Manager Medical

Respiratory care manager and educator

Critical care skills for the neonate, pediatric and adult population

Development of successful education strategies with staff

Adept at decision making, mobilizing resources, and achieving results

Outstanding interpersonal skills.

Maintain excellent patient satisfaction scores

Interdepartmental planning and projects, performance improvement, and preparation committees for Joint Commission.

Core Competencies

Neonatal, Pediatric and Adult Ventilation – Managing and operating Blood Gas Laboratory – Pulmonary Function Laboratory - Managing sleep laboratory– Computer Skills – Staff Leadership and Development – Education Development – Budget Planning – Policy and Procedure Development

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Experience

Eden Medical Center, San Leandro, Ca. July 2012 to Present

Interim Manager of Cardiopulmonary Services

Valley Medical Center, Renton, Wa February 2012 to June 2012

Manager of Respiratory Care, Cardiopulmonary and Sleep Laboratory

Provided CEU program for the staff

Development of Policy on ETCO2 usage

Part of interdisciplinary planning committee for improving the care of high risk OSA patients

Saint Mary’s Hospital, Passaic, NJ January 2011 to January 2012

Director, Respiratory Care and Sleep Laboratory

In coordination with the nursing department assisted with infant care protocols for new Level 2 nursery

Created CEU programs for the staff, reviewed clinical competencies

Assisted with development with development of EMR system, (Allscripts)

In coordination with the CCU nursing staff, implemented interdisciplinary oral hygiene program for all ventilated patients.

Developed new and edited earlier policies and procedures.

Multidisciplinary preparation of the hospital and department to be Joint Commission ready.

Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ 2004 to 2010 Clinical Coordinator, Respiratory Care

Educator and Specialist for Adult, Pediatrics and Level III neonatal intensive care. Educated, reviewed and introduced new techniques and equipment in a department of 60 employees.

Implemented new electronic medical records charting system (Cerner), instructed employees on how to use it.

Conducted annual competency reviews, introduced new ventilators and use of new techniques for critical pulmonary patients with open lung tool and adult oscillatory ventilation.

Created CEU programs for staff, reviewed ventilation techniques to improve survival of the critically ill pulmonary patients, identified critical patients that could benefit from use of improved techniques and implemented those techniques with the intensivists of all critical care areas.

Wrote policies and procedures for new techniques and processes.

Assisted pulmonologists with finding alternative means to care for pulmonary patients that did not respond to the routine respiratory therapies.

Introduced new equipment into the pulmonary function laboratory and assisted in providing education regarding new equipment and software use.

Prepared the department to be Joint Commission ready.

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ 1999 to 2004 Director or Respiratory Care and Neurodiagnostics

Managed a department of 80 employees utilizing leadership and communication skills

Maintained departmental budgeting and capital purchases annually, including purchase of a new fleet of ventilators and new arterial blood gas analyzers.

Assured proper maintenance and quality of the arterial blood gas lab with computer links to satellite stations within the hospital facility. Assured proper CAP assays and on site surveys.

Educated staff on new ventilators including use and interpretation of ventilator graphics package.

Educated, maintained competencies and performance reviews of staff in the department.

Introduced new policies and procedures and updated older policies and procedures with review of the medical director.

Conducted interdepartmental planning with critical care areas and infection control to improve patient care, implemented weaning protocols for adult and pediatric intensive care units, decreasing average ventilator hours.

Completed on-going performance review with Infection Control Committee to decrease ventilator associated pneumonias

Implemented department involvement in the disaster response, including participation in triage and decontamination drills with the safety committee. Department was responsible for maintaining equipment in the disaster response trailer.

Additional Relevant Information

Prior to 1999 held positions as Chief Therapist, Therapist, Supervisor and Director of Respiratory Care in several hospitals/medical centers.

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Education

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

B.S. in Health Care Administration

Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA

A.S. in Respiratory Therapy

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Certificates

Registered Respiratory Therapist (NBRC)

Neonatal-Pediatric Specialist (NBRC)

Washington Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner since 2012

Basic Life Support (American Heart Association)

NRP (American Heart Association)

ACLS (American Heart Association)

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