Krysta Simms MN NP F/AA
Rocky Harbour,NL
Summary
Family All Ages Nurse Practitioner prepared for advanced clinical roles and healthcare management. Utilizes advanced medical knowledge to provide comprehensive healthcare and manage episodic and chronic conditions. Proven track record of delivering patient care with precision and empathy. Strong background in diagnosis, treatment planning, and patient education. Excellent collaborator in multidisciplinary teams, adaptable to evolving healthcare needs. Adept at implementing best practices and policy development, ensuring optimal patient and organization outcomes. Skilled at using various technology and computer programming.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Team Lead Nurse Practitioner
EVisitNB
10.2025 - Current
- Led clinical team in developing and implementing policies, ensuring adherence to best practices.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to streamline workflows and optimize patient outcomes.
- Led clinical team in implementing telehealth solutions, enhancing patient access and care continuity.
- Mentored staff on best practices for patient engagement and adherence to clinical protocols.
- Analyzed patient feedback to identify areas for care enhancement and quality improvement initiatives.
- Oversaw compliance with healthcare regulations, ensuring adherence to organizational policies and standards.
- Fostered staff development, teamwork, and competency through supervision, coaching, trainings and team meetings
- Successfully managed complex cases by collaborating with physicians, nursing staff, and other healthcare professionals, ensuring optimal patient care delivery.
- Reduced errors in patient documentation by conducting regular audits and providing training to the clinical team members.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to align organizational goals with clinical best practices and patient needs.
- Oversaw review and adjudication of laboratory results in collaboration with other Medical Directors
- Served as a clinical resource
- Developed, revised, and delivered onboarding, training, and continuing education resources
Nurse Practitioner
Flora Foundations
01.2025 - Current
- Works independently to assess clients of all ages and healthcare needs, diagnosis, prescribe and/or modify pharmacological treatments, order and interpret diagnostic tests
- Incorporates holistic view, family centered care, and non-pharmacological interventions into individualized care plans
- Specializes in ADHD assessment and medication management
- Specializes in diagnosing and treating mental health conditions
- Completes disability tax credit applications, insurance forms, and employment and school medicals
- Works with a variety of EMR platforms and digital health tools
- Educates patients on disease prevention and management strategies, promoting healthier lifestyles.
- Maintains documentation of all clinical encounters while ensuring privacy and confidentially as per national and provincial regulations and laws, provincial nursing regulatory bodies, and company policies and procedures
- Ensures privacy and confidentially are maintained in all patient interactions and documentation while facilitating clear communication among team members.
- Develops charting phrases to increase efficiency and patient understanding
Nurse Practitioner Virtual Care/Telemedicine
Fonemed
11.2022 - Current
- Works independently to assess clients of all ages and healthcare needs, diagnosis, prescribe and/or modify pharmacological treatments, order and interpret diagnostic tests, evaluate treatment and care plans, and discuss non-pharmacological options
- Refers to interdisciplinary healthcare providers and specialists as required
- Often works as evening, holiday, and weekend NP resource to provide guidance and support to other NP team members, assisting in assessment, clinical decision making, and treatment plans
- When working as NP resource, provides guidance to booking agents, RNs, and NPs in following company policies and guidelines when triaging patients and determining appropriateness of accessing the virtual NP setting
- Works in a team environment to assist with being a resource/mentor/preceptor for new NP hires
- Uses various technological/computer skills to aid in reviewing previous healthcare encounters, connecting with patients/family members, interacting with other RN/NP/healthcare team members, assessing patients, ordering diagnostics, referring patients to online resources, using e-consult to specialists, and documenting
- Collaborates with other NPs and RNs to discuss clinical practice questions
- Provides patients with up to date information on accessing in-person healthcare options
- Identifies red flags and urgent/emergent healthcare needs requiring immediate in-person attention
- Provides comprehensive and holistic nursing care to clients of various ages, cultures, health literacy, and socioeconomic status
- Follows best practice and choosing wisely guidelines, company policies, NL and Canada legislation and regulations, and CRNNL standards of practice according to CRNNL scope of practice
- Ensures confidentiality and privacy standards and proper documentation
Nurse Practitioner: Family/All Ages
Cow Head Medical Clinic
06.2019 - 10.2025
- Provided primary healthcare services at three rural Newfoundland medical clinics
- Conducted comprehensive patient assessments and developed individualized treatment plans.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient care and develop care plans
- Educated patients on disease management and preventive health measures.
- Managed chronic illness treatment regimens, ensuring adherence to best practices.
- Provided health promotion, disease screening, treatment and maintenance, and wound care
- Ensured confidentiality and privacy standards and proper documentation
- Cared for all ages and health conditions from prenatal to newborns, acute injuries and illnesses, mental health, addiction, chronic diseases, and palliative care including end-of-life and home visits
- Identified healthcare needs within the community and collaborates with multi-disciplinary teams to improve access to required services
- Identified self-learning needs, pursuing educational opportunities to enhance knowledge and skills
- Managed complex cases involving multiple co-morbidities through diligent monitoring of disease progression and proactive intervention strategies.
- Experienced mentor and preceptor to new NP graduates and students
- Evaluated clinical workflows, identifying areas for efficiency improvement
- Ordered and interpreted diagnostic tests to develop and implement treatment plans.
- Prescribed and managed pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments to treat underlying causes and relieve symptoms.
Nurse Practitioner Team Lead
Fonemed
09.2023 - 11.2024
- Conducted audits on other nurse practitioners, including new hires and current employees
- Completed performance appraisals
- Assisted in scheduling various telemedicine areas, including virtual emergency departments, episodic appointments, controlled drug program, urgent fit ins
- Reviewed complaints, analyzing them to understanding underlying issues, and helps implement changes to address any concerning issues, to improve the situation or prevent recurrence
- Assisted in onboarding and orientation of new hires
- Helped develop new policies and procedures
- Helped with developing, assessing, and implementing new telehealth platform
- Streamlined workflow processes for improved operational efficiency in patient consultations.
- Coordinated scheduling and resource allocation for optimal patient coverage and staffing levels.
Practice Facilitator
Health Innovation Group
11.2020 - 12.2021
- Involved in a pilot project of capacity building to create and establish practice facilitation within Newfoundland and Labrador's primary health care system
- Coached by Canadian experts in health leadership, change management, quality improvement
- Engaged physicians and health clinic team members in quality improvement and change management
- Completed clinic assessments to identify gaps, opportunities, and strengths for quality improvement capacity and readiness to change
- Assisted clinics in establishing processes, roles, responsibilities, vision, mission, and goals
- Collaborated with other healthcare professionals including NLCHI to use EMR data and other electronic tools to assist with QI and practice management data analysis
- Created process maps to identify bottlenecks and areas for opportunity and improvement
- Guided clinics with collecting and evaluating measurements/data to facilitate decision making
- Educated clinic team members on PDSA cycles and primary care sequence to achieve change
Registered Nurse
Western Health, Eastern Health Authorities Within Newfoundland
01.2007 - 01.2019
- Worked medicine, general surgery, and orthopedic surgery in urban NL
- Worked rehabilitation, palliative, continuing care, transitional/respite care, and long-term care in urban NL
- Worked palliative care, emergency, outpatients, medicine, and long-term care in rural NL
- Provided leadership as in-charge nurse for nursing/non-nursing staff and student preceptors
- Collaborated within a multi-disciplinary setting in rural Newfoundland
- Experience caring for triage level 1 and 2 emergencies and level 3-5 non-emergencies
Patient Educator
Shoppers Drug Mart Speciality Health Network
01.2007 - 01.2011
- Provided education and personalized healthcare treatment for patients with a rare genetic disease
- Enhanced patient safety by meticulously monitoring and documenting adverse events.
- Facilitated one-on-one consultations to assess patient needs and provide tailored education.
- Monitored patient vital signs and reactions during infusion treatments, adjusting care plans as necessary.
- Administered intravenous therapies and medications to patients, ensuring adherence to safety protocols.
- Educated patients and families on infusion processes and post-treatment care, improving overall satisfaction and compliance.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Capital Health, Nova Scotia
01.2008 - 01.2009
- Collaborated with research coordinators and physicians to coordinated patient care
- Applied for local ethics approval of a related research study
- Collected and recorded quantitative and qualitative data related to the research study
- Coordinated clinical trial activities ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and protocols.
- Followed clinical research protocols and conducted study visits in compliance ethical and legal regulations.
- Enhanced patient safety by meticulously monitoring and documenting adverse events during clinical trials.
Education
Masters of Nursing Program - Nurse Practitioner
Athabasca University
Athabasca, AB01.2019
Nursing Leadership Development Course -
Memorial University
01.2013
Bachelor of Nursing -
Western Regional School of Nursing/ Memorial University
01.2007
Skills
- Interprofessional collaboration
- Chronic disease management
- Women's health exams
- Emergency care
- Telehealth proficiency
- Family All Ages Care
- Healthcare management
- Experienced preceptor
- Primary care
- Quality improvement
- End-of-life care
- Patient-centered care
- Diagnostic imaging and bloodwork interpretation
- Mental health
Certification
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification since 2009
- Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification since 2012
- Basic Life Support (BLS) status; was Instructor from 2010-2022
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification since 2008
- Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Emergency certification since 2014
- Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale certification since 2010
- Wound Care Resource Nurse since 2015
- Advanced Foot Care certification since 2010
- LEAP (palliative care) program in 2018
- Certified in Transportation of Dangerous Goods and WHMIS annually/biannually
- Attended many sessions of Project Echo NL: Opioid Use Disorder
- Obstetric Care at Rural Sites course in 2012 & 2017
- ENPC certification completed in 2015 and partially renewed in 2018
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention since 2013
- Person Centered Care certification since 2012
- Coronary Care course in 2008; proficient in reading EKGs, cardiac monitoring and ACS care
- Nursing Stroke and Management course in 2012
References
Available upon request.
Timeline
Clinical Team Lead Nurse Practitioner
EVisitNB
10.2025 - Current
Nurse Practitioner
Flora Foundations
01.2025 - Current
Nurse Practitioner Team Lead
Fonemed
09.2023 - 11.2024
Nurse Practitioner Virtual Care/Telemedicine
Fonemed
11.2022 - Current
Practice Facilitator
Health Innovation Group
11.2020 - 12.2021
Nurse Practitioner: Family/All Ages
Cow Head Medical Clinic
06.2019 - 10.2025
Clinical Research Coordinator
Capital Health, Nova Scotia
01.2008 - 01.2009
Registered Nurse
Western Health, Eastern Health Authorities Within Newfoundland
01.2007 - 01.2019
Patient Educator
Shoppers Drug Mart Speciality Health Network
01.2007 - 01.2011
Masters of Nursing Program - Nurse Practitioner
Athabasca University
Nursing Leadership Development Course -
Memorial University
Bachelor of Nursing -
Western Regional School of Nursing/ Memorial University