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BRITTNEY BELINC

Gibraltar,MI

Summary

Surgical Technician with nearly ten years of experience in diverse surgical procedures. Proficient in training technical staff and enhancing workflow through effective policy implementation. Committed to contributing expertise to a dynamic organization with opportunities for professional growth.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Surgical Technologist

Corwell Health
Taylor, MI
08.2021 - Current
  • Assisted with reductions and limb casting and administered pain injections.
  • Monitored and assessed operating room conditions and patient and surgical team needs.
  • Provided assistance to surgeons during operations by passing instruments and other supplies.
  • Organized and maintained unobstructed operative fields to foster immediate access to retractors and suctioning and irrigation equipment.
  • Maintained proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
  • Used hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures and electrocautery equipment to control bleeding.
  • Set up equipment, tools and supplies for procedures and organize instruments as directed in surgeons' preference cards.
  • Reviewed patient charts for information regarding allergies or medical conditions that could affect the outcome of surgery.
  • Prepared and maintained sterile field for surgical procedures.
  • Assisted in positioning patients on operating table and covered them with sterile drapes.
  • Handed instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants.
  • Retrieved implants from storage area prior to start of procedure.
  • Held instruments and quickly handed to surgeon during procedures.
  • Maintained surgical areas and oversaw inventory management.
  • Organized operating room by setting up surgical trays with instruments according to surgeon preference.
  • Prepared patients for surgery by positioning on operating table and covering with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
  • Used retractors, sponges and suctioning and irrigating equipment to create unobstructed operating fields.
  • Collaborated with vendors and service providers to coordinate required services and equipment.

Travel Surgical Technologist

AMN-Beaumont Hospital
Trenton, MI
01.2020 - 07.2025
  • Assisted in preparing medication trays for use in the OR.
  • Prepared patients for surgery by positioning on operating table and covering with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
  • Assisted with patient positioning during surgery to ensure proper body alignment.
  • Maintained proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
  • Ensured that all patient safety protocols were followed prior to beginning of each procedure.
  • Assisted in the preparation of operating rooms by setting up surgical instruments and equipment according to established protocols.
  • Assisted surgeon with patient preparation for total joint replacement procedures.
  • Operated or monitored lights, machines or equipment to support proper operation.
  • Performed scrub duties during surgeries such as passing instruments to surgeons and counting sponges, needles and other materials used during the operation.
  • Provided assistance in closing incisions following surgery using sutures or staples as directed by surgeon.
  • Administered medications under direct supervision of a registered nurse.
  • Provided technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses or anesthesiologists.
  • Handed instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants.

Travel Surgical Technologist

AMN Healthcare, Norton Healthcare
Louisville, KY
12.2019 - 01.2020
  • First scrub role and assisted in: General, gynecology, total joint orthopedics, sports medicine orthopedics, oncology, cysto, and ENT, bariatrics, peripheral vascular, trauma, neurology, obstetrics.
  • Prepped patients for surgery, including but not limited to, positioning patients on OR table, using positioning aids and connecting patient to medical equipment.
  • Fluent with using Jackson table with or Without Mayfield headpiece, Hanna table, fracture table, and bariatric beds.
  • Operated, assembled, adjusted, or monitored, sterilizers, lights, suction machines, cell savers, including but not limited to most diagnostic medical equipment needed for specific operations.

Travel Surgical Technologist

Promedica Monroe Regional Hospital
Monroe, MI
10.2019 - 12.2019
  • First scrub role and assisted in; General, gynecology, total joint orthopedics, sports medicine orthopedics, oncology, ENT, plastics, trauma, neurology, obstetrics, EGD’s, and Cysto.
  • Lead Technician, specialized in Total Joint orthopedics and sports medicine and neurology.
  • Fluent with using Jackson table with or without Mayfield headpiece, Hanna table, fracture table, and bariatric beds.

Travel Surgical Technologist

AMN Healthcare, Mary Washington Hospital, Level 1 Trauma
Fredericksburg, VA
07.2019 - 10.2019
  • First scrub role and assisted in: General, gynecology, total joint orthopedics, sports medicine orthopedics, oncology, ENT, bariatrics, peripheral vascular, trauma, neurology, obstetrics, ortho spine, cardiac, CVOR.
  • Prepped patients for surgery, including but not limited to, positioning patients on OR table, using positioning aids and connecting patient to medical equipment.
  • Fluent with using Jackson table with or without Mayfield headpiece, Hanna table, fracture table, and bariatric beds.
  • Operated, Assembled, adjusted, or monitored, sterilizers, lights, suction machines, cell savers, including but not limited to most diagnostic medical equipment needed for specific operations.

Surgical Technologist

Baptist Aambulatory Surgery Center (TOA)
Nashville, TN
07.2018 - 06.2019
  • First scrub role and assisted in: General, gynecology, total joint orthopedics, sports medicine orthopedics, and oncology.

Surgical Technologist

Maxwell Aesthetics, Private In House OR
Nashville, TN
06.2018 - 08.2018
  • First scrub role and assisted in: plastic and reconstructive surgery.
  • Job description but not limited to: interviewing patients pre and post op appointments and surgery, checking patients in, pre and post op photos, taking patient vitals and history, explained procedures medications and diets, charting, answering phones, suture removal, drain removal, change of wound dressing, cleaned and sterilized instruments, prepared and administer medications as directed and under a physicians care.
  • Procedures include but not limited to; breast augmentation, fat grafting to breast, dermabrasion, face lift, hair transplantation, rhinoplasty, lipo suction, tummy tuck, blepharoplasty, facial fat injections, Botox, and facial fillers.

Surgical Technologist

Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital, Same Day Surgery Center and Main OR, Level 2 Trauma
Nashville, TN
02.2017 - 06.2018
  • First scrub role and assisted in: General, gynecology, total joint orthopedics, sports medicine orthopedics, oncology, ENT, bariatrics, peripheral vascular, trauma, neurology, obstetrics, ortho spine, cardiac, podiatry, plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Education

Certified Surgical Technologist -

Miller-Motte Technical College
Clarksville, TN
01-2016

Skills

  • Surgical instrumentation
  • Sterile techniques
  • Operating room preparation
  • Patient assessment
  • Electrosurgical equipment management
  • Inventory control
  • Patient positioning
  • Medication administration
  • Assisting in surgeries
  • Time management
  • Leadership qualities
  • Problem-solving

Timeline

Surgical Technologist

Corwell Health
08.2021 - Current

Travel Surgical Technologist

AMN-Beaumont Hospital
01.2020 - 07.2025

Travel Surgical Technologist

AMN Healthcare, Norton Healthcare
12.2019 - 01.2020

Travel Surgical Technologist

Promedica Monroe Regional Hospital
10.2019 - 12.2019

Travel Surgical Technologist

AMN Healthcare, Mary Washington Hospital, Level 1 Trauma
07.2019 - 10.2019

Surgical Technologist

Baptist Aambulatory Surgery Center (TOA)
07.2018 - 06.2019

Surgical Technologist

Maxwell Aesthetics, Private In House OR
06.2018 - 08.2018

Surgical Technologist

Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital, Same Day Surgery Center and Main OR, Level 2 Trauma
02.2017 - 06.2018

Certified Surgical Technologist -

Miller-Motte Technical College

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