Patti Taylor

Sacramento 95826                                                                                                                                                                        415-218-2120

www.linkedin.com/in/taylorpatti

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Highly Skilled Nurse Leader

Highly skilled Nursing Leader with expertise in providing high quality care and unparalleled patient experience. Creative problem solver and leader, adept at managing projects and people while effectively delegating and providing support and promoting a cohesive team environment. Ensures that everyone understands and identifies with the organization’s mission and core values. Documented and quantified success in implementing changes that resulted in significant improvement in efficiencies and reduction of costs.

Professional Experience

Nurse Director, PICU                                                                                             2020-Present

Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento

Responsible for the daily management of a 20 bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in a Tertiary Care Hospital.

 >80 direct reports.

• Achieved ELSO Award for Gold Level Standard of Excellence
• Maintain >88% Engagement of Work survey results with a 96% participation rate.
• Developed the Pediatric Rapid Response Team
• Actively participate in the Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) which collaborates with children’s hospitals around the nation to achieve excellence in quality metrics and zero patient harm.
• Developed 6 dedicated Cardiovascular beds
• Co-Chair for the Sutter Health Pediatric Sepsis Taskforce
• One of the key founders of the Sutter Health Pediatric Neonatal Community of Interest to collaborate with Physicians, Nursing Directors, Managers, Clinical Nurse Specialists and other health care providers to establish, implement, and maintain quality patient care and services throughout the system.
• Actively participate in multiple quality committees including,  but not limited to, PICU Subcommittee, PICU and CV M & M, Pediatric Peer Review committee, Pediatric Medication Safety Task Force, Pediatric Sepsis Task Force, Children’s Quality Review committee.
• Develop and monitor the budget and resource allocations while identifying strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care and service.
• Conduct regular medical records review and audits to assure quality measures were being followed and maintained.

Interim Chief Nurse Executive                                                                               2018-2019

Sutter Health, Novato Community Hospital, Novato, CA

Responsible for directing patient care services through managers and supervisors of the individual patient care units within the acute care hospital and all clinical services lines. Responsible for the managers and supervisors development and implementation of plans for the unit staffing, program development, oversight of nursing practice, directing and monitoring unit operations, quality improvement programs and sound fiscal management of the departments.

Clinical Nurse Manager ICU and Medical-Surgical Unit                                                   2017 to 2020

Sutter Health, Novato Community Hospital, Novato, CA

Responsible for the daily management of an 8 bed Adult Intensive Care Unit and a 32 bed Medical-Surgical Unit. >60 direct reports.

• Achieved Joint Commission’s Advanced Certification in Total Joint Surgeries

• Led a Sutter system-wide Pediatric Sepsis Task force. Successfully developed an EPIC Pediatric Sepsis Screening Tool for 24 Emergency Rooms,  5 inpatient Pediatric Units and 2 PICU’s.
• Best Practice Quality Metrics:  0% CLBSI, 0% Ventilator Acquired Pneumonias, 0% UTI, 85-100% Hand Hygiene.

Clinical Education and Special Projects Manager                                                                               2016 to 2017

Sutter Health, Novato Community Hospital, Novato, CA

Clinical Nurse Manager PICU, Pediatric Medical Surgical Unit, Pediatric ED       2009 to 2016

Sutter Health, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Responsible for the daily management of an 8 bed PICU, a 25 bed Pediatric Medical-Surgical/Oncology Unit, and a 6 bed Pediatric Emergency Department. >120 Direct Reports. Maintain >85%  Ranking for Patient Satisfaction scores. Trained in the LEAN management system implementing multiple rapid process improvement changes to increase patient satisfaction and improve nursing workflow

• Played a key role in the Stanford Children’s Health Alliance Joint Venture.
• Decreased False Positive Blood Culture Results to <2.5% and worked in collaboration with physicians to decrease the number of unnecessary blood cultures ordered by approx 50%.
• Excellent Quality Metrics and High Reliability Measures: 0% CLBSI, 0% Ventilator Acquired Pneumonias, 0% UTI, 85-100% Hand Hygiene.
• Successfully led all three departments in the implementation of the EPIC charting system  and continued upgrades.

Unit Supervisor PICU and Pediatric ED  2008 to 2009

Sutter Health, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

PICU Staff RN II  1990-2000 and 2003 -2008

Sutter Health, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Home Health Nursing Supervisor 2000 to 2004

Private Home – San Rafael, CA

Education

 Master of Science in Nursing, Specialization in Nursing Leadership and Administration, Capella University

Bachelor of Science (BS), Nursing, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

Certifications

AACN Board Certified Nurse Executive

Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Basic Life Support