Jennifer Padilla
Chesapeake,VA
Summary
Meticulous surgical team member skilled at coordinating supplies and instruments to prepare for procedures and assist staff. Maintain aseptic fields and unobstructed views to help surgeries succeed. Efficiently prioritize tasks and communicate with surgical staff.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Surgical Assistant
Sentara Virginia Beach General
Virginia Beach, VA
07.2005 - Current
- Improved patient outcomes by providing skilled assistance during complex surgical procedures.
- Enhanced surgical efficiency by anticipating and promptly responding to surgeon''s requirements.
- Collaborated closely with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses for seamless coordination during operations.
- Demonstrated proficiency with a variety of specialized tools used in different types of surgeries, ensuring proper usage at all times.
- Contributed to successful surgeries by skillfully preparing operating rooms with necessary equipment and supplies.
- Facilitated efficient communication among surgical team members, contributing to overall success of procedures.
- Maintained strict adherence to sterile techniques, ensuring the safety of patients and staff in the operating room.
- Kept views unobstructed by retracting, sponging, and suctioning surgical sites.
- Protected patients from infection by setting up and managing sterile operating fields.
- Applied antiseptics and sterile dressings to cover surgical locations and boost healing.
- Verified identity of patient or operative site.
Administrative Associate
Sentara Leigh Hospital
Norfolk, VA
02.2001 - 07.2005
- Managed confidential documents, safeguarding company information while maintaining strict adherence to privacy protocols.
- Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
- Maintained confidentiality of sensitive information, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations.
Education
Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VAEastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, VASkills
- Surgical Equipment Handling
- Operating Room Safety
- Motivation and Initiative
- Patient Positioning
- Anatomy knowledge
- Preoperative preparation
- Sterile technique
- Wound Closure Techniques
- Physiology Understanding
- Compliance with Regulations
- Incision site preparation
- Surgical draping
- Hemostasis maintenance
- Tissue retraction
- Teamwork and Cooperation
- Critical thinking abilities
- Setting up and operating equipment
- Suturing
- Pre-surgical preparation
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Problem-Solving
- Attention to Detail
- Problem-solving abilities
- Patient Care
- HIPAA Compliance
- Effective Communication
- Patient Safety
- Surgical Techniques
Timeline
Certified Surgical Assistant
Sentara Virginia Beach General
07.2005 - Current
Administrative Associate
Sentara Leigh Hospital
02.2001 - 07.2005
Tidewater Community College
Eastern Virginia Medical School