Experience

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  Tennessee Quality Care

  • Clarksville, Tennessee Area

  • Clinical Nurse

    • Jul 2021 - Present
    • Clarksville, Tennessee Area

    • Update business office with current posting of all phone numbers for department heads• Maintain daily tardy and absenteeism calendars; assist in record keeping for employee performance appraisals• Work with Director of Nursing and H.R. when scheduling modified work duty employees in accordance with work restrictions and facility policy• Assist employees with accurate completion of forms pertinent to scheduling and staffing• Complete monthly nursing schedule (nurse and cna) coordinating requests to ensure appropriate coverage of units• Consult with nursing department staff and supervisors concerning the staffing/scheduling needs to reduce/eliminate problems• Complete and post work sheets/time schedules• Answer employee calls regarding staffing/scheduling functions. Prepare written correspondence as necessary• Answer applicant calls regarding position availability and coordinate interviews as deemed appropriate• Develop and maintain a good working rapport with interdepartmental personnel, as well as other departments within the facility• Ensure newly hired nursing staff has appropriate training, and schedules prior to first day of work• Interview, Back ground check, reference check, and new hire orientation• Confirm license/certification and current standing with state approved agencies for all new hires prior to orientation date• Maintain confidentiality of all pertinent employee information• Assist with maintaining records of current certifications/licenses for nursing department employees• Assist with record keeping for facility in-service education, and orientation classes for newly hired personnel• Place weekly inventory and new order for all stock related to nursing department material for ADL’s and stock medication• Supervise Restorative Aides, completing weekly Restorative documentation• Maintaining accurate payroll records for the nursing department• Assist with facilitating HR and payroll needs and changes for all active employees

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  Clarksville Nursing and Rehab

  • Clarksville, Tennessee Area

  • Assistant Director Of Nursing

    • 2011 - 2014
    • Clarksville, Tennessee Area

    • Supervised the Nursing Department, Nurses, and CNA's• Responsible for nursing budget which consist of house stock, equipment, and nursing supplies and supplements• Responsible for nursing hours, monitoring overtime• Assisted in scheduling of the Nursing staff, monitoring absenteeism, and tardiness• Assisted in the hiring and termination process• Assisted with the Strive to Drive Program• Responsible for on-call scheduling and taking call• Responsible for monthly assessment schedule on all residents, performed by nurses• Review of patients' medication records on a daily basis as well as physicians' recertification of medication records monthly• Responsible for assessing and implementing preventions for the fall program, weight loss program, and behavior program• Responsible for facility infection control as well as reporting monthly trends to physician for QA • Responsible for reviewing and ensuring MDS accuracy and timeliness• Addressed any issue related to a resident and/or a family complaint as well as initiate proper protocol with investigating, problem solving, follow through, and follow-up until resolution • Responsible for Pharmacy medication review and medication destruction with pharmacy• Responsible for lab order process to ensure labs were completed as well as reported to the physician and addressed within a timely manner• Participated in monthly in services of all staff as well as in service the nursing staff on an as needed basis• Daily quality assurance rounds on all halls, as well as quality care rounds on all residents • Responsible for restorative program evaluation • Responsible for bowel and bladder program evaluation • Rounds with Doctors and NP on an as needed basis • Supervised and evaluated the performance of charge nurses and nurse aides• Responsible for completion of PASRR and PAE on every admission into the facility• Assisted the DON with other job duties as instructed

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  Grace Health Care Nursing

  • Clarksville, Tennessee Area

  • Unit Manager

    • Feb 2006 - Sep 2009
    • Clarksville, Tennessee Area

    Entered as a Restorative nurse, followed by a promotion (designated by regional nurse management) to Unit Manager for Skilled Nursing Unit.

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  Gateway Medical Center

  • Clarksville, Tennessee Area

  • Unit Nurse Trainer

    • Jan 2003 - Feb 2006
    • Clarksville, Tennessee Area

    3 years of Med-Surgery Nursing as a floor nurse with a quick promotion to Unit Nurse Trainer responsible for training all new hire nurses, including both RNs and LPNs.