Brian V. Stallworth
Assistant Nurse Manager, Medical Telemetry
Denver, CO · (303) 555 0113 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/brianvstallworth
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Twelve years of nursing with two years in a formal leadership post and four as charge nurse
SETTINGS
36 bed medical telemetry unit in a 420 bed teaching hospital
SPECIALTIES
Scheduling and staffing to acuity, retention, unit quality projects, preceptor development
SYSTEMS
Epic, workforce scheduling and acuity tools, safety event reporting
LICENSURE
Colorado registered nurse license, medical surgical nursing certification
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Nursing leadership in progress, Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Executive Summary
Assistant nurse manager on a 36 bed medical telemetry unit, promoted from charge nurse in 2024 after ten years at the bedside. Shares accountability for 62 employees with the nurse manager, owns scheduling and unit quality, and is finishing a master of science in nursing leadership. Ready for a full unit.
Signature Achievements
- Cut registered nurse turnover on the unit from 26 to 14 percent in eighteen months using stay interviews and new preceptor pairing.
- Reduced traveling nurse contracts from eleven to three by rebuilding self scheduling and adding weekend incentives.
- Raised nurse communication scores on the patient experience survey by nine points across four quarters.
- Held falls with injury at zero for eleven consecutive months after redesigning hourly rounding.
- Brought hospital acquired pressure injuries down from nine a year to two through a skin champion program.
- Carried the unit through a Joint Commission survey with no finding in nursing documentation.
Professional Experience
Assistant Nurse Manager, Telemetry
Front Range University Hospital, Denver, CO February 2024 to present
36 bed medical telemetry unit with 62 employees and about 2,900 discharges a year
- Share accountability with the nurse manager for staffing, quality outcomes, budget variance and employee performance.
- Build the six week schedule for 48 nurses and 14 nursing assistants and staff daily to acuity.
- Run the monthly unit council where staff choose and own their own quality projects.
- Coach and document employee performance, including two improvement plans that ended in success.
- Review every fall, medication event and complaint on the unit and report themes to the director.
Charge Nurse, Night Shift
Cherry Creek Regional Hospital, Lakewood, CO June 2020 to February 2024
32 bed medical unit, charge nurse over 20 staff on nights
- Assigned patients by acuity and reworked the sheet as admissions arrived through the night.
- Responded to every rapid response on the unit and debriefed the nurse involved afterward.
- Precepted 15 new nurses and wrote the orientation checklist the unit still uses.
- Handled family complaints at the bedside and escalated only what needed a manager.
Registered Nurse, Adult Medicine
Platte River Community Hospital, Aurora, CO August 2014 to June 2020
28 bed medical surgical unit with a five patient assignment
- Cared for adults with heart failure, diabetes, infection and chronic lung disease.
- Served two terms on the shared governance council for the division.
- Trained as the wound and skin champion for the unit.
Licensure and Certification
Colorado Board of Nursing, registered nurse license number 1123998
Medical Surgical Nursing certification, American Nurses Credentialing Center
Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, current through 2027
Education
Master of Science in Nursing, nursing leadership, in progress, Mile High State University, expected 2027
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Mile High State University, Denver, 2014
Core Skills
Staffing to acuity · Self scheduling administration · Retention and stay interviews · Performance coaching · Unit council leadership · Safety event review · Preceptor program design · Patient experience improvement · Budget variance review · Regulatory survey readiness · Conflict resolution · Shared governance