Heather DuHamel Sams

About Heather

An experienced and very skillful Registered Nurse committed to working in a film or television production setting. Wide knowledge of educating people of different ages and backgrounds on various health topics including COVID-19 safety and health practices in a production environment. Manage the policy and protocol guidelines related to COVID-19 to keep production cast, crew, and staff safe from COVID-19 including developing, implementing and maintaining process through entire production schedule. Educate all production staff, cast, and crew related to COVID-19 policies, protocols, and guidelines. Managing the COVID-19 testing process from start to finish for 300+ cast and crew members that are testing several times a week. Work with medical placement company to manage on set nursing and laboratory staff. Manage the on-set Health and Safety team that includes Health and Safety Manager, COVID Compliance Officers, Set PAs, and Office Pas. Manage the procurement, distribution, storage, and inventory of personal protective equipment and hygiene supplies. Manage the isolation/quarantine of appropriate production team members and their safe return to work according to Safe Way Forward, DGA, PGA, SAG-AFTRA guidelines. Appropriately communicate positive COVID-19 test results to appropriate production executives, studio executives, and department heads including daily reports about testing pools. Conduct contact tracing on all positive cases with close contact information given to appropriate parties. Monitor cast and crew for COVID-19 compliance protocol including on set inspections. Work alongside studio epidemiologist to identify and monitor positive cases of COVID-19. Work alongside production crews (production management, directors, locations, extras casting, and transportation) to ensure all infectious disease policies are being proactively enacted. Medical device consultation. Worked with cast and crew to assist with emergency medical treatment and chronic health conditions. Personal assistant to actors in film and television. Extensive and varied marketing and managerial background. Willing to work statewide.