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Overview
Work History
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Accomplishments
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Alvin Brown

Los Angeles,CA

Summary

Hardworking employee with customer service, multitasking and time management abilities. Devoted to giving every Veteran a positive and memorable experience.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Custom Orthotic Fitter

Department of Veterans Affairs
Los Angeles, CA
09.2008 - Current
  • Working as an Orthotic Technician at the Prosthetic & Sensory Aid Service (P&SAS) Department assisting patients, family members, healthcare personnel, and vendors with various inquiries
  • Provides patient care and support services to adult veteran population
  • Fabricated prosthetic devices by following corporate rules, internal guidelines and patient specifications to optimize fit and produce high-quality work.
  • Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.
  • Performs thorough chart reviews, assessing investigating the medical conditions, interviewing the patients, formulating treatment plans, measuring/ casting the patients conveying the treatment plans, fabricating/ ordering the appropriate device, fitting / delivering the devices, educating the patients and caretakers, assessing the outcome, and provides follow up care.
  • Properly fits, dispenses & adjusts prefabricated orthotic devices, aid patients in daily living by supporting weakened or abnormal limbs & joints
  • Independently provide direct patient care.
  • Select the appropriate soft goods products based on materials, designs, and medical conditions.
  • Monitor, receives, tracks, interprets, and analyzes Prosthetics Consults
  • Completes a veteran record transaction on the patients medical record to ensure proper documentation and correct items are recorded
  • Knowledgeable with VISTA and its functions, to include entry, edit, and retrieval of veteran's consults, records, and inventory items
  • Utilized CPRS (Computerized Patient Record System) and maintained patient confidentiality
  • Uses personal recovery experiences to model coping

techniques and recovery tolls to coach veterans to

relevant skills need for self-management of their health

conditions and pursuit of their personal wellness.

  • Serves as recovery agent by providing and advocating

for effective wellness and holistic, recovery based servies that aid veterans in daily living.

Informs veterans about VA and community supports and

resources including how to effectively utilize them in the

recovery and wellness process.

House Keeping

Department of Veterans Affairs
Los Angeles, CA
12.2002 - 07.2008
  • Used cleaning chemicals following proper guidelines.
  • Interacted pleasantly with clients and guests when performing daily duties.
  • Maintained and organized cleaning supplies stock.
  • Used appropriate personal protective equipment and supplies when handling hazardous waste or chemicals.
  • Communicated with maintenance team on damages to repair.
  • Responsible for meticulous upkeep of grounds,amenities, building exteriors and leasing office, parking lots & other community buildings

Skills

  • Meticulous & methodical brace fitter exceptional recordkeeping, analytical & deductive reasoning abilities Offers a strong background in Orthotic fitting with 15 years of specialization experience in properly fitting, dispensing & adjusting prefabricated orthotic devices
  • Certified Peer Specialist
  • Customer Education
  • Artificial Limb Fabrication
  • Measuring and Fitting Skills
  • Good Work Ethic
  • Training & Development
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word/Excel/Power Point Outlook and Google Docs/Slides/Sheets/Gmail
  • Experience working with Windows and Mac OS
  • Experience with operating office equipment, including printers, copiers, fax machines, scanners, desktop computers,laptops, office telephones, and calculators
  • Proficient in Medical Terminology

Accomplishments

I join the Rehabilitation treatment program (Mental health & Addiction Program) of New Directions from 2001-2003. I join Group meetings how to identify and combat negative self-talk and overcome fears by providing a forum that allows me to share my experience and utilize them in recovery and wellness process. I uses personal recovery experience to model coping techniques and recovery tolls to coach other Veterans to relevant skills need for self-management of their health conditions and pursuit of their personal wellness.

Certification

  • Peer Specialist Certification

Timeline

Custom Orthotic Fitter

Department of Veterans Affairs
09.2008 - Current

House Keeping

Department of Veterans Affairs
12.2002 - 07.2008
  • Peer Specialist Certification
Alvin Brown