john Cruz

P.O. Box 1618, Beaverton, OR 97075  (530) 415-7177 

Executive Director

My optimum goal is to bring Professionalism, Integrity, Excellence, and Quality to your organization. My well-founded business acumen in conjunction with my work diversity provides the highest level of performance.

Core Qualifications

Human Resources
Regulatory Compliance
Sales/Marketing / Management/Restructuring
Problem Resolution
Financial Reports / Project Management
Nurture Community Involvement & Professional Contacts

Management

Twelve years management experience including seven years as Senior Executive in the Healthcare Field

Ten years experience managing 5 to 7 different departments with 32-40 employees

Responsible for all aspects of human resources including: ethnic and culture diversity in diverse populations, Human Capital, and organizational strategy and theory

Organized new or existing projects within an organization.

Established operational procedures and bylaws for state and federal programs. Overseen two newly developed state pilot programs. These include: long/short term range goals, team evaluations, maximizing staffing, and financial budgeting

Supervised accounting, purchasing, payroll, budgets, and negotiating technique

Effectively planned and implement organizational changes, resolved conflicts arising from resistance to change, and managed risks during implementation

Demonstrated leadership and foster multidisciplinary team development

Nurtured working relationships and cooperative arrangement with community groups and organizations

Comprehensive knowledge and compliance with federal and state regularity requirements (HIPPA) relevant to Healthcare Operations

Extensive experience reading, understanding, and interpreting state and federal contracts

Orchestrated services with nurse, physical therapist, occupational therapist, and speech therapist for residents

Worked closely with discharge planner, home health agency, conservators, and families or POA

Led daily stand up meetings and quarterly service plan meetings

Organize events with community support agencies along with community/family awareness education training

Acute Care and Mental Health

Seven years EMS, sub-acute, and acute work experience in hospital setting

Worked with Multi Diagnosed adults/adolescents,D/D and elderly populations in an Inpatient & Outpatient environment.

Coordinate or direct employee workshops, courses or training about mental health illness.

Encouraged clients to express their feelings and successes with what is happing in their lives, thus helping them to develop insight into themselves and their relationships.

Managed cultural, socio-economic,and language factors that affect service delivery to ethnic populations as assigned.

Utilized the principles, practices, and techniques of psychotherapy and psychiatric casework and/or substance abuse treatment.

Comprehensive knowledge of social aspects, attitudes, characteristics, and behaviors of mental illness and emotional disturbances and/or substance abuse.

Additional responsibilities included:

Monitoring patient behaviors and vital signs

Program observation with patients and staff

Plan, organize or lead structured programs of counseling, work, study, recreational or social activities for clients

Monitored client’s use of medication

Gather information about family history and for use in conjunction with therapy

Counsel family members to assist them in the understanding, dealing with or supporting clients

Evaluate clients physical and mental conditions basedon review of client information intake and discharge history

Employment

RN Villa Care (40 Bed/6 Bed Bariatric Program) Portland, OR

Executive Director 2/15 to Current

Contracted Interim Positions Surrounding Portland Areas

Executive Director (Interim) 5/14 to 2/15

Farmington Square-Exclusively Memory Care (74 Bed) Medford, OR

Executive Director 1/13 to 12/13

Assisted Living Concepts Inc. (46 Bed) Bend, OR

Resident Director (Interim) 9/12 to 12/12

Waterleaf Assisted Living (50 Bed) Sacramento, CA

Executive Director 11/07 to 8/12

LandMark Pharmaceuticals Northern CA

Pharmaceutical Representative 5/07 to 10/07

First National Bank of AZ Sacramento, CA

Account Executive 5/05 to 4/07

AmericaOne Finance Chico, CA

Senior Loan Officer/Branch Manager10/02 to 11/05

Empire Mortgage Chico, CA

Senior Loan Officer/Branch Manager 10/00 to 10/02

R.E.M Tucson, AZ

Program Manager (DD/Psychiatric) 4/99 to 8/00

Pascua Yaqui Tribe/Procurement Tucson, AZ

Purchasing Agent/Contract Specialist 1/97 to 3/99

Education

University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Bachelors-Organizational Behavior & Leadership

Butte Community College, Oroville, CA

Associates-Social and Behavioral Science

Licenses

ALF–Certificate Oregon, RCFE-California License, QE Designee Training, CPR & First Aid certificate, Medication Adm. Certificate.

Previous Licenses: Real Estate, Insurance, E.M.T, C.NA, Fire Fighter-I

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