DOMINICK ALVAREZ
San Francisco,CA
Summary
Recently licensed Registered Nurse (RN) eager to work with valuable insight and progressive experience delivering compassionate care to patients. Seeking to combine years field experience as a Licensed Vocational Nurse to pursue career opportunities as a Registered Nurse with a focus to deliver high-quality patient care.
- Self-motivated, decisive healthcare professional with proven bedside manner, clinical skills and diagnostic support experience. Manage and document current conditions to effectively support patients and work within multidisciplinary healthcare team to enhance outcomes.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Director of Nursing
CareMo Home-Health
San Mateo, CA
09.2023 - Current
- Administered executive supervision, exercising independent judgment to select proper course of action in policies and procedures.
- Facilitated professional development opportunities for nurses through continuing education programs.
- Managed changes in integrated health care delivery systems and technological innovations while keeping focus on quality of care.
- Set and monitored achievement goals for nursing department consistent with established philosophy and standards of practice.
- Developed and implemented strategies to promote patient safety and quality care outcomes.
- Explained policies, procedures and services to patients.
- Assessed competency of clinical staff to promote quality, continuity, and safety.
LVN/Charge Nurse (Full-time/Per-diem)
Seton Coastside
Moss Beach, CA
05.2016 - 01.2023
- Basic nursing duties (Medication, minor treatment, Vital Signs, Assessment)
- Step up as treatment nurse to the whole facility
- Wound assessment and measurement, coordinating with wound doctor, and making suggestions to the treatment plan
- Step up to LVN Assistant for RN Role with supervision
- Direct communication to Physician
- Receiving new patient endorsement and discharging patients
- Supervising LVNs includes encouragement and auditing
- Became a leader and team player
- One of the super-users and teaching my colleagues how to use E-MAR
- Step up and works on revising and auditing Care Plans
- Coordinating to IDTs
- It is a short-term and long-term rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility with 115 beds capacity.
LVN Health Educator (Seasonal)
Kaiser Permanente Medical
Daly City, CA
10.2015 - 10.2018
- Confidently providing vaccination and health information to our patients
- Encourage and promote total health
- We achieved that each year we were able to exceed our target patients/clients
- Including expanding our partnership to different places, especially in Tech Companies
- Honored to be the one who gave Flu-Vaccines to former San Francisco Mayor, Mr
- Ed Lee, and in the San Francisco Municipal on different department levels
- Goes to different places or companies to facilitate Flu-Vaccination and Health Assessment
Home Health (Full-time/Temp)
On Lok Pace Center
San Francisco, CA
08.2022 - 04.203
- In our department of Home Care, most of what we do is doing Care Giver supervision
- This is to make sure that our Care Giver is complying with the plan of care that is given
- Also, make sure to follow the health protocols
- Coordinating with Home Care Supervisor for any behavioral issue of the caregiver or issue in the service
- Coordinating with our Clinic Department for any triage patient that needs care in the community
- Our communication works smoothly thru Outlook email, Slack, Epic, and by phone
- I usually get 21 patients to visit for CG Supervision for a month and Tirage usually visits 5-10 patients or even more
- It varies
- Regularly visits patients to monitor the patient's condition, assess their wounds, and change dressings as required
- Also, write reports and communicate with the doctor after each visit
- Home care nurses provide care to patients in their homes under the guidance of registered nurses and physicians.
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING - MEDICAL SURGICAL, OB
ARELLANO UNIVERSITY PHILLIPINES
01.2010
Skills
- Clinical Documentation
- EPIC
- Kinnser Wellsky
- Wound Care
- IV Management
- Home Health Care
- HIPPA Regulation
- Team Collaboration
- Care Planning
- Patient Assessments
- Direct Patient Care
- Patient Triage
Timeline
Assistant Director of Nursing
CareMo Home-Health
09.2023 - Current
Home Health (Full-time/Temp)
On Lok Pace Center
08.2022 - 04.203
LVN/Charge Nurse (Full-time/Per-diem)
Seton Coastside
05.2016 - 01.2023
LVN Health Educator (Seasonal)
Kaiser Permanente Medical
10.2015 - 10.2018
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING - MEDICAL SURGICAL, OB
ARELLANO UNIVERSITY PHILLIPINES
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