Jennie Smith

• March 2022- Present: Medical Step Down Unit / Cardiac Care Unit
• 2000-2022: Covid Unit, General Internal Medicine

• Clinical Roles:
• 2011- Sept 2019:
• 2014- 2019: Hepaopancreatobiliary Surgery Office Practice Registered Nurse.
• 2011- 2014: Gastroenterology & Nutrition Outpatient Practice, Registered Nurse.
• Primary nurse for GI and hepatobiliary surgical oncological patients specializing in pancreas cancers, pancreatic cysts, hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinomas and gallbladder cancer, including benign processes of these systems.
• Surgical management and coordination of Hepatic Arterial Infusion Pump therapy for metastatic colon cancer and unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
• Management of biliary and surgical drains and post-operative wound care including suture and staple removal.
• Responsible for management of all aspects of outpatient care including telephone triage, management of home care plans, communicating test results, coordination of care, clinical prioritization of the surgical schedule.
• Reviewing new patient records to anticipate plans of care and patient needs.
• Composing letters of medical necessity based on current national clinical standards of care and evidence-based practice

Leadership Roles:

• September 2019- September 2020: Interim Nurse Leader Outpatient GI Surgery Office Practice Nursing: Responsible for Covid-19 crisis emergency activation plans in outpatient facilities; including implementing new remote access workflows, patient and employee screening clinics and implementing daily clinical workflow updates, patient triage and prioritization in addition to implementing new infection control guidelines.
• Contact tracer for 3 sites at MSKCC in New York City.
• Overseeing all clinical operations for outpatient GI surgery clinics including payroll, nursing and patient care tech practice and recruitment and retention, staffing and promotions including managing outpatient flexible sigmoidoscopy program.
• Oversee all elements of nursing sensitive indicators and quality and safety measures.
• 2018- Sept 2019: Clinical Nurse IV operational track: facilitating council and staff meetings, participating in new hiring and promotions, on-boarding and precepting new staff, participating in institutional operational processes, audits and practice changes, involved in Magnet Accreditation survey, preparing and participating in Joint Commission surveys.
• 2017-present - Outpatient Nursing Coordinating Council Chair
• 2017-present - Outpatient GI Surgery Unit Based Council Chair
• 2013-2017- Outpatient Nursing Quality and Safety Assurance Council Chair

• Endoscopy Patient Education and Screening, Registered Nurse

• Workforce Health and Safety Department, Registered Nurse

• Clinical Teaching Unit / Medicine/ Telemetry, Registered Nurse

• Medicine/Telemetry, Registered Nurse

• Clinical Teaching Unit / Medicine / Telemetry, Registered Nurse