Rachel Griffin's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

📖 Summary

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Senior Instructor @ University of Colorado Clinical work:• Conducted comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and accurately diagnosed patients in an outpatient university hospital-based clinic, associated with the National Network of Depression Centers• Prescribed psychotropic medications and monitor for therapeutic effectiveness and adverse reactions in patients with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, PTSD, personality disorders, and substance abuse• Provided psychoeducation for patients regarding basic biological basis of psychiatric disorders, medications, and side-effects• Provide weekly telepsychiatry mental health services to rural primary care clinic in Sterling, CO, and to substance abuse treatment center in Fairbanks, AKProgram and project implementation:• Implemented integrated care model and provided consultation to the Department of Internal Medicine on integrating behavioral health care into the primary care setting (project ended June 2017)• Developed and implemented integrated care models with the Director of Telehealth to expand access to psychiatric services through telepsychiatry consultation and services • Initiated and organized in-house educational rounds for staff cliniciansSupervision, Administration, and Committee Memberships:• Staff nurse practitioner representative on executive finance committee to assess and develop new clinic financial model• Committee member for the Allied Health Credentials Subcommittee. Reviewed credentialing materials and made recommendations on provider credentialing, helped review and revise hospital policies around privileges and credentialing for allied health providers. • Lead NP for psychiatric nurse practitioner recruitment: revised job posting, screened candidates, interviewed selected candidates, and made recommendations to leadership regarding hiring decisions. • Precepted psychiatric-mental health NP students from the University of Colorado • Provided clinical supervision to new staff PMHNP for CO prescriptive authority Aurora, CODNP/MPH Capstone: Program Evaluator @ Colorado Department of Human Services DNP/MPH Capstone, Innovate Colorado• Designed and completed program evaluation on initial processes and outcomes for Innovate Colorado, a 3 year, 1.4 million dollar grant funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, with aim to implement a comprehensive, jurisdiction-wide approach to preventing and reducing the impact of child/youth trafficking • Conducted initial process evaluation to determine if grant is on track to meeting initial implementation goals• Engaged key stakeholders to define means of measuring success for each program component and to collect baseline data• Completed key informant interviews to assess awareness of and concerns about grant and grant activities, community strengths, weaknesses, and readiness• Worked with project director to complete and edit semi-annual grant activities report for the U.S. DOJ• Helped organize and conduct community meetings and needs assessments for all pilot regions• Implemented initial program activities with grant staff• Assessed how grant activities contributed to improved identification of child victims of sex-trafficking and connection of these victims to appropriate services• Created and implemented tracking tools for key program components, including trainings, key stakeholder meetings, and community navigator activities From January 2018 to May 2019 (1 year 5 months) Denver, COPsychiatric Nurse Practitioner @ St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Clinical work:• Conducted comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and accurately diagnose patients in an outpatient hospital-based clinic with special focus on the formerly incarcerated and persons infected or affected by HIV/AIDS • Prescribed psychotropic medications and monitor for therapeutic effectiveness and adverse reactions in patients with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, PTSD, psychotic disorders, personality disorders, and substance abuse• Provided psycho-education for patients regarding basic biological basis of psychiatric disorders, medications, and side-effects• Provided psychiatric consultations for patients admitted medically to the inpatient HIV/AIDS care team• Worked as part of the Integrative Medicine Team, assessing alternative and complementary treatments and helping to facilitate healthy living programsAdministration and Supervision:• Served as Mental Health Point Person for the Morningside Clinic: Triaged urgent mental health issues throughout the clinic day, served as liaison between MH team and medical staff regarding flow/procedures/access to mental health, responded to requests for urgent mental health evaluations from the primary care staff, assigned mental health evaluations to staff, met with patients regarding requests for change of provider.• Revised referral process to mental health, reducing the referral time from 8 to less than 5 weeks• Provided clinical supervision to Care Coordination program, including the care coordinators and patient navigators• Precepted psychiatric-mental health NP student from NYU school of nursing (Spring 2012) From July 2011 to August 2014 (3 years 2 months) Center for Comprehensive CareNurse Practitioner in Psychiatry @ Project Renewal • Primary psychiatric provider on-site for men’s homeless shelter with population of 170 clients• Also provided psychiatric consultations and evaluations for clients in two on-site detoxification units, medical clinic, and clients in outpatient substance abuse treatment program• Completed psychiatric evaluations for clients’ seeking NYC HRA housing• Provided medication management and psychotherapy for clients with MDD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, delusional disorder, PTSD, personality disorders and substance abuse• Provided clinical supervision and psycho-education to social services staff• Clinical supervisor for shelter LPN From July 2009 to July 2011 (2 years 1 month) RN @ NYP Hospital Clinical Nurse I, Emergency Department.• Implemented emergency nursing care for 7-12 patients in busy, urban Level II trauma center, including triage, physical assessment, IV insertion, and medication administration. • Worked as part of interdisciplinary team to provide appropriate, timely care for a broad spectrum patient presentations and diagnoses, including CVA, MI, acute abdominal pain, syncope, cardiac dysrhythmias, diabetic ketoacidosis, acute coronary syndrome, GI bleeds, fractures and dislocations, gunshot wounds, acute pulmonary edema, asthma, acute allergic reactions, emergency child delivery, smoke inhalation, drug overdose, ETOH withdrawal and other conditions.• Triaged, assessed and managed care for patients with psychiatric emergencies or requiring psychiatric evaluation, including suicidality, acute psychosis, mania, depression, schizophrenia, and other conditions.• Member of ED research committee. Planned and implemented research projects, attended monthly research update meetings.• Member of Recruitment and Retention committee. Analyzed and assessed and implemented changes to improve recruitment, retention and staff satisfaction in the ED. Worked to implement a new Nursing Mentorship program for new staff members. From April 2006 to July 2009 (3 years 4 months)