LAURA CASALO
OR Coordinator
Mendham,NJ
Summary
Organized medical professional with optimal healthcare experience. Ready to help improve patient care and streamline administrative processes. Excited to support healthcare teams and deliver high-quality skillsets.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
O.R. Service Coordinator
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
10.2021 - Current
- Assist charge nurses in the OR control room
- OR camera surveillance for monitoring and turnover time
- Excel spreadsheet record keeping for audits in the OR
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint & Excel
- Emergency response and code protocols for the OR
- Communication via EPIC secure chat, Teams, VOCERA, and email.
- Scribe in morning team huddles regarding OR flow
- Oversee specimen logs and transport of lab specimens
- Vendor PM credentialing and scheduling
- Office duties, faxing, copying, phones, and scanning
- Comparing patient consent forms to OR procedures
Unit Assistant
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
04.2020 - 10.2021
- Patient check-in for procedures
- Helping patients prep in pre-op for surgery
- Routing patients in EPIC from pre-op to PACU
- Handling stressful situations and problem solving with good judgment and knowledge of internal systems and protocols
- Managing complex computer systems to maintain patient flow throughout the unit
- Coordinating portable chest x-rays, lab inquiries, and emergency transfers
- Playing a vital role in providing administrative support to the entire unit
Surgical Support Assistant
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
10.2016 - 04.2020
- Opening and setup of OR rooms for specific cases
- Picking for cases in advance to ensure complete case carts
- Communication with CPD to ensure instrument availability
- Proper handling and delivering of items to the sterile field
- Room turnover and terminal cleaning of ORs and PACU
- Reporting stock shortages to managers and Supply Clerks
- Inventory surveillance for expired or damaged soft goods
- Rotation of stock from right to left, back to front, and bottom to top
- Delivering & logging specimens and cultures to the lab
- Retrieval of medication for patients as directed by the nurse
- Assisting patients in the OR, as well as proper patient positioning
- Set up and break up cleaning carts and disposal of soiled materials
- Scope handling and set up for endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures
- Working with surgical techs in collecting supplies and gowning
- Knowledge and practices consist of:
- Separation of clean to dirty processes
- Workflow of supplies both Kanban and RFID
- The practice of good hand hygiene and Standard Precautions
- Fire Safety and Evacuation procedures
- Knowledge of cleaning solutions along with Contact/Wet Times for each
- BLS certification expiring Feb 2025
- Breast, H&N, Gyn, Thoracic, GMT, Urology, Prostate, and GI services
Education
Medical Assistant -
The Allen School For Medical Assisting
New York, NYCertified Ophthalmic Tech -
American Academy of Ophthalmology
New YorkSome College (No Degree) -
Chamberlain College of Nursing
North Brunswick, NJ09-2027
Skills
- Monitoring and evaluating OR support and safety
- Facilitating daily Teams huddles and meetings
- Effective organizational skills
- Tailored audit support plans for OR/PACU
Certification
BLS certified until March 2027
Employee of the Month August 2024
I was nominated employee of the month by colleagues who stated that I am the glue that holds everything together and that I bring cheer to the Periop unit.
Timeline
O.R. Service Coordinator
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
10.2021 - Current
Unit Assistant
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
04.2020 - 10.2021
Surgical Support Assistant
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
10.2016 - 04.2020
Medical Assistant -
The Allen School For Medical Assisting
Certified Ophthalmic Tech -
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Some College (No Degree) -
Chamberlain College of Nursing
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