Jay Wright

Experience

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  Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

  Jan 1992 - Dec 2005

  Managed an inpatient Neurosurgery and Trauma Unit.

  • Unit Manager

    Jun 2002 - Dec 2005

  • Various staff and nusing leadership positions

    Jul 1992 - Dec 2005

  • Nurse Manager Neurosurgery/Trauma

    Jan 1992 - Jan 2005
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  2003-2005

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

  Nursing Supervisor
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  UPMC

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2012

  Unit Director
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  UPMC St. Margaret Hospital

  Dec 2005 - now

  Unit Director

  Manager of the hospitals Ambulatory Surgery Center and Phase I and II recovery areas. Fall of 2013, was given oversight over hospitals Dialysis unit as well as assumed the interim Unit Director role of a 34 bed Med-Surg unit.

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  Jay Wright

  Dec 2005 - now

  RN

  SUMMARY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF MAJOR PROJECTSConversion of Interdisciplinary Plan of Care from paper to electronicEnsured corporate chemo policies were aligned with current best practice and researchAs a member of corporate product acquisition management group, tested and trialed new products implanted system-wideResponsibilities for implementing several patient and employee safety initiatives including Condition Help, Condition L (lost), and Condition M (violent/aggressive patient or visitor)Responsible for ensuring hospital regulatory compliance with regard to Joint Commission Accreditation Manager Plus (AMP) websiteParticipant of Fall Research Group sponsored by University of Iowa, 2009Implemented Anti-Wandering Devices hospital-wide, August 2010Assisted with procedure review to align UPMC procedures with Lippincott Online Nursing Procedures & Skills Show less

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  5A Medical-Surgical, Admission Team

  Dec 2005 - Apr 2011

  Unit Director

  Leadership position accountable to ensure nursing care is provided according to regulatory, standard of care and budgetary guidelines for Medical Surgical population. Responsibilities include: 34-bed Med-Surg unit with a specialty in Oncology. Responsibilities for outpatient pre- and post-procedural area as well as admission team RNs. Responsible for the human resource management of 90 FTEs.

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  UPMC St. Margaret

  Apr 2011 - now

  Unit Director

  UPMC St. Margaret is a 249-bed acute care teaching hospital serving over 250,000 residents of northeast Allegheny County and the Alle-Kiski Valley, part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). With 48,000 employees, UPMC comprises 20 hospitals and a network of sites across Western Pennsylvania and throughout the world. UPMC St. Margaret is at the forefront of implementing eRecord, UPMC's electronic system of patient records. UPMC St. Margaret is one of the first community hospitals in the region to utilize this advanced technology. The hospital also offers: complete outpatient services, state-of-the-art surgical services, a new state-of-the; SUMMARY OF MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTSCreated RN peer evaluation process that was implemented for all RNs in UPMC Health systemLed several Patient and Family Centered Care (PFCC) process improvement pilots in Surgical Services Show less

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  AnMed Health

  Jan 2015 - now

  • Director of Cardiovascular and Critical Care Services

    Oct 2016 - now

  • Director of Heart and Vascular Care

    Jan 2015 - now