2300 Englewood Drive

Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35405

205-523-3637
daphnejames@ymail.com

DAPHNE COCKRELL- JAMES, CRNP

OBJECTIVE Highly motivated, experienced nurse practitioner who serves as a liaison
and advocate for the staff, veterans, and families to assure excellent
delivery of care. Motivated and encouraged other to pursue goal and assist
with patient to maintain health or restore health functions.

SKILLS & ABILITIES  Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting

 Good active-therapeutic communication and collegiality skills
 Positive, flexible, and solution-focused attitude
 Ability to quickly synthesize medical and psychiatric data and
formulate effective and evidence based clinical recommendations
 Experience as a dual nurse practitioner with primary/ psychiatric
treatment, consultants, and referrals
 Compassionate, adaptable, approachable, advocate/liaison, and
sensitivity-focused trained
 Excellent leadership, coaching, and supervisory skills

EXPERIENCE 02/2015-present
Nurse: Grade 3, Step 6 (nurse practitioner scale)
Salary: 109,800.00 annual
Hours per week: 40-60 hours
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Military Sexual Trauma
Coordinator, (federal job)
Mental Health Outpatient Clinic, Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 3701 Loop
Road East, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35405
Duties, Accomplishment and Related Skills
Senior and expert coordinator of the military sexual trauma program. Conducts
Comprehensive and Focus Mental Status Exam daily to provided appropriate and timely
diagnosis and treatment to ensure quality care for over 700 patients with acute and chronic
mental health and medical conditions
 Initiates daily assignment for the program. Evaluates and review updated policies
and procedures annual for compliance. Provide support for front line staffs and
nurse, and other allied to health care to ensure quality behavior services.
 Autonomous role to assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluation care to treat
individual with psychiatric disorders along with substance abuse, domestic
violence, and sexual trauma. Works diligently with case managers for psychosocial
needs.
 Leads and coordinates/manages a mental health crisis intervention team for
inpatient admission to expedite urgent outpatient consults/ or direct admissions
approximately 10-12 patient’s walk-in per week with suicidal/homicidal ideation
or psychosis along with scheduled panel of patients.
 Coordinates and treat substance use disorder along with referrals and consults to
the Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment program for dual
 treatment modality.
 Serves as a resource and advocate for underserved and vulnerable Veterans who
are chronically homeless with complex serious mental ill with comorbid problems.
Collaborates with Pharm-D regarding evidence-based treatment in controlled
substances, suboxone, naltrexone, electroconvulsive therapy, and transcranial
magnetic stimulator.

 Budgets Funds: Spending plan request for patients’ residential care and events
planning budget $500-$3000 per events.
 Women and Men Cognitive Processing Groups psychotherapy every quarter 5-10
patients due to COVID protocol.
 Follows/hospital policy/procedures of VHA guideline of utilization or appropriated
medications, labs tests, consults, and referrals. Leads and organized delivery-of-
care to assure continuity of care, including same day access.
 Coordinates/Participates on multiple Mental health committee to updates
programmatic and systems risk factors that may need improving.
 Complete 10-25 consults per week for traumatic stress screenings.
 Experience delivery of clinic services via various Telehealth modality including VA
Video Connect and Clinical Video Telehealth.
Supervisor: Dr. Mary Strong, phone #: (205) 657-2372-may contact

03/2019-REMAIN
Salary: $23,000
Weekend Supervisor for Psychiatric walk-in clinic and nurse supervisor
Hours per week: 8-12 hours on weekend
Advance Practice/Nurse Supervisor for weekend: Maude L. Whatley Health Department
2731 Martin Luther King, Bld. Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35405 (community health department)
Duties, Accomplishment and Related Skills
 Advance Practice/Nurse Supervision for weekend staff.
 Manages patients with serious mental illness along with substance abuse(Phoenix
House), domestic violence, and sexual assault(Turning Point organizations)
 Assist with weekend scheduling and assignment.
 Training and education monthly as needed.
 Oversees COVID testing on weekend
 Manages weekend staff: nursing assistants, medical assistants, secretaries,
registered nurses and two (2) nurse practitioners.
 Monitor and reports performance measures and rate annual performance
evaluations
Supervisor: David Gay, phone #: (205) 242-6182-may contact

08/2008-02/2015
Salary: $89,000
Nurse: Grade 3, Step 3 (nurse scale)
Hours per week:40-60 hours/weekends
Registered Nurse and Acting Unit Manager, Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation
Treatment Program, Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 3701 Loop Road East,
Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 (federal job)
Duties, Accomplishment and Related Skills
 Acted/ United Manager for( 2) two -years (accepted to Nurse Practitioner
Program)
 Coordinated/supervised all nursing duties/assignments to the program.
 Oversees Safe Medication Policy compliance.
 Reviewed and revised policies of the program annually.

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  Managed and assisted with substance abuse, homelessness, domestic violence,
sexual assault, and legal issues along with interdisciplinary team
 Chart audits and reviews.
 Participate in Interdisciplinary Treatment Team/Complete RN portion of treatment
plan (Mental Health Suite)/Electronic Health Record compliance
 Health
 Reviewed timely RN assessments within 24 hours and monthly peer reviews.
 Pain and Education Coordinator.
 Co-chair Research and Development Committee.
 Veteran’s Health Education Committee.
 Complete shift reports/work-schedule for 24/7-day workweek
 Coordinate reports for transfers and discharges.
 Coordinate and assisted sick call for medical and psychiatric evaluation and
treatment.
 Provide nursing reports for national performance measures.
 Ensure compliance with all CARF and The Joint Commission requirements.
 Member of Medical Executive Committee every month
Supervisor: David Gay, phone #: (205) 242-6182-may contact

03/2006-08/2008
Salary: $68,000
Nurse: Grade 2, Step 3 (nurse scale)
Hours per week:40-60 hours/weekends
Staff Registered Nurse, Acute Psychiatric Unit, Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
3701 Loop Road East, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 (federal job)
Duties, Accomplishment and Related Skills
 Staff nursing duties/education coordinator for the unit of Mental Health
 Group coordinator of medical management/administration

09/1998-03/2006
Salary: $49,712

EDUCATION SCHOOL NAME, LOCATION, DEGREE

Nurse Practitioner, August 2014
Master of Nursing-Dual concentration: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
&Family Practice Nurse Practitioner
650 University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing
Tuscaloosa, AL, 35404
GPA-3.9

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, August 2011

University of Phoenix
Birmingham, AL
GPA-3.2

Associate of Science Degree in Nursing, August 2006

Shelton State Community College
Tuscaloosa, AL, 35404
GPA: 3.1

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 CERTIFICATIONS  ANCC Board Certified for Family Nurse Practitioners, 10/2/2019-10/1/2024
 ANCC Board Certified for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Across the
Lifespan), 1/8/2020-1/8/2025
 Tele Mental Health and Tele Health Video Conference
 Buprenorphine certification waiver (30 patients per year)
 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) license recertified 12/2021-12/2023
 Multi-state compact nursing licenses 12/2021-12/2023
 Legal Nurse Certifications- completed on 10/2022

REFERENCES Christina Rice-previous Housing of Urban Development for Veterans

supervisor in 2012 @ Tuscaloosa Veteran Affairs Medical Center
3701 Loop Road, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35405
(205)614-1528
Rochelle Riddle(nurse)-professional coworker at Tuscaloosa Veteran
Affairs Medical Center
3701 Loop Road, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35405
(205)765-2502
Lane Cabrera-previous Residential Rehabilitation program supervisor in
2008-2012@ Tuscaloosa Veteran Affairs Medical Center
3701 Loop Road, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35405
(205)886-4605

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