Experience

Va Sierra Nevada Healthcare System

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Social Worker

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  •Comprehensive case management and discharge planning in the emergency department and acute inpatient mental health unit including advanced care planning, housing, and evaluation of addictive disorders for appropriate treatment and placement.•Interdisciplinary care planning with Psychiatry, Psychiatry Residents, Psychology, Nursing, and Pharmacy to ensure collaborative response to complex patient care needs.•Skilled crisis intervention across the healthcare continuum including emergency department evaluations, responding with VA Police to patient distress calls throughout the facility, and responding to behavioral codes. •Leads and facilitates evidenced based group psychotherapy including comprehensive teaching, evaluation, and application of coping skills, anger management, safety planning, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). •Demonstrates exceptional clinical judgement in the assessment and determination of suicide risk using clinical assessment tools (Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation) and individual patient interviews. •Responsible for maintaining complete patient documentation in the electronic medical record and other electronic databases as appropriate.•Facilitated a Rapid Process Improvement Workgroup (RPIW) and drafted standard operating procedures for admitting Veterans to the acute inpatient mental health unit from the emergency department.

• MSW Social Work Intern

  • Sep 2016 - Apr 2017

  •Conducted detailed biopsychosocial assessments to determine appropriate level of community care.•Demonstrated effective interpersonal communication skills with Veterans from diverse backgrounds.•Responsible for maintaining community resource contact databases. •Conducted detailed biopsychosocial assessments to determine appropriate level of community care.•Demonstrated effective interpersonal communication skills with Veterans from diverse backgrounds.•Responsible for maintaining community resource contact databases.



Washoe County Public Guardian

• BSW Social Work Intern

  • Aug 2015 - May 2016



Joe Crowley Student Union

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Event Details Scheduling Assistant

  • Oct 2012 - May 2016

  •Demonstrated exceptional customer service by timely processing events in a fast-paced work environment. •Coordinated events including scheduling, space management, communication with vendors and event sponsors and ensured all appropriate documentation was filed in Event Management Software.•Responsible for quality management and process improvement of the Event Management Office. •Demonstrated exceptional customer service by timely processing events in a fast-paced work environment. •Coordinated events including scheduling, space management, communication with vendors and event sponsors and ensured all appropriate documentation was filed in Event Management Software.•Responsible for quality management and process improvement of the Event Management Office.