KATIE JANE STEPHENS

2255 Showers Drive Unit 291 ∙ Mountain View, CA ∙ 94040 katie.jane.stephens@gmail.com ∙ 816.769.6375

OBJECTIVE:

I have a passion for inspiring, challenging and motivating others, as well as creating lean organizational structures that empower all. My desire is to create professional practice environments where everyone engages and contributes their full intellectual and emotional capacity, enabling leaders throughout every level within the organization, ensuring higher levels of safety, quality and financial performance.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Currently serving as Chair-Elect of hospital-wide Magnet Steering Committee, responsible for oversight of Magnet document preparation and submission, ensuring hospital-wide Magnet enculturation, and coordinating Magnet Site Visit.

Heavily involved in SHC’s reorganization of shared governance as well as the development of Action Request Form (ARF) workflow, which provides for oversight, tracking, action planning, and time-to-resolution measurement of all clinical issues brought forward.

In current role, increased certification and bachelors-prepared nurses within 2 years to greater than 66% and 96%, respectively. Specialize in partnering with employees through collaboration and shared decision-making, fostering a culture of inquiry—where

“asking why” and challenging the "status quo" is not only encouraged, it's expected.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Assistant Patient Care Manager B1/C1/ATIC/VAST Department June 2014-PresentStanford University Hospital & Clinics, Palo Alto, CA

People:o Conduct ongoing and annual performance evaluations for over 40 direct reports for employee development and growtho Empower staff by participating in ongoing shared decision-making through shared governanceo Schedule and organize weekly & quarterly leadership meetings focused on strategic goal-settingo Provide coaching and corrective action of staff as needed

Operations:o Accountable for recruiting, interviewing, hiring and onboarding of new staffo Ongoing evaluation of staffing patterns and needso Responsible for schedule development of over 50 employees for 24/7 coverage: ensuring proper headcount and skill mixo Evaluate effectiveness of onboarding and orientation processo Conduct daily Gemba (unit) roundso Partner with unit educator and charge nurses to oversee and manage daily and trends in clinical issues

Quality: o Monitor for 100% compliance of Joint Commission Core Measures & other patient safety indicators (i.e., CLABSI,

CAUTI, HAPU, Falls, medication safety, etc.) o Monitoring of Press Ganey and HCAHPS Patient Satisfaction indicators, maintain >90% satisfaction rateso Oversee safety incidents, performing root cause analysis (RCA) as needed. o Monitor and promote workplace safety requirementso Maintain ever-ready compliance to Joint Commission standards

Strategic Growth:o Partner with leadership team, charge nurses, Shared Leadership team and all staff members to improve

unit processes and workflowo Utilize ongoing engagement and other surveys to gain insights into pressing unit issueso Employ Shared Leadership team to strategize and move forward on identified unit issueso Facilitate change by assessing readiness, involving staff, communicating changes and evaluating outcomes

Financial Performance:o Responsible for maintaining 100% full-time equivalent (FTE)o Monitor and analyze daily and annual budgeto Partner with Charge RN’s to maintain greater than 98% compliance to HPPDo Provide follow-up reports on budget variance

Charge RN/Float RN/Clinical RN—B3IICU/C3 Acute Care Medicine 2009-June 2014Stanford University Hospital & Clinics, Palo Alto, CA

o Resource RN responsible for daily patient assignments and HPPD budget monitoring o Maria O’Rourke Role-Based Practice Coacho Interim Unit Educator for B3/C3 o B3/C3 Safety Team Member responsible for RRT, Code Blue and Sepsis monthly case reviewo Awarded peer determined “Excellence in Caring Unit Award” 2012.

Magnet Champion—B3IICU/C3 Acute Care Medicine 2010-October 2014Stanford University Hospital & Clinics, Palo Alto, CA

Interim Unit Educator—B3IICU/C3 Acute Care Medicine 2011- 2012Stanford University Hospital & Clinics

Travel RN—Critical Care/Telemetry 2008—2009American Mobile Healthcare

Staff Nurse—High-Risk Cardiology Unit 9200 St. Louis, Mo. 2007—2008Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis, MO

Staff Nurse II—4 East Internal Medicine and Cardiology Columbia, M0. 2005—2007University Hospital and Clinics, Columbia, MO

EDUCATION:

Doctorate of Nursing Practice San Francisco, CAUniversity of San Francisco 2018(c)

Masters of Science in Nursing San Francisco, CAUniversity of San Francisco 2017(c)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing Columbia, MOUniversity of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing 2006

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics Liberty, MOWilliam Jewell College 2002

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS:

Progressive Care Certified Nurse (Verification #1001074237) California Registered Nursing License #737525 Missouri Registered Nursing License #2006033850 Basic Life Support Advanced Life Support