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Colton Matthews

Pensacola,Florida

Summary

Dedicated healthcare support professional with a proven track record of high productivity and precision in task execution. Specialized in surgical instrumentation, sterilization techniques, and operating room protocols, ensuring optimal efficiency during procedures. Strong teamwork, communication, and adaptability skills enhance support for surgical teams while maintaining a patient-centered approach. Aiming to leverage expertise into an administrative role to further improve operational effectiveness.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Certified Surgical Technician

West Florida Hospital
12.2024 - Current
  • Demonstrate necessary practical, technical, or specialized skills required for the role of the surgical technician in accordance with the Association of Surgical Technologists
  • Assist in preparing the operative suite for surgery by checking and gathering supplies, equipment, and instruments
  • Ensure that surgical asepsis is maintained in the handling of instruments, sponges, sutures, drains, needles, and dressings
  • Assist in the turnover of the operating room suites between cases, disposing of trash and linens, and cleaning of equipment and environmental surfaces
  • Prepare procedure room for use the following day by bringing in equipment, setting up, 'pulling cases' accurately, and reporting to supervisor items that are needed and not available
  • Assisted in a wide range of orthopedic procedures, including total joint replacements, fracture repairs, and arthroscopic surgeries, ensuring precise instrumentation and sterile techniques
  • Skilled in preparing and managing orthopedic-specific surgical tools, such as power drills, saws, implants, and traction devices, to support efficient surgical workflows
  • Orthopedic spine surgeries, with hands-on experience in the placement and removal of Spinal generators
  • Supported general surgery cases, demonstrating adaptability and understanding of laparoscopic and open surgical techniques
  • Ensured proper assembly, sterilization, and organization of instruments and equipment for a variety of general procedures
  • Handed instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants.
  • Prepared patients for surgery by positioning on operating table and covering with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
  • Held instruments and quickly handed to surgeon during procedures.
  • Assisted with the draping of patients in a sterile manner.
  • Ensured proper disposal of contaminated items according to infection control guidelines.
  • Ensured that all necessary items were available at the start of each procedure.
  • Observed approved sterilization techniques to ensure aseptic conditions.
  • Prepared dressings or bandages, applying or assisting with application following surgery.
  • Maintained proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
  • Set up equipment, tools and supplies for procedures and organize instruments as directed in surgeons' preference cards.

Lead OR Supply Chain Technician

West Florida Hospital
02.2022 - 12.2024
  • Order, receive, deliver, and put-away all OR supplies in an accurate and timely manner, and deliver to appropriate department(s), and perform QA random checks on totes per policy
  • Perform inventory management for the OR
  • Perform case picking for both scheduled, add-on, and emergent cases
  • Ensure items have the appropriate MedTag barcodes, rotate stock to ensure no items are out of date, perform expiration checks according to policy, react appropriately to stock outs
  • Use meditech application to print scheduled cases for the following day
  • Assist OR staff with any needs/concerns
  • Educate new employees on policies and how to perform case picking
  • Stock OR rooms with all core 50 items
  • Lead team by keeping morale and distributing job tasks
  • Address any discrepancies performed on pulled cases

Supply Chain/Distribution Technician

West Florida Hospital
Pensacola, FL
10.2019 - 07.2022
  • Examine and inventories all merchandise received via FedEx express/ground, UPS ground, and freight trucks deliveries
  • Scans all items into a database upon delivery and inspection completion
  • Sorts and distribute all medical products to the correct department as needed
  • Use Microsoft excel to maintain records of medical products with a cost of over $100.00
  • Showing the quantities on hand, out of stock and on order items
  • Assist medical staff with any concerns they have on their supplies or any other situation that may arise
  • Aids hospital patients with any needs
  • Conduct inventory and Maintains records of all medical product as they are issued to each departments
  • Answer telephone calls from vendors or hospital employees concerning delivery, returns, and items needed in emergency situations
  • Operate warehouse equipment
  • Contact vendors for product issues wrong product, wrong address, lost items
  • Enforces all hospital standards in order for vendors to gain access into the facility
  • Equipment used in position: Copiers, Scanners, Electric pallet jack, Radios, Fax

Automotive Detailer

CarMax Auto Superstore
02.2016 - 10.2019
  • Receive and conduct a detailed inspection of the vehicle exterior and interior, annotate all deficiencies found
  • Estimate the man hours needed to repair and detail the vehicle
  • Perform repairs on all deficiencies and complete detailing on the interior and exterior of the vehicle
  • Complete all required documents needed per vehicle
  • Deliver excellent quality vehicle for the company to the customers
  • Follow company and OSHA safety rules, using detailing equipment and hazardous waste material
  • Maintain a safe and clean working environment
  • Address the customer(s) concerning all defects with their vehicles and what is needed to fix the issues, ranging from just a simple wash and wax to filling in the scratches and buffing
  • Trained new employees on the proper process of receiving a vehicle and detailing and the company standards
  • The proper use of all equipment needed to perform the job while maintained a high attention to detail

Education

Business Administration - Business Administration

Walden University
Minneapolis, MN
10.2024

NCCT: TS-C Certification - Certification

MedCerts
Livonia, MI
04.2024

Masters in Healthcare Administration - Health Administration

Walden University
Minneapolis, MN

Skills

  • Wound dressing
  • Medication administration
  • Pre-surgical preparation
  • Aseptic practices
  • Patient positioning
  • Safe sharps disposal
  • Instrument care
  • Sterile technique
  • Suture handling
  • Setting up and operating equipment

References

Upon Request

Timeline

Certified Surgical Technician

West Florida Hospital
12.2024 - Current

Lead OR Supply Chain Technician

West Florida Hospital
02.2022 - 12.2024

Supply Chain/Distribution Technician

West Florida Hospital
10.2019 - 07.2022

Automotive Detailer

CarMax Auto Superstore
02.2016 - 10.2019

Business Administration - Business Administration

Walden University

NCCT: TS-C Certification - Certification

MedCerts

Masters in Healthcare Administration - Health Administration

Walden University

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