Bret Johnson

Experience

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  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - ALSAC

  Jan 2004 - May 2006

  Intern: Hospital Administration, Marketing & Non-Profit Management

  Assisted the Regional Director in Chattanooga, TN with fund raising, business-to-business relations/sales, media relations, public relations, and management of all related activities in the region. Experience gained during the internship included budgeting, strategic planning, organizational development, cost control, volunteer allocation, and exceptional diplomacy skills. I was the first student chosen from the University of TN at Chattanooga for this prestigious intern position.

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  Lee-Smith, Inc

  May 2006 - Apr 2008

  Human Resource Administrator

  Implemented and operationalized human resource functions and strategies including employee relations, benefit management, employee retention/recruiting, OSHA compliance, and FMLA oversight.

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  Stars End Properties, LLC

  May 2008 - Jan 2013

  Project Manager & Assistant Business Manager

  Management of daily operations as well as project management for multiple LLC’s located in and around Charleston, SC and Hendersonville, NC.

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  Medical University of South Carolina

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2021

  Specialized nursing practice focused on the assessment, diagnosis, planning, treatment, and evaluation of acutely ill patients within the cardiothoracic surgery and cardiac intensive care units. Responsibilities include the interpretation, monitoring and management of the following: Hemodynamics, Airways and Ventilation, Pain and Comfort, Medication, Safety and Best Practices, Patient and Family Education/Liaison, Initiation of the Rehabilitation Process, Palliative Care, and End of Life Care. Positions held on the unit: Staff Nurse, VAP Champion, & Unit-Based Shared Governance Member (Elected). Device Training & Experience: ABIOMED Impella, Baxter Prismaflex Hemofiltration/Dialyzer, Maquet Intra-Aortic, NxStage Hemofiltration/Dialyzer, & Thoratec Centrimag, HeartMate, & RVAD. Show less Collaborated with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to provide individualized and goal directed nursing care to patients and their families. Thoracic procedures most often performed on our patient population included lung transplants, removal of malignant neoplasms of the lung, esophagus, mediastinum, and chest wall. Common Cardiac procedures included heart transplants, Mechanical Assist Device Placement (LVAD,biVAD), coronary artery bypass graft, valve replacements and repairs, and aneurysm repairs. Positions held on the unit: Charge Nurse, New Employee Preceptor, and Staff Nurse. Device Training & Experience: Thoratec HeartMate I, II, & III. Show less

  • Hospital Supervisor

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2021

  • Registered Nurse: Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

    Feb 2015 - Jan 2017

  • Registered Nurse: Cardiothoracic Acute Care

    Feb 2013 - Mar 2015

  • Registered Nurse: House Staffing Pool

    Jan 2013 - Feb 2013

  • Patient Care Technician: House Staffing Pool

    Jan 2011 - Dec 2012
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  Siemens Healthineers

  Jan 2021 - now

  Customer Success Manager