ALEXANDRA TILSTRA

Accomplished healthcare professional with over a decade of progressive experience in clinical nursing, healthcare education, and quality improvement. Demonstrated expertise in leading interdisciplinary teams, facilitating process improvement initiatives, and driving patient and staff safety outcomes. Recognized for strong communication, facilitation, and leadership skills, with a proven ability to mentor staff, implement evidence-based practices, and support organizational change. Adept in data-driven decision-making, policy development, and stakeholder engagement. Holds a Master of Nursing and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification, with a passion for advancing healthcare excellence through education and continuous improvement

• Lean Green Belt – Lean Six Sigma, 2024
• Better Quality through Better Measurement – IHI, 2024
• Acute Care of At-Risk Newborn (ACoRN), 2022
• Basic Cardiac Life Support, Current
• Fetal Health Surveillance in Labour, Current
• Breastfeeding Levels 1 & 2, Current
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Instructor, Current
• Fetal Health Surveillance Instructor, 2020
• Lean Yellow Belt – Lean Six Sigma, 2020

• Process Improvement, 2023 to Present: Closely working with and coaching teams, staff, and stakeholders; Led an acute inpatient medicine program through a successful Accreditation process, as evidenced by contributing to Exemplary Status organization-wide; Reviewing data relevant to process issues and identify opportunities for improvement; Identification and mitigation of project risks; Strong focus on using data and metrics to inform change efforts
• Healthcare Education, 2020-2023: Demonstrating strong leadership skills through mentoring new and existing staff; promoting their learning and comprehension of department objectives; developing, revising and reviewing policies; evaluating training effectiveness on staff retention, morale and comprehension.