Esperanza Valdivia

• Evaluate cognitive, psychomotor and effective skill of students
• Direct students in clinical situations, which provides students with opportunities to meet goals and objectives in clinical practice.
• Increase skills and performance, to pass evaluations and competencies
• Facilitated hands-on training and instruction using respiratory theories that created and engaged an interactive learning environment for students.
• Develop educational plans for students
• Implemented new educational techniques to boost student comprehension while reducing learning time.
• Delivered individualized instruction on observation, assessment, decision-making and patient health teaching.
• Conducted clinical simulations and provided feedback for each individual student.
• Improved student performance by defining clear goals and communicating performance metrics.

• Evaluate cognitive, psychomotor and effective skill of students
• Direct students in clinical situations, which provides students with opportunities to meet goals and objectives in clinical practice.
• Increase skills and performance, to pass evaluations and competencies
• Facilitated hands-on training and instruction using respiratory theories that created and engaged an interactive learning environment for students.
• Develop educational plans for students
• Instructed and coached students to help overcome academic issues and personal challenges.
• Instructed students on how to perform head-to-toe assessments on patients and how to intervene in medical emergencies.
• Provided nursing skill demonstrations for medication administration, dressing changes and clinical logs.
• Assigned students to patients based on students' learning objectives and patient needs.

Advanced Respiratory Therapist

• Mentor and train staff in all areas of the hospital
• Relief lead, managing and maintaining daily operations and staffing for oncoming shift
• Hand hygiene auditor; assist in the completion and uploading of audits for the departmental compliance with joint commission
• ECMO Team Specialist; Management initiation and priming of Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation on critically ill patients
• Care for you PEER; Provide support and resource to all sharp team members that experience a challenging or unexpected event.
• Cooperated and communicated with physicians to deliver patient satisfaction and meet compliance with set standards.
• Collaborated with physicians and other healthcare professionals to develop and implement patient treatment plans.
• Assessed patient history to identify concerning symptoms, diagnose concerns and develop tailored treatment plans.

Respiratory Clinical Lead (2021-2022)

• Oversaw the department in collaboration with a co-lead of 40 FTE’s
• Responsible for providing leadership and delivering quality care for patients
• Oversaw the daily operations including staff schedules, team meetings, regulatory and compliance enforcement and management of daily staffing and productivity. Developed and coached staff.

Clinical Specialist (2019-2021)

• Support respiratory care processes thru evidence-based practice
• Facilitates and provided opportunities for improving respiratory sensitive outcomes
• Assisted leadership in development of educational plans by performing initial and ongoing clinical performance review of staff
• Developed and implemented educational plans for COVID-19 between all multi-disciplinary teams
• Developed and maintained department specific respiratory care competency program
• Conducted and provided leadership with clinical based research
• Evaluated efficacy and safety of products
• Conducted routine assessments of staff engagement, consumer engagement and integrity of individualized clinical supports.
• Developed support plans and competency-based training programs to enhance knowledge base of healthcare staff.
• Prepared reports and updated required documentation.
• Aided physicians with various procedures such as bronchoscopies, ventilator management, and intubations.
• Communicated clearly with employees, suppliers and stakeholders to keep everyone on same page and working toward established business goals.
• Improved safety procedures to create safe working conditions for workers.

• Identified, hired and trained highly-qualified staff by teaching best practices, procedures, and sales strategies.
• Established and cultivated solid business relationships with new or existing customers.
• Closed lucrative sales deals using strong negotiation and persuasion skills.
• Coached employees in successful selling methods and encouraged cross-selling to drive revenue.
• Led department in maintaining volumes in order to meet FCC requirements.
• Oversaw daily productivity of department while maintaining compliance.
• Developed coaching and development plans for staff.
• Coached and counseled sales personnel, assisting with individual selling efforts and helping sales representatives reach targets.
• Conducted team meetings to reinforce goals and objectives and set clear expectations about policies and procedures.
• Grew sales and boosted profits, applying proactive management strategies and enhancing sales training.
• Maintained ethical and positive working environment to reduce turnover and promote high retention rates.
• Maintained relationships with customers and found new ones by identifying needs and offering appropriate services.
• Utilized metrics to modify low-performing sales and marketing programs and plans to increase effectiveness.
• Evaluated performance against goals and implemented appropriate development plans.