Experience

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  Medical center at princeton, now known as princeton healthcare system

  Aug 1987 - Jan 1996

  Director and clinician, occupational therapy

  • Managed a department of professional and ancillary employees which included Occupational Therapy, Recreational Therapy, Activities Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy and Secretarial Support Services. Services covered acute care, comprehensive rehabilitation, outpatient, school based, long term care, SNF,and home care settings.• Coordinated rehabilitation service business requirements for the first implementation of electronic medical record.• Assured all policies and procedures regarding patient care, documentation and billing met requirements of third party payers and accrediting agencies such as Medicare and JCAHO.Supervised student therapists developing skills in standardized and functional assessments and treatment of patients with neurological and orthopedic conditions.• Implemented Continuous Quality Improvement and TQM Total Quality Management programs utilizing medical record documentation audits, patient satisfaction surveys, patient care goal achievement analyses, and focus studies.• Developed and controlled revenue and expense budget for a multi-disciplinary department• Provided direct patient care to adults and children in various settings including hospital, schools, home and outpatient centers. Show less

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  Universal therapists

  Aug 1996 - Jul 1998

  Trainer and recruiter

  • Authored and presented seminar, “Preparing for National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy Examination”, focused on introduction to third party payment systems and review of knowledge base required for internationally trained therapists to work in various US health care settings. • Provided ongoing follow up support throughout recruitment, application and on-boarding stages of transition from UK to US based employment.• Standardized all educational materials regarding stages of immigration, work permit application, professional certification requirements and tips for transition for British Occupational Therapists obtaining USA based employment. Show less

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  Interim technology

  Apr 1999 - Jan 2000

  Technical recruiter
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  Texcel, inc

  Jan 2000 - Aug 2000

  Recruiter
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  Ims health / sdi

  Aug 2000 - Nov 2012

  Project manager / analyst

  12 years managing projects and programs utilized by retail and pharmaceutical industry clients for real-time tracking and forecasting of illness trends and product demand in American and international markets. Responsibilities included• Program Management and Project Management • Business Analytics • Data Analytics• Microsoft Access and SQL Database Development • Process Improvement and Quality Management • Call Center Management

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  Gardner resources consulting, llc

  Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

  Project management consultant

  Consultant at Fresenius Vascular Care (FVC) as mentioned above. Converted to permanent employee of FVC in July 2014.

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  Azura vascular care

  Jan 2014 - now

  Project manager at azura vascular care

  Managing implementation of NextGen EMR and EXA PACS (Viztek, LLC) at Azura Vascular Care office based surgery and ambulatory surgical centers throughout USA. Managing team of trainers providing new hire orientation, workflow solutions, and quality assurance audits related to patient registration, customer service, insurance verification and authorization.