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Objective:
Experienced healthcare manager
seeks an intellectually challenging position of higher responsibility.
Profile:
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Twelve years of progressively responsible positions
in the
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Experienced manager of programs in nursing and allied
health.
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Developed partnerships with major
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Improved faculty productivity in a collective
bargaining environment.
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Developed and maintained division budgets.
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Guided program accreditation process for four
programs.
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Redirected a failing nursing program. Achieved national re-accreditation, increased
enrollment, healthcare industry support and smoother
internal functioning within an 18 - month period.
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Successfully obtained grants from public and private
foundations.
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Meticulous organizational skills.
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Skilled writer - primary author of accreditation
documents, student and faculty policy manuals and professional presentations.
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Team builder - able to foster cooperative workplace
among diverse employees.
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Innovator and problem solver – Implemented program to assist students
at risk with grant sponsored alumni tutors, worked with state and industry
partners to develop potential faculty.
Professional
Positions:
Dean for Nursing, Allied Health, Sports Medicine and Physical
Education
2001 to present
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Implemented college/industry partnerships for
workforce development, including satellite nursing program at
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Led successful re-accreditation effort of a nursing
program under challenging conditions.
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Attracted and hired seasoned faculty, mentored novice
faculty.
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Initiated the college’s first courses in physical
education, developed six new health/fitness certificate programs and
certificate program for mental health workers.
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Achieved significantly higher level of faculty
accountability in a contentious collective bargaining environment.
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Developed and maintained budget record keeping system
for the division in times of college budget inconsistency.
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Developed advising program for students interested in
health careers. Program advised 300
students in a 24-month period.
Associate Dean for Nursing
July 1999
- December 2000
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Managed budget of 1.6 million dollars.
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Supervised 60 faculty, 19
full time.
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Developed and implemented programs in Peri-Operative
Nursing and Central Sterile Processing in partnership with
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Significantly increased enrollment in time of college
wide enrollment decline.
o Responsible for management of five programs, including the largest nursing programs in the Commonwealth at the time.
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Program Chair Associate Degree Nursing 1993-
1999
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Responsible for curriculum development and daily
management of associate degree nursing program.
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Developed and maintained clinical placements for 260
students.
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Taught courses in professional issues and
medical-surgical nursing.
Program Director, Associate Degree Nursing 1991
- 1993
Coordinator, Nursing Education 1987
- 1993
Faculty, Maternal/Child Nursing 1982
- 1987
Education:
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Educational Doctorate, Adult and Continuing Education |
1990 |
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Master of Science in Nursing |
1975 |
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Bachelor of Science in Nursing |
1973 |
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Diploma |
1971 |
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Presentations and Publications:
2003. Create a nurse: A Collaborative, worksite based
associate degree program.
2003. High risk
students: Help push them over the fence into professional life. Community College Times.
15,(4), 8.
2002. More than a
scholarship: Developing partnerships with healthcare to meet student and
industry needs. The
College Board New
2000. (with Joyce Ifill). Building a web
of success: Program development along a product line. National
Council of Continuing Education and Training conference,
2000. (with
others) Use of the Health Occupations Basic Entrance test (HOBET) to predict
student academic success in health professions programs.
1998. No heavy lifting: making safety work. American Journal of Nursing.
98,(9), 46-48.
1997. (with Cynthia Zafft). Role play: the flight simulator
for management education in nursing. The Scholar -
1997. (with others) Community based
nursing education in practice. Poster presentation at Massachusetts/Rhode
Island League for Nursing Conference,
1995. (with Cynthia Zafft). Innovative
teaching of management skills. Nurse
Educator. 20, (6),
5-6.
1993. Can competency based education survive the nineties? Nurse Educator. 18,(5),38.
1990. Moral development in licensed practical nurses enrolled
in an associate degree program in nursing.
1990. (with Ruth Hopper and Marie
Vartanian) A supportive, successful refresher program. Journal of Nursing Staff Development.
September-October 1990, 240-242.
Professional Memberships:
National League for Nursing
Massachusetts/Rhode
Professional
Boards and Community Service:
Regional
Industry Team 2002
Curriculum
Committee 2002
Dimock Community Health Curriculum Committee 2002-
present
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center For
Aged 2002
–present
Incumbent
Worker Project
Planning and Evaluation Team
Careers Network Advisory Board
Addressing the Health Care Labor Force Shortage
Certification
and Licensure Committee 2001-
2002
Committee
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Nursing
Advisory Board 1997
– 2001
Nursing Advisory Board 1994 – 2001
Roxbury Community College 2003
Medical Office Administrative
Assistant
Advisory Board