Professional Experience

Supervisor, Inpatient Therapy/Wound Ostomy

Oversee staffing patterns to provide adequate coverage for multiple departments
Development of new programs for efficient patient care models
Data collection to oversee efficacy of programming
Involvement in quality assurance programming for departmental goals
Participation in hospital-wide initiatives to improve patient care (Up Campaign)
Formation of department initiatives- early mobility program for patients in the intensive care unit

Occupational Therapist

Evaluation and care plan formation for patients acutely ill while admitted to hospital
Participation in multi-disciplinary conversations to predict adequate discharge for patients
Participation in weekly huddles to improve communication within department
Adjusting of treatment plan difficulty to accommodate progression or plateau of patient progress pending medical complexity

Work Projects

Development of Wound Care Champions (Spring 2018)
- Collaborated with other departments (quality, nursing leadership) to determine needs assessment for wound champion program
- Created wound care resource binder for each hospital unit (in development)
- Worked with wound care professionals to create outline for learning objectives for wound care champions
- Recruited & retained employees from each unit to participate in wound care champions
Facilitate remodel of Wound Clinic (Fall 2017-Winter 2018)
- Co-planned wound clinic renovation
- Assisted with temporary relocation of services for four clinicians for five months
- Completed needs assessment for new clinic and ordering of new furniture, supplies, and equipment
- Facilitated integration of various departments to complete renovation goals (maintenance, environmental services, IT, biomedical services, outside services, etc.)
Committee Member for Up Campaign (Fall 2017-Ongoing)
- Assist in development and implementation of Up Campaign
- Follow Indiana Hospital Association recommendations for implementation of program
- Assist hospital floors to develop protocols for successful implementation- currently in trial period
- Begin planning for phase three of the UP campaign! (Wake Up)
Quality Improvement Project (Fall 2017)
- Collected random sampling of clinicians' charts to determine if guidelines were being followed
- Created overall report for hospital administration to view
- Provided feedback for all clinicians
- Manage department reports necessary for department improvement projects