HELEN POWELL 16600 Plainview * Markham, Ilinois 60428 708-331-8422 * hp117bfca@westpost.

net EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PATIENT CARE SERVICES * CHIEF NURSING OFFICER Seasoned executive leader with more than 20 years of combined experience impacti ng the nursing industry through skillful development, enhancement and dedication to simultaneously fulfilling both hospital and patient's needs. Problem solver and visionary, whose ability to motivate and mobilize to inspire employees to ac hieve organizational success. Inpatient Care * Managed Care * Outpatient Care * Patient Accounting Healthcare Administrator * Patient Relations * Quality of Care * Service Deliver y Skilled Nursing Facility Wellness Programs * Utilization Review PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE DAVITA CHICAGO HEIGHTS DIALYSIS, Chicago Heights, Illinois * 2008-2011 Dialysis Facility serving the Renal Failure Patient Facility Administrator/CEO Manage the overall day to day operations for nursing services and patient care i n the chronic hemodialysis facility, including but not limited to financial mana gement, quality assurance and patient care, safety, risk management, teammate sa tisfaction, quality index scores, facility maintenance, and other required dutie s that may arise. Major Contributions: * Improved DQI Score from 30 and 40s to 60's in less than 2 years * Stabilized PCT Staff * Moved facility from operating in the red to now making a profit * Added a nocturnal modality * Started Self Care Program * Decreased Catheter rate from 57% to 18.9% JACKSON PARK HOSPITAL, Chicago, Illinois * 2007-Present Healthcare facility servicing the local community of Chicago with over $1M in he althcare services provided each year. Clinical Director Instrumental in developing quality improvement projects for the medical/surgical , telemetry and Step Down unit. Direct the efforts of our work with regulatory a gencies, manage the daily operations of the medical, surgical, telemetry, step-d own unit. Major Contributions: * Effective in meeting strategic goals and budgetary restrictions. Worked with h ospital administrators to decrease staff overtime and maintain costs within budg et. * Spearheaded performance improvement plan, which decreased the amount of medica tion errors by over 93% within two months. Enhanced improvements in the signing off of physician orders, accu-checks, I&O and accurate weights by 85% within thr ee months. * Essential in the hiring of new telemetry and nurse technician staff. Eliminate d agency and overtime pay in these areas in first four months of employment in t he company, saving Jackson Park Hospital over $5K per month.

* Vitalized operations through the hiring of additional registered nurses, which in time, will reduce expenses by over $500K per year in agency costs. Decreased agency nursing staff by 20%. * Assisted with staff budget and ensured quality improvement and performance imp rovement goals were being met. OAK FOREST HOSPITAL OF COOK COUNTY, Oak Forest, Illinois * 1998-2007 Oak Forest Hospital specializes in long-term care, chronic disease and rehabilit ation services. Nurse Manager/Intake Coordinator Coordinated and managed the admissions of patients through a systematic review o f medical records. Managed the health of patients in conjunction with their phys icians, as they transferred from one level of care to another. Major Contributions: * Drove timely discharges of patients and worked to facilitate patients were pla ced properly and that home needs were met. * Qualified patients for acute rehabilitation services, which resulted in qualif ied billable services and less problems with regulatory bodies. * Prepared outpatient intravenous therapy services, in which patients who have n o need to be hospitalized can receive their therapy. HELEN POWELL * Page Two * hp117bfca@westpost.net PROVIDENT HOSPITAL, Chicago, Illinois * 1996-1998 Hospital which services lower-income Chicago city residents, reporting over $2M in billable healthcare services for Cook County. Maternal/Child Nurse-Inhouse Registry of Cook County Served as a direct point of contact between patients and hospital staff, many of whom were pregnant mothers who were at risk for pre-term delivery; sick and wel l infants and adults with medical conditions requiring hospitalization. Major Contributions: * Optimized nurse rotations to assure each level of nursing within the system ke pt up their skills and were able to function well in other areas when need arose . * Directed the nursing care of ante-partum and post-partum mothers, high-risk pr egnancies and well-newborns. * Attended with high-risk deliveries and assisted the physician with potential n ewborn complications, incubation and ventilator management. ADVANCED HEALTH CARE, University Park, Illinois * 1996-1998 Serves patients in the city of Chicago and surrounding suburbs. President/Director of Nursing Care Orchestrated policies and procedures for AHC. Drafted proposals for homemaker se rvices and won a contract with the county of DuPage to service their patients. Major Contributions: * Researched the benefits of the company to becoming Medicare and Medicaid certi fied. * Expanded services to provide hospice care for the community. ADDITIONAL POSITIONS OXFORD HEALTH SYSTEMS, Rosemont, Illinois * 1997-1998 * Telephone Triage Case Ma

nager RUSH HOME CARE, Chicago, Illinois * 1993-1996 * Home Health Nurse ST, BERNARD HOSPITAL, Chicago, Illinois * 1992-1993 * Maternal/Child In-House Re gistry Nurse ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL, Blue Island, Illinois * 1992-1992 * Home Care Nurse CHRIST HOSPITAL, Oak Lawn, Illinois * 1990-1991 * Maternal/Child Pediatrics RUSH PRESBYTERIAN, ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER, Chicago, Illinois * 1989-1990 * We ekend Nurse CHICAGO OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL, Chicago, Illinois * 1983-1989 * Neonatal Nurse/Sup ervisor EDUCATION Masters Degree in Health Services Administration University of St. Francis, Joliet, Illinois Certification in Legal Nurse Consulting Vickie Milazzo Institute, Texas Bachelor of Science in Nursing Rush University, Chicago, Illinois