Organized Team Leader builds positive rapport, inspire trust and guide teams toward achievement of organizational goals. Strong facilitator adept at working cross-departmentally with co-management and top-level leadership. Excellent trainer and mentor.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Team Lead Surgical Assistant
Los Angeles Center for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
01.2015 - Current
Role includes patient admission and making patient comfortable
Prepare patients for surgery by explaining procedures, answering questions, and providing emotional support to alleviate anxieties
Perform physical assessments, including vital signs and body measurements, to establish baseline data for surgical risk evaluation
Prepare surgery setup in sterile fashion
Assist surgeons in simple and complex extractions, implants and Orthognathic surgery
Helps Oral surgeon monitors and tracks vital signs of the patient
Takes radiographs
Sterilize instruments
Performs office duties
Educate patients and their families on post-operative care, including wound care, medication management, and signs of potential complications.
CNA/Unit secretary
Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics
08.2011 - 12.2013
Duties includes recording vital signs, including blood pressure and pulse rate, as requested by staff
Help patients with personal hygiene, such as providing bedpans and helping them bathe
Closely monitor and record food intake, as well as urinary and fecal output, to be shared with key medical and nursing staff
Assist with daily living activities to make sure the patient is taken care of
This includes turning and ambulating patients and delivering food and beverages to patients throughout the day
Job duties as Unit secretary includes answering phone calls and admitting patients, updating patient information in the computer, follows up on exam instructed by the doctors.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
American Career College
Ontario, CA
07.2026
Some College (No Degree) - Dental Assisting/Assistant