Danielle Jones

• Oversaw daily clinical operations and staff management for three facilities at Columbia Nephrology.
• Oversaw up to 25 staff while managing the operations of the company. MA's, phlebotomist, and LPN's.
• Implemented patient care protocols to enhance service quality and efficiency with our care coordinator program.
• Coordinated with physicians to streamline treatment plans for kidney disease patients and transplant patients.
• Conducted staff training sessions on compliance and nephrology best practices, creating training manuals to ensure consistent adherence.
• Managed anemia clinic, overseeing injections, infusions, and referrals. Transitioned clinic structure from buy and bill to patient-supplied medication, enhancing revenue.
• Developed educational documents and maintained clinical policies and procedures.
• Monitored and tracked medication of patients and maintained medical equipment.
• Assisted with recruitment, selection, orientation and training activities for new employees. Created training manuals.
• OSHA compliance officer for all locations. Created SDS. Point of contact for post exposure.
• Maintain clinical staff and provider credentials, BLS, and immunizations.
• Partnered with ECPI, Fortis, and South university for externship of medical assistance.
• Trained care coordinators which included RN. Phamily. Health Map, and Renal Care Coordination.
• Research unblinded staff for CSL Behring Studies.
• Auditing of task, prescription, rooming processes, labs, and EHR.
• Assisted with opening three new locations in Sumter, ensuring OSHA and HIPAA compliance through layout planning for emergency exits, lighting, staff work areas, patient rooms, lobby, and lab setup, while establishing business partnerships for maintenance and services.
• Evaluations, merit Increases, and performance improvement plan for staff.
• Assist with implementation of new EHR.
• Identified and addressed staffing shortages across various departments.

• Conducted chemical analysis to ensure compliance with safety standards.

Triage Nurse: Conducted thorough assessments of patient symptoms over the phone and in person.

• Managed high call volumes while accurately documenting patient interactions in electronic health records.
• Developed triage protocols that improved clarity and responsiveness in patient communication.
• Educated patients on disease process and the importance of following the providers order.

Anemia Management: Clinic provides Epogen injections to maintain patients hemoglobin.

• Treatments included aranesp, procrit, or retacrit injections.
• collaboration with providers when patients were not responding to agent.
• Referral for Infusions to include IV iron and blood transfusions.
• Prior Authorization for medications and infusions.
• Ordering of anemia supplies and maintaining par levels
• Opening of the schedule and scheduling of patients for Epogen treatment.
• Phlebotomy
• Titration of Epogen based on hemoglobin results.
• Assess for signs and symptoms of reaction to treatment.

Injections:

• Sub q, intramuscular, and Intradermal

Prescription Renewal:

• to include but mot limited to anti-rejection medication.

Managed appointment scheduling for labs, medical appointments, and referrals.

• Labs, MD appts, anemia appts, referrals.

Trainer:

• trained MA's, LPN, RN's, and Phlebotomist.
• Proficient in training different personnel based on their learning style.
• First responder for medical emergencies in office
• Setup specialty medication and make sure patients are having lab per schedule outline
• Cytoxan, Rituxan, Magnesium, Jynarque, Lupkins, NS, and etc.
• EHR usage: Allscripts, Veradim, Epic, Athena, LabCorp, Quest diagnostic.

• Administered medications and monitored patient responses in a correctional facility.
• Conducted health assessments and documented medical histories of inmates.
• Provided wound care and assisted in minor surgical procedures, effectively treating complex wounds including gunshot wounds, MRSA, dog bites, infections, and amputations to enhance patient recovery.
• Educated inmates on health management and disease prevention strategies, promoting better health outcomes within the facility.
• Responded to medical emergencies and coordinated care with emergency services.
• Performed medical rounds on a daily basis to assess the overall condition of inmates.
• Detoxing of patient and understanding the sign and symptoms and severity.
• Demonstrated proficiency in CPR by performing it ten times during healthcare tenure.
• Maintained accurate medical records in compliance with facility regulations.
• Trained up to 8 new nursing staff annually on protocols and procedures, ensuring adherence to best practices within the detention center.
• Supervised 3 CMA's per shift
• Pharmacy nurse: authored, designed, and produced an excel program to manage par levels of medications, to include control substances.
• Assist to transition the unit from paper charting to electronic health records.