Kelly Pasnick
Blackstock,ON
Summary
Throughout my 25-year career at Lakeridge, I have development my leadership skill by working frontline, unit coordinator to manager. I am highly committed to patient centered care and well-being of staff. I strongly believe if creating a well balance, mentally safe and diverse work environment. I have shown this be creating wellness groups in my unit, Co-chairing the IDEEA committee in CCU. My strong leadership skills are shown in the staff engagement surveys where I was identified as the in the top 5% of leaders stratification in Lakeridge.
Experienced healthcare professional prepared for this role. Skilled in patient care coordination, staff management, and operational efficiency. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Known for adaptability and reliability in dynamic environments. Proficient in healthcare regulations, patient advocacy, and quality improvement initiatives.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Patient Care Manager of Oshawa Critical Care and Critical Care Social Workers
Lakeridge Health
04.2022 - Current
- Oversee a 38 bed Level 3 and 2 Critical care unit. With 150 FT nurses and 29 PT nurses and 3 social workers. Also manage clerks, PSWs and clinical externs.
- Support staff through the development program to complete their critical care certificate
- Oversaw the opening of 12 more critical care beds. I worked with many different disciplines to ensure proper equipment as present, Ipac and engineering protocols were met, proper education for all staff.
- Actively participated in recruitment of staff to sufficiently increase the CCU workforce to help eliminated the use of agency and decrease overtime spending.
- Co-Chair the CCU IDEEA committee. The committee ensure that protocols/policy and standards being rolled out within the critical care program as an IDEEA lens on it. To ensure that all staff and patients and families feel their voices are heard.
- Participated in accreditations, family meeting, serious safety events and quantity reviews.
- Implemented the DSM (decision support management) rounds and board within Oshawa CCU
- Developed a staff lead wellness group focusing in on team morale and wellness.
- Developed a staff lead unit council to encourage leadership and to give staff a voice in unit changes.
- Sit on many working groups including hand hygiene, ONA HAC, retention task force, POCT advisory, CCU EPIC working group, PACU/CCU working group
- Participated in the UKG (TAP and Play) roll out
Patient Care Manager of Bowmanville Emergency and Critical Care. Port Perry Emergency Department and ED/CRCU Float Pool
Lakeridge Health
08.2020 - 04.2022
- Oversaw the reopening of the LHB CRCU after wave 1. Involving many disciplines from Ipac, maintains, health and safety, staffing and nursing and physician staff to ensure a smooth reopening.
- Implemented the ED check in kiosks in both LHB and LHPP emergency departments.
- Actively participated in the EPIC roll out. Registered staff for training, participated in training with staff to be able to help staff and educated staff new system updates, had on site presence for go live.
- Directed staff in new and changing protocols and staffing models throughout the COVID waves. Developed teams nursing modeling in LHB CRCU unit. Also responsible for anti rooms within both emergency departments.
- Responsible for right staffing all units by ensure correct complaint of full times positions posted and actively recruiting.
- Developed critical care team rounding daily.
- Assisting in the develop of a virtual whiteboard for health care members, patients and families for the critical care units at Lakeridge.
- Manage and help develop the Lakeridge virtual care clinic.
- Manage units at 2 different sites and always ensure that staff feel that I am able to be reached and am actively involved at all times.
- Reactive the process improvement teams at both Bowmanville and Port Perry EDs.
Bowmanville Emergency and Critical Care Department Unit Coordinator
Lakeridge Health
09.2018 - 08.2020
- Assisted in the roll out of the Unit Coordinator role at the Bowmanville site
- Responsible for staffing, scheduling and patient flow through the ED and ICU.
- Plan and develop staff progression throughout the units through education, orientation and with guidance and support.
- Assisted in the development of the Bowmanville Betterment Bureau, an extended leadership team to improve process through the emergency department.
- Responsible for ordering and ensuring that supplies are present in the departments through Plexus.
- Participates in the moment family/patient/staff concerns and conflicts.
- Provide and develop relationships between the units and other floors.
- Assisted the manager with education in the absence of the CPL. Assisted with medical directives, triage kiosk, pressure injuries prevention and management, syringe pumps and cultural sensitivity.
- Participating in the harmonizing of the Code 77 protocol.
- Assisted in preparing and opening the overflow unit.
Ajax Emergency Unit Coordinator
Lakeridge Health
03.2010 - 09.2018
- Activity participated in the preparation and role out of COVID protocols.
Registered Nurse
Rouge Valley Health System
01.2001 - 01.2010
Education
Registered Nurse Diploma -
George Brown Collage
01.2000
Coronary Care 1 - undefined
Durham Collage
01.2001
Skills
- Customer assistance
- Health promotion
- Care coordination
- Relationships and rapport
- New staff mentoring
- Innovation and creativity
- Clinical documentation
- Program management
- Patient & family support
- Department review
- Teamwork
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Customer service
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Problem-solving abilities
Certification
- Crisis Intervention and De-escalation Trained by Safe Management Group 2024
- Current BCLS, ACLS and Updating PALS 2020
- Trauma Nursing Core Course 2014
- Emergency Nursing Paediatric Course 2015
- Nonviolent Crisis Intervention 2018
- Crucial Conversations 2017
- CBRN Training 2013
- Trillium Gift of Life Healthcare course 2018
- ECG interruption 2004
- CCOT Training Sept 2019
Accomplishments
- Winner of Top of the Valley Award 2015 and 2016
- Proficient in OTN, CDU, P4R metrics, EPIC, UKG, CCSO protocols
Timeline
Patient Care Manager of Oshawa Critical Care and Critical Care Social Workers
Lakeridge Health
04.2022 - Current
Patient Care Manager of Bowmanville Emergency and Critical Care. Port Perry Emergency Department and ED/CRCU Float Pool
Lakeridge Health
08.2020 - 04.2022
Bowmanville Emergency and Critical Care Department Unit Coordinator
Lakeridge Health
09.2018 - 08.2020
Ajax Emergency Unit Coordinator
Lakeridge Health
03.2010 - 09.2018
Registered Nurse
Rouge Valley Health System
01.2001 - 01.2010
Coronary Care 1 - undefined
Durham Collage
Registered Nurse Diploma -
George Brown Collage
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