Kristen Baker
Auburndale ,FL
Summary
Hardworking and reliable Certified Surgical First Assistant with strong ability in apply time management and organizational skills in the OR Offering years of experience , and knowledge. Highly organized, proactive and punctual with team-oriented mentality. Flexible hard worker ready to learn and contribute to team success. Motivated professional offering experience in the OR. Adds value to any organization in need of great collaboration, interpersonal, and multitasking abilities. Meets tight deadlines every time. Hardworking and knowledgeable problem-solver with excellent Surgical Assisting background over 9-year career in healthcare. Experienced in monitoring patients before and during aprocedures to deliver exceptional care. Skillfully examine, dress and protect wounds to boost healing.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Surgical First Assistant
Baycare Winter Haven
Winter Haven, FL
01.2019 - Current
- Facilitated invasive, non-invasive, and minimally-invasive procedures by creating safe and functional operating room environments.
- Used retractors, sponges and suctioning and irrigating equipment to create unobstructed operating fields.
- Set-up surgical tables, instruments and supplies required for specific operations and assisted in preparation and draping of patient and operative area.
- Set up equipment, tools and supplies for procedures and organize instruments as directed in surgeons' preference cards.
- Created and maintained sterile operating fields to minimize infection risks.
- Communicated with professionalism and compassion when interacting with surgical team and patients.
- Provided surgical support to help surgeons execute safe operations and procedures resulting in positive patient outcomes.
- Organized instruments and supplies to optimize surgical team efficiency.
- Exhibited confidence to work extremely well under pressure and with variety of physicians of different temperaments.
- Assisted surgeons in variety of minor and major surgical procedures with tasks such as re organizing the schedule and communicate with reps to make sure supplies and implants were correct for the case.
- Dressed wounds with antiseptic compounds and sterile coverings to protect surgical sites and promote healing.
- Obeyed established surgical techniques and procedures during operations.
- Helped prepare team by assisting with gowning and gloving of staff.
- Follows complex and comprehensive verbal and written instructions.
- Pursued numerous learning opportunities in order to continuously expand core knowledge associated with surgical and technical procedures to advance patient care.
- Demonstrated appropriate techniques to assist surgeons with closure of incisions.
- Controlled bleeding during surgical procedures by clamping and ligating blood vessels.
- Executed remarkable dexterity assembling and monitoring tools to be used during surgery procedures.
- Used hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, and electrocautery equipment to control bleeding.
- Reviewed physician orders to appropriately count and dispense pre-operative and post-operative medications.
- Closed wounds using sutures, staples and other tools.
- Identified professional development opportunities and led training.
Certified Surgical Technologist
BayCare Winter Haven
Winter Haven, FL
06.2013 - 01.2019
- Set up equipment, tools and supplies for procedures and organize instruments as directed in surgeons' preference cards.
- Handed instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures.
- Cleaned and sterilized operating rooms.
- Counted and recorded sponges, instruments, and needles at beginning and end of surgical procedures.
- Facilitated invasive, non-invasive, and minimally-invasive procedures by creating safe and functional operating room environments.
- Used diagnostic equipment and monitored patients during procedures using specialized machines.
- Reviewed surgical requirements and prepped operating room with appropriate tools, equipment and instruments.
- Collaborated with operating room staff to cultivate efficiency and prepare for scheduled and emergency procedures.
- Effectively supported surgeons in fast-paced healthcare environments, resulting in better patient care and less pain medication post-surgery.
- Maintained reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment, including decontamination, cleaning, sterilizing, storing and distributing.
- Laid out all instruments, supplies and tools as directed by surgeons.
Education
Surgical Assisting
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting
Nashville, TN08.2018
Surgical Technology
Traviss Technical College
Lakeland, FL03.2013
Associate of Science -
Polk State College
Winter Haven, FLSkills
- Flexible
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Active listening
- Multitasking
- Microsoft Office
- Customer service
- People skills
- Time management
- Planning
- Troubleshooting
- Leadership
- PPE use
Certification
- Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA)
- Certified Surgical Technologist (CST)
Timeline
Certified Surgical First Assistant
Baycare Winter Haven
01.2019 - Current
Certified Surgical Technologist
BayCare Winter Haven
06.2013 - 01.2019
Surgical Assisting
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting
Surgical Technology
Traviss Technical College
Associate of Science -
Polk State College
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