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Kathleen Harper

Omaha,Nebraska

Summary

I was in nursing school. Completed my LPN. Loved the surgical side of health care and signed up in Cheyenne Wyoming to complete the surgical tech program. I am team driven, I love being challenged. I believe in holding expensive items until they are asked for in surgery because over all cost matters not only to the hospital but to the patient as well. I am self driven and I’ll help anyone with their job if it’s within my scope. I love new opportunities to learn and I seek them out because it’s my drive. I am currently enrolled and striving for my bachelor’s degree in health care management through Western Gov.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Surgical Technologist

UNMC
03.2022 - Current
  • Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures.
  • Maintained high infection control standards.
  • Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies and instruments.
  • Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during general, robotic, surgical oncology and plastic surgery procedures.
  • Introduced new staff members to training protocols regarding operating room procedures, infection control, safety standards, and overall facility policies
  • Maintained high infection control standards
  • Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies, and instruments
  • Maintained specialty equipment, implant, and instrumentation inventories
  • Maintained daily workflow, coordinating with operating room staff to prepare for scheduled and emergency cases
  • Completed continuing education units, staying up to date on surgical technology and meeting organizational requirements

Surgical Technologist

French Medical
01.2022 - 03.2022
  • Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures.
  • Maintained high infection control standards.
  • Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies and instruments.
  • Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during c-sections and labor & delivery.

Surgical Technologist

Yuma Regional Medical Center
08.2021 - 12.2021
  • Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures.
  • Maintained high infection control standards.
  • Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies and instruments.
  • Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during gyn procedures of all kinds. Hyso-scopes, hysterectomies, tubal, A&P repair, Botox and slings.
  • Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies, and instruments
  • Maintained high infection control standards

Surgical Technologist

Valley View Medical Center
04.2020 - 08.2021
  • Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures.
  • Maintained high infection control standards.
  • Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies and instruments.
  • Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during general, gynecological, orthopedic(light ortho… IM nails.. shoulder scopes and small frag cases like hardware removal) neurological ( laminectomy with microscope and fusions) plastic surgery

Surgical Technologist

Highlands Ranch Hospital
07.2018 - 03.2020
  • Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures.
  • Maintained high infection control standards.
  • Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies and instruments.
  • Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during general, gynecological, orthopedic, neurological and plastic surgery procedures.

I helped open this hospital. We actually opened in June of 2019. I was working there before the hospital opened. I helped build surgical trays, set up operating rooms with equipment, supplies and organize the center core. We had all brand new doctors to build preference cards and order additional supplies and equipment. I was the lead and coordinating tech for GYN and urology. This was a once in a life time experience. My name and picture is in the time capsule that was cemented into the wall on opening day of the hospital.

  • Maintained high infection control standards
  • Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies, and instruments
  • Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during general, gynecological, orthopedic, neurological, and plastic surgery procedures
  • Managed operating room setup by cleaning and sterilizing instruments and surfaces, maintaining supply inventories, and organizing surgical tools
  • Introduced new staff members to training protocols regarding operating room procedures, infection control, safety standards, and overall facility policies
  • Created and maintained unobstructed operative fields using diverse range of tools
  • Operated, adjusted, and monitored diagnostic equipment and other machines used during procedures
  • Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures

Education

Surgical Technologist - Surgical Technology

Laramie County Community College
Cheyenne, WY
06.2017

Associate Degree In Nursing - Nursing

Casper College
Casper, WY
03.2017

Diploma - General Studies

Wheatland High School
Wheatland, WY
05.1990

Skills

  • Wound Dressing
  • Medication Administration
  • Workplace Safety
  • Pre- and Post-Surgical Counts

Timeline

Surgical Technologist

UNMC
03.2022 - Current

Surgical Technologist

French Medical
01.2022 - 03.2022

Surgical Technologist

Yuma Regional Medical Center
08.2021 - 12.2021

Surgical Technologist

Valley View Medical Center
04.2020 - 08.2021

Surgical Technologist

Highlands Ranch Hospital
07.2018 - 03.2020

Surgical Technologist - Surgical Technology

Laramie County Community College

Associate Degree In Nursing - Nursing

Casper College

Diploma - General Studies

Wheatland High School
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