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Jose Alfredo Perez RRT, BSRT

March 15, 2012

Career Summary and Goals

My career in healthcare started soon after graduating high school in 1987 as I began working materials management at John Peter Smith Hospital (JPSH) in Fort Worth, Texas. I was picked by the hospital for a scholarship for an associates in respiratory therapy and given a job in the department while attending school. I started cleaning and processing respiratory therapy equipment, doing EKG’s, running the arterial blood gas lab, and doing floor therapy while in school. I graduated and began working in the emergency room, adult ICU’s, pediatric unit, and began to specialize in the neonatal ICU. I participated in surfactant therapy research at this facility. I maintained employment with JPSH for 10 years.

I expanded my career in pediatrics and neonatolgy in 1991-1993 while working at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas and was hired as a neonatal ICU specialist. I worked with transplant patients, participated in pediatric research projects, sensormedics high frequency ventilation, and was a member of the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(ECMO) team.

I worked for three local respiratory therapy agencies in the 1993. Respiratory Associates of Texas, Associates of Respiratory in Texas, and TexasHealth Resources. I work as a prn staffing therapist at numerous local hospitals in the Dallas-FortWorth metroplex and some hospitals which included Cooks Children’s Hospital, Harris Methodist Hospital, Transitional Hospital Corporation, Arlington Medical Center, and Baylor Medical Center of Dallas.

I began my career in long term acute care(LTAC) with Transitional Hospital Corporation (later Vencor, and then Kindred) in December of 1993. I have worked at four of the company’s hospital in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Care delivered centered around tracheostomy care, long term ventilator care, and pulmonary rehab. I married a registered nurse and moved west to Albuquerque yet maintained full-time employment with a transfer to Kindred Hospital in Albuquerque which is where I am currently employed. Care involves a Therapist Driven Procotol in which physician’s write RT to evaluate and treat, and therapist performs all required care based on a continuous assestment of patient’s needs. ACLS certification is mandatory as therapist duties include endotracheal intubation, tracheostomy decannulation and re-insertions, ABG’s, EKG’s, pulmonary rehab, ventilator weaning, transtracheal airway ventilation, and occasional arterial line management. I have been a supervisor at Kindred since 2008 and am responsible for a staff of 2-4 therapist, new employee orientation, quality management, and occasional policy development. I obtained a Bachelor's degree in Respiratory Therapy in December of 2011. My goals are to expand my career into a larger management, education, or sales role. A goal of futhering my education is also a highly likely possiblitity, with a business degree.

Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL IDENTITY

Name : Jose Alfredo Perez

Sex : Male

Place/Date of Birth : Corpus Christi, TX/ July 27, 1969

• Religion : Christian

• Marital Status : Married

• Address : 8 Whispering Elm Rd

• Edgewood, NM 87015

• Phone : 505-***-**** Home

505-***-**** Cell

Email : *********@***.***

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelors of Science in Respiratory Therapy (B.S.R.T)

PIMA Medical Institute

Albuquerque, NM

Dec. 2011

Registered Respiratory Therapist (R.R.T.)

The National Board for Respiratory Care

Dec. 1990

Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.)

Tarrant County Junior College

Hurst, TX

June 1990

HONORS AND AWARDS

Dean’s list Fall 1988, Spring 1989, Spring 1990

Tarrant County Junior College

10 yrs of Service August 1997- John Peter Smith Hospital

10 Yrs of Service February 2004- Kindred Healthcare Inc., Albuquerque

RT of the Year October 2010- Kindred Healthcare Inc., Albuquerque

BSRT with Honors December 2011- PIMA Medical Institute, Albuquerque

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

TSRC-Texas Society Of Respiratory Care 1990

AARC- American Association for Respiratory Care 1990

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Feb 1999-present Kindred Healthcare Inc., Albuquerque NM

• Supevisor (staff of 3-4)

• Sleep Study Technologist

• Transtracheal Airway Ventialtion Research (2010)

• Therapist Driven Protocol Patient Management

• Tracheostomy & Ventilator Management

• Endotracheal Intubation

Feb 1994-Feb 1999 Kindred Healthcare Inc, Arlington-Ft. Worth-Mansfield TX

• Therapist Driven Protocol Patient Management

May 1993-Feb 1994 Respiratory Associates of Texas

• PRN Staffing of Hospitals in Dallas-Fort Worth

May 1993-Feb 1994 Texas Health Resources

• PRN Staffing of Hospitals in Dallas-Fort Worth

May 1991-May 1992 Children’s Medical Center in Dallas

• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Specialist

• High Frequency Oscillation Ventilation

• Neonatal Specialist

• Intensive Care Unit

• Pediatric Care

• Emergency Room Care

Aug 1987-Aug 1997 John Peter Smith Hospital-Level I Trauma Center

• Neonatal Specialist

• Trauma care

• Adult Intensive care

• Pediatric Care

• Arterial Blood Gas Lab

• Electrocardiogram Lab

• Equipment processing

• Materials management

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Aug 1992-Feb 1994 Calvary Cathedral International Bible College

Fort Worth, Texas

Studies in Practical Biblical Theology

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

• Glidescope Policy and Procedure

Kindred Healthcare, Inc-Albuquerque, NM Aug 2010

• Shift Report Communication Improvement Plan

Kindred Healthcare, Inc-Albuquerque, NM Oct 2011

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