Jorja Creighton

R.N., B.S.N., M.A., C.D.M.S., A.B.D.A., L.P.C., C.l.c.p.
Medical Case Manager, Vocational Specialist

Certifications and Licenses

Experience

Medical Services:

• File reviews
• Initial assessments
• Job-site analyses and modifications
• Coordination of RTW
• ADA consultations
• Life Care Plans

Vocational Services:

• Full vocational assessments for coordination of return-to-work at former or alternate employer
• Transferable skills analyses
• Comprehensive vocational testing and reporting
• Vocational counseling
• Job seeking skills training
• On-the-job evaluation and training programs
• IME coordination
• Medical management
• Catastrophic case management
• Pediatric case management
• Chronic pain management
• Self-directed job search
• Formal direct placement/training plans
• Residual wage earning capacity evaluation
• Expert witness testimony
• Labor market surveys
• Job development
• Self-employment plans
• Transitional work programs and disability management consultations

Services Included:

Medically and vocationally managed and assessed Workers Compensation, Liability, Long-term Disability and Auto No-fault cases to facilitate return of injured/ill clients to productive lifestyles in an efficient, cost-effective and timely manner

Supervised and directed activities of fifteen rehabilitation specialists covering Western and Northern lower Michigan

Assisted in needs assessment and implementation of timely, cost-effective rehabilitation services in compliance with corporate standards

Services Included:

• Instructed second year nursing students in pediatric and leadership nursing
• Directed students in clinical experience

Services Included:

• Responsible for development of health care unit under Department of Labor Guidelines, serving 200 on-campus students
• Supervised nursing staff providing medical care as outlined by physicians; contracted and supervised physicians, dentists, and mental health providers

• Practiced in a variety of settings as a Registered Nurse in direct patient care
• Evening charge nurse of Medical-Surgical Unit
• Evening charge nurse in Pediatric and Pediatric Intensive Care

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA - Distance Education Program
Life Care Planning Program (3/2009)

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY - Lansing, MI
Master of Arts: Rehabilitation Counseling with Vocational Emphasis (1987)

NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY - Marquette, MI
Bachelor of Science: Nursing (1977)

* Yearly continuing education required to maintain professional certifications.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Board of Disability Analyst #2349-1996
• Michigan Rehabilitation Association (past member)
• Rehabilitation Insurance Nurses Council
• Michigan Rehabilitation Providers in Private Sector (past)
• Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society