Summary
For
the last six years I have worked in direct patient care in the healthcare
industry, and for the last three as a Float Pool RN at Berkshire Medical
Center in Pittsfield, MA. As a Float Pool Nurse, I have been trained
for, and practice in, not only the general med/surg floors, but also in the hospital's
cardiac, psychiatric, substance abuse rehab and critical care stepdown units
(including care of mechanically ventilated patients).
Prior
to this experience, I worked for twenty years in the IT field with a
primary focus in real-time financial systems as a system architect,
interface designer and project manager. I am currently searching for
a position in Healthcare Informatics that will combine these two skill
sets. I believe that my unique work history, combining intensive
work both in Healthcare and Information Technology, makes me an ideal
candidate for such a position.
In
particular, I seek a position that will leverage my knowledge of:
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The
patient care cycle
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What
functions and information doctors, nurses and support staff need from
computerized systems
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How
to capture the business requirements that allow for the leverage of
computer systems to improve work flows
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How
to devise intuitive, task-appropriate user-interfaces to speed user
confidence and reduce helpdesk load.
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How
to produce clear, unambiguous product definition documents that are
understandable to all project stakeholders (e.g., business agents,
software developers, operations, legal, compliance).
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How
to manage products’ overall life-cycle including the product
architecture, design, development, user teaching, testing, roll-out
and maintenance phases.
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How
to produce product technical documentation and user guides to reduce
training time for new technical and end-user staffs.
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Sample IT Projects
Performed
as Business Analyst, designer and developer of a web-based, medical database for
the collection of treatment and treatment result data for ITP
Performed
as principal Business Analyst for a multi-currency forward foreign-exchange
trading system. Work involved
extensive interaction with end-users to fully capture the complexities and
subtleties of the trading instruments and business functions.
Also interacted intensively to verify the workability of the proposed
interface within the workplace environment. Performed as the primary liaison
between the broking staff and the technical staff.
Performed
as Business Analyst, designer and developer of various medical research and
patient tracking database systems (e.g. pancreatic cancer treatment protocol
efficacy analysis. Projects
employed MS-Access and extensive use of Visual Basic for Access.
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Employment History
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Registered
Nurse, Nursing Office Float
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Berkshire
Health Sytems/Berkshire Medical Center
(July, 2007 to Present)
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Certified
Nursing Assistant
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Berkshire Health
Systems
(July, 2004 to July, 2007)
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President/Sole-proprietor
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Elbow Technologies
(April, 1993, to July, 2004)
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Vice
President, Systems
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Liberty Brokerage, Inc.
(formerly PGB Securities)
(December, 1985, to April, 1993)
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Senior
Consultant
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System Strategies, Inc.
(September, 1984 - December, 1985)
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Director
of Computer Services
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Garban Computer Services, Inc.
(January, 1984 - September, 1984)
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Project
Leader
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System Strategies, Inc.
(January, 1983 - January, 1984)
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Applications
Engineer
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Dynamic Microprocessor Associates
(August, 1982 - January, 1983)
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Microprocessor
Engineer
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Fujitsu America
(June, 1980 - August, 1982)
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Education
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Swarthmore
College
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Southern
Vermont College
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