Full Name
Wilson Uy RN, BSN, MHS, HCM, CCHP
Job Title
Clinical Nursing Director II
Company
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Speaker Bio
Mr. Wilson Uy has more than 14 years of experience planning, developing and implementing clinical related programs within the Correctional Health Services (CHS) setting. He has worked in the in-patient and outpatient clinical areas within the correctional health system since 2002 and has excellent organizational skills. He has been the Clinical Nursing Director II since 2011 at the Department of Health Services, Correctional Health Services. Mr. Uy is currently assigned at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility (TTCF) where they house about 3,000 inmates, the majority of which are mentally ill. In 2017, he graduated from the Quality Academy Program at LAC USC and since then has been involved with several quality improvement projects. In 2018, he became a mentor and presenter for the Correctional Health Services Improvement Program specifically conducting presentations on QI tools such as the Root Cause Analysis, Process Mapping, A3 Thinking Process, and Driver Diagram. He has also conducted Introduction to QI presentations to newly hired nursing staff assigned to all LA County jail facilities. He has been granted the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) 2023 award and a Certificate of Recognition from DHS.
In 2021, he received two Certificates of Recognition from the LA County Quality and Productivity Commission, followed by an Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties in 2023 for leading the STEP-UP Huddles on Early Detection of Highly Vulnerable Mentally Ill Patients program at Twin Towers Correctional Facility. In 2024, he received another Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties for leading the Court Ordered Long Acting Injectable Psychotropic Medication (CLAIM) Project working with the LA Superior Court System and Access to Care Bureau.
In 2021, he received two Certificates of Recognition from the LA County Quality and Productivity Commission, followed by an Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties in 2023 for leading the STEP-UP Huddles on Early Detection of Highly Vulnerable Mentally Ill Patients program at Twin Towers Correctional Facility. In 2024, he received another Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties for leading the Court Ordered Long Acting Injectable Psychotropic Medication (CLAIM) Project working with the LA Superior Court System and Access to Care Bureau.