Antonia Lynch
Williamstown,NJ
Summary
To obtain a position as an instructor in Surgical Technology. From working at a teaching hospital, I have realized I love teaching. I am constantly teaching new hires, surgical technology students, medical students and nurses in the perioperitive program. I would love to be able to help incoming students learn more about this amazing career
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Surgical Technologist
Cooper University Hospital
11.2022 - Current
- Promoted a culture of continuous improvement by actively participating in department meetings and offering constructive feedback on surgical processes.
- Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during general, gynecological, orthopedic, neurological, and plastic surgery procedures.
- Collected, prepared and disposed of medical specimens.
- Prepared instruments for terminal sterilization and reset surgical suites for next procedure.
- Introduced new staff members to training protocols regarding operating room procedures, infection control, safety standards, and overall facility policies.
- Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures.
- Created unobstructive operative fields by using retractors, sponges, and suction and irrigating equipment.
- Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies, and instruments.
- Anticipated surgeons needs and handed instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures.
- Mentored junior staff members on proper techniques and best practices within the field of surgical technology, promoting professional growth among peers.
Patient Care Technician
Virtua Voorhees Hospital MS7
05.2020 - Current
- Keeping patients safe at all times
- Keeping patients rooms tidy and sanitized
- Assisting patients with everyday needs
- Monitoring patients’ vital signs
- Checking patients’ blood pressure, heart rate, and pulse regularly
- Monitoring patients’ conditions and providing updates to the health care team
- Assisting the nursing staff
- Turning, repositioning and move patients between beds, wheelchairs and seats
- Helping patients’ use the bathroom and getting them dressed
- Monitoring patients’ food and liquid intake
- Provide patients and the patients family members with appropriate emotional support
- Providing compassionate care by listening to patients concerns and guiding them by answering any questions or concerns that they may have
Waitress
Red Robin
02.2018 - 02.2020
- Provide excellent customer service and work closely with staff to ensure that orders were served in an efficient manner
- Trained incoming staff regarding the restaurant's procedures, cultures and practices
- Gained immeasurable experience in multitasking, oral and verbal communication, customer satisfaction, and conflict
Sales Lead Manager
New York and Company
08.2015 - 08.2017
- Strong communication skills that decreased store complaints by 20%
- Heavy multitasking that built ability to handle multiple issues in an effective manner
- Educate new and present associates
- Oversee and delegate duties of the Sales Associates for each shift
- Used time management skills by starting a new system to allow the most productivity within the store
- Organizing sales floor, stock room and filling office
- Processing incoming freight
- Problem solving between customers, sales associates and tasks
Head Teacher of Preschool 2
Kid Academy
01.2014 - 09.2015
- Create lesson plans daily to provide structure to students and enhance education
- Enforce safety in the classroom to protect children from harm
- Parent teacher conferences where status, prognosis and plans were set into place for each child
- Educate children based on plan and weekly goal sets
Education
Associate Of Applied Science - Surgical Technology
Camden County College
Blackwood, NJ06.2022
Bachelors Degree - Nursing
Rutgers Camden School of Nursing
Camden, NJ12.2019
Pre-Nursing Honors -
Camden County College
Blackwood, NJ05.2017
High School -
Washington Township High School
Sewell, New Jersey06.2014
Skills
- Surgical Instrument Knowledge
- Pre- and post-surgical counts
- Safe sharps disposal
- Professionalism and Ethics
- Surgical equipment operation
- Pre-surgical preparation
- Setting up and operating equipment
- Infection control protocols
- OB/GYN procedures
- Patient confidentiality
- Specimen Collection
- Medication Administration
- Direct Patient Care
- Workplace Safety
- Preoperative preparation
- Safely disposing of needles
- Medical terminology proficiency
- Surgical Assistance
- Sterile processing support
- Sterile field management
- Surgical gowning
Certification
Certified Surgical Technologist
CPR- BLS provider infant, child, adult
Timeline
Certified Surgical Technologist
Cooper University Hospital
11.2022 - Current
Patient Care Technician
Virtua Voorhees Hospital MS7
05.2020 - Current
Waitress
Red Robin
02.2018 - 02.2020
Sales Lead Manager
New York and Company
08.2015 - 08.2017
Head Teacher of Preschool 2
Kid Academy
01.2014 - 09.2015
Pre-Nursing Honors -
Camden County College
High School -
Washington Township High School
Associate Of Applied Science - Surgical Technology
Camden County College
Bachelors Degree - Nursing
Rutgers Camden School of Nursing