Experience

AppHealthCare

• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Infection Prevention Program Manager

  • Feb 2022 - May 2022

  Managed team of IP consultants and oversaw regional budget. Learned how to manage and track budget expenditures, including payroll and educational expenses. Facilitated completion of grant deliverables by ensuring facility assessments and educational opportunities were provided to our 10-county region.

• Infection Prevention Consultant

  • Sep 2021 - Feb 2022

  Assisted long-term care facilities across Northwest, NC to provide infection prevention assessments and Covid-19 guidance. Reviewed individual facility policies and procedures related to IP standards. Became familiar with Medicare guidelines, communicable disease reporting procedures, and DHSR state regulations. Built partnerships between NCDHHS, LHDs, and long-term care facility staff.



Appalachian Regional Healthcare System

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Patient Care Coordinator

  • Sep 2020 - Sep 2021

  Boone, North Carolina, United States Connected Medicare patients with preventative care services to improve individual health outcomes and reduce potential hospitalizations. Collaborated with other major healthcare systems to identify gaps in patient care. Successfully navigated electronic medical records such as Epic, Athena, and AllScripts while ensuring protection of personal health information. Established the use of NC Care360 as a resource tool for patient coordination. Assisted with COVID virtual hospital and Nurse… Show more Connected Medicare patients with preventative care services to improve individual health outcomes and reduce potential hospitalizations. Collaborated with other major healthcare systems to identify gaps in patient care. Successfully navigated electronic medical records such as Epic, Athena, and AllScripts while ensuring protection of personal health information. Established the use of NC Care360 as a resource tool for patient coordination. Assisted with COVID virtual hospital and Nurse Navigation Team. Show less



Appalachian State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2018 - May 2020

  Boone, North Carolina, United States Researched effects of cold temperatures on an outdoor worker population through the Department of Geography and Planning. First author of "Reporting Back Environmental Health Data Among Outdoor Occupational Workers in the Cold Season in North Carolina, USA,” which was published in the Southeastern Geographer.



BAYADA Home Health Care

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

• Certified Nursing Assistant

  • Aug 2017 - Mar 2019

  In-home aid to clients with dementia and physical disabilities. Roles included: motivating clients with physical therapy and breathing exercises; assisting with glucometer readings; charting vital signs; performing basic hygiene care; encouraging activities of daily living.