Melissa Bell
Barre
Summary
To secure a position as a Registered Nurse
Experienced with clinical supervision, ensuring high standards of patient care and staff performance. Utilizes effective communication and leadership skills to manage teams and resolve conflicts. Knowledge of compliance regulations and best practices in clinical settings.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Pediatric Clinical Supervisor
Reliant Medical Group
07.2017 - Current
- Functioning as a registered nurse and clinical supervisor responsible for routine patient care, catheterizations, immunization and medication administration, telephone triage, patient education and leadership and mentoring new supervisors within the organization.
- Supervises assigned personnel including performance evaluations, scheduling, orientation, and training. Makes recommendations on employee hire, transfers, promotions, salary changes, discipline, terminations, and other similar actions
- Plans, implements and evaluates the clinical staffing needs daily to adequately support patient care within the organization.
- Provides clinical staff with information, education and tools to ensure they are supporting patient flow and telephone triage in practice.
- Works closely with the site chief in decision making for the Department
- Involved with many different work groups to come up with workflows, processes throughout the organization over the last eight years.
Pediatric Registered Nurse
Reliant Medical Group
02.2015 - 07.2017
- Functioning as a registered nurse responsible for routine patient care, catheterizations, immunization and medication administration, telephone triage, and patient education.
- Implemented incoming telephone triage obtaining detail-specific histories and symptoms
- Following barton Schmitt protocols
- Provided well-child checks including immunizations, anticipatory guidance, and health education
- Consulted and coordinated with health care team members to assess, plan
- Administered medications orally, intramuscularly
- Responsible for tracking and giving vaccinations to children from birth to 22 years.
- Provide health education to children and their parents on topics such as asthma, ADHD, and others as needed.
Pediatric private duty Nursing
Centrus Homecare
09.2013 - 09.2016
- Skilled nursing assessment of medically fragile children
- Medication administration via gastronomy tube
- Bladder irrigations and straight catheterization
- Monitoring vital signs and initiating oxygen therapy
- Insufflator- exsufflator cough assist machine
- Nebulizer treatments, postural drainage, chest physiotherapy, chest physiotherapy vest, frequent deep oral suctioning, controlling decerebrate posturing episodes and monitoring for seizure activities.
Pediatric private duty Nursing
Pediatria Health care for kids
12.2011 - 09.2016
- Skilled nursing assessment of medically fragile children and young adults
- Experience with tracheotomy tube, suctioning tracheotomy care, insufflator-exsufflator cough assist machine, monitoring vitals, oxygen levels
- Bilevel positive airway pressure acclimation
- Closed system intermittent catheterization
- Medication administration orally and gastronomy tube, subcutaneous injections
Education
RN-BSN -
Fitchburg State University
05.2024
RN-ASN - undefined
Quinsigamond Community College
12.2015
Practical Nursing Program Certificate - undefined
Quinsigamond Community College
06.2011
Skills
- Massachusetts Registered Nurse Licensure, February 2015
- American Heart Association CPR certification
- Shaken Baby Prevention Training, June 2011
- Massachusetts LPN Licensure; July 2011
- Facilitating patient/family education and satisfaction
- Communicating information to the healthcare team
- Mentor for new supervisors and staff
- Team supervision
- Clinical training
Timeline
Pediatric Clinical Supervisor
Reliant Medical Group
07.2017 - Current
Pediatric Registered Nurse
Reliant Medical Group
02.2015 - 07.2017
Pediatric private duty Nursing
Centrus Homecare
09.2013 - 09.2016
Pediatric private duty Nursing
Pediatria Health care for kids
12.2011 - 09.2016
RN-ASN - undefined
Quinsigamond Community College
Practical Nursing Program Certificate - undefined
Quinsigamond Community College
RN-BSN -
Fitchburg State University
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