Cathy Bryant
Williamston,SC
Summary
Surgical Technologist with forty years’ experience in all specialties of the operating room, Program Director and instructor for surgical technology program. Knowledge of accreditation and curriculum development. I have an Associate Degree in healthcare administration and am currently in progress with Bachelor’s Degree. Proficient in aseptic technique and maintaining the sterile field and advocate for patient safety.
Determined professional with dedication to hard work and team player attitude. Offers strong inventory management and product packaging abilities. Punctual and focused with physical strength to accommodate lifts up to 50 pounds.
Detail-focused retail merchandising professional with experience in leveraging strong organizational and communication skills to maximize profits and customer satisfaction. Skilled at creating product displays and managing inventory for optimum product placement and sales.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Merchandiser
American Greetings
10.2022 - 03.2025
- Managed inventory in 11 retail stores. Ordered, supposed, tracked all inventories.
CST/ Supply Chain Coordinator
Helen Ellis Hospital
03.2017 - 12.2021
- Completed frequent inventory counts and resolved discrepancies.
- Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
- Created mechanisms to maintain open dialogue with product and service users and key suppliers, facilitating communication and helping prioritize opportunities.
- Managed production levels identified material shortages and monitored inventory levels to meet order delivery requirements.
- Established inventory targets, stock level and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory.
- Coordinated supply chain operations, ensuring timely delivery of medical supplies and equipment.
- Managed inventory levels, optimizing stock control processes to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
- Developed and maintained relationships with vendors, negotiating contracts to secure advantageous terms.
- Trained new staff on supply chain protocols, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Analyzed data trends to forecast demand, enabling proactive adjustments in procurement strategies for critical supplies.
Certified Surgical Technologist/Supervisor Sterile Processing
EdwardWhiteHospital
03.2014 - 03.2016
- Prepared instruments for terminal sterilization and reset surgical suites for the next procedure.
- Sterilized instruments and equipment for specific procedures and arranged for surgeons.
- Worked with vendors for speedy procurement of services and equipment.
- Maintained documentation of post-operative instrument reconciliations and protocols for quality care.
- Handled numerous sanitization tasks for surgical sites by cleaning and sterilizing, maintaining supply inventories and organizing items effectively.
- Introduced new staff members to training protocols regarding operating room procedures, infection control, safety standards and overall facility policies.
- Worked with the Director of the Operating Room to maintain daily workflow, coordinating with operating room staff to prepare for scheduled and emergency cases.
- Sterilized instruments and disposed of medical supplies and waste following OSHA guidelines. Liaised between the Sterile Processing department and operating room teams, ensuring availability of requisite instruments and equipment, including loaned and specialty devices.
Certified Surgical Technologist
Medpro Staffing, Medical University of South Carolina
12.2013 - 03.2014
- Created safe operating environments for invasive and non-invasive procedures.
- Anticipated surgeons need and hand instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures.
- Created unobstructive operative fields by using retractors, sponges, and suction and irrigating equipment.
- Gathered and set up equipment, tools and supplies and arranged instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction.
- Used sutures, staples, clips and other tools to close wounds.
- Performed and documented pre-surgery and post-surgery sponge, instrument, and needle count.
- Provided scrubbing surgical assistance and support to surgeons during general, gynecology, genitourinary, orthopedic, neurosurgery and plastic surgery procedures.
Certified Surgical Technologist
Hilton Head Island Regional Hospital
06.2013 - 11.2013
- Collected, prepared, and disposed of medical specimens.
- Created safe operating environments for invasive and non-invasive procedures.
- Prepared instruments for terminal sterilization and reset surgical suites for the next procedure.
- Operated, adjusted, and monitored diagnostic equipment and other machines used during procedures.
- Anticipated surgeons need and hand instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures.
- Created unobstructive operative fields by using retractors, sponges, and suction and irrigating equipment.
- Gathered and set up equipment, tools and supplies and arranged instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction.
- Used sutures, staples, clips and other tools to close wounds.
- Controlled bleeding during procedures by applying hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, and electrocautery equipment.
- Performed and documented pre-surgery and post-surgery sponge, instrument, and needle count.
- Sterilized instruments and equipment for specific procedures and arranged for surgeons.
- Kept detailed records of post-operative instrument reconciliations and overall care procedures.
- Maintained documentation of post-operative instrument reconciliations and protocols for quality care.
- Handled numerous sanitization tasks for surgical sites by cleaning and sterilizing, maintaining supply inventories and organizing items effectively.
- Created and maintained unobstructed operative fields using diverse range of tools, including retractors, sponges and suctioning and irrigation equipment.
- Sterilized instruments and disposed of medical supplies and waste following OSHA guidelines.
- Provided scrubbing surgical assistance and support to surgeons during general, gynecology, genitourinary, orthopedic, neurosurgery and plastic surgery procedures.
- Managed operating room setup by cleaning and sterilizing instruments and surfaces, maintaining supply inventories and organizing surgical tools.
Certified Surgical Technologist, On Assignment
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
07.2012 - 05.2013
- Collected, prepared, and disposed of medical specimens.
- Created safe operating environments for invasive and non-invasive procedures.
- Prepared instruments for terminal sterilization and reset surgical suites for next procedure.
- Operated, adjusted, and monitored diagnostic equipment and other machines used during procedures.
- Anticipated surgeons need and hand instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures.
- Created unobstructive operative fields by using retractors, sponges, and suction and irrigating equipment.
- Gathered and set up equipment, tools and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction.
- Used sutures, staples, clips and other tools to close wounds.
- Controlled bleeding during procedures by applying hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, and electrocautery equipment.
- Performed and documented pre-surgery and post-surgery sponge, instrument, and needle count.
- Sterilized instruments and equipment for specific procedures and arranged for surgeons.
- Kept detailed records of post-operative instrument reconciliations and overall care procedures.
- Worked with vendors for speedy procurement of services and equipment.
- Maintained documentation of post-operative instrument reconciliations and protocols for quality care.
- Handled numerous sanitization tasks for surgical sites by cleaning and sterilizing, maintaining supply inventories and organizing items effectively.
- Created and maintained unobstructed operative fields using diverse range of tools, including retractors, sponges and suctioning and irrigation equipment.
- Sterilized instruments and disposed of medical supplies and waste following OSHA guidelines.
- Provided scrubbing surgical assistance and support to surgeons during general, gynecology, genitourinary, orthopedic, neurosurgery and plastic surgery procedures.
- Managed operating room setup by cleaning and sterilizing instruments and surfaces, maintaining supply inventories and organizing surgical tools.
Program Director Surgical Technology
Central Florida Institute
07.2007 - 05.2012
- Instructed students in Surgical Technology which included aseptic technique, Instrumentation, surgical processes, surgical procedures, anatomy and physiology, Microbiology, surgical pharmacology, and clinical instruction.
- Prepared and implemented updates to program according to AST Standards, CAAHEP Standards, and ABHES.
- Prepared and re-accredited program through CAAHEP and ABHES.
- Managed a faculty of eleven instructors, didactic and clinical.
- Oversaw a student body of 98.
- Implemented standards for students to graduate with an associate degree.
- Implemented a sterile processing program.
Certified Surgical Technologist
Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital
08.2008 - 05.2011
- Collected, prepared, and disposed of medical specimens.
- Created safe operating environments for invasive and non-invasive procedures.
- Prepared instruments for terminal sterilization and reset surgical suites for the next procedure.
- Operated, adjusted, and monitored diagnostic equipment and other machines used during procedures.
- Anticipated surgeons need and hand instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures.
- Created unobstructive operative fields by using retractors, sponges, and suction and irrigating equipment.
- Gathered and set up equipment, tools and supplies and arranged instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction.
- Used sutures, staples, clips and other tools to close wounds.
- Controlled bleeding during procedures by applying hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, and electrocautery equipment.
- Performed and documented pre-surgery and post-surgery sponge, instrument, and needle count.
- Worked with vendors for speedy procurement of services and equipment.
- Maintained documentation of post-operative instrument reconciliations and protocols for quality care.
- Handled numerous sanitization tasks for surgical sites by cleaning and sterilizing, maintaining supply inventories and organizing items effectively.
- Created and maintained unobstructed operative fields using diverse range of tools, including retractors, sponges and suctioning and irrigation equipment.
- Introduced new staff members to training protocols regarding operating room procedures, infection control, safety standards and overall facility policies.
- Sterilized instruments and disposed of medical supplies and waste following OSHA guidelines.
- Provided scrubbing surgical assistance and support to surgeons during general, gynecology, genitourinary, orthopedic, neurosurgery and plastic surgery procedures.
- Managed operating room setup by cleaning and sterilizing instruments and surfaces, maintaining supply inventories and organizing surgical tools.
Education
Bachelors - Healthcare Management
University of Phoenix
12-2024
Associate Degree - Healthcare Administration
University of Phoenix Greenville
Phoenix, AZMBA - Business And Healthcare Administration, Dual Degre
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ06-2027
Skills
- Performance assessment
- Supply chain and resource management
- Supply chain distribution
- Supply chain planning
Timeline
Merchandiser
American Greetings
10.2022 - 03.2025
CST/ Supply Chain Coordinator
Helen Ellis Hospital
03.2017 - 12.2021
Certified Surgical Technologist/Supervisor Sterile Processing
EdwardWhiteHospital
03.2014 - 03.2016
Certified Surgical Technologist
Medpro Staffing, Medical University of South Carolina
12.2013 - 03.2014
Certified Surgical Technologist
Hilton Head Island Regional Hospital
06.2013 - 11.2013
Certified Surgical Technologist, On Assignment
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
07.2012 - 05.2013
Certified Surgical Technologist
Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital
08.2008 - 05.2011
Program Director Surgical Technology
Central Florida Institute
07.2007 - 05.2012
Associate Degree - Healthcare Administration
University of Phoenix Greenville
Bachelors - Healthcare Management
University of Phoenix
MBA - Business And Healthcare Administration, Dual Degre
University of Phoenix