qualifications summary

 

results-driven management executive eager to apply dynamic business development, client relations servicing and managerial skills toward actively supporting an employer in the home medical equipment industry. skilled in optimizing sales and profits and proven experience interacting with staff and customers, directly impacting the recognition of dollars in revenue. intelligent risk-taker and skilled communicator reflected in career growth. 

 home medical sales / sales management / recruiting & hiring

employee performance evaluations / personnel management / decision-making

operations management / customer service / teambuilding & leadership

professional experience

 

memphis respiratory home care, inc., memphis, tn

vice president/co-owner, 1997 c 2009

•         ensured strict compliance with established regulatory standards of medicare, fda, state of tn, board of pharmacy, and dot and complied with on-site inspection standards.

•         facilitated on-boarding of new employees and reviewed required competency assessment evaluations and merit evaluations.

•         facilitated various in-service luncheons for physician offices, hospital case management staff, and home health care agencies.

•         researched, arranged for demonstration, and purchased various types of medical equipment utilized in the business.

•         demonstrated latest home medical equipment technology and secured new patient referrals.

•         delivered, trans-filled, and manufactured medical gases as needed.

•         engaged in patient relations with individuals receiving new home medical equipment.

•         negotiated concerns between corporation and its customers/vendors.

additional experience

 

methodist healthcare, memphis, tn

critical care respiratory therapist

lead respiratory therapist

respiratory therapy supervisor

 

•         monitored patient's physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes, and consult with physician if adverse reactions occur.

•         assessed, treated, and cared for patients with breathing disorders and suffering from cardio-pulmonary defects and diseases.

•         assumed primary responsibility for all respiratory care modalities, including the supervision of respiratory therapy technicians.

•         initiated and conducted therapeutic procedures; maintain patient records; and selected, assembled, checked, and operated equipment.

•         provided emergency care, including artificial respiration, external cardiac massage, and assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

•         read prescription, measured arterial blood gases, and reviewed patients information to assess patients condition.

•         maintained charts that contained patients' pertinent identification and therapy information.

•         worked as part of a team of physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals to manage patient care by assisting with medical procedures and related duties.

•         set up and operated devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment.

•         inspected, cleaned, tested and maintained respiratory therapy equipment to ensure equipment is functioning safely and efficiently, ordering repairs when necessary.

education

 

northwest miss. junior college, senatobia, ms 1981-1983

associate of science in respiratory therapy

college of st. francis, joliet, il 1986-1988

bachelor of science in health arts

certified in respiratory therapy by national board for respiratory care
registered in respiratory therapy by national board for respiratory care