CURRICULUM VITA
Jan Steading Hickey
EDUCATION
1984-1985 University of Alabama Birmingham Master’s Degree in Nursing
Family Nurse Practitioner
1979-1983 University of Alabama Birmingham Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
5/2005 to present ProAssurance Birmingham, AL Senior Risk Management Consultant
• Conduct risk management assessments and provide consultative services for insured hospitals, senior housing facilities, ambulatory surgical centers, and physician practices.
• Provide fee-for-service consultation to non-insured hospitals and other facilities.
• Risk management consultation, including comprehensive on-site risk mapping and event analysis, for a large healthcare system which includes six senior housing facilities and six long term acute care hospitals.
• Develop and present public seminars to physicians, nurses, and practice management professionals.
• Create reports which exhibit risk assessment observations and strategies to improve clinical performance and patient safety as well as reduce liability risks.
• Present risk assessment findings to senior leadership within hospital systems and medical group practices.
• Analyze and revise existing assessment tools and consultative programs to maintain services which are relevant to the existing healthcare environment and evolving risk management principles.
• Write articles for physician publications.
• Developed and implemented an internet-based patient safety adverse/near miss event reporting system for obstetricians for purposes of identifying best clinical practices and root causes of adverse events through data trending. This program is ready for expansion into other specialty groups and hospital nursing staff.
• Perform failure mode and effects analysis as well as root cause analysis of adverse patient events for purposes of improving patient safety and reducing professional liability risks.
1/1998 to 5/2005 Southern Pain Specialists Birmingham, AL Nurse Practitioner
• Evaluated and treated patients with chronic pain conditions.
• Provided mentoring and consultation to clinical and administrative staff members.
• Served as the clinic liaison between the practice and outside customers such as vendors, physician practices, and insurance case managers.
• Developed written clinical algorithms for common chronic pain conditions.
• Assisted in writing clinical software for an electronic medical records system.
• Marketed the practice to potential physician and insurance referral sources.
• Served on the Board of Directors to strategically plan for patient services to be provided, to approve revenue expenditures, and to address clinical issues and/or patient incidences.
9/1993 to 12/1997 Geriatric Medicine, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham Nurse Practitioner
• Assisted in writing NIH clinical grants. Three NIH grants were awarded from 1993-1997, each grant award was $1,000,000.
• Implemented patient recruitment activities for research studies.
• Collected clinical data for research studies through patient assessments and diagnostic testing.
• Served as the clinical liaison between the research clinic and outside referral sources such as physician practices, hospital clinics, and community groups.
• Served as a patient educator focusing on lifestyle improvement and healthcare preventative activities.
9/1991 to 9/1993 School of Nursing, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham Clinical Instructor
• Developed and presented student lectures involving patient assessment.
• Supervised and evaluated nursing students enrolled in the patient assessment course.
• Coordinated clinical laboratories for nursing students.
9/1988 to 9/1991 Jefferson Co. Dept. of Health Birmingham, AL Women’s Health Coor.
• Established clinical parameters for women’s health services offered in the public health arena.
• Coordinated women’s health services throughout Jefferson County and merged complimentary services compliant with State Public Health guidelines.
• Developed Quality Assurance policies and procedures for women’s health services.
• Developed employee competency validation processes and participated in employee recruitment and orientation.
• Led quarterly team meetings which included women’s health clinical providers and administrative staff. These meetings addressed clinical concerns or issues, the status of services provided, and future planning.
• Developed educational materials and brochures for patients.
• Developed program activity reports for county and state officials.
• Wrote clinical grants for women’s health services; two new $50,000 clinical grants were awarded to the program, and annual grants were renewed from 1988-1991.
8/1987 to 9/1988 BCBS of Alabama Birmingham, AL Cost Containment Rep.
• Conducted hospital admission pre-certification reviews and approved hospital admissions and hospital stay extensions.
• Conducted medical record audits to determine medical necessity of proposed services.
8/1985 to 8/1987 Jefferson Co. Dept. of Health Birmingham, AL Nurse Practitioner
• Provided assessment and treatment to patients presenting to the family planning clinic.
• Developed clinical protocols which guided nurse practitioners providing patient services.
• Developed a community adolescent program to promote wellness and healthcare preventative activities.
• Coordinated community health fairs.
4/1983 to 8/1985 Baptist Medical Center, Princeton Birmingham, AL Staff Nurse
• Provided nursing care to patients admitted to the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.
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