Christopher Goisse has nearly 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP-BC). His distinguished career includes honours and awards from former employers who recognized his efforts in streamlining operations and finding cost-cutting opportunities for organizations. His thirst for knowledge means he's always looking for ways to improve and advance his skills while also looking to help people live better lives.
Christopher's extensive public-sector experience has prepared him to be an effective administrator and mental health nurse practitioner. His primary focus is on assisting people in understanding their mental health disorders and demonstrating how to live better lives using proven therapeutic techniques.
Current Role and Responsibilities
Christopher works as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner at Innovative Behavioral Medicine in Silver Spring, MD. He treats disorders such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia in patients aged 13 and up. He has been working in his current position for about four years. Patients regard him highly and believe he does an excellent job of getting them to address their mental health issues without judgment, with deft skill and a caring demeanour.
Career Background
Christopher Goisse has a distinguished career in assisting populations ranging from prisons to immigrants and patients in private healthcare systems. He spent the first few years of his psychiatric nurse career working part-time at two hospitals. His primary responsibilities included evaluating and assessing patients with adolescent, geriatric, and substance use issues.
He developed administrative skills at WVU Hospitals - Ruby Memorial Hospital during this time. He gained experience in various physical healthcare specialities such as ENT, general medicine, cardiology, etc. Christopher also trained and coordinated staff, as well as mentored new employees. He also oversaw two medical-surgical units with 64 patients and a team of 10 registered nurses, and eight nursing assistants.
Christopher began working as an officer in the United States Public Health Service at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Bruceton Mills, WV, in 2009. His first position was as a clinical nurse, providing direct health care to inmates. He then moved into administrative duties, where he improved, streamlined, and developed new systems to assess various risks inherent in the prison population and find ways to mitigate them for inmate and staff safety. Other responsibilities included reporting communicable diseases to federal and community health agencies and liaising between the facility and public health authorities. These abilities aided him in his advancement to a position as an RN case manager for the United States Marshals Service.
While working for the United States Marshals Service, Christopher Goisse oversaw the care of an average of 60,000 prisoners in around 300 cities across the United States. His responsibilities included managing prisoner medical cases, implementing the USMS National Managed Care Contract for the Western United States, and assisting with infectious disease issues. They belonged to the Process Improvement Committee. He also worked for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, managing a team of three risk managers responsible for 23 ICE detention facilities.
Christopher worked for the US Public Health Service in 2019 before transitioning to private practice in 2020. He now conducts advanced assessments of psychiatric disorders, provides treatments and crisis intervention, and prescribes medications to treat a specific condition or disease.
Academic Background
Christopher began his education as a registered nurse in 2005 at the Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Fayette - Eberly Campus. He returned to school for his Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). He then went to Waynesburg University, earning a Master of Science in Nursing, Nursing Administration and a Master of Business Administration (MBA). In 2017, he completed a post-master certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing/Nursing, with clinical rotations in private outpatient practice and treatment of the severely/chronically mentally ill population.
Other certifications and licenses that Christopher has earned during his career include the following:
Clozaril REMS certification
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
DEA license with Suboxone waiver
Registered tax preparer in Maryland
Certified Correctional Healthcare Professional
Accomplishments/Achievements
Christopher Goisse has contributed significantly to the success of the organizations he has worked for. His efforts improved the quality of care for those for whom the agencies were responsible and the efficiency of healthcare processes. Some of his accomplishments include:
Performing an overhaul of the ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC) healthcare risk management program
Saved United States Marshals Service $1.6 million in healthcare costs during the fiscal year 2016
Passing Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JACHO) and American Correction Association (ACA) reviews
Awards
Throughout his career, Christopher has received awards and citations for his work on behalf of the populations he was responsible for and the organizations for which he worked. Some of his accolades include:
Presidential Unit Citation issued by the Assistant Director for IHSC
Achievement medal issued by the Assistant Director of Prisoner Operations Division
Unit commendation issued by FCC Warden
Awarded for taking a program from a poor rating to a superior review rating.
Personal Passions
Christopher's passion is to work in psychiatry and help people live better lives. While working in the private sector, he has left a legacy of improving public mental health care processes. His efforts have resulted in better care for people needing physical and mental health care. When Christopher isn't busy improving his clients' lives, he travels to new places to see what the world offers.
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