Julian Rodriguez

1 year of experience as a Certified Surgical Technologist at current place of employment with over 200 cosmetic plastic surgery cases scrubbed in First Assist and Second Scrub role. Half the cases being more than 3 hours long some being 10 hours long and include more than 3 separate procedures on one patient.

Responsibilities in the O.R.

- Damp Dust

- Check Equipment

- Gather positioning equipment

- Room Turn Over

- Terminal Cleaning

- Open back table pack and supplies

- Set up mayo

- Drape patients

- Transfer patients

- Position patients

- Pass Instruments

- Retraction

- Protect Sterile Field

My responsibilities at this facility extend outside the O.R. which are

- Check oxygen levels and replace empty tanks

- Check sterile supplies for expiration, stock and organization

- Order supplies low in stock

- Stow away delivered packages

- Update surgeons preference card

- Sterilize instruments

- Pull future cases

INOV8 orthopedics was one of my externship sites where nearly 100% of the cases I scrubbed during a three month period were Total Joint Arthroplasties. My experience at INOV8 positively impacted my skills as a surgical tech and help build skills and knowledge on top of my foundation built during school and my first externship.

- Actively participated in surgical procedures, scrubbing in first scrub role with preceptor guidance.

- Gained proficiency in robot-assisted and traditional total knee arthroplasty (TKA) setups and steps.

- Zimmer and Stryker instrument knowledge.

- Maintained concise communication with company representatives.

- Learned steps for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA) surgeries.

- Knowledge on Mayo setups.

- Worked with various medical devices used in total joint arthroplasty.

- Experience with different medical devices used in the assistance of total joint arthroplasty

My second externship site as a student ST, gained valuable skills and experience from a dozen Surgical Techs that precepted during a three month period.

- ENT, Opthalmic, GU, OBGYN, Peripheral Vascular, Plastics and General

- Scrubbed in numerous cases at a large, level 2 trauma hospital.

- Proficient in robotic laparoscopic Mayo setup.

- Experienced with Da Vinci robot draping.

- Skilled in C-arm draping and general draping techniques.

- Developed strong communication skills.

- Exposed to various surgical specialties.

• Answer calls to help consumers with their applications for a discount on their internet.
• Greet and communicate with consumers in a professional manner.
• Put in data to look up customer information and help solve their issues and provide necessary information.

• Prepared orders for shipment by picking, packing, and labeling merchandise.
• Worked safely around moving machinery.
• Collaborated with team members to achieve daily targets and complete tasks efficiently.

• Prepared orders for shipment by picking, packing, and labeling merchandise.
• Worked safely around moving machinery.
• Collaborated with team members to achieve daily targets and complete tasks efficiently.
• Performed inventory control, such as counting, and stocking merchandise.