RUBY FORD
Cofield,NC
Summary
Experienced leader with strong background in guiding teams, managing complex projects, and achieving strategic objectives. Excels in developing efficient processes, ensuring high standards, and aligning efforts with organizational goals. Known for collaborative approach and commitment to excellence.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Locumen position
Rhino Medical
12.2025 - Current
- Delivered primary care services to organizations operating health centers for employee wellness.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
Theoria Medical
02.2025 - 11.2025
- Provide care for the plan members in long Term Care facilities. Responsible for ordering labs and test, the follow up of the results. Diagnosis and treatment of acute disease. Management of chronic diseases. coordination of care with the facility and the families. Collaboration with the attending physicians
Legacy Healthcare, LLC
04.2024 - 02.2025
- Primary care /Geriatric care to residents in subacute and long term care facility. Rounding, assessing patients, ordering necessary medications, labs and other studies as their condition warrants. Interpreting
United Healthcare Corporation
01.2024 - 04.2024
- Provide care for the plan members in long Term Care facilities. Responsible for ordering labs and test, the follow up of the results. Diagnosis and treatment of acute disease. Management of chronic diseases. coordination of care with the facility and the families. Collaboration with the attending physicians
Maxim Staffing Solutions
12.2022 - 12.2023
- Performing history and physicals, providing primary care to inmates at a corrections facility. Ordering and interpreting lab test and x-rays. Providing education on disease processes and prognosis.
Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center
11.2021 - 12.2022
- Performed Medicare Wellness visit to the Medicare population, including healthy living, ordering preventative studies, Mammograms, bone density, colonoscopy, immunizations and follow up with providers. Now providing primary and urgent care to the patients at the health center.
Team Health
04.2021 - 10.2021
- To provide primary care services to residents in sub-acute, for rehab and for the long term care resident is long term care facilities.
- Provided primary care services to inmates at Baskerville Correctional Center
Locum Tenens
11.2020 - 02.2021
- Provided primary care services to inmates at the Haynesville Correctional Center
Liberty Advantage Healthcare and Hospice
06.2018 - 11.2020
- Provide care for the plan members in long Term Care facilities. Responsible for ordering labs and test, the follow up of the results. Diagnosis and treatment of acute disease. Management of chronic diseases. coordination of care with the facility and the families. Collaboration with the attending physicians
Your Home Advantage
03.2018 - 06.2018
- Health assessments for an insurance company. Member education of disease processes and medications. Medication administration and compliance.
LHI
01.2018 - 02.2018
- Disability assessments for veterans, for service connected injuries. Ordered studies, labs as deemed necessary to complete the disability questionnaire. Collaboration with the other members of the team as necessary.
Hope Medical Care
10.2017 - 12.2017
- Provided care for residents of three LTC facilities and an assisted living facility. Responsible for studies, labs and follow up, assessments and end of life planning. Responsible for regulatory and acute visits. Provided informal education for the staff.
LHI
07.2017 - 09.2017
- Disability assessments for veterans, for service-connected injuries while in the military. Ordered studies as deemed necessary to complete the questionnaire. Collaboration with the onsite psychologist, audiologist, optometry and other staff as needed.
Signature Health Care Medical Partners
02.2017 - 06.2017
- Provide care for the geriatric population in a long-term care facility. Responsible for advanced life care planning, diagnosing and treating chronic medical conditions, medication reconciliation and deprescribing due to polypharmacy. Collaboration with attending and the families.
Riverside Medical Group
02.2016 - 02.2017
- Assess and treat elderly community-based participants in the PACE model of care. Assess and provide care for the PACE participants in long term care facilities. Member of the interdisciplinary team planning care for our participants. Medical liaison for the participants and their family.
YOUR HOME ADVANTAGE
Deerfield Beach, FL
11.2015 - 12.2015
- Performing health assessments for an insurance company.
Adult Nurse Practitioner, Geriatrics and Long-Term Care
CHENMED
Miami, FL
07.2014 - 11.2015
- Assisted in establishing a long-term care presence on the Peninsula by engaging long term care facility management and presenting the company, there goals and objectives. Assess, treat, and manage geriatric patients in a variety of settings including clinic, long term care and at home. Case managed patients in several facilities where we are not responsible for their care.
Adult Nurse Practitioner, Department of Internal Medicine
UNIVERSITY PHYSICIAN GROUP
Charlottesville, VA
01.2012 - 07.2014
- Independently manage day-to-day operations of an anticoagulation clinic Assess, treat, and manage geriatric patients independently in a variety of settings, including clinic, long-term care facilities, and home health; established Home Call program.
Adult Nurse Practitioner, Thoracic-Cardiovascular Service
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM
Charlottesville, VA
08.2011 - 01.2012
- Treated and managed patients, with responsibility for examinations, ordering and interpreting diagnostic studies, removing chest tubes, patient and family education, and esophagectomy care. Worked collaboratively with discharge planners to ensure that patients had appropriate supplies for home use and instruct them on at-home care procedures.
Education
Master of Science - Adult Nurse Practitioner
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA01.2011
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Eastern Mennonite University
Harrisonburg, VA01.1983
Skills
- Patient Assessment
- Interpreting Lab Results
- Case Management
- Prescribing Medications
- Providing Treatments
- Patient Counseling
- Ordering Diagnostics
- Record-Keeping
- Customer service
Certification
- Adult Nurse Practitioner Certification, 2026-11-04
- Registered Nurse License, State of North Carolina, 2025
- State of New York License, Inactive
- DEA Number, 2023-09-30
- BLS Certification, 2024-07-24
Personal Information
Title: Nurse Practitioner
Timeline
Locumen position
Rhino Medical
12.2025 - Current
Theoria Medical
02.2025 - 11.2025
Legacy Healthcare, LLC
04.2024 - 02.2025
United Healthcare Corporation
01.2024 - 04.2024
Maxim Staffing Solutions
12.2022 - 12.2023
Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center
11.2021 - 12.2022
Team Health
04.2021 - 10.2021
Locum Tenens
11.2020 - 02.2021
Liberty Advantage Healthcare and Hospice
06.2018 - 11.2020
Your Home Advantage
03.2018 - 06.2018
LHI
01.2018 - 02.2018
Hope Medical Care
10.2017 - 12.2017
LHI
07.2017 - 09.2017
Signature Health Care Medical Partners
02.2017 - 06.2017
Riverside Medical Group
02.2016 - 02.2017
YOUR HOME ADVANTAGE
11.2015 - 12.2015
Adult Nurse Practitioner, Geriatrics and Long-Term Care
CHENMED
07.2014 - 11.2015
Adult Nurse Practitioner, Department of Internal Medicine
UNIVERSITY PHYSICIAN GROUP
01.2012 - 07.2014
Adult Nurse Practitioner, Thoracic-Cardiovascular Service
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM
08.2011 - 01.2012
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Eastern Mennonite University
Master of Science - Adult Nurse Practitioner
James Madison University