Experience

Classroom Clinic

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner

  • Jul 2019 - Present



Integrated Behavioral Health Services, P.C.

• Carroll, Iowa

• Owner

  • 2013 - Present

  * Contract with primary care clinics to provide integrated behavioral health services within their family practice settings. * Function as both a Family Nurse Practitioner and as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, providing necessary medical services to students at Job Corps Center. * Assess, diagnosis, treat, and manage both psychiatric and medical disorders in patients across the lifespan, with an emphasis on child psychiatry. * Perform comprehensive physical exams and/or psychiatric evaluations, including mental status exams and suicide risk assessments. * Order and interpret diagnostic tests; prescribe medications (including schedule II). * Collaborate with other medical and school professionals to coordinate medical services. Show less



Child Health Specialty Clinics; UIHC

• Carroll, Iowa

• Family Nurse Practitioner

  • 2001 - 2010

  CLINICAL ROLE: * Lead member of interdisciplinary team in an outpatient pediatric clinic. * Assess, diagnose, treat, and provide care coordination to children with chronic medical conditions. * Utilize telemedicine to access care for patients. * Perform standardized developmental testing using best practice tools and services. * Assist families in obtaining community services and access to health care benefits. RESEARCHER ROLE: * Designed, implemented and co-analyzed local mental health needs assessment. * Spearheaded Carroll County Mental Health Task Force based upon results of county-wide mental health needs assessment. CONSULTANT ROLE: * Participate in Iowa Medical Home Initiative. * Serve as advisor to clinics participating in the Chronic Care Improvement Learning Collaborative. * Support clinics as they adopted the Chronic Care Model utilizing the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's rapid cycle improvement methodology (the PDSA model of change). * Serve as advisor for 1st Five Healthy Mental Health Development statewide project. * Participate in infrastructure building activities to help assure a local system of care for children with special healthcare needs. * Advocate for children with special healthcare needs; participate in initiatives that advance policies to benefit this population. EDUCATOR ROLE: * Organized all aspects of large-scale conference focusing on drug affected children. * Organized class for local physicians in collaboration with Magellan Behavioral Health. * Planned, organized, and co-presented ADHD conference to school personnel in six county area. ADMINISTRATOR ROLE: * Supervise staff and manage all operations of regional center. * Succeeded in repealing state director's decision to close the regional center in 2003 by demonstrating strong community and family support for clinic services. * Partnered with AEA and local hospital to provide interdisciplinary team for clinic. * Cultivated relationships with key stakeholders. Show less



Family Practice & Surgical Specialists

• Denison, Iowa

• Family Nurse Practitioner

  • 1997 - 2001

  * Provide primary health care services to patients of all ages in ambulatory care setting. * Assess, diagnose, and treat acute medical conditions. * Provide chronic disease management to patients with a variety of disease processes. * Order and interpret diagnostic tests; prescribe medications (including schedule II) * Perform admission history and physicals. * Develop a patient registry and tracking system for women with abnormal pap smears. * Develop patient education materials for clinic. * Staff outreach satellite clinic once a week. * Provide on-site medical services weekly to students at Job Corps Center.. Show less