Elise Voss

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About Elise Voss

Registered Nurse with 15+ years in clinical/nursing experience, with increasing levels of individual and program management responsibility in a corporate physician-owned hospital. I have over 12+ years in infection prevention, employee/occupational health, antibiotic stewardship, emergency preparedness, quality management, and data analytics with increased responsibility in continual survey readiness. The physician-owned hospital is a multi-entity organization; 73-bed acute care hospital, 4 primary care clinics, and 1 ambulatory surgery center. Expertise in developing and disseminating best practices related to patient safety with special emphasis on infection prevention, occupational health safety, and quality improvement processes entity-wide through collaborative relationships. Expertise as subject matter expert in infection prevention to physicians, staff, managers, and leaders. Experience in Infection Prevention and Control with emphasis on infectious diseases, epidemiology/outbreak control, and performance improvement in patient outcomes, systems, and processes. Goal-driven, compassionate, and accountable professional with over 13 years of related, hands-on experience in a fast-paced physician-owned multi-entity setting with growing operations and maintaining regulatory compliance with corrective action planning and implementation. Adaptable leader accustomed to the integration of new health care delivery systems, restructuring of work, and an increasingly complex regulatory environment. Program development on new primary care clinics in the Lubbock community and New Mexico area. Proven track record of successfully managing personnel, finances, and admissions while providing excellent professional care. Assisting hospital-wide leadership in learning and implementing new or correcting regulatory compliance into practice. Ability to use strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills and to liaise with various departments especially state and local health departments, institutions, and the public to raise awareness and bring support to facilities.