Heidi Resume 2016

Heidi Resume 2016

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  Heidi Thomassen 10319 42ndAve NE Seattle, WA 98125 (206) 719-2107 [email protected] OBJECTIVE To join a medical setting that offers a constructive, challenging work environment allowing me to grow as an individual and professional, utilizing my 30 years of Internal Medicine office nursing along with case management experience. WORK EXPERIENCE Guardianship Services ofSeattle 12/2014-4/2016 Case Manager Provided care management to guardianship, trust and power of attorney clients to assure optimum care of client. ● Performed comprehensive assessments of individual needs and plan of care with on going monitoring. ● Worked with clients and families to develop an appreciation of the client's personal preferences for care, assistance and housing. Researched housing options and assisted clients with transitioning into appropriate adult family home, assisted and supportive living settings. ● Arranged for service providers, counseling and other therapies, advised on managing problems, crisis management, and when necessary, managed contacts with law enforcement or mental services. ● Held regular meetings with clients, families, GSS staff. Coordinated with GSS financial staff and assisted clients with developing a budget. ● Consulted with physicians, nursing staff, and medical specialists. Attended medical appointments, care conferences and coordinated medical care of clients. Worked closely with palliative and hospice teams to provide comfort and end of life support to clients. Caregiver/RN 12/2013-11/2014 ● Provided full time care for neighbor with various medical needs. Daily assessment. Helped educate family on dementia, looked into and set up available resources within community. Coordinated care with physicians, nurses and therapists both in home and during medical office visits.
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  Seattle MedicalAssociates Internal Medicine1983-2013 RN Provided nursing care and medical treatment (in office, phone, email) to patients of SMA, working closely with the physicians. ● Evaluated patient needs, prioritized patient care flow, provided health treatments. ● Conducted nursing assessments based on patient history and his/her physical status by identifying critical medical signs and performing tests. ● Consulted with physicians, nurses and other medical specialists, working with various healthcare communities, including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and assisted living. ● Phone triage, receiving incoming calls that required nursing intervention and assessment, communicating frequently with patients and their families within practice policies. ● Provided patient education, coordinated care with scheduled tests and treatments, pre-certifying patients for hospital care, procedures and referrals to providers. ● Assisted in writing back office policies and procedures, updating as required. ● Started QA program with state for SMA lab licensing to run specified lab tests, care and maintenance of equipment along with QA testing and reporting. Met routinely with Dept of Health inspectors from state of Washington to assure lab compliancy. ● Experience as back office manager, interviewing, hiring,training employees. ● Maintained sample meds, administerd meds, documented all authorized med refills along with instructions to patient. ● Documented nursing care and treatment in patient chart (EMR), maintained medical records. ● Assisted with office procedures- venipuncture, IV, ETT, EKG, gyn exams, lumbar punctures, thyroid biopsies, sigmoidoscopies, spirometries, Xray, CBC, strep, mono, pregnancy. Norton’s Nursing Home 1980-1984 CNA/PT Assistant ● General certified nursing care of residents, all shifts. Set up exercise programs, performed active/passive range of motion exercises, ambulated patients, worked with physical therapist and met weekly with staff RNs. Worked private care. Education Shoreline Community College Associate Degree Nursing (RN) 1983-1985 University of Washington 1979-1983 BA Kinesiology
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  Volunteer Experience Board Memberand volunteer, Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) 2010-present Alzheimer’s Association of Western Washington 2009-present Stop Drop and Roll Homeless Program 2007-2011 REFERENCES Mary Fleischman, FM GSS (206) 284-6225 [email protected] Mitchell Karton, MD SMA (206)215-2550 [email protected] Mary Jane Clark, RN (206)747-1143 Heidi Greider (206) 334-1250