SUMMARY:

• Effective communicator, with great interpersonal skills.
• Ability to perform under stressful and emergency situations in addition to being able to anticipate the needs of the surgeon.
• Possess a strong sense of responsibility and concern for order.
• Work quickly and pay close attention to detail.
• Sensitive to the needs of the patients and extremely patient.
• Thorough knowledge of surgical procedures and instrumentation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Clinton,MD

Surgical First Assistant/ Materials Manager

• Prepare operating rooms with surgical instruments, and equipment.
• Provide wound exposure and assist with tying and cutting suture, and wound closure.
• Help prepare, care for, and dispose of specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
• Operate sterilizers, lights, or suction machines, and help operate diagnostic equipment.
• Observe patients’ vital signs, check charts.
• Maintain an inventory of instruments, sponges, and needles used during the surgical procedure.
• Assemble both sterile and non - sterile equipment, as well as adjust and check it to ensure it is working properly.
• Assure necessary supplies and equipment are available
• Monitor expense reports and develop control mechanism.
• Establish, implement, and maintain an inventory control system for supplies.
• Monitor supply utilization and make recommendations on desirable levels of supply usage.
• Assist in the product evaluation and arrange for the evaluation of new products
• Maintain equipment records including; date of purchase, service date, and history of repairs.
• Maintain preventive maintenance contracts and reports in a timely manner when the contract is up for renewal.

Confidential,Dover,DE

Surgical Technologist Instructor

• Plan, prepare and deliver quality classroom instruction in classroom/laboratory format based on the approved curricula.
• Demonstrate solid content area knowledge based on state - of-art information and technology in departmental teaching assignments.
• Select and utilize a variety of approved course materials and teaching methods to insure the needs of individual students in the program are met.
• Manage classroom teaching conditions and environment through active instructor presence in order to promote positive classroom environment.
• Provide students academic support, tutor if necessary, and provide other assistance as needed.
• Advise students on attendance, grades and problems in order to ensure completion of their chosen career program.
• Manage the Externship program, including scheduling extern sites for students, and making routine extern site visits.

Confidential,Salisbury,MD

Central Processing Manager

• Assure necessary supplies and equipment are available
• Monitor expense reports and develop control mechanism.
• Establish, implement, and maintain an inventory control system for supplies.
• Monitor supply utilization and make recommendations on desirable levels of supply usage.
• Assist in the product evaluation and arrange for the evaluation of new products
• Maintain equipment records including; date of purchase, service date, and history of repairs.
• Maintain preventive maintenance contracts and reports in a timely manner when the contract is up for renewal.
• Coordinate preparation of budgetary recommendation, verify and reconcile expenditures of budgeted funds.
• Monitor and coordinate all activities related to the production and distribution of case carts.

Confidential,Annapolis,MD

Surgical Technologist

• Assisted transferring patients to the recovery room.
• Scrubbed on surgical cases, and Endoscopy procedures.
• Cleaned and restocked the operating room.
• Assisted with new employee orientation in Surgical Suite.
• Scrub on General, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic, Endoscopy, OB/GYN, and Cardiovascular procedures.
• Assisted and setup DaVinci Robotic procedures.

Confidential,Dover,DE

Surgical Technologist Instructor/Extern Co- coordinator

• Plan, prepare and deliver quality classroom instruction in classroom/laboratory format based on the approved curricula.
• Demonstrate solid content area knowledge based on state - of-art information and technology in departmental teaching assignments.
• Select and utilize a variety of approved course materials and teaching methods to insure the needs of individual students in the program are met.
• Manage classroom teaching conditions and environment through active instructor presence in order to promote positive classroom environment.
• Provide students academic support, tutor if necessary, and provide other assistance as needed.
• Advise students on attendance, grades and problems in order to ensure completion of their chosen career program.
• Manage the Externship program, including scheduling extern sites for students, and making routine extern site visits.

Confidential,Pasadena,MD

Surgical First Assistant/ Clinical Supply Coordinator

• Prepare operating rooms with surgical instruments, and equipment.
• Provide wound exposure and assist with tying and cutting suture, and wound closure.
• Help prepare, care for, and dispose of specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
• Operate sterilizers, lights, or suction machines, and help operate diagnostic equipment.
• Observe patients’ vital signs, check charts.
• Maintain an inventory of instruments, sponges, and needles used during the surgical procedure.
• Assemble both sterile and non-sterile equipment, as well as adjust and check it to ensure it is working properly.
• Assure necessary supplies and equipment are available
• Monitor expense reports and develop control mechanism.
• Establish, implement, and maintain an inventory control system for supplies.
• Monitor supply utilization and make recommendations on desirable levels of supply usage.
• Assist in the product evaluation and arrange for the evaluation of new products
• Maintain equipment records including; date of purchase, service date, and history of repairs.
• Maintain preventive maintenance contracts and reports in a timely manner when the contract is up for renewal.

Confidential,Washington,DC

Clinical Supply Coordinator/ Surgical Assistant

• Prepare operating rooms with surgical instruments, and equipment.
• Provide wound exposure and assist with tying and cutting suture.
• Help prepare, care for, and dispose of specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
• Operate sterilizers, lights, or suction machines, and help operate diagnostic equipment.
• Observe patients’ vital signs, check charts.
• Maintain an inventory of instruments, sponges, and needles used during the operation.
• Assemble both sterile and non-sterile equipment, as well as adjust and check it to ensure it is working properly.

Confidential,Washington,DC

Surgical Technologist/Surgical Assistant

• Hold retractors; help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
• Helped position patients on the operating table and cover them with sterile surgical drapes.
• Scrubbed and maintained a sterile field during surgical procedures.
• Passed instruments and other sterile supplies to surgeons.
• Preceptor for Medical Students while in surgical suite.
• Cleaned and restocked the operating room.

Confidential, Fort Washington, MD

Surgical Technologist

Responsibilities:

• Assisted transferring patients to the recovery room.
• Scrubbed on surgical cases, and Endoscopy procedures.
• Cleaned and restocked the operating room.
• Assisted with new employee orientation in Surgical Suite.
• Sterilized and packaged surgical instrumentation.

Confidential,Washington,DC

Surgical Technologist

• Scrub on General, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic, Endoscopy, OB/GYN, and Cardiovascular procedures.
• Sterilized and packaged instruments.
• Instructor for surgical technologist program.