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Skills

  • Minor surgery assistance awareness
  • Lab result interpretation
  • Patient evaluation
  • Reporting requirements
  • Strong presentation skills
  • Critical care
  • Pre-surgical preparation
  • Feeding assistance
  • Safe sharps disposal
  • Applied behavioral analysis

Work Experiences

  • Ensured that patient prescriptions were properly entered and processed into the company's system.
  • Motivated
  • Implemented inventory management procedures to keep track of medications and supplies, rotate stock, and dispose of expired medications.
  • Used exceptional dexterity to assemble and monitor tools that would be used during surgery procedures.
  • Took urine samples and delivered them to the lab.
  • Provided patients with the necessary health education training.
  • Ordered medicines on a daily basis to ensure that demands and needs were met.
  • Pre-operative and post-operative examinations to check patients' vitals and health status were performed by me.
  • Planned, organized, supervised, and provided assignments for nursing, technical, office, and biomedical staff.
  • Recommendation

Summaries

  • Deadline-driven
  • Leadership skills that guide nursing teams to positive outcomes and drive organizational performance are demonstrated.
  • With over 15 years of experience working for a large healthcare organization.
  • Process, initiative, and metric are all available.
  • Through effective communication and staff coordination, skilled in ensuring timely patient processing.
  • Capable of performing system and process procedures to aid in the evaluation of patients.
  • With a commitment to maintaining the highest standard of sterile technique during procedures, well-versed in all operating room activities.
  • Patient Registrar with 6 years of experience in a healthcare office and administrative expertise.
  • Clinical Instructor with a proven track record of developing education programs, curricula that meet accreditation standards, and lessons that incorporate instructional technology.
  • To provide exceptional care, I am experienced in monitoring patients before, during, and after procedures.

Accomplishments

  • Patient Care: Delivered compassionate care that exceeded hospital requirements. Successfully provided quality care to system patients in process environment.
  • Training: Trained team of staff nurses in medical office procedures to ensure consistent quality of care.
  • Consistently selected as lead technician for high-complexity surgeries due to exemplary knowledge of initiative and sterile field integrity.
  • Patient Transfer: Safely lifted up to 80 pounds and pushed 300 pounds on wheels.
  • Delegated tasks to a team of 18 surgical techs, improving group efficiency by 72% during operating room turnovers.
  • Nursing Supervision: Supervised ancillary staff of 10 on-call nurses.
  • Executed ongoing audits of surgical instruments and tray setups, minimizing the risk of procedural interruptions by 36%.
  • Instrument tray standardization project resulted in a 22% decrease in surgical delays due to missing or unsterile equipment.
  • Home Aid: Assisted patients with bathing, dressing, daily hygiene and grooming. Provided patients with transportation to and from medical appointments.
  • Family Support: Provided support to families through education on procedures, regimens, prevention and care.

Affiliations

  • Membership with the National Surgical Assistant Association (NSAA), aligning with industry standards for instrument handling and patient safety.
  • Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CSPDT) – Certification holder in proper sterilization and equipment handling to support operating room compliance.
  • Served on the Sterile Processing Improvement Task Force at procedure, overseeing equipment upgrades and consistent instrument sterilization.
  • Part of a multidisciplinary research group under system exploring innovation in surgical efficiency and reducing procedure times.
  • Presented a case study on instrument automation and tray setup customization at the 2023 Boston Surgical Technologist Conference.
  • Completion of category accredited by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) to deepen expertise in surgical instrument sterilization.
  • Surgical Technologist-researcher for a published article in the Journal of Surgical Technology & Patient Safety on reducing surgical set-up times.
  • Operating Room Nurses Association of Austin – Affiliate member collaborating on cross-functional surgical process improvements.
  • Association of Surgical Technologists (AST) – Active member ensuring continuous professional development and knowledge of evolving industry standards.
  • National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) – Certified Surgical Technologist with completion of continuing education units (CEUs) in specialized surgical techniques.

Certifications

  • SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP)
  • Nitrous Oxide Administration Certification
  • ANA Certified in Gerontological NP
  • Pediatric Education for Prehospital Professionals (PEPP)
  • Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC)
  • Holds current furnishing license
  • Current American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification by the American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
  • Certified Ambulatory Surgery Technician (CAST) by Ironclad Systems

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