William (Will) Thomas II
Fort Myers
Summary
Quality-focused healthcare professional with several years' hands-on experience in clinical administration and patient care, advocacy and counseling. Talented at developing and actualizing strategies which streamline workflows and improve quality standards. Proven effective at guiding multi-disciplined healthcare teams to succeed in achieving patient and company outcome goals.
Board Certified Nurse Practitioner with expertise in management and supervision of medical staff. Skilled in inpatient teaching with a strong emphasis in critical care, case management and administration. Reputation as self-directed professional with superior problem-solving, communication and leadership skills. Successful in managing time, prioritizing tasks and organizing projects to improve the quality of patient care.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Family Nurse Practitioner /Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
TelaDoc Health, INC
Lewisville
01.2025 - Current
- Company Overview: Urgent care provider in a telehealth setting clinic. Advanced medical provider in a virtual clinic that serves all populations for healthcare needs.
- Seeing 20 to 50 patients per day.
- Ordering appropriate treatment for chief complaints, collaborate with physicians and other healthcare providers in the hospital setting for evaluations and consults.
- Collaborate with pharmacy facilities to ensure proper dosing of medications.
- Up to date on all current guidelines for practicing Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, also remain up to date on the company’s policies and procedures.
- Advanced assessment and clinical decision-making strategies to ensure appropriate pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions.
- Educating patients and patient families on proper at home care and symptoms to monitor and when to return to Urgent Care or see emergency services and when to follow up with Primary Care provider.
- Urgent care provider in a telehealth setting clinic. Advanced medical provider in virtual clinic that serves all populations for healthcare needs.
- Utilized evidence-based practice guidelines for assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning decisions.
- Maintained accurate documentation in electronic medical records system according to established standards.
- Educated patients about preventative healthcare measures including nutrition, exercise and lifestyle modification.
- Developed individualized patient treatment plans based on identified needs and medical history.
- Participated in quality assurance activities such as chart reviews and performance improvement initiatives.
Aesthetic Injector / Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Physician Aesthetic Institute
Bonita Springs
07.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: Aesthetic injector providing skin and wellness care by injection of dermal fillers and botulinum toxin to individuals that want to enhance their natural beauty.
- Also offering services such as HELIX services through Cartessa for cool peels and CO2 treatments to treat fine lines, wrinkles, scars, and age spots.
- Initiating collagen stimulation through the utilization of microneedling with VirtueRF device.
- Experience with products such as Jeuveau, Dysport, Restylane, and Skin Ceuticals products for a variety of skin / beauty enhancements and dermatological health and wellness.
- Consultation with patients of beauty enhancements and features that they want to improve and develop customized plans to fit those wants and desires.
- Knowledge of facial anatomy to ensure proper procedure techniques.
- Aesthetic injector providing skin and wellness care by injection of dermal fillers and botulinum toxin to individuals that want to enhance their natural beauty.
Family Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Millennium Physician’s Group
Bonita Springs
01.2024 - 01.2025
- Company Overview: Primary Care Practitioner providing direct care to patients in the Southwest FL region aged 18 and over.
- Treating multiple types of chronic illnesses and assessing and treating acute conditions that may arise.
- Collaborating with multiple providers to ensure optimal treatment is being practiced for each patient.
- Working with AthenaNet EMR system to carry out documentation requirements and proper billing codes are conducted for insurance and financial purposes.
- Ordering and interpreting diagnostic testing for detailed assessment and evaluation and ultimately appropriate medical intervention if needed.
- Referring to specialty providers for a holistic approach to guarantee the patient is obtaining the most appropriate and effective and efficient care.
- Primary Care Practitioner providing direct care to patients in the Southwest FL region aged 18 and over.
Family Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Union County Hospital- Convenient Care Clinic
12.2020 - 12.2023
- Company Overview: Urgent care provider in a small rural setting clinic.
- Medical provider in clinic that serves all populations for healthcare needs.
- Seeing 10-20 patients/day.
- Order and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe appropriate treatment for chief complaints, collaborate with physicians and other healthcare providers in the hospital setting for evaluations and consults.
- Collaborate with pharmacy facilities to ensure proper dosing of medications.
- Up to date on all current guidelines for practicing Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, also remain up to date on current hospital policies and procedures.
- Performs minor procedures in clinic including but not limited to incision and drainage, suturing of lacerations, and applying splints, ortho-glass casts.
- Advanced assessment and clinical decision-making strategies to ensure appropriate pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions.
- Educating patients and patient families on proper at home care and symptoms to monitor and when to return to Urgent Care or see emergency services and when to follow up with Primary Care provider.
- Works with Aetna EMR system to provide appropriate, confidential, and required information into system for collaboration with other healthcare team members for efficient and effective holistic care.
- Urgent care provider in a small rural setting clinic.
Family Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Southern Illinois Healthcare Urgent Care / WorkCare
Marion
08.2019 - 12.2023
- Company Overview: Urgent care provider in a busy rural setting clinic on weekends.
- Sole medical provider in clinic that serves all populations for healthcare needs.
- Seeing 20-50 patients/day.
- Order and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe appropriate treatment for chief complaints, collaborate with physicians and other healthcare providers in the hospital setting for evaluations and consults.
- Collaborate with pharmacy facilities to ensure proper dosing of medications.
- Up to date on all current guidelines for practicing Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, also remain up to date on current hospital policies and procedures.
- Performs minor procedures in clinic including but not limited to incision and drainage, suturing of lacerations, and applying splints, ortho-glass casts.
- Advanced assessment and clinical decision-making strategies to ensure appropriate pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions.
- Educating patients and patient families on proper at home care and symptoms to monitor and when to return to Urgent Care or see emergency services and when to follow up with Primary Care provider.
- Weekend Provider for Occupational Health, that includes advanced assessment and treatment of employees from contracted companies due to injury on the job, radiological, pharmacological, minor procedures, education included during visits along with proper documentation.
- Works with EPIC EMR system to provide appropriate, confidential, and required information into system for collaboration with other healthcare team members for efficient and effective holistic care.
- Urgent care provider in a busy rural setting clinic on weekends.
Family Nurse Practitioner/ Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Hillview Healthcare Center
Vienna
04.2019 - 12.2023
- Company Overview: On site Nurse Practitioner for a non-profit organization skilled nursing facility.
- Provide direct care to all in house residents for their medical needs.
- Currently working with Dr. Khalid Javed as supervising physician.
- Order and interpret diagnostic procedures and treat accordingly.
- Perform monthly assessments and clinical review of all residents in facility.
- Serve as a Primary Care Provider to three residents.
- Collaborate with nursing staff to carry out prescriptive orders to ensure optimal care for the population served.
- Prescribe appropriate therapy to resident according to their medical needs.
- Able to perform on site invasive procedures of that in the Nurse Practitioner scope of practice. Ex: (suturing, skin adhesive repair, suprapubic foley catheter placements, enteral feeding management, Incision and drainage of boils and cysts.)
- Collaborate with administrative staff for counsel on needs of the residents in the medical capacity to ensure optimal level of care.
- On site Nurse Practitioner for a non-profit organization skilled nursing facility.
RN/ Director of Nursing/Clinical IT
Hillview Healthcare Center
Vienna
06.2016 - 12.2023
- Company Overview: Coordinates meetings and manages nursing staff for a non-profit organization, skilled nursing facility.
- Coordinates meetings such as (behavior, falls, staffing, admitting requirements, referrals to facility), teaching new skills to the CNAs, LPNs, and new RNs.
- Performed and managed all scheduling of nursing positions.
- On call for the facility 24/7 for call-ins, facility maintenance issues, and the administrator in charge of the facility for all clinical concerns, questions, and emergencies.
- Head point representative for all EMR functions, and lead the initiation of two EMR systems in the facility, coordinating with EMR system company leadership in conducting customized workflows and databases to ensure quality care and proper workflow maintenance, geared to facility needs.
- Lead Clinical IT representative for the company to manage any technical problems, troubleshoot and correct any technical issues, issue passwords, and train employees on the utilization of the EMR system.
- Attend board meetings with facility leadership to discuss facility needs and give guidance and perspective on financial needs that include equipment, staffing, and facility maintenance concerns.
- Worked with the Administrator, MDS Coordinator, and nursing staff to develop customized care plans for residents' needs that ensured they were receiving optimal healthcare based on their individualized needs, and created individualized care plans to meet those goals and needs of the residents.
- Lead utilization review for medication, and processed all prior authorizations, speaking to insurance representatives, medical directors, and physicians to coordinate best practices for pharmacological needs.
- Performed case management tasks by working with social services to determine the appropriate discharge placement of residents who had met therapy goals and wanted to return to their prior living situation or integrate into a different living environment, whether that be an assisted living center, a senior living center, placement with a family member, or back to their own home.
- Ensuring these residents had appropriate care set up before their discharge date, including doctor appointments, transportation needs, food, proper housing, and ensuring that residents had a medication supply until seen at the next doctor appointment for refills.
- Coordinates meetings and manages nursing staff for a non-profit organization, skilled nursing facility.
- Participated in quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient care outcomes.
- Prepared reports summarizing findings from inspections, tests, investigations and other QA activities for senior management review.
- Provided technical guidance on quality control activities to support efficient operations.
Family Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Baptist Health Paducah Urgent Care
Paducah
10.2019 - 01.2022
- Company Overview: Urgent care provider in a busy rural setting clinic on weekends.
- Medical provider in clinic that serves all populations for healthcare needs.
- Seeing 20-50 patients/day.
- Order and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe appropriate treatment for chief complaints, collaborate with physicians and other healthcare providers in the hospital setting for evaluations and consults.
- Collaborate with pharmacy facilities to ensure proper dosing of medications.
- Up to date on all current guidelines for practicing Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, also remain up to date on current hospital policies and procedures.
- Performs minor procedures in clinic including but not limited to incision and drainage, suturing of lacerations, and applying splints, ortho-glass casts.
- Advanced assessment and clinical decision-making strategies to ensure appropriate pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions.
- Educating patients and patient families on proper at home care and symptoms to monitor and when to return to Urgent Care or see emergency services and when to follow up with Primary Care provider.
- Works with EPIC EMR system to provide appropriate, confidential, and required information into system for collaboration with other healthcare team members for efficient and effective holistic care.
- Urgent care provider in a busy rural setting clinic on weekends.
Staff RN-ICU
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah
07.2014 - 06.2016
- Company Overview: Critical care setting for patients.
- Taking care of patients in a critical care setting.
- Working closely with other nurses, doctors, dieticians, administrative personnel, and pharmacists for proper care of the critically ill patients.
- Passing medications using a computer based system, IV administration, assisting with care plan initiations, calculating medication drips, taking care of ventilated patients.
- Performing wound care, vital signs, and thorough body assessments.
- Managing post operation care of surgical patients, monitoring patient’s heart rhythms, and neurological status.
- Performing code blues per ACLS guidelines.
- Experience with using a ventriculostomy drip, cardiac balloon pumps, tube feeding pumps, assisting with the post op care of open heart patients.
- Able to use critical thinking skills in this very advanced critical setting.
- Critical care setting for patients.
RN/Assistant Director of Nursing
Hillview Healthcare Center
Vienna
10.2013 - 06.2016
- Company Overview: Assisted in nursing duties and education for a non-profit organization skilled nursing facility.
- RN- Passing medications, providing wound care, vital signs, assessments, working with doctor to provide safe and appropriate care for residents.
- Admitting residents into facility, resident and family education.
- Caring for residents and helping them live a comfortable life in this later stage of aging.
- Supervising CNAs, and LPNs for adequate staffing and needs to the residents.
- ADON- participates in meetings such as (behavior, falls, staffing, admitting requirements, referrals to facility), assist DON with administrative duties, teaching new skills to the CNAs, LPNs, and new RNs.
- Also this position requires training of all new nursing positions.
- In this position I also do all scheduling of nursing positions.
- Assisted in nursing duties and education for a non-profit organization skilled nursing facility.
LPN
Hillview Healthcare Center
Vienna
09.2012 - 09.2013
- Company Overview: Provided nursing care for a non-profit organization skilled nursing facility.
- Passing medications, providing wound care, vital signs, assessments, working with doctor to provide safe and appropriate care for residents.
- Admitting residents into facility, resident and family education.
- Caring for residents and helping them live a comfortable life in this later stage of aging.
- Provided nursing care for a non-profit organization skilled nursing facility.
Patient Information Coordinator/ Diagnosis Coder
Apogee Physicians
Phoenix
08.2010 - 09.2012
- Company Overview: Worked directly with doctors, nurse practitioners, and nurses to develop a plan of care for the patients.
- Working on computer inputting admit information, demographic information, making follow up appointments for patients.
- Conversing with patients about their satisfaction with the hospitalist providers.
- Working with hospital administration/ CEO to develop better and more efficient ways to increase patient satisfaction with hospitalist group.
- Working with co workers from all across the country to ensure satisfaction of patients.
- Teamwork with all members of nation wide team.
- Diagnosis Coding, inputting ICD9 codes for patient diagnosis, managing other employees with inputting correct ICD9 codes.
- Traveling to different states across the country to implement new hospitalist establishment to the accepting hospital.
- Traveling to corporate office to have meetings with high administration to develop better rapport with patients, and hospital administration.
- Worked directly with doctors, nurse practitioners, and nurses to develop a plan of care for the patients.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Hillview Healthcare Center
Vienna
04.2009 - 09.2012
- Company Overview: Assisted residents with personal care needs and provided emotional support.
- Assisting residents with personal care needs, ADLs, and providing emotional support.
- Assisting nurses with nursing duties.
- Transferring residents with correct body mechanics, assisting with range of motion exercises, recording meal percentages for intake of resident’s nutrition.
- Performing perineal care, foley catheter care, training new CNAs for proper training of position.
- Practicing good hand hygiene for infection control.
- Keeping within state guidelines for CNA cares.
- Good team work with all staff.
- Assisted residents with personal care needs and provided emotional support.
Housekeeper
Hillview Healthcare Center
Vienna
02.2008 - 03.2009
- Company Overview: Performed cleaning duties to maintain a tidy facility.
- I performed duties such as cleaning floors, vacuuming, busing tables, dusting rooms, keeping facility tidy, taking out trash.
- Keeping the spread of infection down.
- Performed cleaning duties to maintain a tidy facility.
Education
Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner Track
Chamberlain University
Downers Grove, IL, United States03.2019
Bachelors of Science in Nursing - Nursing
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Addison, IL03.2017
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Shawnee Community College
Ullin, IL, United States05.2013
High School Diploma - General Studies
Vienna High School
Vienna, IL, United States01.2009
Skills
- Managerial and leadership skills
- Administrative duties
- Quality control and assurance
- Telehealth services
- Aesthetic procedures
- Regulatory compliance
- Quality improvement
- EHR management software
- Healthcare management
- Clinical decision making
- Clinical care standards
- Research utilization
- Medical billing
- Obtaining a complete health history
- Performing complete physical exams
- Ordering and performing diagnostic procedures and tests
- Interpreting clinical findings
- Arranging referrals and medical consults
- Prescribing specific medications and therapeutic interventions
- Efficiency in the workload of assessing and caring for patients in a busy environment
- Able to perform IV administration
- Critical thinking
- Patient advocacy
- Highly proficient and adaptable
- Quick learner
- Hardworking and dependable
- Organized
- Clinical information technology
- Electronic medical record keeping
- Auditing
Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification, 2009-present
- CPR certified through American Heart Association, Present
- CPR Instructor certified through the American Heart Association, 2015-present
- CNA certification through Vienna High School/Shawnee Community College, Present
- Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Illinois, 041415386, Present
- Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Kentucky, 1140744, Present
- Certified in long term care from the American Association of Directors of Nursing, Present
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Chamberlain University, 2017
- Master of Science in Nursing from Chamberlain University, 2019
- Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner through The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2019
- Full Practice Authority Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois, 277000948, Present
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the State of Kentucky, 3013324, Present
- Full Practice Authority Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Controlled Substance Certification State of IL- Schedule II-IV, 377000932, Present
- Controlled Substance Certification through the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), MT5278797, Present
- Full Practice Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the State of Florida, 11027868, Present
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the State of Utah, 14204861-4405, Present
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the State of Colorado, C-RXN.0102632-C-NP, Present
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the State of New Mexico, 84358, Present
- Compact RN License in the state of Florida, 9676756, Present
References
- Tori Bert, HR Director, (618) 771-7383, toribert@gmail.com
- Jo Ellen Reichert, BSN, RN, (618) 534-3610, joellenr@shawneecc.edu, P.O. Box 140, Grand Chain, IL, 62941
- Khalid Javed, MD, 618-967-3807, Johnston City, IL, 62951
- Knickol Keeling, FNP, 618-771-6178
Credentials
- MSN
- APRN-FPA
- FNP-C
- RN ( Compact License )
- Six Sigma (in process)
Practicum Site Details
- Massac Memorial Medical Clinic, Primary Care, 05/01/18, 07/01/18, Mrs. Dena Kommer, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
- Massac Memorial Medical Clinic, Primary and Pediatric Care, 07/01/18, 11/01/18, Mrs. Tara Crumble, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
- Paducah’s Women’s Clinic, Women’s Health, 11/01/18, 01/01/19, Dr. Jorge Cardenas, MD
- Baptist Health Paducah, Urgent Care, 01/01/19, 03/01/19, Jasmaine Theobald, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, Christie Strickland MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Timeline
Family Nurse Practitioner /Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
TelaDoc Health, INC
01.2025 - Current
Aesthetic Injector / Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Physician Aesthetic Institute
07.2024 - Current
Family Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Millennium Physician’s Group
01.2024 - 01.2025
Family Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Union County Hospital- Convenient Care Clinic
12.2020 - 12.2023
Family Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Baptist Health Paducah Urgent Care
10.2019 - 01.2022
Family Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Southern Illinois Healthcare Urgent Care / WorkCare
08.2019 - 12.2023
Family Nurse Practitioner/ Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Hillview Healthcare Center
04.2019 - 12.2023
RN/ Director of Nursing/Clinical IT
Hillview Healthcare Center
06.2016 - 12.2023
Staff RN-ICU
Baptist Health Paducah
07.2014 - 06.2016
RN/Assistant Director of Nursing
Hillview Healthcare Center
10.2013 - 06.2016
LPN
Hillview Healthcare Center
09.2012 - 09.2013
Patient Information Coordinator/ Diagnosis Coder
Apogee Physicians
08.2010 - 09.2012
Certified Nursing Assistant
Hillview Healthcare Center
04.2009 - 09.2012
Housekeeper
Hillview Healthcare Center
02.2008 - 03.2009
Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner Track
Chamberlain University
Bachelors of Science in Nursing - Nursing
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Shawnee Community College
High School Diploma - General Studies
Vienna High School