Jackson woman named to post at Specialty Hospital at Kimball

LAKEWOOD - Specialty Hospital at Kimball's new clinical director is Diane Stanaway, of Jackson, who has built a 20-year career in nursing management.

In her new leadership role at the Lakewood-based long term acute care hospital (LTACH), she is responsible for all nursing and respiratory services in the treatment of patients with medically complex conditions requiring an extended hospital stay.

The appointment was announced by AcuteCare Health System (ACHS), an independent provider of long-term acute care, operating two "hospital-within-a-hospital facilities" in Ocean and Mon-mouth counties: Specialty Hospital at Kimball, within Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood, and Specialty Hospital at Monmouth, within Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Both 25-bed facilities are state-licensed LTACHs that offer an intensive level of hospital-based care for 25 days or more.

"We are extremely pleased to welcome Diane, a superbly qualified nursing clinician, mentor and administrator, to our clinical team," said Hilary Michaels, executive director at Specialty Hospital at Kimball. "She brings a level of expertise and professionalism that will benefit our clinical staff and most importantly, our patients and their families."

Before joining Specialty Hospital, Stanaway served for the past six years as clinical director of a medical/surgical unit for hospitalized patients at Monmouth Medical Center. Prior to that, she spent 10 years at Kimball Medical Center as director of patient care for an inpatient unit dedicated to patients with cancer and other serious medical conditions.

Stanaway's appointment represents the latest in a succession of personnel announcements at both specialty hospitals and allows for the transition of LeeAnn Harmon, who had served as clinical director of Specialty Hospital at Kimball, to become external case manager for both specialty hospitals, according to a press release.

In this newly created position, Har-mon collaborates with professionals at other health care facilities to identify patients who would benefit from admission to a specialty hospital.

For more information about Specialty Hospital at Kimball, call (732) 942-3597, and Specialty Hospital at Monmouth, call (732) 923-5037.