Shannon Beard
Associate Director, Patient Care Services
VA Martinsburg health care
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Ms. Beard is the Associate Director, Patient Care Services.
Ms. Beard is responsible for the executive leadership, strategic planning, policy development, quality oversight, and nursing practice for 935 FTE plus Patient Care Service to include Long Term Care - Community Living Center Nursing, Acute Care Nursing, Ambulatory Care Nursing, Mental Health Nursing, Surgical Nursing Service, Sterile Processing Service, Education Learning Resource, Office of Connected Care / Telehealth, Occupational Health, and Nutrition and Food Service. Ms. Beard has twenty-nine years of diverse mental health and acute care experience. She joined the Martinsburg VA Medical Center in 2008 and has held several positions in Mental Health Nursing Service, to include the Health Maintenance Program Nurse, 3A Domiciliary Clinic Charge Nurse, the Mental Health Domiciliary Clinic and Outpatient Nurse Manager, and was selected in 2018 as the Chief of Mental Health Nursing Service. Ms. Beard served as the Incident Command System Planning Chief, Operation Breathe Easy from March 2020-August 2021. Prior to coming to the VA, she worked at the Berkeley Medical Center as a staff nurse, float nurse, and RN Case Manager. She has her Master of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Phoenix, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Shepherd University and holds a national certification in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing.”