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Ashley Wade

Summary

Seeking a position with a surgical team that will allow me to utilize my qualifications/skills while maintaining only the highest level of patient and customer care.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Surgical Technician

Southern California Hospital-Culver City
02.2023 - Current
  • Assisted in preparing the operative suite for surgery by checking and gathering supplies, equipment, and instruments
  • Organized the turnover of the O.R
  • Suites between cases, disposed of trash and linens, and cleaned the equipment and environmental surfaces
  • Specialize in cases such as Plastic-Reconstructive, Bariatric, Podiatry, General, Ortho, GYN, Facial Feminization, and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

SPD Technician

Southern California Hospital-Culver City
05.2021 - 02.2023
  • Responsible for organizing and assembling specialty surgical instrument trays and other sterilized supplies when needed, operate steam and STERRAD sterilizers, keeping records of loads completed, including recording sterilizer test results, assembled and wrapped all types of instrument trays with a priority on vendor trays for pending operating room procedures, Organized and prioritized instrumentation for timely preparation, delivery and processing, performed biological monitoring and accurately recorded related data per operating room processes as needed, responsible for the wrapping and labeling of sterile supplies on a daily basis
  • Lead and mentor staff on how to proactively troubleshoot problems and resolve them for medical staff.

Sterile Processing Technician II

Children's Hospital Los Angeles
08.2013 - 05.2021
  • Responsible for maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives and quality
  • Improvement, safety, and environmental and infection control standards; decontaminate and sterilize
  • Instruments, assemble wraps and sterilize trays of instruments; sort mismatched sets if instruments
  • Clean, disinfect or calibrate scope or other endoscopic instruments according to the manufacturer recommendations and facility standards.

Medical Biller (Extern)

Gerber Ambulance Service
09.2014 - 10.2014
  • Assisted with billing needs and other departments when necessary

Instrument Technician

Marina Del Rey Hospital
09.2009 - 08.2013
  • Responsible for the care, cleaning, handling and reprocessing of instruments; knowledge of instrumentation blood and body fluid precautions, disinfection techniques and methods of sterilization; conducted instrument and inventory management, restocked and gathered supplies for specific cases and assisted with O.R
  • Sterilization process

Office Clerk

T.H.E. Clinic, Inc. Teen Clinic
03.2009 - 07.2009
  • Performed clerical duties such as answering phones, typing and organized files; data entry; organized the office calendar; provided office support to other staff members

Clinic Assistant

Women's Care Center
07.2008 - 03.2009
  • Performed clerical duties; updated patient information; documented patient vitals; collected blood samples for Rh readings; administered Depovera shots under minimal supervision; gathered supplies for daily procedures and ensured decontamination of instruments, equipment and contaminated materials

Front Desk Clerk

Schnierow Dental Care - Pediatrics
03.2005 - 06.2007
  • Answered multiple phone lines; typing, filing, faxing; updated personal/financial information; greeted patients; insurance verification: Medi-Cal and PPO

Student Worker-Morgue Attendant

King/Drew Hospital
06.2004 - 09.2004
  • Answered multiple phone lines; typing, filing, faxing, receive or transporting the bodies of the deceased patients and place in the refrigerated compartment, Prepare the deceased for relative identification, confirm the patient information and release to funeral directors.

Education

Diploma in Billing & Coding -

American Career College
01.2013

Diploma in Surgical Technology -

Surgical Technology
01.2008

High School Diploma -

Gardena Senior High School
01.2005

Skills

  • CPR certified

  • Medical terminology (10 years)

  • Customer service

  • Telephone

  • Alpha/numeric

  • Data entry

  • Filing (8 years)

  • 40 wpm

  • Organizational skills

  • Etiquette (10 years)

  • Phone etiquette (10 years)

  • Excellent communication skills (10 years)

  • Multi-tasker

  • Fast learner (10 years)

  • Computer literacy (10 years)

  • English

  • Microsoft Word, Power point (8 years)

  • Multi-line Phone Systems

  • Insurance Verification

  • Medical Billing

  • Employee evaluation

  • Operating Room Safety

  • Suture Handling

  • Instrument Knowledge

  • Patient Care

  • Team Communication

  • Workplace Safety

  • Surgical Equipment Handling

  • Sterile Technique Proficiency

  • Surgical Instrument Knowledge

  • Anatomy Understanding

  • Motivation and Initiative

Certification

  • CRCST, 09/01/20, Present
  • IAHCSMM Certification

Timeline

Surgical Technician

Southern California Hospital-Culver City
02.2023 - Current

SPD Technician

Southern California Hospital-Culver City
05.2021 - 02.2023

Medical Biller (Extern)

Gerber Ambulance Service
09.2014 - 10.2014

Sterile Processing Technician II

Children's Hospital Los Angeles
08.2013 - 05.2021

Instrument Technician

Marina Del Rey Hospital
09.2009 - 08.2013

Office Clerk

T.H.E. Clinic, Inc. Teen Clinic
03.2009 - 07.2009

Clinic Assistant

Women's Care Center
07.2008 - 03.2009

Front Desk Clerk

Schnierow Dental Care - Pediatrics
03.2005 - 06.2007

Student Worker-Morgue Attendant

King/Drew Hospital
06.2004 - 09.2004

Diploma in Billing & Coding -

American Career College

Diploma in Surgical Technology -

Surgical Technology

High School Diploma -

Gardena Senior High School

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