Hillary Lamb RN MSN
Clinton,Utah
Summary
To broaden knowledge and interdisciplinary skill sets. To collaborate with others within the nursing field and team. To use interpersonal skills to motivate others to provide the safest patient care possible. To inspire others to broaden their skill level through mentoring and through empowering the to lead.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
OR Circulator/Scrub (travel)
George Wahlen Veterans Hospital
10.2022 - Current
- Circulate/ Scrub general, urology, orthopedics, plastics, ENT, eyes, vascular, neuro spine and ortho spine procedures
- Performs all required circulator duties
- Charge Nurse
- Created bin location for all sterile supplies in core
- Created preference card template to standardize preference cards
- Created "Transportation of surgical instruments" policy
OR Circulator (travel)
Huggins Hospital
05.2022 - 09.2022
- Circulate general, orthopedic, gynecology, endoscopy and pain procedures.
- Follows facility, JCAHO and AORN standards
- Created "Retained Counted Sponges" Policy.
Surgical Services Manager (travel)
Saint Alphonsus
04.2021 - 04.2022
- Over 2 hospitals simultaneously in Ontario and Baker City, OR
- 40+ fte's: scrub techs, RN's, Sterile Processing techs and Endoscopy techs
- Budgets: capital purchase, fte's, rolling forecast
- Implemented specimen policy and practice change
- Decreased turnover time from 46 minutes to 25 minutes
- Hired and onboarded OR manager and supervisor,
- Educated to JCAHO and AORN standards
Operating Room Assistant Manager
Primary Children's Hospital
04.2018 - 04.2021
- Manages 40+ surgical technologists; Co-manage 60+ RN's
- Accountable for following budgets: 100+ fte's, $134 million net revenue and $31 million total expense
- Provide employee performance evaluations.
- Work with OR manager at developing goals to meet Intermountain Strategic Plan and holding employees accountable to goals.
- Provide insight regarding PCH Lehi build in area of surgical suite layout and major equipment purchase
- Member of PCH hospital safety team to help reduce contaminated injury by 37% in 2019
- Member of Intermountain Healthcare and Davis Applied Technology College surgical technologist cohort
- Presented and managed $2 million capital budget purchase
- Program development including interdisciplinary collaboration with PCH and University of Utah physicians, administration and front line staff for Fetal Surgery Program
- Successfully completed Joint Commission Survey 2019
Tissue Recovery Technician
Donor Connect
01.2016 - 03.2021
- Responsible for assisting in recovery of bone, skin, tissue, heart and circulatory tissue
- Knowledge of American Association of Tissue Banks standards
- Works closely with Office of Medical Examiner, Utah Lions Eye Bank and funeral homes
Registered Nurse/ Circulator
Primary Children's Hospital
01.2016 - 04.2018
- Circulates general, urology, orthopedics, plastics, ENT, eyes and thoracic pediatric surgery cases.
- Charge Nurse
- All Circulator responsibilities
- Assists anesthesia with intubation, monitoring and IV placement.
- Assists surgeon with placing Foley catheter’s, positioning, draping and prepping.
- Documents all patient cares per facility protocol.
- Acts as child’s advocated before, during and after surgical procedure.
- Follows facility, JCAHO, and AORN standards with all procedures.
- Adheres to mission statement of, “The Child First and Always” by playing active roll in Zero harm and speaking up for patient safety.
Certified Surgical Technologist/ General Surgery Co-team Leader
Primary Children's Hospital
07.2002 - 01.2016
- Assist with scrubbing surgical procedures in general surgery, urology, orthopedics, plastics, eyes, CV, and ENT specialties, organ recovery, kidney and liver transplants.
- Former Co-Team Lead for General Surgery service from January 2003- April 2012.
- Member of DPC Standardization Team that streamlined Intermountain Healthcare doctors preference cards and supplies with goal to reduce overhead cost as well as cost to patients.
- Employee of the year for surgical services in 2014 and employee of the month for surgical services October of 2015.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
Western Governor’s University Masters Of Nursing
Salt Lake City, UT3 2021
Bachelors of Science - Nursing
Weber State University
Ogden, Utah2016
Associate of Science - Nursing
Weber State University
Ogden, Utah2015
Associate of General Studies -
Weber State University
Ogden, Utah2013
Davis Applied Technology College Surgical Technology Program - Surgical Technology
Davis Applied Technology College
Kaysville, UT09.2002
Skills
- FTE Budgets
- Managing Multiple GL accounts
- Managing Capital Budget
- Project Management
- Leadership
- Planning
- Quality Improvement
- Marketing and Recruitment
- Coaching, Mentoring and Precepting
- Circulating and scrubbing in OR
- Policies and procedure development
- Direct Problem Solving
- Safety Awareness
- Staffing
- Difficult Conversation
Certification
- Registered Nurse
- BLS, ACLS, PALS - 2020
Timeline
OR Circulator/Scrub (travel)
George Wahlen Veterans Hospital
10.2022 - Current
OR Circulator (travel)
Huggins Hospital
05.2022 - 09.2022
Surgical Services Manager (travel)
Saint Alphonsus
04.2021 - 04.2022
Operating Room Assistant Manager
Primary Children's Hospital
04.2018 - 04.2021
Tissue Recovery Technician
Donor Connect
01.2016 - 03.2021
Registered Nurse/ Circulator
Primary Children's Hospital
01.2016 - 04.2018
Certified Surgical Technologist/ General Surgery Co-team Leader
Primary Children's Hospital
07.2002 - 01.2016
Master of Science - Nursing
Western Governor’s University Masters Of Nursing
Bachelors of Science - Nursing
Weber State University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Weber State University
Associate of General Studies -
Weber State University
Davis Applied Technology College Surgical Technology Program - Surgical Technology
Davis Applied Technology College
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