This document provides information about Brenda Bennett's objective, experience, and qualifications. It summarizes her previous role as Project Manager and Administrative Designated Regional Coordinator at CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital from 2004 to 2015. In this role, she supported emergency planning, risk management, and safety functions. She is seeking new employment and lists strengths such as creativity, customer focus, decision making, and relationship building.
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Bennett,Brenda
920 Twin Bridges Rd Apt 117
Alexandria, LA 71303 318-451-8588
Objective
To gain active employment with good pay and benefits. To be an asset to employer.
Creativity - Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections
among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in
brainstorming settings.
Customer Focus - Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal
and external customers; gets first hand customer information and uses it for
improvements in products and services; acts with the customers in mind; established and
maintains effective relationships with customers and garnishes their trust and respect.
Decision Quality - Makes good decisions (without considering how much time it takes)
based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; most of his/her
solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time;
sought out by others for advice and solutions.
Drive for Results - Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and
consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self
and others for results.
Peer Relationships - Can quickly find common ground and solve problems for the good
of all; can represent his/her own interests and yet be fair to other groups; can solve
problems with peers with a minimum of noise; is seen as a team player and is
cooperative; easily gains trust and support of peers; encourages collaboration; can be
candid with peers.
Priority Setting - Spends his/her time and the time of others on what’s important;
quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense
what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus.
Experience
JOB TITLE: Project Manager Emergency Planning/Hospital Administrative Designated
Regional Coordinator (ADRC) Region 6/Risk Management/Loss Prevention and Safety Assistant
CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Alexandria, LA 01/07/2004 to 01/09/2015
POSITION SUMMARY:
The ADRC is to support the volunteer Hospital Designated Regional Coordinators (DRC) in their
efforts to assist, facilitate and implement the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP)grant capability
planning guides (CPGs) and other essentialjob functions as provided below. Under the direction of
the volunteer DRC and/or regional hospital advisory group, the Administrative DRC will serve as
part of the Emergency Support Function (ESF) 8 regional healthcare coalition and serve as a liaison
for the hospitals within their respective regions.
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The RM/Loss Prevention and Safety Assistant supports the variance reporting and claims program,
hospital insurance program, HHS-HRSA regional program, Environment of Care regulatory
compliance.
JOB SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES:
1. Supports Variance Reporting and Claims Program
Process variance reports from Meditech to RiskMaster
Input variance, UPLES,Injured Assertions & Medical Review Panelvariances
Maintain users in RiskMaster
Generate weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports as requested
Notifies Corporate Risk Management of MRP,Claims & Injured Asserts
Prepares file on all potential claims, request medical records,and gets
information to assigned attorney
Set-up interviews for pre-deposition and depositions with associates involved in
the case with the attorney and adjuster as required
When suits are closed or settled all records and tests are returned to the proper
department
Attends court proceedings when necessary
Prepares loss preventions actions
Does safety surveys in all departments
Maintains all Safety Manuals and policies and procedures.
2. Provides Clerical Support
Orders office supplies
Types revisions, copies and distributes all department related manuals
Types letters, memos, and files general correspondence
Compiles Environment of Care reports, other reports and prepares minutes for
Safety Committee
Supports Safety Committee (scheduling, agenda, presentation, minutes)
Provides support for Joint Commission Environment of Care standards
compliance
Supports weekly Quality meeting agenda and reporting.
3. ADRC Essential Functions
Communicate, coordinate and facilitate the regional Hospital Preparedness “Round”
meetings.
Ensure regional HPP grant activities are met including expenditure tracking and receipt
collection for regional projects, survey implementation, hospital site visits, regional radio roll
calls and all other grant related activities.
Collaborate with local, regional, and state entities in support of strengthening regional
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infrastructure (such as but not limited to: Metropolitan Medical Response System, Medical
Reserve Corps, Emergency Medical Service, Office of Public Health, Office of Homeland
Security, etc.)
Represent the regional hospitals in regional and state emergency planning activities.
Attend and/or represent DRC at HPP DRC meetings. Contribute ideas to the grant planning
process and identify inconsistencies among plans and propose corrective action measures.
Foster the continued development of the Special Needs Sheltering regional plans.
Conduct hospital surveys for needs assessment and planning purposes.
Assist in the development of regional training programs, including seminars, community
drills, and on-site programs when needed. Ensure development of After Action Reports
(AAR) for regional exercises.
Develop, manage and foster the development of inter-hospital two-way radio
communications via weekly roll calls.
Facilitate the development of an on call roster.
Provide group notifications and updates to regional hospitals and appropriate entities via
email and/or ESF 8 portal.
Assist, develop and/or implement regional plans in accordance with the HPP Capability
Planning Guides which includes, but is not limited to, pandemic flu, CHEMPACK, and
CBRNNE plans.
Assist with development of regional Hazard Vulnerability Assessments.
Assist with the development, facilitation and sustainment of the regional coalitions.
4. ADRC Emergency Functions
In emergency situations, the Administrative DRC will perform the following functions as
directed by DRC and/or regional hospital oversight committee:
Respond to a declared state of emergency by reporting to the local or regional Emergency
Operations Center (EOC) and/or other site designated for response. Serve in a supportive
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role for the Designated Regional Coordinator in real-time decision-making.
Serve as the voice of all participating hospitals in the region and make decisions about the
deployment of regional hospital resources during the incident.
Collect and communicate critical information concerning the availability of hospital
resources (i.e. bed inventory, resources, and staffing) as well as the needs of the hospital
within their region to the local EOCand to the ESF 8 cell at the State EOCduring anincident.
Coordinate the deployment of regional hospital assets and facilitate the delivery of
requested resources (i.e. volunteers,supplies, and medical equipment) to hospitals and/or to
regional response sites during an incident.
5. Assists in implementation ofinsurance program
Completes New Programs and Activities form and insurance requests.
Request information from appropriate departments to ensure the annual Insurance
RenewalPacket is completed and returned to Corporate within the stated time frame
Requests information from appropriate departments to complete LA Patients’
Compensation Fund information annually
Other Requirements:
The Administrative DRC is required to:
Reside within Region that s/he represents.
Maintain e-mail, mobile e-mail and mobile phone communication functionality.
Provide quarterly status reports to the Advisory Council and the Metro outlining meetings
activities and deliverables completed.
5. Certifications
IS-00005.a An Introduction to Hazardous Materials
IS-00001.a Emergency Manager: An Orientation to the Position
Preparing for Ebola and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Course
Ebola PPE Training Course
Mental Health Law Update
Effective Communications for Critical Times
Emergency Support Function 8: The Synergy of Health and Emergency Response:
Module 1: Emergency Support Function 8 (ESF-8): An Aerial View
Module 2: On the Front Lines: DHH Deployment Sites
Module 3: One Person Can Make a Difference! Volunteers in Emergencies
Module 4: Holding Steady: Human Resources and Emergency Preparedness
Module 5: Behavioral Health in Emergencies – A Multifaceted Approach
ProceduralHarm and Falls Webinar
IS-00907 Active Shooter: What You Can Do
Region 6 Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) Workshop
Executive Program in Resilience and Risk Management
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Instructor Certification and Teacher Program
CBRNE Workshop
National Incident Management System coursesIS 100,200, 700, 800,300 and 400