Alicia Szczesniak
Wood Dale
Summary
Experienced with team leadership, strategic planning, and operational management. Utilizes effective communication and organizational skills to drive project success. Track record of fostering productive work environments and achieving set goals.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager of PAT/SDS/PACU/SPD
TRINITY HEALTH LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM
05.2020 - Current
- Focuses on patient satisfaction, performance improvement, and employee engagement
- Coordinates with inpatient units and registration to improve patient admission process and handoffs
- Fosters relationships with surgeons and other department managers
- Improved productivity and retention by working to revise workflows and implement new guidelines
- Nominated for nurse leader of the year by staff members
- Took on leadership of Sterile Processing Department resulting in decreased tray errors on the unit, leading to better relations with surgeons
- Nominated and acting as Co-Chair of the hospital’s Nurse Manager Council
- Site lead on managing and running EPIC EMR transition
OR Educator
TRINITY HEALTH LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Performed onboarding and orientation of all new employees, agency hires, and medical students
- Improved training for new-to-OR nurses and increased retention by revising the onboarding program
- Organized and performed audits on new initiatives
- Create monthly education programs for employees
- Assisted in the establishment of a unit-based shared governance meeting structure
- Facilitate new graduate cohorts with the nurse residency program
- Contributed 10+ stories for the Magnet application process that resulted in attaining Magnet with Distinction status for the hospital
Manager of Operating Room and Anesthesia
TRINITY HEALTH LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Focused on patient satisfaction, performance improvement and OR efficiency
- Improved surgical throughput by coordinating with Manager of Same Day Surgery and PACU
- Improved OR efficiency and decreased supply waste by rebuilding set-up packs and implementing a system to organize equipment and supplies in the OR
- Improved Employee engagement scores by starting Employee of the Month program, rounding with colleagues throughout the day, and improving communication of updates and changes to colleagues
- Fostered improved relationships with surgeons and other department managers
- Started Bariatrics Program in collaboration with inpatient units and surgeons
- Worked with RN Supervisors to improve communication for 'call' cases and eliminated excess wait-time for trays to come in and be sterilized
- Increased block utilization and efficiency
- Collaborated on the turnover of contracted Anesthesia group
- Instituted Service Line Leaders to improve education and efficiency
AUREUS MEDICAL TRAVEL NURSING ASSIGNMENTS
06.2019 - 04.2020
- KINGMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER – Kingman, AZ
- Circulated with an emphasis on Gyne, General, ENT
- Circulator for GI lab cases
- Acted Preceptor for new staff and Charge Nurse
- KELL WEST REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER – Wichita Falls, TX
- Circulated and scrub various procedures with an emphasis on Ortho-spine, Mako, general, and plastics
- CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER – Charlotte, NC
- Circulated Overnight Trauma I surgeries
OR staff nurse
TRINITY HEALTH LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM
05.2013 - 06.2019
- RN Circulator and Scrub RN in total joints, arthroscopy, podiatry, and general surgery
- Circulator in Cataracts and DaVinci Xi surgery
- Member of general surgery team specializing in bariatric, vascular, Hybrid OR/Cath lab, colorectal and surgical oncology cases
- Member of liver transplant team
Medical Surgical Floor nurse
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Provided patient care on overnight shifts in a medical-surgical unit
- Responsible for patient care for 6 to 7 patients on a standard shift
Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice Student -
Capella University
Masters in Nursing - Education
Walden University
05-2023
Nursing
Loyola University
Chicago06-2011
Skills
- EPIC Optime use and navigation
- Relationship building
- Complex Problem-solving
- Customer Service
- Team leadership
- Time management
- Verbal and written communication
Affiliations
- Lifetime AORN Member
- ASPAN IL member
Certification
- Certified Nurse Operating Room - Since October 2021
- ID 1762090
Timeline
OR Educator
TRINITY HEALTH LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM
01.2022 - 01.2023
Manager of PAT/SDS/PACU/SPD
TRINITY HEALTH LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM
05.2020 - Current
Manager of Operating Room and Anesthesia
TRINITY HEALTH LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM
01.2020 - 01.2022
AUREUS MEDICAL TRAVEL NURSING ASSIGNMENTS
06.2019 - 04.2020
OR staff nurse
TRINITY HEALTH LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM
05.2013 - 06.2019
Medical Surgical Floor nurse
01.2013 - 01.2015
Doctor of Nursing Practice Student -
Capella University
Masters in Nursing - Education
Walden University
Nursing
Loyola University