Experienced Nursing Leader and Interim DON

Barbara C. Liberty, MSN RN, CCMC

Lady Lake, FL **159

Email: **********@*****.*** Phone: 802-***-****

Professional Summary

Highly skilled Nursing Professional with qualifications in nursing management and expertise in providing high-quality nursing care and unparalleled patient services. Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality patient-centered care. Results- driven achiever with strong planning and organizational skills, along with a high degree of detail orientation. For the past couple of years, I have been semi-retired and flexible, allowing me to accept short or long-term assignments, depending on the company/organization's need. Pertinent Professional Work Experience

Employer: Converse Home Assisted Living and Memory Care (seasonal 6/2025-current while in VT) Position: Interim Director of Nursing, Shift Supervisor, RN Management of all aspects of health services to ensure this assisted living and memory care community was fully in compliance with all state regulations. Conducted day-to-day oversight and support for all staff, residents, and family members to ensure a healthy and happy community. In this position, my knowledge and experience were integral to reshaping and implementing an updated medication passing process, facilitating updates to the onboarding process for all staff, and providing orientation as well as relevant education to all staff.

Employer: TLC Nursing (travel contract 3/25/24-6/20/24) Position: East Montpelier Elementary School Nurse (Pre-school-6 th

grade)

Working as a school nurse in an elementary school, provide comprehensive healthcare services in a K- 12 school setting in Montpelier, VT. Administration of medications, treatments, participation in team- based care planning, and providing general physical support to a diverse array of students in the school. Many students require daily medication administration, and several require special services and nursing care due to chronic health issues such as autism, cerebral palsy, developmental delays, asthma, allergies, and other conditions.

Employer: Burlington Health and Rehabilitation (5/2023-9/2024; moved to Florida) Position: Nurse Practice Educator/Infection Prevention and Control Working at a 136-bed long-term care facility, responsible for staff orientation at time of hire, education in the moment for any skill/topic as needed, created and implemented an annual education plan, ensured all staff were competent in appropriate skills, and managed infection prevention and control programming. Worked as a floor nurse when needed, delivering optimal hands-on care, treatments, and medication administration to assigned patients.

Employer: TLC Nursing (travel contract 11/2022-3/2023) Position: Field Case Manager

This was a 6-month travel assignment working with individuals at risk in the community, primarily those housed in hotels and shelters. Provided intensive case management to vulnerable individuals and families to assist in managing chronic diseases such as diabetes, COPD, asthma, PVD, and poor lifestyle management.

Employer: Our Lady of Providence Assisted Living (8/2021-12/2022) Barbara C. Liberty, MSN RN, CCMC

Lady Lake, FL 32159

Email: **********@*****.*** Phone: 802-***-****

Position: Director of Nursing

Recruited by the administrator to come back to the community and facility to support the leadership team, and hands-on care staff to come into compliance with all state and federal regulations. To meet this directive, managed all aspects of health services to ensure this residential care community was fully in compliance with all state regulations. Conducted day-to-day oversight and support for all staff, residents and family members to ensure a healthy and happy community. The final survey during this tenure was determined to be deficiency-free.

Employer: Community Health Centers of Burlington (10/2019 to 10/2021) Position: RN Charge for practice

Embraced all duties of the RN charge, including managing staff, patient needs, and onsite laboratory oversight, obtained and maintained my case management certification in support of patient triage and support, and trained and mentored staff in the use of the practice electronic health record, NexGen. Directly responsible for the recruitment, training, and ongoing mentoring of all medical assistants, worked collaboratively with the medical providers and practice manager to ensure a fair budget, competent staffing, and optimal patient care.

Employer: Our Lady of Providence Assisted Living (2/2018-8/2019) Position: Director of Nursing

The Administrator of this small and intimate assisted living facility (45 beds) reached out to and asked that I join the community and facility to support the leadership team and hands-on care staff, to come into compliance with all state and federal regulations. Managed all aspects of health services to ensure this residential care community was fully in compliance with all state regulations. Conducted day-to-day oversight and support for all staff, residents, and family members to ensure a healthy and happy community. The final survey result was that this community was deficiency-free. Employer: Mansfield Place Assisted Living and Memory Care (5/2015-10/2016) Position: Director of Health Services

Once she learned about my success in leading Cathedral Square, the administrator asked me to join this community (120 beds) to create a plan and lead the management team, hands-on care staff, and auxiliary staff to a successful survey with minimal deficiencies. As in my previous position, I managed all aspects of health services to ensure this residential care community was fully in compliance with all state regulations. Conducted day-to-day oversight and support for all staff, residents, and family members to ensure a healthy and happy community. The final survey result was that this community was deficiency- free.

Employer: Cathedral Square Corporation (4/2014-5/2015) Position: Supervisor of Nursing

In this position, I was charged with creating a positive work environment and bringing the 35-bed facility into compliance with state regulations. I initiated and managed recruitment, hiring, mentoring, training, and termination of all health services staff. I conducted day-to-day oversight and support for all staff, residents, and family members to ensure a healthy and happy community. According to the results of satisfaction surveys administered by the corporation, resident and family satisfaction with this community soared under my leadership.

Barbara C. Liberty, MSN RN, CCMC

Lady Lake, FL 32159

Email: **********@*****.*** Phone: 802-***-****

Employer: Porter Medical Center (7/2012-9/2013)

Position: Blueprint Project Manager

Managed all staff under the umbrella of the community health team as we embarked on a project to certify all family practices as Medical Homes and support the effort to set up the practice-based HUB and SPOKE initiative for opioid dependent patients. This project, just a piece of the initiative known as Vermont Blueprint for Health, was state-funded and unique to Vermont. I gained good insight into the politics of the state regarding health care in the family practice offices, and the need for accessible and affordable treatment for opioid and other substance addiction. Employer: Fletcher Allen Health Care (6/2005-7/2012) Position: RN Lead for Employer Health Management Programming Leading a team of high-functioning and competent nurses, we ventured out into the community to offer lifestyle health testing and education. I became proficient in motivational interviewing as I worked to produce outcomes with patients who were ambivalent about change. As the RN Lead of this program, I was responsible for outreach and management of all internal and external accounts, providing high-quality nursing services, and optimal reporting to employers. Daily collaboration and engagement with internal management to ensure comprehensive high quality health management programming was offered to all staff.

Employer: BCBSVT (2/1998-6/2005)

Position: Quality Improvement Nurse

With oversight from the Director of Quality Improvement, I led several quality improvement programs internally and in associated physician practices throughout the BCBSVT network. Working collaboratively with interdepartmental managers, I was successful in the timely management and reporting of Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) annually. The HEDIS data identified gaps in healthcare and reporting, and working diligently with multidisciplinary teams, we were charged with developing programming and data collection tools to distribute to physician practices with the goal of closing the identified gaps.

Education

2017 Capella University

Master of Nursing Education

Summa Cum Laude GPA-4.0

2012 Capella University Online Program

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing

Summa Cum Laude GPA-4.0

2005 Vermont Technical College

Associate Degree in Nursing,

Cum Laude GPA-3.67

1979 Fanny Allen Memorial School of Practical Nursing Licensed Practical Nurse

Barbara C. Liberty, MSN RN, CCMC

Lady Lake, FL 32159

Email: **********@*****.*** Phone: 802-***-****

Licenses and Certifications

Certified Case Manager (42525790-exp. 12/2025)

Florida Compact Registered Nurse License (RN9511674-exp. 4/2027) CPR certified through 9/2026

Infection Prevention and Control Certification through CDC (TRAIN program) In the process of obtaining NHISS Stroke Certification through AHA Published Works

Smoking Status Identification: Two Managed Care Organizations’ Experiences with a Pilot Project to Implement Identification Systems in Independent Practice Associations

• The American Journal of Managed Care, Volume 9, Number 10, October 2003 Exploring the Cost-Effectiveness of Unit-Based Health Promotion Activities for Nurses

• Workplace Health and Safety, Volume 61, Issue 12: 514-520, December 2013

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