• Job Target: CNO
• Employment Status: Unspecified
• Experience Level: Not Specified
• Seeking: Full-Time
• Industry: Nursing Resumes

• Salary: 120000 to 13000
• Degree: Not Specified
• Security Clearance: None
• Travel: Not Specified
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1921 Sheffield Drive Nacogdoches,Texas 75965 Phone 936-568-3134 tommy.mars@tenethealth.com Tommy L. Mars, RN, MSN EDUCATION: 1993 Bachelor of Science George Mason University Nursing Fairfax, VA 1996 Master of Science New Mexico State University Nursing Administration Las Cruces, NM PROFESSIONAL LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS: Texas Registered Nurse Expires: March, 2007 Colorado Registered Nurse Expires: Sept., 2006 Infection Control Certification in Standards of Infection Control 1994 Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School Risk Management Certification Program ñ Finch University of Health 1998 of Health Sciences at the Chicago Medical School CLINICAL PRACTICE AREAS: Acute Care - Emergency Services, Med/Surg, Oncology Other - Case Management, Risk Management, Infection Control, Public Health, Ambulatory Clinics, Physician Practices, Special Populations (Native Americans, Homeless, Migrant Workers), Academia, Medical Staff Services, Ancillary Services (Lab, Radiology, Respiratory, Pharmary), Nursing and Ancillary Administration EXPERIENCE: 6/05 - Present Nacogdoches Medical Center Nacogdoches, Texas Position: Chief Quality Officer The Chief Quality Officer is a member of the Senior Management Team reporting directly to the CEO. The CQO has direct day-to-day operational responsibility of the Professional Services Department which includes Quality, Case Management, Risk Management, Patient Relations, Medical Staff Services, and Infection Control. The CQO also has direct supervisory responsibility for the Directors of the following Ancillary Departments: Pharmacy, Lab, Radiology, and Respiratory and is the Cancer Product Line Champion. NMC is a for-profit Tenet owned facility. ----- 1/03 - 6/05 The Medical Center of Aurora Aurora, Colorado Position: Director, Med/Surg, Oncology and Case Management The Director, Med/Surg, Oncology and Case Management has day-to-day operational and planning responsibility for a 54 bed inpatient unit with 100+ employees and the Case Management Department with 15 employees. There was dual reporting lines to the CNO for the nursing function and the CFO for the Case Management functions. The Medical Center of Aurora is a for-profit HCA owned facility. ----- 2/99 - 12/02 Covenant Health System Lubbock, Texas Position: (at departure) Director, Oncology Services The Director, Oncology Services is responsible for patient care provided by Oncology Services at Covenant Health System. The care is provided in Covenantís two inpatient oncology-med/surg units (on two different campuses), a free-standing research and treatment center, and a physician practice group. The Director reported directly to the CNO (Executive Vice President) of Covenant Health System. As Director, Oncology Services was appointed to establish the Nursing Center of Excellence and lead the Magnet Hospital designation initiative. Prior to 2001 served as Director, Clinical Services responsible for patient care personnel (nursing, lab, radiology) and the quality and regulatory initiatives at Covenant Medical Groupís 100+ primary care clinics and primary care/specialty physician offices in Lubbock, West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. Direct supervision was provided for Nurse and Ancillary Service Managers in five geographic areas covering over 50,000 square miles. The Director, Clinical services reported directly to the Executive VP and COO of Covenant Medical Group. Covenant Health Systems is a religious-based non-profit health system. ----- 6/96 - 2/99 Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center Alamogordo, NM Position: Chief Quality Officer The CQO is one of three ìChiefî Administrators reporting directly to the CEO who also serves as the Legal Compliance Officer. The CQO has direct administrative responsibility for Case Management, Staff Education and Development, Infection Control, Employee Health, Risk Management, and Quality departments. The CQO also serves in a similar capacity for the White Sands Health Care Plan and the White Sands IPA, both established by the Medical Center. For the first six months at GCRMC I served as Director, Emergency Services at GCRMC. GCRMC is a county-owned non-profit hospital. ----- 5/91 - 6/96 United States Public Health Service Multiple Locations Within the U.S. Position: Commissioned Nurse Officer Duty stations included Mescalero Indian Hospital, Mescalero, NM; Office of the Director, Division of Nursing, Indian Health Service, Rockville, MD; Senior Nurse COSTEP Officer, Indian Health Service, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing, Advanced Education Branch, HRSA, Rockville, MD; and Office of the Chief Nurse of the USPHS, Division of Nursing, HRSA, Rockville, MD. ----- 1977 - 1991 Service Industries Various management positions of increasing responsibility in the retail and restaurant industries leading ultimately to the positions of Senior General Manager and Northern Regional Training Director for a national restaurant chain. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 2000 - 2002 Adjunct Faculty Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Nursing Program 1996 - 1998 Nursing Instructor New Mexico State University Alamogordo, NM 1998 Associate Professor, Nursing Adminstration New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM

Job Target

CNO