Laura E Hamilton RN

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Milton, Ky ***45

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Work Experience

July 2010 to Present

Regional Director or Clinical Services for Life Care Centers of America.

New Albany, IN

Currently I manage 5 nursing facilities in 3 states. I ensure that clinical processes are in place and am a resource for the nursing department.

January 2006 to June 2010

Leaderstat

Westerville, OH

Consultant

I have been in many positions across the U.S. All in Long Term Care. I am very flexible with my traveling. My strong points include being consistent, good listener, very organized and dependable. Below you will read some detailed skills about me.

I trained new Director of Nursing in South Carolina. This building was in survey window and the new Director was trained how to fill out 802/672, how to run all necessary meetings and how to manager her nursing team.

Director of Nursing Services

Assisted facility in Virginia that was decertified clear POC and regain Medicaid/Medicare certification. I assisted in clearing a Georgia building of 5 Immediate Jeopardizes. I once again assisted in clearing the same Georgia building of full book survey with 5 tags with highest severity of a D level. I was involved with stabilizing a North Carolina building by hiring nurses and nurse management. Help transition new building in North Carolina with nurse management. As Director of Nursing I ran the clinical meetings, was the infection control nurse, help manage staffing, interviewed and hired nursing staff as well as nurse managers, educated staff, ran all required Q/A meetings and all monthly reports due for the risk manager.

Assistant Director of Nursing

I managed all the skilled beds in 420 bed facility in Tennessee. I supervised 3 unit managers while in Tennessee. One of which I trained and put into place. Did all education related to the POC to clear survey. I assisted the MDS coordinator with Medicare meetings. As a supervisor I evaluated employees for job performance. I supervised the wound care team for the entire 420 beds. Met with physicians weekly to ensure all residents’ needs were met. Responsible to do the end of the month change over for the MAR/TARS to assure accuracy.

3-11 Supervisor

I managed staff at 150 bed facility in Pennsylvania. Assessed all new admissions and did all the necessary admission paperwork. Educated 3-11 staff on POC. Responsible for making sure all labs results were obtained and proper notification was done. Responsible for monitoring the MAR/TAR and C.N.A paperwork was completed prior to staff leaving their shift. Supervised entire building and handled all issued that arose.

Educator

I have educated in multiple buildings for POC. One facility in South Carolina had 29 tags. Responsible for all education in relation to all the F-tags and responsible to make sure all staff continued any new processes put into place. Facility cleared all the tags with first revisit.

June 2005 to December 2005

Tobin, Merritt and Assoc

Ohio

Unit manager

Managed 50 beds in Kentucky facility. The facility was under constant state monitoring for a number of F-tags. Responsible for hiring staff nurses. Responsible for training SDC. All tags were cleared with first return visit.

December 2004 to May 2005

Director of Nursing

Bedford, KY

Managed 60 bed facility. Received 2 D level F-tags of which one was in the kitchen.

2002 to 2004

Worked for multiple agencies at various hospitals in Kentucky as an RN.

1997 to 2002

Worked as LPN in various hospital and nursing home settings.

Education

• Associate Degree in Nursing 2001

• LPN Degree 1997

• Currently enrolled in Walden University for MSN

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