Lisa Gross
Port Richey,FL
Summary
Eager to take next career step to Registered Nurse in surgical services with growing organization offering opportunities for professional development and advancement. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities. Willingness to take on added responsibilities. Currently a driven Surgical Technologist with 29 years of experience in hospital settings. Well-versed in multiple surgical disciplines. A proven leader educating staff on surgical procedures and equipment. Skilled at working with SPD driving changes in daily improvement and long-term outcomes.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Surgical Technologist
BayCare Morton Plant Mease Healthcare
New Port Richey, FL
08.2011 - Current
- Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures.
- Created safe operating environments for invasive and non-invasive procedures.
- Gathered and set up equipment, and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction.
- Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during surgery procedures.
- Collected, prepared, and disposed of medical specimens.
- Created unobstructed operative fields by using retractors, sponges, and suction and irrigating equipment.
- Maintained high infection control standards.
- As lead tech my responsibilities included:
- Mentoring new staff members to training protocols regarding operating room procedures, infection control, safety standards and overall facility policies. As well as assessing surgical tech abilities and educating on services they are not familiar with.
- I am the go-to person for information on surgical trays set-ups and overall problem-solving.
- I have expertise in Orthopedics, Vascular, General surgery open and Laparoscopic, Breast. I am above proficient in GU,Spine, Maxiofacial Thoracic, OB-GYN. I have done Plastics, ENT, Opthalmology, Open Heart., Neuro, Ped's
- Maintained preference cards, tray set-ups, and unit organization.
Instructor
Keiser Career College
St. Petersburg, FL
04.2008 - 08.2011
- Coordinated clinical sites for students and worked with surgical staff on student evaluations.
- Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.
- Applied various teaching aids to minimize learning gaps. Instructed and motivate students to achieve learning goals.
- Used learning assessments to regularly monitor student understanding of class concepts and materials.
- Initiated new learning methods, promoting total student comprehension while curbing learning time.
Surgical Materials Manager
Peconic Bay Medical Center
Riverhead, NY
06.1994 - 04.2008
- Inventoried supplies for shoulder, knee and hip replacements.
- Coordinated acquisition of surgical services and specialized equipment.
- Supervisor of SPD department and operating room teams to assure availability of requisite instruments and equipment.
- Maintained specialty equipment, implant and instrumentation inventories.
- Introduced new staff members to training protocols regarding operating room procedures, infection control, safety standards and overall facility policies.
- Worked with vendors for speedy procurement of services and equipment.
- Maintained daily workflow, coordinating with operating room staff to prepare for scheduled and emergency cases.
- Ordered and restocked supplies for decontamination and surgical areas.
- Corrected instrument sets according to current standards. Established count sheets and instrument tracking systems.
- OB department doing C-Sections, assisting with vaginal deliveries helping on the floor and in the nursery.
Surgical Technologist
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Patchouge , NY
11.2003 - 04.2008
- Level II Trauma Center. worked Per Diem, evenings and weekends. Doing many craniotomies, and ortho trauma's.
- 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.
- Created and maintained unobstructed operative fields using diverse range of tools.
- Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies and instruments.
Surgical Technologist
Univeristy Hospital Stony Brook SUNY
Stony Brook, NY
02.1992 - 06.1994
- Level I Trauma Center
- 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.
- Created and maintained unobstructed operative fields using a diverse range of tools.
- Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies, and instruments.
- I was educated in General, Colorectal, Breast, Bariatrics,GYN, GU, Hand surgery, ophthalmology, ENT, Neuro including Spin, Pediatric surgery, Open Heart, Thoracic, I was asked to become permanent on the Vascular team
Education
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Rasmussen University
Odessa, FL03.2022
Associate of Applied Science - Computer Information Systems
Suffolk County Community College
Selden, NY05.2002
Diploma Surgical Technology - Surgical Technology
SUNY Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY1991
Skills
- Interoperative patient monitoring:
- -Emotional and social support for a diverse set of patient populations
- -Complex patient positioning and emphasis on bedsore and nerve damage prevention
- -Output monitoring (blood loss, urine)
- -Multi-modal specimen collection
Certification
- CST - Certified Surgical Technologist
- BLS
Timeline
Certified Surgical Technologist
BayCare Morton Plant Mease Healthcare
08.2011 - Current
Instructor
Keiser Career College
04.2008 - 08.2011
Surgical Technologist
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center
11.2003 - 04.2008
Surgical Materials Manager
Peconic Bay Medical Center
06.1994 - 04.2008
Surgical Technologist
Univeristy Hospital Stony Brook SUNY
02.1992 - 06.1994
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Rasmussen University
Associate of Applied Science - Computer Information Systems
Suffolk County Community College
Diploma Surgical Technology - Surgical Technology
SUNY Stony Brook