A Dawn

• Traveled to Gateway in Granite City for my first travel assignment, and stayed until 6/22/22.
• Second travel assignment was at Herrin hospital starting 7/2/22 until 12/27/22.
• Last travel assignment was at Belleville Memorial starting 1/9/23 until previous.

Jobs there included,

• Gathered and set up equipment, tools, and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction.
• 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.

• Protected patients from infection by setting up and managing sterile operating fields
• Arranged supplies and instrumentation to meet needs of individual surgeons and enhance team efficiency
• Gowned and gloved staff to help team prepare for surgeries
• Kept views unobstructed by retracting, sponging and suctioning surgical sites
• Applied antiseptics and sterile dressings to cover surgical locations and boost healing.

• Created safe operating environments for invasive and non-invasive procedures
• Operated, adjusted, and monitored diagnostic equipment and other machines used during procedures
• Prepared instruments for terminal sterilization and reset surgical suites for next procedure
• Gathered and set up equipment, tools and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction
• Anticipated surgeons needs and handed instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures.

• Obtained updated contact information from all subjects and verified data for accuracy
• Facilitated timely check-in by greeting visitors and establishing purpose of visits
• Organized, reviewed and filed paperwork for secure recordkeeping
• Trained junior staff on office procedures and regulatory requirements
• Greeted every guest with personable approach and provided knowledgeable service.

• Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles
• Resolved unusual test orders by contacting physicians, nursing stations or reference laboratories
• Accurately labeled vacutainer tubes with patient name, date and time of collection
• Assembled tourniquets, needles and blood collection devices to prepare work trays
• Validated blood and specimen collection orders, alerting nurses or physicians of discrepancies between order and nursing station logs
• Collected fluid or tissue samples by using appropriate collection procedures.