Dwayne Kelly
Miami
Summary
Nursing Assistant supporting preoperative and surgical care through safe patient transport, OR environmental cleaning, and supply restocking. Assists surgeons and RNs with positioning, specimen transport, and emergency response in fast-paced hospital settings. Maintains JCAHO, OSHA, and HRS sanitation and safety standards across operating room support areas.
Overview
3
3
Certifications
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Nursing Assistant
UHEALTH UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
01.2024 - 09.2025
- Full-time
- On-site
- Assisted nursing staff with daily patient care and activities to enhance overall patient experience.
- Monitored vital signs and documented changes to ensure accurate patient assessments.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop personalized care plans for patients.
Medical Surgical Assistant
South Miami Baptist Hospital
10.2017 - 10.2023
- Assist the Surgeon and Registered before, during, and after a surgical procedure.
- Provide assistance to the surgical team with positioning/holding of patients under the direction of the registered nurse, and/or physician.
- Transport surgical patients safely and efficiently to and from preoperative areas, ensuring timely readiness for procedures.
- Transport surgical specimens to pathology, microbiology, and other areas within the organization.
- Provide efficient and safe transportation of surgical patients to and from the preoperative areas.
- Monitor and maintain adequate supply levels in substations, scrub sinks, and environmental areas to support smooth surgical operations.
- Ensure proper supply and storage of O2 tanks in department, contributing to preparedness for surgical procedures.
- Maintain and monitor compliance of sanitation and safety standards as established by regulatory agencies, (i.e. JCAHO, OSHA, HRS, etc.).
- Validates regulatory compliance and subordinate adherence pertaining environmental sanitation and disinfection within the surgical practice setting ancillary areas.
- Initiates ordering of supplies and notifies inventory staff when things are needed.
- Maintain levels of supplies in substations, scrub sinks, environmental areas and equipment.
- Assures appropriate supply and storage of O2 tanks in the department.
- Demonstrate knowledge of handling advance surgical equipment and how they are stored i.e. microscopes, lasers AV equipment.
- Knowledge of service specific equipment and when they are utilized.
- Complete special assignments in a timely manner as directed by the supervisor.
Education
High school diploma -
MIAMI EDISON SR. HIGH
Miami, FLSkills
Basic life support
Maintaining patient confidentiality
Customer service
Caregiving
Patient transport
Surgery assistance
Operating room cleaning
Specimen transport
Supply inventory control
Emergency response support
Accomplishments
I served in the United States Marine Corp 01/17/1983-11/18/1995
I served as a Corrections Officer 01/1996-10/2016
Pop Warner Football Coach 1997 to 2020
Certification
BLS Certification, 10/01/23 to 10/31/25
Timeline
Nursing Assistant
UHEALTH UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
01.2024 - 09.2025
Medical Surgical Assistant
South Miami Baptist Hospital
10.2017 - 10.2023
High school diploma -
MIAMI EDISON SR. HIGH
Military Service
USMC, United States, Sergeant, 01/01/83, 11/30/95