Cherie Williams
Retired Registered Nurse with a strong professional background in healthcare, seeking a flexible remote, non-clinical position. Brings years of experience in communication, organization, problem-solving, multitasking, documentation, confidentiality, and customer service. Skilled at interacting with people professionally, managing responsibilities, maintaining accurate records, and working in fast-paced environments. Dependable, detail-oriented, adaptable, and eager to transition into a work-from-home role utilizing transferable professional skills. Open to learning new computer programs and technologies.
Highly dependable, detail-oriented, adaptable, and motivated to apply years of professional healthcare experience to a new career opportunity. Interested in flexible part-time or full-time employment in administrative support, customer service, scheduling, data entry, or healthcare-related office operations.
Work History
Surgical Services Staff Nurse 8-bed unit operating room care
19 Years 10 Months- Strong ability to function in all areas from general to spine cases.
- Consistently maintains highest level of points on yearly evaluation.
- Performs all circulating duties with efficiency and speed.
- Assist in control and maintenance of supplies and equipment.
- On call for emergencies and available for extra duty as needed.
- Assist in supervision of personnel and department to provide.
- Optimum assurance of safe environment.
- Assist in operating room staff development and education.
Operating Room/ Plastic and Reconstructive surgery Nurse manger
5 Years- Functions as Nurse Manager, specialty, and scheduling coordinator, also Scrubs and circulates daily.
- Responsible for preparing budgets and analyzing costs pertaining to the daily running of an ambulatory center.
- Responsible for scheduling surgery, pre-op education, staff recruitment, staff training, monthly in-services, staff rosters, ordering medical supplies, and establishing all Stericycle, OSHA, ACHA, JCACHO regulations in the office.
- Coordinates and schedules surgeries onsite and offsite for each surgeon
- Ensures that the patient has a clear understanding of the procedure they are about to undergo.
- Prepares operating room for patient/procedure prior to each case.
- Circulates and scrubs in the OR daily to ensure safety for all personnel and the patient.
- Assist the surgeon during the procedure as needed.
Surgical Services Staff Nurse
14 Years- Graduated from Peri-operative school of nursing program.
- Worked in General and Plastics for 2 years.
- Circulated as needed in other specialties.
- Proficient in both Cerner and EPIC electronic health records.
- Ensures that the Operating Room is prepared with all necessary supplies, implants, instrumentation, and equipment, in accordance with the physician’s preference cards
- Assesses, plans, evaluates and ensures the implementation of the patient’s care to achieve identified outcomes and delivers safe patient care according to facility policy and procedure
- Ensure the OR is set up appropriately for each case, including using the surgeon preference card to review the supplies pulled for each case, for the next day
- Prior to transporting the patient from Pre-op to OR identifies the patient, reviews with the patient the site and procedure to be performed and ensures the completion of the medical record, including and H&P
- Assist anesthesiologist before, during and after case as indicated
- Adheres to established Hospital safety requirements and procedures to ensure a safe working environment