Colleen Waters MSN, RN, CNL, CPHQ Passionate People Leader

Experience

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  Cardinal Glennon

  Jun 2002 - Jun 2007

  Administrative Supervisor
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  St. Louis Children's Hospital

  Jan 2007 - Mar 2014

  Assistant Nurse manager/Clinical educator
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  St. Louis Children's Hospital Dialysis Infusion & Pheresis

  Sept 2014 - Mar 2017

  Dialysis Nurse Manager

  As a Dialysis nurse manager, I managed an outpatient unit within St. Louis Children's Hospital to include Medicare/Medicaid billing, department budget, program growth, both clinical and operational, & outreach and equipment procurement. We offered both outpatient and inpatient photo-pheresis. In addition, this department supported inpatient dialysis and pheresis needs.

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  St. Louis Children's Hospital

  Mar 2017 - Feb 2021

  Manager, Quality & Patient Safety

  As Manager of Quality & Patient Safety at St. Louis Children's Hospital, I oversee the management, operations and strategic plan to prevent harm and drive toward becoming a High Reliability Organization. I support all areas of the hospital using Improvement Science methodology to drive toward success and identified outcomes. I collaborate with the Quality Improvement team members to implement standard processes proven to achieve results. I implemented a Safety coach program and continue to train and support staff on error prevention tools and seeing safety through a different lens using innovation and improvement tools. Show less

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  Missouri Baptist Medical Center

  Feb 2021 - now

  Manager Clinical Performance Improvement & Infection Prevention