AMANDA BARBOSA

Interim Nurse Manager (Maternity Leave Coverage) | Clinical Charge Nurse

• Served as Interim Nurse Manager during leadership maternity leave, overseeing daily clinical operations and staff management.
• Functioned as Clinical Charge Nurse, coordinating staffing assignments and patient flow within an ambulatory surgery center.
• Supervised nursing staff and ensured compliance with facility policies, regulatory standards, and infection control protocols.
• Acted as liaison between surgeons, anesthesia providers, administration, executive leadership, nursing, and ancillary staff to align patient care delivery with organizational goals.
• Managed staffing assignments and surgical workflow, ensuring on-time starts and optimized room turnover.
• Supported staff education, competency validation, and performance guidance.
• Mentored and onboarded new nursing staff, strengthening clinical competency and adherence to best practices.
• Directed comprehensive regulatory and clinical compliance oversight, ensuring 100% completion of required surveillance audits (H&P, OR attire, hand hygiene, SPD, life safety, safe injection practices) and maintaining fully current nurse chart audits with zero outstanding deficiencies.
• Maintained full narcotic and medication compliance integrity, overseeing monthly controlled substance reconciliation with zero discrepancies, errors, or missing signatures; ensured medication formulary accuracy, safety data sheet updates, and complete RFX log documentation without lapses.
• Oversaw clinical documentation systems and quality controls across SIS and RFX platforms, ensuring timely pathology result management, completed post-operative follow-up documentation, infection control reporting, and closure of all aged cases in accordance with regulatory standards.
• Prepped operating rooms to comply with environmental asepsis standards.
• Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety, and rights of patient.
• Assisted physicians in operating room by providing necessary supplies and equipment.
• Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during general, gynecological, ENT, foot and ankle, and plastic surgery procedures
• Utilized sterile techniques and infection-control guidelines to maintain clean and safe environment.
• Coordinated with surgeons and staff to deliver safe patient care during operations.
• Provided direct support to surgical team during procedures.
• Collected, labeled and transported specimens and delivered to lab for testing.
• Selected and organized instruments, equipment, and supplies according to surgeon preferences.
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement, and enhance treatment strategies.
• Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
• Participated in OR suite turnaround procedures such as cleaning and case cart management.
• Adhered to universal precautions, applying aseptic techniques to operating room equipment and personnel.
• Supported patients during administration of anesthesia, monitoring factors such as vital signs and patient responses.
• Confirmed presence of required medical equipment prior to scheduled surgeries.
• Maintained equipment and supplies, confirming sufficient inventory levels prior to procedures.
• Prepared patients for surgery and transported patients to and from operating room.
• Maintained functional knowledge of operational procedures to anticipate needs of surgeons.
• Arranged supplies and instrumentation to meet needs of individual surgeons and enhance team efficiency.

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions
• Administered medications via oral, intravenous, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options
• Prepped procedure rooms to comply with environmental asepsis standards
• Provided direct support to surgical team during angiographic procedures
• Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety, and rights of patient
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols
• Provided effective bedside care to patients before and after procedures to deliver comfort
• Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team to deliver appropriate level of care
• Collected, labeled, and transported specimens and delivered to lab for testing

• Anticipated surgeons needs and handed instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures
• Gathered and set up equipment, tools, and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction
• Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies, and instruments
• Created safe operating environments for invasive and non-invasive procedures
• Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during general, gynecological, orthopedic, vascular, head and neck, oral and maxillofacial, and plastic surgery procedures
• Collected, prepared, and disposed of medical specimens
• Managed operating room setup by cleaning surfaces, maintaining supply inventories, and organizing surgical equipment
• Passed instruments and supplies to surgical team members to provide surgeons with necessary tools to complete procedures
• Reduced infection risks and protected patients by maintaining sterile fields during procedures
• Handled and prepared specimens for laboratory analysis to provide surgeons with relevant information

• Anticipated surgeons needs and handed instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures
• Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures
• Gathered and set up equipment, tools, and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction
• Prepared instruments for terminal sterilization and reset surgical suites for next procedure
• Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies, and instruments
• Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during general, gynecological, orthopedic, neurological, and plastic surgery procedures
• Collected, prepared, and disposed of medical specimens
• Maintained daily workflow, coordinating with operating room staff to prepare for scheduled and emergency cases
• Managed operating room setup by cleaning surfaces, maintaining supply inventories, and organizing surgical tools
• Provided comprehensive support to surgeons specializing in sports medicine, total joint replacement, spine, and orthopedic trauma treatment
• Worked with vendors for speedy procurement of services and equipment
• Maintained specialty equipment, implant, and instrumentation inventories
• Passed instruments and supplies to surgical team members to provide surgeons with necessary tools to complete procedures
• Reduced infection risks and protected patients by maintaining sterile fields during procedures
• Completed continuing education units, staying up to date on surgical technology and meeting organizational requirements

• Anticipated surgeons needs and handed instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures
• Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures
• Gathered and set up equipment, tools, and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction
• Prepared instruments for terminal sterilization and reset surgical suites for next procedure
• Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies, and instruments
• Created safe operating environments for invasive and non-invasive procedures
• Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during urologic and small orthopedic procedures
• Collected, prepared, and disposed of medical specimens
• Introduced new staff members to training protocols regarding operating room procedures, infection control, safety standards, and overall facility policies
• Managed operating room setup by cleaning surfaces, maintaining supply inventories, and organizing surgical tools
• Worked with vendors for speedy procurement of services and equipment
• Passed instruments and supplies to surgical team members to provide surgeons with necessary tools to complete procedures
• Positioned patients and set up drapes to create comfortable surgical environment for patients
• Handled and prepared specimens for laboratory analysis to provide surgeons with relevant information
• Contributed to team-based problem-solving to resolve issues that arose during surgery and improve patient outcomes