HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

        In your resume you will want to make the most out of your experience, demonstrate that you seek opportunities to further your knowledge, show that you are good at what you do, and prove that you are a dedicated professional.

        Health professionals often have a hard time because it can be difficult to quantify results. You should, however, look for every opportunity to identify your results, and if possible, quantify them.

        Results will most often be found in a special project you worked on. Perhaps you were part of a committee that examined a process and recom­mended that it be done differently. If the new procedure was found to be superior, you could mention the result on your resume and would make every effort to quantify it.

        List any awards you may have received such as employee of the month or of the year. You would mention the award whether it was for the whole facility or just your department. Awards demonstrate that people think highly of you. Indicate on the resume the reasons for receiving the award rather than merely listing it.

        You will likely want to mention seminars you have attended, as well as significant in-services. The information would probably be listed under “Special Training.” If you intend to list more than ten, the category should appear at the end of the resume on the second page, or you should consider an addendum page which would be labeled “Training” or “Special Training.”

        You may want to showcase your areas of experience. That can easily be done by using a paragraph under qualifications which would read, “Broad experience in _______, _____, _____, _____, and _____.” If you have numerous items you want to mention you could have a separate category below the qualifications section which would be called “Areas of Experience.”

        If you know yourself to be a highly qualified health professional, please do not be satisfied with merely listing your duties and showing your years of experience.

 

 

 

 

Nursing Administrator                                                                Times New Roman

 

ELEANOR SIEVERS

3116 Indale Avenue

Athens, Georgia 30606

(404) 643-8014

OBJECTIVE: Director of Nursing/Administrator for Nursing Services

EDUCATION

      M.A. - Hospital Administration, University of Houston (1981)

      B.S. - Nursing, University of Texas (1975)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University Hospital, Athens, Georgia 4/89 to Present

      Associate Administrator For Nursing Services 4/97 to Present.

Direct the activities of a 520 FTE nursing staff with a $40 million budget in a 380 bed medical center. Responsible for all inpatient units including medical, surgical, and cardiac intensive care units, an eight room operating suite, and a level one trauma/emergency department.

•     Work directly with four Division Directors and twelve Nursing Supervisors.

•     Developed new standards for care and set up daily mechanisms which ensure compliance.

•     Established more effective budgetary and staffing monitoring systems which save over $400,000 per year.

•     Opened six critical care beds and added a head nurse.

      Division Director, Acute Care 1/93 to 4/97.

Responsible for this eight unit division with a 205 FTE nursing staff—190 beds, $16 million budget. Established workable and effective budgetary controls.

•     Installed and coordinated a capital equipment purchasing system which saved $85,000.

•     Implemented two medical services.

•     Established, trained, and supported a service for ventilator dependent quadriplegics in the Rehabilitation unit.

•     Trained staff in troubleshooting ventilators and working with patients.

      Nursing Administrative Supervisor, Medical/Surgical 4/89 to 1/93.

Had responsibility for two 24-bed units with a 69 FTE staff.

•     Established a six bed telemetry unit and a cardiac patient teaching program.

•     Developed a primary nursing care model and upgraded the staff from mostly aides to mostly RNs.

•     Increased the role of head nurses by giving them greater budgetary and ad­ministrative responsibilities.

•     Established preoperative standards.

The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas 5/75 to 4/89

      Nursing Administrative Supervisor, Acute Medicine 3/85 to 4/89.

Administered two medical units with 62 beds and a 65 FTE staff.

•     Trained new staff as the units moved from mostly aides to a staff of RNs.

•     Worked with head nurses as they were given more managerial responsibility.

      Inservice Instructor 3/81 to 3/85.

      Head Nurse, Cardiac Unit 2/79 to 3/81

      Staff Nurse, Intensive Care, Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Unit 5/75 to 2/79

 

 

 

 

Registered Nurse                                                                                  Helvetica

 

PETER SIMMONS

1527 Broadway #217

Irvine, CA 92713

(714) 523-7615

 

OBJECTIVE: Emergency Room Nursing

QUALIFICATIONS

      Highly trained and experienced. Considered by supervisors to be an excellent emergency room nurse. Strongly motivated, provide quick, accurate assess­­ments, and work effectively with doctors and other ER staff. Develop excel­lent rapport with patients.

EDUCATION

      Diploma, School of Professional Nursing, St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (1989)

      Certificate - Emergency Medical Technician (1988)

EMPLOYMENT

University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA 10/96-Present

      Staff R.N. - Emergency Room - In this busy, twenty-two bed emergency room, work with up to sixty patients per shift. As the triage nurse on the seven nurse staff, stabilize patients, make critical decisions, and handle the flow of patients. Receive a high number of trauma patients.

Scripps Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA 6/93-10/96

      Staff R.N. - Emergency Room - Night shift charge nurse for this eight-bed emergency room. Worked with many cardiac, respiratory, and psychiatric emergencies. Independently assessed patients and initiated diagnostic procedures. Ordered x-rays and lab tests. Consulted with patients by telephone and determined appropriate actions.

Las Cruces Memorial Hospital, Las Cruces, NM 5/91-4/93

      Staff R.N. - Emergency Room - Performed all emergency room functions at this sixteen-bed emergency facility. Trained nursing students and supervised the outpatient methadone treatment program. Also assisted in the minor surgery department and the bronchoscopy department.

Mercy Medical Center, Roseburg, OR 6/89-4/91

      Staff R.N. - Emergency Room - Treated many motor vehicle and sawmill accident trauma patients at this twelve-bed emergency room. Charge nurse last ten months. Also functioned as mobile intensive care nurse working by ambulance with an EMT and respiratory therapist. Taught IV therapy, CPR, and assess­ment skills to EMT’s as part of an extensive training program.

 

 

 

 

Pharmacist                                                                                                   Times

 

BARRY KOCH

1706 5th N.E.

Ryersly, Pennsylvania 18512

(412) 562-3216

OBJECTIVE: Director of Pharmacy

QUALIFICATIONS

      Strong pharmacy management experience. Proven ability to introduce cost saving measures while increasing quality and productivity standards. Work effectively with all levels of hospital administration and have significantly improved relations with other departments.

EDUCATION

      B.S. - Pharmaceutical Science, Northwestern University (1983)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ryersly General Hospital, Ryersly, Pennsylvania 6/83 to Present

      Assistant Director of Pharmacy & IV Therapy 3/93 to Present. Maintain overall responsibility for ordering medications and supervising and scheduling fifteen staff pharmacists and technicians. Implemented a mobile cart system with pharmacists making rounds and dispensing medications at nurses stations. System has increased quality control and improved relations be­tween Nursing and Pharmacy staff.

      Developed a centralized piggyback program which relieved nurses of the duty of mixing solutions and turned it over to pharmacy technicians. Program has given techs greater responsibility and has significantly reduced errors and increased quality standards.

      Responsible for keeping Pharmacy, Medical and Nursing staffs current on effects and uses of new medications and developing policies regarding their use. Consult extensively with doctors on difficult cases. Currently developing a Clinical Program to provide more inservice training for doctors and nurses and completing development of a kinetic counseling program to better serve doctors. Represent the Pharmacy Department on the Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee. Actively involved in helping the committee produce a complete formulary.

      Staff Pharmacist 6/83 to 3/93. As staff pharmacist monitored and recorded patients’ medications and IV therapy. Provided consultations with doctors, nurses and patients to ensure proper therapy. Ordered all medications and kept the depart­ment well supplied. Designed a diabetic program which reaches 100 diabetics annually and helps them maintain more effective therapy.