of outpatient CAR T /Cellular unit and manage the area with daily cell infusions.

Current projects: Ambulatory Patient Experience Project; Employee Retention committee, Magnet, Joint commission, Unit shared Governance, Outpatient Stem cell expansion and car T infusion. Medication Pact. CNAP Chair

Participate and implement PACTs and unit activities.

Previous experience in inpatient Stem cell unit (2010-2016)

1 Clinical Nurse/Resource nurse/Charge Nurse.

2 Handles the task of staffing and bed assignment for 72 bed SCT units.

4. Perform daily bedside nursing simple to complex patient with efficient, effective and high quality of care.

5. Utilize critical thinking and skills to care for transplant patients.

6. Educate patient and family member and teach admission classes.

7. Clinical coach and resource nurse.

8. Member of various pacts: Patient satisfaction, PIV projects, heart success.

9. Chair of Employee retention committee.

10. Chair of Nursing Assistant Pact.

11. Super user for CADD pumps, ZOLL monitor and new projects and protocol.

12. PCP champion and participates in training PCP’s in the unit.

13. POU unit leader for maintain and organizing supplies.

14. Chair of evidence-based project.

Park Plaza Hospital: 2007-2013

Worked in Telemetry, Med surge and ICU as PRN staff.

Worked as a full-time employee as a clinical nurse as well as charge nurse in telemetry.

Member of a peer interview team.

CJW Hospital, Virginia: 2005- 2007

Duties and Responsibilities included:

Care of patients with all kind of cardiac problems.

Care of patients with all kinds of general vascular surgeries.

Care of medical patient and emergency management.

Charge Nurse.

Preceptor for new nurse/resource person.

Previously worked in India and KSA for 12 years. (Details upon request)

Certifications:

OCN

ACLS

TELE

CHEMO/BIO

BLS

Professional Affiliation

Member of Oncology Nursing Society.

Member of Indian Nursing Association.

Nominations

Nominated for quality caring award for clinical leadership in nursing excellence 2019-20

Nominated for Brown foundation award for 2019

Finalist for the Nursing quality care award “Nurse Led Team” 2021-22

Current Project

Podium Presentation for the abstract in 2022 ONS conference “Initiating phase 1 CAR T infusion in outpatient setting”

Working on Publishing an article with the above

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