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Ashley Monteiro

Tampa,FL

Summary

Focused laboratory professional with extensive experience at FIVE Labs, excelling in client relationship management and team leadership. Proven expertise in dignified specimen preparation and processing, ensuring compliance with lab safety protocols. Recognized for fostering a collaborative environment that enhances operational efficiency and supports innovative surgical procedures. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. In addition to being a compassionate Labor and Delivery Surgical Technologist known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Possess specialized skills in fetal monitoring, surgical assistance during cesarean sections, and neonatal resuscitation. Excel in communication, empathy, and teamwork, ensuring smooth collaboration with medical staff to provide optimal care for mothers and babies.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Full Time Laboratory Assistant Manager

FIVE Labs
Tampa, FL
08.2024 - 04.2025
  • Company Overview: Bioskills | Tampa, FL
  • Provided guidance and leadership for teammates in a bio skills lab designed to educate the next generation of healthcare professionals as well as foster creativity for the development of technologies for healthcare advances.
  • Utilized and customized 15,000 square feet of function space to accommodate each different event for clients from the latest developments in medicine to hands on specimen training.
  • Worked closely with representatives from client and potential clients to execute putting together programs, seminars, specimen lab, and summits as the client envisions.
  • Worked with several local catering companies to attain the goals of the clients.
  • Received and shipped out specimen as well as biohazard following state guidelines.

Surgical Technologist

Bayfront Health St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, FL
08.2021 - 01.2024
  • Maintained a sterile field by setting up instruments, passing instruments to the surgeon, and ensuring the correct tools were available for each procedure.
  • Verified accuracy of counts taken at end of each case against initial count taken at start of procedure.
  • Responded quickly to emergencies such as fetal distress or maternal hemorrhage during surgery.
  • Performed scrub duties including selecting supplies from the sterile supply room, preparing sutures and sponges prior to surgery, and maintaining aseptic technique throughout the procedure.
  • Assisted in positioning patient on OR table according to surgeon's preference.
  • Set up equipment, tools, and supplies for procedures and organize instruments as directed in surgeons' preference cards.
  • Maintained surgical areas and oversaw inventory management.
  • Organized and maintained unobstructed operative fields to foster immediate access to retractors and suctioning and irrigation equipment.
  • Reviewed surgical requirements and prepped operating room with appropriate tools, equipment and instruments.
  • Recounted surgical instruments and supplies at end of operation, eliminating chance of items left inside patient.
  • Used retractors, sponges and suctioning and irrigating equipment to create unobstructed operating fields.
  • Assisted surgeon by passing instruments and sterile supplies throughout operation.

Contracted Laboratory Technician

FIVE Labs
Tampa, FL
09.2019 - 08.2024
  • Company Overview: Bioskills | Tampa, FL
  • Assisting surgeons from all over the world in latest innovative surgical procedures, practicing on specimen donors.
  • My duties include preparing and handling the specimen, organizing instruments, passing instruments and retracting tissue as needed for the surgeon.
  • Setting up C-arm and other equipment such as suction and electrosurgery units.
  • Qualified and maintained laboratory standards for proper inventory, labeling, documentation, storage, and presentation.
  • Help to properly ship out used specimen disposing of in biohazard waste or cremation.
  • Assembled surgical instrument trays, frequently creating customized arrangements for special requests.
  • Delivered exceptional guest relations by welcoming visitors warmly and offering immediate assistance.
  • Helped maintain laboratory efficiency with well-organized supplies and proper equipment cleaning and sanitation.

Customer Service and Stock Clerk

Publix
Brandon, FL
06.2006 - 07.2015
  • Answered high volume of customer calls and in an appropriate manner.
  • Always exhibited exceptional customer service, including addressing customer inquiries and ensuring resolution.
  • Recaptured customer loyalty with expertise in de-escalating conflicts and building personalized solutions.
  • Processed refunds, exchanges, and company credits for customers facing issues.
  • Answered customer questions about policies and procedures with friendly and knowledgeable approach.
  • Assisted with processing incoming shipments, including unloading trucks, down stacking pallets, and staging product for storage and restocking.
  • Contributed to inventory accuracy by verifying quantities, data codes, and delivery instructions for each shipment.
  • Inspected incoming freight for damage and unusual conditions impacting salability.
  • Prevented shipping errors with organized, clean, and neat packing station.
  • Helped company meet recycling goals by bailing cardboard, collecting waste, and sorting recyclables.
  • Maintained safety standards in storage areas and on sales floor with regular attention to hazards such as trash.
  • Managed cardboard with efficient baling using automatic machinery.
  • Unloaded incoming trucks, working closely with team members to quickly process shipments.

Education

Associates of Science - Surgical Technology

Keiser University
Clearwater, Fl
11.2020

High School Diploma -

Seffner Christian Academy
Seffner, FL
05-2007

Skills

  • Strong medical ethic and surgical conscience
  • Sterilization techniques
  • Qualified in specimen collection and processing
  • Patient positioning
  • Goal Oriented
  • Enthusiastic caregiver
  • Computer literate
  • Exceptional time management
  • Medical terminology skills knowledge
  • BLS/CPR certified
  • Familiarity in surgical procedures
  • Anatomy knowledge
  • Inventory management
  • Client relationship management
  • Team leadership
  • Customer service
  • Lab equipment processes
  • Sterilization procedures
  • Lab safety protocols
  • Team collaboration
  • Chemical handling

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Full Time Laboratory Assistant Manager

FIVE Labs
08.2024 - 04.2025

Surgical Technologist

Bayfront Health St. Petersburg
08.2021 - 01.2024

Contracted Laboratory Technician

FIVE Labs
09.2019 - 08.2024

Customer Service and Stock Clerk

Publix
06.2006 - 07.2015

Associates of Science - Surgical Technology

Keiser University

High School Diploma -

Seffner Christian Academy

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