Janice Partyka

JANICE PARTYKA, BS CRTT

3600 Red Lion Rd, APT 48E Phone: (215) 688-7196
Philadelphia, PA 19114 Jpartyka57@gmail.com


SUMMARY

Management professional with extensive experience in strategic planning, project management, process improvement, operations, staff development, training and customer service. Responsible, detail oriented with strong technical, organizational, analytical, problem solving, communication and relationship management skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ARIA HEALTH SYSTEM, TORRESDALE DIVISION
Philadelphia, PA 2010
Volunteer, Department of Heath Information Management and Medical Records.
Responsibilities include case management, chart review and audits.
• Responsible for assessing charts to retrieve pertinent information, verify proper documentation and report seriousness of delinquencies to HIM director.
• Audit data from random cases to access that physicians and staff sign off all necessary documentation in order to meet JCAHO and Department of Health standards and report compliance to HIM director.

HEALTH SOURCE GLOBAL STAFFING, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Tremont, CA (Philadelphia, PA) Strike Staffing 2010
Pulmonary Function Technologist
• Spirometry
• Diffusion Capacity
• Lung Volumes
• Arterial Blood Gases
• Pulse Oximetry

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, NORTHEASTERN HOSPITAL, Philadelphia, PA 1989 - 2009
Assistant Manager, Department of Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine 2007 - 2009
Managed staffing, study scheduling, study reports, compliance, cost control, and training.
• Supervised, trained, mentored and scheduled 20 employees.
• Liaison between staff and senior administration, communicating key information.
• Observed and documented staff compliance in meeting the National Patient Safety Goals.
• Scheduled sleep studies and follow up sleep study reports to physicians and patients.
• Wrote the appointment tracking procedure and the “on-call” policy.

• Updated and revised existing department policies and procedures.
• Coordinated adequate inventory levels, ordering and control; monitoring equipment supply levels to maintain levels appropriate to staff and patient needs
• Oriented new nursing employees with the modalities of oxygen delivery methods.
• Executed senior management cost-cutting measures and brought department within budget by reducing staff hours without jeopardizing patient safety.
• Compiled statistical data measuring daily, weekly, and monthly productivity, acuity, and billing data as a means of measuring department expenditures.
• Key participant in successful VAP (Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia) elimination committee that saved the hospital more than $500,000 by defining, labeling and accessing the causes of VAP to the staff working in the critical care units.
• Implemented Respiratory Department procedures that resulted in 10 months of successful no VAP cases by processing the seriousness of patients at risk and exercising proper procedures in order to eliminate the possibility of VAP cases.
• Conceived and implemented a process of tracking scheduled outpatient appointments that decreased the number of missed appointments.
• Served on committees on infection control, service recovery and patient safety

Staff Respiratory Therapist (1989 – 2007)

• Performed Mechanical ventilation, 840, 7200 and Vision Bipap, arterial blood gas, Nebulizer and MDI therapies, Peak flow monitoring, Chest PT, Suctioning, Manual resuscitation, and airway maintenance.
• Member of the Code and Rapid Response Team.
• Crossed trained as a Bronchoscopy assistant-performing bronchial washings, biopsies and slide preparation and bronchial levage.
• Crossed trained as a Pulmonary Function Technician experienced in spirometry, lung volumes and diffusion capacity studies.
• Preceptor to new employees and students from CHI, med-surg and ICU rotations.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration Holy Family University, Philadelphia, Pa
Cum Laude, Dean’s List

Diploma, Respiratory Therapy, Frankford Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

LICENSURE & CERTIFICATIONS

PA Board of Medicine license, Respiratory Care Practitioner
Certification, National Board of Respiratory Care
Certified, American Heart Association NALS

COMPUTERS

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

Assistant Management, scheduling, staffing, payroll, performance improvement projects, quality assurance, 25 yrs background in health care, inventory control, purchasing, data analysis, chart audits, Microsoft Word, Excel,Outlook and Excel.