Adrienne Woodfork
Summary
Meticulous Surgical Technician bringing practiced experience assisting with diverse operating room functions. Anticipates and addresses surgeon's needs from operating room setup and sterilization to draping patient and passing instruments during surgery. Models medical teamwork and physical stamina. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Surgical Technologist
Kaiser Permanent
01.2023 - Current
- Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures.
- Maintained high infection control standards.
- Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during general eye procedures.
- Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies, and instruments.
- Maintained daily workflow, coordinating with operating room staff to prepare for scheduled and emergency cases.
- Sterilized instruments and disposed of medical supplies and waste following OSHA guidelines.
- Managed operating room setup by cleaning and sterilizing instruments and surfaces, maintaining supply inventories, and organizing surgical tools.
- Decontaminated, cleaned, assembled, packaged, sterilized, stored, and distributed reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment.
- Passed instruments and supplies to surgical team members to provide surgeons with necessary tools to complete procedures.
- Gathered and set up equipment, tools, and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction.
- Reduced infection risks and protected patients by maintaining sterile fields during procedures.
- Positioned patients and set up drapes to create comfortable surgical environment for patients.
- Contributed to team-based problem-solving to resolve issues that arose during surgery and improve patient outcomes.
- Handled and prepared specimens for laboratory analysis to provide surgeons with relevant information.
- Cleaned and maintained operating equipment to keep resources in good working condition and ready for use.
- Completed continuing education units, staying up to date on surgical technology and meeting organizational requirements.
- Transported patients to and from surgeries to promote timely operating room turnover.
- Sterilized instruments and equipment for specific procedures and arranged for surgeons.
Emergency Department Technician II
Kaiser Morse Hospital
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Maintains required certifications and continuing education requirements per department and facility standards
- Establishes priorities based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.
- Obtains, records and reports vital signs, EKG's, heights, weights and inputs/outputs of patients as directed and per department policy
- Quickly responded to codes and cardiac monitor alarms.
- Applies monitoring devices, prepares patient for suturing, performs wound cleaning, application of dressings, orthopedic devices, splints, and crutch fitting
- Assisted with resuscitation, CPR, and emergency airway procedures.
- Monitored patients' comfort and safety during examinations and tests to alert physicians of abnormalities and changes in patient response.
- Provides post-mortem care
- Safely transported patients by wheelchair, stretcher, or bed to other units.
- Assisted in obtaining and documenting vital signs and placement of oxygen saturation, cardiac monitoring, and non-invasive blood pressure monitoring systems.
- Prepares requisitions for lab, imaging reports and medical records
- Collected basic samples, labeled specimens properly, and transferred to laboratory for testing.
- Conducts pharmacy, lab, nutrition and imaging pick-ups and deliveries, including specimen transport, as needed
- Inventories, orders, unpack and distributes supplies, forms and linens
- Responsible for cleanliness, stocking and organization of patient care areas, utility and storage rooms
- Per facility infection control policy, cleans and processes instruments
- Measured and fit crutches and canes, instructing patients on proper use of support devices.
- Coordinated with other healthcare professionals to provide patients with comprehensive care.
- Completed necessary reports and documentation on time and to specifications.
- Followed all hospital policies and procedures and complied with local, state, and federal agency and accrediting body guidelines.
Laboratory Assistant II
Kaiser Modesto, South Sac, and Morse Hospitals
01.2017 - 01.2022
- Participated in lab meetings and project presentations.
- Adhered to laboratory safety procedures to maintain compliance with quality control standards.
- Oversaw items in inventory and reordered before supplies diminished.
- Trained new laboratory personnel to apply proper laboratory techniques and best practices.
- Inspected laboratory equipment to maintain good working condition for optimal results.
- Performed testing and quality control using approved laboratory procedures and instrumentation.
- Maintained safe, tidy and organized laboratory environment for accurate test results.
- Contacted physicians, nursing stations, or reference laboratories for resolution assistance with unusual test orders.
- Prepared samples for shipping and disposed of bodily fluids in proper containers.
- Processed patient specimens according to priority and documented results.
- Obtained samples for testing following standard protocols.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection.
- Maintained documentation on tests performed in lab.
- Monitored and documented safety standards to verify compliance.
- Trained and supervised junior technicians in laboratory protocols.
- Provided support and guidance to junior lab staff.
Laboratory Assistant
Preferred Healthcare Registry-Sutter General
Sacramento, CA
03.2015 - 03.2016
- Responsible for collecting blood specimens using appropriate techniques and equipment in an acute hospital facility that includes but not limited to ER, Acute, ICU, CVICU, CICU, PICU, and Neonates
- Proficient in the collection blood specimens using a multi facet of techniques with no discrepancies in quantity, and receive/accessions samples for testing
- Completed registration and/or test order entry
- Assisted clinicians in special procedures
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Processed specimens according to established protocol
- Proficient in laboratory and hospital information systems.
- Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols.
- Stocked phlebotomy cart or carrier with appropriate supplies.
- Reviewed patient records for accuracy and completeness.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection.
- Verified patients' identification for proper sample collection.
- Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal, and biohazardous waste disposal procedures.
- Performed venipunctures, finger sticks and heel sticks for both adult and pediatric patients.
Phlebotomist/ Lab Technician
BioData Medical Laboratories
Sacramento, CA
02.2014 - 03.2015
- Perform venipuncture for the purpose of obtaining blood samples
- Principle accountabilities include: Give verbal directions to patients for collection of other types of specimens such as urine, stool, sputum, etc
- Accurately and skillfully follow established laboratory standards and OSHA guidelines
- Collect and copy any insurance information from the patients for billing
- Provide venipuncture services in the outpatient clinical or medical facilities, home, skilled nursing facility and acute care facilities
- Use appropriate packaging, handling, and labeling of the specimens collected for transport to local 24-hour laboratory for processing
- Determine which venipuncture technique is appropriate for each individual need
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Experience using syringe, evacuated technique, butterfly technique, with and without syringe
- Train and supervise externs from various vocational training schools and colleges
- Provide direction of the externs to ensure that they are performing within the guidelines as required
- Assists in the coordination of any changes in client's service requirements and monitor the overall service satisfaction for those clients utilizing the specimen collection center.
- Established and maintained positive working relationships with patients, staff and clinical personnel to build trust and camaraderie.
Education
No Degree - Surgical Technician
Altamonte Healthcare
Stockton06.2022
MBA - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Rancho Cordova, CA09.2007
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of Colorado Springs Colorado
Colorado Springs, CO08.2004
Skills
- Pre-Surgical Preparation
- Transporting Patients
- Infection Control Protocols
- Safety Protocols Expertise
- Safe Sharps Disposal
- Aseptic Techniques
- Electronic Charting
- Setting up and Operating Equipment
- Patient Confidentiality
- Surgical Assistance
- Administering Medications
- Workplace Safety
- Patient Preparation
- Pre- and Post-Surgical Counts
- Patient Transportation
- Wound Dressing
- Preoperative Checklists
Certification
- Certified Phlebotomist Feb 2024
- BLS American Heart Association Jan 2025
Timeline
Surgical Technologist
Kaiser Permanent
01.2023 - Current
Emergency Department Technician II
Kaiser Morse Hospital
01.2022 - 01.2023
Laboratory Assistant II
Kaiser Modesto, South Sac, and Morse Hospitals
01.2017 - 01.2022
Laboratory Assistant
Preferred Healthcare Registry-Sutter General
03.2015 - 03.2016
Phlebotomist/ Lab Technician
BioData Medical Laboratories
02.2014 - 03.2015
No Degree - Surgical Technician
Altamonte Healthcare
MBA - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of Colorado Springs Colorado