Julie Pollack
Berlin, CT
Summary
Master’s-prepared Registered Nurse and 2025 Nightingale Award recipient with 15 years of clinical experience spanning acute care, virtual nursing, clinical informatics, AI-driven predictive analytics, quality improvement, and patient education. Proven success integrating clinical decision-support technology across multi-hospital systems while maintaining patient safety, operational efficiency, and demonstrated HIPAA-compliant handling of protected health information (PHI). Trusted patient advocate and cross-functional clinical partner skilled in workflow assessment, deployment support, and clinician education. Experienced in analyzing outcomes and communicating complex clinical concepts to diverse audiences.
Overview
1
1
Certification
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse - Virtual Care
Trinity Healthcare
Hartford
01.2024 - Current
- Led virtual care for hospitalized patients through chart review, admission assessments, virtual rounding, medication reconciliation, discharge planning, and proactive clinical surveillance to ensure comprehensive patient management.
- Directed nursing insights in implementing and optimizing virtual-care workflows, enhancing staff adoption through education and responsive problem-solving to create a collaborative care environment.
- Transformed real-time clinical data, documentation, lab and diagnostic results, and changes in condition into actionable recommendations for bedside nurses, physicians, and interdisciplinary teams to enhance patient care.
- Utilized Epic EHR, telehealth platforms, and clinical decision-support tools to enhance documentation quality, facilitate care-team communication, improve patient safety, and streamline workflow.
Clinical Virtual Nurse Coordinator
HCA Virtual Care Center
Denver
01.2022 - 01.2024
- Collaborated with hospital clients, nursing leaders, physicians, informatics teams, and operational stakeholders to integrate technology-enabled workflows and centralized monitoring, improving patient care across eight regional hospitals.
- Led change-management and clinician-adoption efforts by assessing workflows, engaging stakeholders, providing implementation support and education on predictive analytics and data interpretation.
- Used HCA's proprietary AI-driven predictive analytics, AirStrip, Philips and GE telemetry, and clinical decision-support tools to proactively identify hospitalized patients at risk for deterioration and guide patient-specific interventions.
- Analyzed clinical and operational data to identify barriers to adoption, workflow gaps, and improvement opportunities; developed actionable protocols and standardized processes for leadership.
- Communicated program outcomes and clinical insights to division-level leaders while serving as a clinical resource to align frontline needs with technology, implementation, and quality priorities.
Registered Nurse - Patient Placement Coordinator (PRN)
HCA Transfer Center
Denver
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Evaluated complex clinical information, acuity, specialty requirements, and capacity constraints to ensure safe patient placement across multi-hospital system.
- Developed relationships with referring facilities, receiving hospitals, emergency departments, and inpatient teams to identify barriers and expedite care transitions.
- Utilized proprietary digital visualization platform for real-time data and predictive analytics, enhancing bed availability and streamlining patient flow.
Registered Nurse - Sepsis and Stroke Coordinator
Suburban Medical Center
Thornton
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Managed sepsis program initiatives, including implementation and monitoring of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign bundle to strengthen early recognition, treatment reliability, and patient outcomes.
- Conducted chart reviews and clinical data abstraction for stroke and sepsis populations, evaluating workflows, treatment timing, documentation, and adherence to CMS and Joint Commission standards to enhance patient outcomes.
- Analyzed performance trends to identify gaps in clinical outcomes; collaborated with frontline teams and leaders to develop countermeasures and optimize workflows, enhancing overall care delivery.
- Directed system-wide transition of thrombolytic medications across hospital and freestanding emergency departments, leading protocol design, stakeholder alignment, implementation, staff education, and outcome monitoring to ensure compliance and improve care delivery.
- Presented clinical evidence and program results to hospital leadership, translating emerging research and quality metrics into actionable practice changes that guided clinical decision-making.
Registered Nurse - Perioperative Department
Saint Joseph Hospital
Denver
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Conducted preoperative chart review and patient assessment, synthesizing medical history, medications, laboratory results, and diagnostics to identify patient risk, facilitating safe clinical decisions.
- Coordinated individualized care workflows with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and interdisciplinary teams to ensure accurate EHR documentation and adherence to regulatory compliance.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive patient care plans.
Registered Nurse - Medical-Surgical Step-Down Unit
Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein Hospital
New York
01.2014 - 01.2018
- Delivered high-acuity care for medical, surgical, neurological, stroke, and postoperative populations, integrating assessments, telemetry, laboratory data, and treatment response to inform rapid clinical decisions.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to manage complex therapies, identify patient deterioration, and implement standardized evidence-based care to enhance patient safety and ensure continuity of care.
- Coordinated interdisciplinary patient care to achieve optimal health outcomes.
- Educated patients and families on post-discharge care and medication management to promote adherence and prevent readmissions.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
New York University College of Nursing
New York, NY01-2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
New York University College of Nursing
New York, NY01-2014
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology and Sociology
Lafayette College
Easton, Pennsylvania01-2011
Skills
- Telehealth platforms
- EHR optimization
- Clinical decision support
- Predictive analytics
- AI analytics
- AI integration strategies
- Workflow development
- Process improvement
- Quality enhancement
- Telemetry monitoring
- Patient outcome reporting
- Medical record review
- Clinician training
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
Certification
- Active Multistate Registered Nurse License,
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
NIH Stroke Scale Certification
Timeline
Registered Nurse - Virtual Care
Trinity Healthcare
01.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse - Patient Placement Coordinator (PRN)
HCA Transfer Center
01.2023 - 01.2024
Clinical Virtual Nurse Coordinator
HCA Virtual Care Center
01.2022 - 01.2024
Registered Nurse - Sepsis and Stroke Coordinator
Suburban Medical Center
01.2022 - 01.2023
Registered Nurse - Perioperative Department
Saint Joseph Hospital
01.2018 - 01.2019
Registered Nurse - Medical-Surgical Step-Down Unit
Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein Hospital
01.2014 - 01.2018
Master of Science - Nursing, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
New York University College of Nursing
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
New York University College of Nursing
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology and Sociology
Lafayette College