Experience

Okyanos

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Nursing

  • Mar 2012 - Present

  As the Director of Nursing and Nursing Administrator at Okyanos Heart Institute, Gretchen is responsible for the delivery of care for all patients. She is responsible for developing effective systems, ensuring high safety and quality assessment and improvement standards, and representing the clinical staff as a member of the senior leadership team. This position requires excellent management and leadership skills, a thorough knowledge of critical care and operating room nursing, and expertise in healthcare licensure, accreditation and standards of practice. Show less



Okyanos Operating Company, Ltd

• Freeport, Grand Bahama

• Clinical Administrator/Director of Nursing

  • Feb 2012 - Dec 2019

  Responsible for planning, organizing, and managing a 12,500 square foot ambulatory surgery center specializing in stem cell therapies in Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas. Also responsible for the patient safety, quality assessment/performance improvement, and risk management activities of the facility. Responsible for planning, organizing, and managing a 12,500 square foot ambulatory surgery center specializing in stem cell therapies in Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas. Also responsible for the patient safety, quality assessment/performance improvement, and risk management activities of the facility.



Laser Spine Institute

• Director of Nursing/Risk Manager

  • 2005 - 2011

  Prior to her position at Okyanos Heart Institute, Gretchen was the Risk Manager and Patient Safety Officer for Laser Spine Institute. While at LSI she was responsible for ensuring compliance with standards of practice to meet regulatory and accreditation requirements for licensure of three ambulatory surgery centers. Duties included the oversight of clinical practice, risk management, performance improvement and patient safety programs. Before being promoted to that position, she was Director of Nursing at Laser Spine Institute, managing and directing a staff of 30 employees including registered nurses (RNs), surgical technicians and medical assistant Show less



University Community Hospital

• Tampa FL

• RN-Critical Care

  • 2002 - 2005



Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• RN Open Heart Recovery and Cath Lab

  • 1998 - 2002



McLeod Regional Medical Center

• Florence, South Carolina

• Director of Nursing Surgical Intensive Care Unit

  • 1994 - 1997



Lancaster General Hospital

• Lancaster, Pennsylvania

• RN Critical Care to Asst. Director of Nursing

  • 1983 - 1994