Antonio Alfonso

Seeking a local Niceville Florida RN position, or Remote Learning Management System (LMS) Administrator, Remote Training Program Management position. I am a Registered Nurse, and an experienced American Heart Association/American Red Cross instructor for basic and advanced pediatric/adult life support certification training. I hold a Secret clearance, am an out-of-the-box thinker and can speak Spanish. I am also an analytical, detail-oriented, organized problem solver. And am very familiar with Microsoft Office Suite products, like PowerPoint and Word. Also, I have extensively used Excel formulas, Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, etc., to analyze, prioritize, forecast, manage staff and/or resources, and complete multiple assignments concurrently. 

I have 10+ years of experience focusing on Learning Management System governance and project management, including creating tool/process set-up to facilitate compliance tracking and top-to-bottom communication among team members and middle/upper management. I have been responsible for newcomer orientation, user on/off-boarding; gathering and interpreting data; sending email notices of individual/group training metrics, and documentation/compliance reporting for leadership. I've also authored, and maintained, system configurations; and authored staff training for LMS management methods to standardize reporting processes.  

I've also maintained/programmed high-fidelity medical simulators (CAE, Laerdal, and Gaumard). Finally, I am an experienced Registered Nurse with 20+ years of bedside experience.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Hospice Nurse Case Manager                                                                                                                       Aug 2023 - Present

Emerald Coast Hospice, 550 W Redstone Ave #310, Crestview, FL 32536

• Responsible for managing patients with terminal diseases in their homes or at a nursing home facility.

• Assure that proper care is being rendered by family or paid caregivers. Also responsible for assuring that the family has adequate medical supplies, including medications as ordered by the medical provider.

• Coordinate with the expertise of social workers, chaplains, and medical provider support to ensure excellent patient care.

Moodle LMS Specialist                                                                                                                                Jan 2022 – Dec 2022

Macro Solutions, 800 Maryland Ave NE, Washington DC 20002 (Fully Remote in Florida)

• LMS Administration team member, evaluating the Moodle LMS for Navy-wide implementation.
• Participated in Agile Environment with daily SCRUM meetings, supporting testing in bi-weekly sprints.
• Utilize the Jira Kanban Board to provide timely feedback and deliverables to the Navy client. 
• Provided On-Site Secure Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) Support in a classified environment. 
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for the Navy Moodle LMS Transformation.
• Assisted in UAT Script Maintenance Support.

Simulation Program Manager                                                                                                                   Sept 2020 – Jan 2022

Western Dakota Technical (WDT) College, 800 Mickelson Drive, Rapid City, South Dakota 57703

• Led a three-member team in the budgeting and overseeing of a $2M Department of Labor grant to facilitate day-to-day operations, and maintenance of 14 infidelity simulators, six labs, six conference rooms, A-V Tech, and LearningSpace.
• Responsible for allocation and set-up of simulation center resources, simulation operators, training labs/equipment, debriefing rooms, and simulator moulage for WDT and South Dakota State University instructors/students and community clients. Also responsible for market research, promotion, business development, and coordination with community stakeholders to increase simulation lab usage, assessing the simulation program based on school and professional requirements and keeping compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
• Can operate high-fidelity Laerdal, Gaumard, and CAE medical simulators and scenario programming. Have run pre-programmed or ad-hoc simulations, using medical simulators, that emulated physical response to illness and/or injury based on initial presentation and the effects of normal human physiologic response to care and interventions received over time. I am also experienced with the physical maintenance and warranty management of high-fidelity simulators, AV tech, and the LearningSpace platform.

Medical Group Education & Training Program Manager                                                                       Oct 2017 – Nov 2020

The 28th Medical Group, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota 57706

• Servicing approximately 250 medical group personnel. 
• Regular duties included:

1. Newcomer Orientation and LMS onboarding, transfers/separation offboarding for all staff.
2. Day-to-day management of 5 LMS systems; maintaining user/role-based permissions, creating/editing assignment groups, editing system settings as required to allow for auto-assignment of computer-based training (CBT), validation of population accuracy across all systems, and creation of scheduled/ad hoc reports of compliance metrics.
3. Development, uploading, and assigning local training courses, using PowerPoint
4. Providing troubleshooting assistance for learner issues.
5. Training Affiliation Agreements (TAA)s and Memorandums of Understanding (MOU)s processed from draft to signed agreements between the Air Force and academic institutions.
6. Tracking RN Licensures, Certifications, and Continuing Education (CE) via CCQAS.
7. Basic Life Support (BLS) Program Management 
   1. a. Course scheduling/instructor coverage, teaching provider/instructor classes, and e-learning oversite.
   2. Recruiting and training new instructors. Also, tracking instructor compliance with updated training.
   3. Maintaining the program in accordance with the Military Training Network (MTN) policies and issuing course completion certification documentation to students and instructors.
   4. Assurance of compliance with monthly/daily crash carts or AED Safety check documentation.

• Led 50 BLS instructors through the Department of Defense (DoD) transition from the American Heart Association (AHA) to the American Red Cross (ARC) training while also serving over 3K base members requiring or desiring BLS certification.
• Oversight of the MDG Shadow Program, allowing military/community members to assess DoD healthcare career options.

Medical Group Education & Training Program Manager                                                                       Sep 2015 – Oct 2017

The 374th Medical Group, Yokota Air Base, Fussa, Japan

• Servicing approximately 400 personnel. 

• Regular duties were the same as items 1-7 listed in the Ellsworth AFB section. Also managed the Advanced Cardiac (ACLS) and Pediatric (PALS) advanced life support training programs.

• Led LMS management improvements that auto-assigned CBTs and garnered Honorable Mention in the 9th Annual AFCEA Washington, DC Military IT Leadership Awards, a DoD-wide competition of improvements affecting the “War Fighter.” Authored local instructions for the management of department LMS and database systems.

• Increased Simulation Lab utilization after mirroring available space to the MDG Urgent Care department. Recruited volunteers who assisted as simulation operators and in role-play.

• Supervised three staff members and managed quality training for 70 BLS instructors and 20 Advanced Life Support Instructors (ACLS & PALS), serving over 14K base members requiring or desiring certification.

Medical Group Education & Training Program Manager                                                                      Aug 2013 – Sep 2015

The 51st Medical Group, Osan Air Base, Pyeongtaek City, South Korea

• Servicing approximately 350 personnel. 
• Regular duties were the same as items 1-7 listed in the Ellsworth AFB section. Also managed Advanced Cardiac (ACLS) and Pediatric (PALS) advanced life support training programs.
• Developed a rapid staff crosscheck process, updating the staff populations in two or more systems. The method led to an overhaul of office practices affecting system updates.
• Supervised three staff members and managed training for 60 BLS instructors and 20 Advanced Life Support Instructors, serving over 8K base members requiring or desiring certification.

Medical Group Education & Training Program Staff Development Officer                                         Sep 2010 – Aug 2013

The 96th Medical Group, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida 32542

• Servicing approximately 1.9 thousand personnel. Regular duties included:

1. Onboarding, transfers, separations of all staff, and tracking RN Licensures, Certification, Continuing Ed (CE) via CCQAS.

• Authored EXCEL-based tool for Competency Assessment Folder (CAF) reviews of 13 TJC and OSHA required items, such as Orientation and License verification. The tool included auto-generated member, department, and facility scoring. The process improvement made it possible to have a 100% review of CAFs and captured 95% compliance for tracked items.
• Managed life support training data migration from HealthStream LMS to MRDSS. Project completion brought the MDG into compliance with a congressional requirement of centralized monitoring for life support training data.

EDUCATION

LICENSURE & Certifications