Michelle Larson
Scottsdale
Summary
Multi-talented leader with exceptional success handling healthcare operational requirements. Expertise in all aspects of hospital leadership including inpatient, emergency medicine, surgical services, procedural, patient flow, sterile processing, command center, accreditation and regulatory, hospital expansion and design, emergency management, financial stewardship, human resource management, quality improvement, and alternative care models. Excellent relationship-building, communication and collaboration skills. Pragmatic and intelligent with a discerning and diplomatic nature.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Vice Chair of Hospital Operations
Mayo Clinic Hospital
08.2023 - Current
- Administrator leading hospital operations for a 368 inpatient and 35 observation bed academic medical center including physician and nursing partnerships, strategic planning, fiscal planning, productivity management, and personnel management for practices totaling more than 160+ physicians and 1000+ allied health staff.
- Worked collaboratively with hospital medical director and chief nursing officer to operationalize hospital priorities including hospital data strategy, creation of organ donation subcommittee, stabilization of alternative care models, behavioral health workgroup, and promotion of innovative digital solutions.
Nurse Administrator
Mayo Clinic In Arizona
12.2015 - 08.2023
- Hospital Surgical Services, 2021 - 2023
- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases/Radiology, 2017 - 2021
- Ambulatory Surgical and Procedural Departments, 2015 - 2017
- Successfully eliminated contract labor in hospital surgical services and recognized increased surgical volumes of 5.1% 2022 vs. prior year.
- In partnership with the surgical and procedural chair and associate administrator, created a roadmap for operating room construction and remodel while continuing to exceed surgical volume and operating margin targets.
- Automated the justification process for surgeons requesting new supplies via the Surgical Supplies Equipment and Technology Subcommittee.
- Created a sterile processing educational program to increase the pipeline of qualified and certified sterile processing technicians.
- Developed and implemented a quality improvement initiative resulting in a 32% reduction in VTE in the perioperative environment.
- Operationalized extended recovery reducing overall outpatients in a bed in the inpatient units to 1.5% of total patient days.
- Created the Cardiology SOS Clinic in collaboration with the physician chair and operations administrator to decrease emergency department visits by 53% and hospital admissions by 71%.
Nurse Manager, Intensive Care Unit
Mayo Clinic Hospital
05.2004 - 12.2015
- Expanded the ICU from 20 beds to 30 beds.
- Created the Rapid Response Nurse program.
- Serviced as secretary of the Resuscitation Subcommittee and operationalized all code blue logistics resulting in exceptional outcomes exceeding all national benchmarks.
- Operationalized the RN ECMO Specialist, Cardiac Transport Team, and ICU heart and liver transplant processes.
Supervisor, ICU, INT, and Dialysis
Mayo Clinic Hospital
04.2003 - 05.2004
Team Leader, ICU
Mayo Clinic Hospital
07.1998 - 04.2003
Registered Nurse, CVICU
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
06.1997 - 07.1998
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
St. John Macomb Hospital
04.1994 - 06.1997
Registered Nurse, ICU
Northern Michigan Hospital
07.1991 - 04.1994
Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice - Healthcare Quality, Education, Safety And Tech
Loyola University of Chicago
Chicago, IL05.2015
Master of Science - Nursing
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ05.2004
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, MI1997
Associate of Science - Nursing
Glen Oaks Community College
Centreville, MI1991
Skills
- Financial Leadership
- Talent Recruitment
- Regulatory Compliance
- Excellent Communication
- Effective Communicator and Public Speaker
- Results Orientation
- Industry Expertise
- Operations Management
- Program Management
- Key relationship development
Certification
- Licensed Arizona, Registered Nurse - 1997 - 2025
- Nurse Executive, ANCC - 2015 - current
- CCRN-K, AACN - 2001 - current
- Mayo Clinic Quality Fellow - Silver - 2011
Organizational Responsibilities and Committees
Hospital Practice Subcommittee - Secretary - 2023 - Present
Organ Donation Subcommittee - Co-Chair - 2024
Officers and Councilors; Councilor - Administration and Legal - 2023 - Present
Accreditation and Regulatory Subcommittee - Member
Clinical Practice Committee - Member
Enterprise Operations Command Center - Member
Environmental Health, Safety, and Security Subcommittee - Member
Pediatric - Adolescent Medicine Subcommittee - Member
Space and Capital Committee - Member
Surgical and Procedural Committee - Member
Surgical Quality Subcommittee - Member
Transplant Quality Committee - Member
Workplace Violence Prevention - Member
Timeline
Vice Chair of Hospital Operations
Mayo Clinic Hospital
08.2023 - Current
Nurse Administrator
Mayo Clinic In Arizona
12.2015 - 08.2023
Nurse Manager, Intensive Care Unit
Mayo Clinic Hospital
05.2004 - 12.2015
Supervisor, ICU, INT, and Dialysis
Mayo Clinic Hospital
04.2003 - 05.2004
Team Leader, ICU
Mayo Clinic Hospital
07.1998 - 04.2003
Registered Nurse, CVICU
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
06.1997 - 07.1998
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
St. John Macomb Hospital
04.1994 - 06.1997
Registered Nurse, ICU
Northern Michigan Hospital
07.1991 - 04.1994
Doctor of Nursing Practice - Healthcare Quality, Education, Safety And Tech
Loyola University of Chicago
Master of Science - Nursing
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Detroit Mercy
Associate of Science - Nursing
Glen Oaks Community College
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