Alvin Ferrer Email & Phone Number

Falls Church, Va, Us

Arlington, Va, Us

Retired Military

Rockledge, Fl, Us

• Supervise and managed 3 senior paraprofessionals that maintains the daily medical readiness of the Service Members within the unit at 98%.• Established Memorandum of Agreements (MOA) within the neighboring civilian medical centers as a collaboration to train the unit’s paraprofessionals to be abreast of their clinical expertise based on their skill sets resulting in 100% job satisfaction within the ranks.• Maintain the credentials needed with 100% compliance for all the medical professionals within the Hospital Center.• Served as the Liaison Officer for the unit’s remote professionals, working outside the areas of Fort Polk, and giving information needed about the unit’s daily routine or order of business.• Working collaboratively with the local military treatment facility Perioperative Services at Fort Polk, LA establishing rapport and as a staff nurse working in the operating room to maintain clinical hours and experience.

• Supervised over 20 personnel both professionals and paraprofessionals working in a 6 Operating Room Suites.• Maintained about 3,500 surgical procedures annually involving 9 surgical services during this period.• Provided care for patients ranging from infants to geriatrics and direct patient care and application of clinical and technical knowledge of both scrub and circulating duties. • Maintained Nursing Standards set by the Association of the Operating Room nurses (AORN), The Joint Commission (TJC), and the guidelines and regulations established by the U.S. Army Department of Nursing.• Served as the Director of Nursing for the Perioperative Services when needed and oversaw the preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative, and the sterile processing with the Perioperative Services unit.

Fort Hood, Texas, Us

• Displayed superior abilities related to anticipating the special needs of the surgical environment.• Served as the primary Hand Surgical Service Nurse overseeing 40 preference cards for the 3 Hand Surgeons assigned.• Circulated over 3500 surgical case hours of various services while maintaining the Floor Coordinator status.• Assisted in ordering necessary surgical supplies and equipment from different services costing almost 5 million dollars.

Served as the Clinical Nurse Manager for the local Warrior Transition Unit and as the Assistant Nurse Manager for the combined Intermediate Care Ward (ICW) and Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) using the holistic nursing assessment.• Using the team approach on case management, evaluated and assisted over 50 Wounded Service Members during this time in meeting their patient care needs, managing their daily appointments throughout the process either staying in military service or transitioned out from the military with collaboration with the Veterans Affairs (VA).• Prior to Case Management, served as the Assistant Nurse Manager for a 14 bed ICW and 4 recovery bed PACU helped facilitated patient movement, resolved clinical problems, and directed discharge planning.• Maintained the daily work schedule for over 10 personnel assigned to the ICW and PACU.

Fort Bliss, Texas, Us

Served as the Clinical Staff Nurse on a 41 bed Medical, Surgical, and Telemetry Unit with an average daily census of 30 daily admissions at the time.• Maintained accurate and timely documentation of patient’s care plans and other clinical needs.• Elevated to the role of Charge Nurse due to superb clinical thinking skills, supervised up to 8 licensed professionals and 4 paraprofessionals per working hour shift.• Participated in the Morale and Welfare Committee, helped facilitated multiple “Hail and Farewell” events for the unit.• Proficient in reading electrocardiogram (ECG) rhythm and collaborated with providers when issues on patient’s health status arise.

Toledo, Ohio, Us

Clinical Staff Nurse on over 100+ room Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) with capabilities of assisting the geriatric population on both their rehabilitation and their daily living status.• Worked with 2 paraprofessionals per working hour shift and assisted in nursing assessment on patients with dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and post-surgical patient population.• Served as the lead Admission Nurse when on shift and worked jointly with the admission provider on call.• At times, performed the role of the afternoon shift Nursing Supervisor for 2 departments with over 12 staff between both departments.

Carson City, Nevada, Us

Collaborated as a Staff Registered Nurse in the emergency setting with multi-disciplinary teams in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating critical, emergent, and non-emergent conditions of the patient population.• Worked as a newly graduate Registered Nurse at this time and learned the basic of the nursing assessment in the emergency nursing environment.• Assessed, triaged, and coordinated care of patients in 8-bed Emergency Department (ED) of a rural regional hospital with 10,000+ emergency visits per year.

Washington, Dc, Us

Served as a Healthcare Specialist in the 1st Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) between air and ground forces elements specialized in military physicals, hearing readiness, and aircraft accident mishaps investigation.• Maintained 100% medical readiness for over 1,000+ Sailors and Marines during the Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) initial campaign.• Maintained and assured accuracy of military records for the military personnel and their families.• Managed and developed Immunization Program both in garrison, pre-deployment, and post-deployment status.• Led a department of 6 Sailors in the flawless and efficient execution of medical readiness, sick-call, and hearing conservation while aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and during the OIF campaign.

Served as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in a 50+ room Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) and provided high quality patient care for short-term rehabilitation, long-term skilled nursing care, adult day care, and memory care.• Actively supported nursing staff in major broad range duties as needed such as vital signs check, catheter care, colostomy care, wound maintenance, and tracheostomy care.• Collaborated with healthcare team to achieve patient centered care and improve outcomes.• Established rapport with patients to advocate for their medical care.• Reported any abnormal vital signs, blood sugars, or symptoms to the assigned nurse immediately.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

Associate Of Arts - Aa, General Studies