Amber Patton

Seeking to develop advanced business skills and leadership through the MBA program in order to position myself for senior leadership within the financial industry. I bring experience as a financial advisor and CFP® professional. Discipline and the ability to perform under pressure where shaped through my experience in the military and operating room.

UNITED STATES NAVY Hospital Corpsman, Surgical Technologist, 06/2006 to 07/2015

NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO, 08/2012 to 07/2015

Surgical Technologist, Shift Lead - San Diego, CA

• Lead night shift technologist, responsible for over 700 emergent/urgent surgeries, including transporting supplies and equipment for emergent procedures in the PICU, NICU and ICU departments.
• Scrubbed routine, urgent, and emergent Neuro, Ortho, Vascular, OB/GYN, Plastics, General, and Pediatric surgical cases.
• Managed and coordinated 50 surgical technologists for an 18 room operating schedule. Decontaminated, wrapped, and sterilized (Steam, Sterrad, Sterrad NX, Steris V-Pro) instrumentation according guidelines and policies.
• Assisted in the management and improvement of sterile processing instrument and bar code tracking system Censitrac.

NAVAL HOSPITAL GUANTANAMO BAY, 04/2010 to 07/2012

Surgical Technologist, Directorate of Surgical Services Enlisted Manager - Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

• Supervised 12 enlisted and civilian employees in directorate.
• Scrubbed General, Ortho, ENT, OB/GYN, Urology, and Pediatrics cases.
• Managed 3 surgical specialty clinics and 17 visiting surgeons.
• Performed surgical duties in a field operating room that included supply management, sterile processing, and case management.

NAVAL HOSPITAL BREMERTON, 06/2007 to 04/2010

Surgical Technologist, Supply Officer - Bremerton, WA

• First-assisted in 3 specialty services and scrubbed over 350 cases.
• Managed and procured daily supply inventory under $20 million annual operating budget.
• Assisted in the implementation of hospital's first plastics surgical specialty which involved coordination with three US Air Force surgeons, sales representatives, and government procurement departments.
• Procured $500K in new surgical equipment to increase efficiency and expand plastics and reconstructive surgical capabilities which increased patient's access to care.
• Coordinated surgical cases with Surgical Sales Representatives, which included delivery of instrumentation and consumables, service warranty agreements, and procurements.
• Deployed with the 2008 Pacific Partnership Humanitarian Mission (USNS Mercy), and assisted in more than 200 surgical cases in four countries.