Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Languages
Timeline
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A. LEE PORTER

Elkton,MD

Summary

Experienced healthcare professional prepared for advanced nursing responsibilities. Skilled in patient care, diagnosis, and treatment planning. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Adaptable to changing needs and reliable under pressure. Proficient in clinical assessments, patient education, and healthcare management. Recognized for empathy, communication, and leadership abilities.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Adult Nurse Practitioner

Barton Associates
12.2012 - Current

Have provided extensive adult and geriatric care to patients ages 11 through as a Locum Tenen

Geriatric NP - Barton Associates Locum

Communicare Health Services
06.2025 - 09.2025
  • Delivered both acute and chronic care management to geriatric patients under individual care contracts (monthly, quarterly, or as-needed visits).
  • Managed a patient panel of 15–20 patients per day with a goal of achieving 25 RVUs daily.

Geriatric NP - Barton Associates Locum

Communicare Health Services
01.2025 - 05.2025
  • Delivered both acute and chronic care management to geriatric patients under individual care contracts (monthly, quarterly, or as-needed visits).
  • Managed a patient panel of 15–20 patients per day with a goal of achieving 25 RVUs daily.
  • Conducted physical exams, developed treatment plans, monitored chronic conditions, and responded to acute concerns.
  • Collaborated with onsite CNAs and facility staff to ensure continuity of care and timely follow-up.

Matrix Medical Network
08.2024 - 10.2024
  • Providing in home care as a Barton Associates Locum to geriatric patients.

Home Health NP

Signify Health
03.2022 - 02.2024
  • Performed services in New York and Virginia
  • Still credentialed to pick up shifts here, and may do so, but has not since 02/2023.

Adult Nurse Practitioner

Senior Health Care
01.2020 - 04.2020
  • Adult and Geriatric out-patient ambulatory care and internal medicine along with medical management of long-term care patients

Locum Tenens Assignment with Barton Associates Nurse Practitioner

Milton Hershey Cancer Institute
02.2019 - 09.2019
  • Hospitalist/Hospice Internal Medicine and Oncology In-Patient Hospitalist duties and Outpatient Onc-Med Patient Management

Per Diem

Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Locum Tenens Assignment with Barton Associates
12.2013 - 05.2019
  • Locum Tenens, PRN, per diem and temporary advanced practice NP assignments in all facets of adult primary care and internal medicine with geriatrics and community health commonly the focus.

Nurse Practitioner

Anson Regional Medical Services
05.2018 - 10.2018
  • Adult/Family Medicine and Primary Care Practice.
  • Provided all facets of complex medical management for this very poor rural, under-served population.

Nurse Practitioner Locum Tenens Assignment

Cumberland Family Practice
01.2018 - 03.2018
  • NP responsibilities at a Primary Care Family Practice.

Nurse Practitioner Locum Tenens Assignment

Kinston Community Health Center
06.2017 - 10.2017
  • Family Medicine and Primary Care. Provided all facets of medical care for this rural, under-served population.

Nurse Practitioner Locum Tenens Assignment

Duke Regional Hospital and Medical Center
03.2017 - 06.2017
  • LTAC- Long Term Acute Care. Assisted team in providing acute, chronic and critical care to patients within the ICU step down unit.

Locum Tenens Assignment with Barton Associates Nurse Practitioner

Hickory, NC
05.2016 - 02.2017
  • Provided medical management of episodic, chronic and acute illnesses for residents at multiple assisted living, long term care and memory care facilities in the Charlotte, NC area.
  • Performed annual physicals.
  • Provided day to day medical care to all facilities, both chronic and acute.
  • Met with families, addressing questions and concerns as needed.
  • Counseled staff, patients and their families regarding diagnosis, advised treatment and related issues as appropriate.

Nurse Practitioner – Endocrine Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Women's Health

Pineville Endocrine, Metabolism and Women's Health
09.2015 - 03.2016
  • Provided in-depth diabetic and endocrinology assessments and managed new onset and chronic disease.
  • Comprehensive foot and wound assessments and management of chronic disease.
  • Assisted in the establishing a woman's health division as an add-on clinic where Paps, pelvic, breast and rectal examinations were performed.

Locum Tenens Assignment with Barton Associates Nurse Practitioner

Primary Care Family Medicine
01.2015 - 06.2015
  • Provided ancillary assistance to all specialties including psychiatry in the medical maintenance to those patients with dual medical and psychological diagnosis.

Nurse Practitioner Locum Tenens Assignment

Complex Care Solutions
12.2014 - 01.2015
  • In-Home Primary Care Health Assessments and Disease Management.

Nurse Practitioner - Trial Pain and Palliative Care Management

Rutherfordton Pain Clinic
01.2014 - 07.2014
  • Trial chronic pain management and treatment program for patients often exhibiting opioid addiction.
  • Prescribed both controlled and non-controlled pain medications for those patients with chronic, uncontrolled pain.
  • Palliative and Hospice care.
  • Provided thorough history and physical examinations.

Nurse Practitioner Locum Tenens Assignment - Outpatient Family and Internal Medicine

Choptank Community Health Systems
01.2013 - 05.2014
  • Provided medical care coverage to a busy internal medical practice in Eastern Shore Maryland, rotating throughout the organization's various clinical practices.
  • Conducted histories and physicals, medically managed and coordinated the care on internal medicine patients.

Nurse Practitioner Medical Aesthetics and Primary Care

Esteem Health and Wellness Center
08.2009 - 07.2012
  • Provided non-acute episode care and chronic disease management.
  • Conducted pre- and post-operative examinations of gastric bypass patients.
  • Provided aesthetic and bariatric medical services including the administration of neurotoxins and collagen/hyaluronic injections and skin tag, mole, cancer screening and diagnostics along with weight loss programs with and without anorectic drugs

Nurse Practitioner Adult/Geriatric

Mississippi Nurse Practitioners
03.2007 - 06.2009
  • Within assisted living communities and LTC facilities, provided medical care services for multiple physician groups.
  • Duties included daily hospital and daily long-term care rounds and managing hospital discharges and admissions.
  • Provided daily episodic, acute and chronic medical management including foot and wound assessment and treatment.

Education

Master of Science - Adult Primary Care

University of Maryland, Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Skills

  • Effective written and verbal communication
  • Patient-centered care
  • Patient education
  • Diagnosis and treatment
  • Diagnostic screenings
  • Electronic medical records
  • Advanced physical examination
  • Lab result evaluation
  • Preventive care
  • Geriatric care
  • Treatment Planning
  • Physician support
  • Chronic disease management
  • Endocrinology care
  • Clinical decision making
  • Precepting
  • End-of-life care

Accomplishments

    Additional certifications in Men's Health, Woman's Health and Functional Medicine

    Worked as a preceptor to graduate NP's

Certification

Functional Medicine

Wound and Excisional Debridement

Foot and Wound Care Management

Languages

Spanish
Professional Working

Timeline

Geriatric NP - Barton Associates Locum

Communicare Health Services
06.2025 - 09.2025

Geriatric NP - Barton Associates Locum

Communicare Health Services
01.2025 - 05.2025

Matrix Medical Network
08.2024 - 10.2024

Home Health NP

Signify Health
03.2022 - 02.2024

Adult Nurse Practitioner

Senior Health Care
01.2020 - 04.2020

Locum Tenens Assignment with Barton Associates Nurse Practitioner

Milton Hershey Cancer Institute
02.2019 - 09.2019

Nurse Practitioner

Anson Regional Medical Services
05.2018 - 10.2018

Nurse Practitioner Locum Tenens Assignment

Cumberland Family Practice
01.2018 - 03.2018

Nurse Practitioner Locum Tenens Assignment

Kinston Community Health Center
06.2017 - 10.2017

Nurse Practitioner Locum Tenens Assignment

Duke Regional Hospital and Medical Center
03.2017 - 06.2017

Locum Tenens Assignment with Barton Associates Nurse Practitioner

Hickory, NC
05.2016 - 02.2017

Nurse Practitioner – Endocrine Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Women's Health

Pineville Endocrine, Metabolism and Women's Health
09.2015 - 03.2016

Locum Tenens Assignment with Barton Associates Nurse Practitioner

Primary Care Family Medicine
01.2015 - 06.2015

Nurse Practitioner Locum Tenens Assignment

Complex Care Solutions
12.2014 - 01.2015

Nurse Practitioner - Trial Pain and Palliative Care Management

Rutherfordton Pain Clinic
01.2014 - 07.2014

Per Diem

Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Locum Tenens Assignment with Barton Associates
12.2013 - 05.2019

Nurse Practitioner Locum Tenens Assignment - Outpatient Family and Internal Medicine

Choptank Community Health Systems
01.2013 - 05.2014

Adult Nurse Practitioner

Barton Associates
12.2012 - Current

Nurse Practitioner Medical Aesthetics and Primary Care

Esteem Health and Wellness Center
08.2009 - 07.2012

Nurse Practitioner Adult/Geriatric

Mississippi Nurse Practitioners
03.2007 - 06.2009

Master of Science - Adult Primary Care

University of Maryland, Baltimore
A. LEE PORTER