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Kathleen P McDonald, RN

kmcdonald@StopSmokingDoctors.com

Profile

A Registered Nurse with over twenty years of management and sales experience in healthcare as a senior executive in both the private and public sector. Proven history of increasing business through exceptional communication and leadership skills.

Professional  experience

1999 – April 2002   

Helios Ventures                                

Atlanta Ga.

Regional Manager, Field Operations and Physician Sales 

§     Responsible for the development of the physician sales activity for a national company that provides medical education software, via kiosks, placed in medical facility waiting areas.

§     Oversee the installation and all field services as they relate to the product.

§     Manage a team of 15 professional sales people and 4 technicians.

§     Team consistently exceeds 130 % of company goals resulting in over five million dollars of revenue annually.

§     Present sales programs and new products to senior management of major medical centers, large physician practices; ambulatory care networks, IPA groups.

§     Identify and implement cost effective, broadband connectivity solutions.

§     Develop and maintain a client base of over 1600 physicians nationally, as well as major medical centers and ambulatory care networks.

§     Assist in the development of new products as well as the development of marketing strategies to the pharmaceutical companies.

§     Focus on client needs by conducting round table discussions and participating in ROI studies.

§     Responsible to remain within a set budget including salaries, bonuses and expenses of this sales team.

§     Recruit and train new sales representatives.

§     Participated on “Corporate Culture Team”

1992-1999            

Americare Home Nursing Services, Inc        

Red Bank, N.J.

President & CEO

§         Co-founded and developed a Home Nursing Services company

§         Successfully obtained vendor contracts with major insurance companies and Infusion companies to provide highly skilled nursing visits to critically ill patients, in the home.

§         Developed and implemented all of the necessary policies and procedures as mandated by the state and federal agencies.

§         Recruited and managed over 200 high tech Registered Nurses

§         Successfully managed sales growth to exceed 1.5 million dollars per year

§         Sold to a publicly traded company

 

 

1989-1992          

 

Unity Health Care                                       

New York, N.Y.

 1991-1992      VP of the NJ Home Care Division

§         Developed and increased sales, two million to eight million dollars, annually, within ten months of arrival.

§         Recruited and managed over two hundred employees, including RNs, LPNs, and Certified Home Aids

§         Implemented all policies and procedures as mandated by state federal agencies.

 

1989-1991

Director of Domestic and International Recruitment

§         Recruited RNs, Respiratory and Physical Therapists for long term and short term work assignments for major hospitals throughout the country.

§          Responsible for overseeing the success of our London, England office.

 

1976-1989      

St. Francis Hospital                                   

Jersey City, N.J.

§         Staff nurse

§         Responsibilities included all aspects of patient care in areas including the Emergency Room, Orthopedics and Medical-Surgical

Education

St. Joseph’s College      Standish, ME

BSPA, Health Care Management, G.P.A. 4.0; anticipated date of graduation, September 2003

Farleigh Dickinson University, Eatontown, N.J.    Certificate of Completion with honors, Legal Nurse Consultant

Bayonne Hospital School of Nursing, St Peter’s College, Jersey City, N.J.

Graduated with honors, Registered Nursing Degree

Licenses & Certificates

Registered Nurse, New Jersey

Legal Nurse Consulting

Professional memberships

American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, New Jersey Chapter

 

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