MARCELA Y. MUÑOZ
Summary
Professional nurse leader with robust experience in perioperative settings, adept at guiding multidisciplinary teams to deliver exceptional patient outcomes. Strong focus on fostering collaboration, ensuring safety, and adapting to evolving demands. Skilled in surgical nursing, staff management, and process improvement, with reputation for reliability and achieving results.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Perioperative Nurse Manager
Ascension Seton Williamson
09.2021 - Current
- Contributed to a positive work culture by fostering open communication among team members, addressing concerns promptly, and promoting professional development opportunities.
- Evaluated nursing staff performance routinely while providing constructive feedback leading to improved nursing practice.
- Collaborated with surgeons and anesthesia providers to develop individualized care plans for patients undergoing surgery, ensuring optimal outcomes during the perioperative process.
- Implemented ongoing educational opportunities targeting specific skill sets required for the role of Perioperative Nurse Manager.
- Reduced surgical site infection rates through rigorous implementation of infection control measures within the perioperative environment.
- Streamlined surgical scheduling processes to enhance overall efficiency and productivity in the operating room.
- Developed comprehensive orientation programs for newly hired nurses, ensuring proper training and adherence to facility policies and procedures.
- Maintained optimal staffing levels by effectively managing nurse schedules, minimizing overtime costs, and ensuring adequate coverage for all surgical procedures.
Operating Room RN Supervisor
Ascension Seton Williamson
09.2016 - Current
- Primarily function as a Boardrunner of eight operating rooms, function as Circulator and or Scrub as needed
- As Supervisor- daily staffing assignments, assists in coordinating staffing needs, assist with payroll, coordinate vendor needs for surgeons and staff, provide feedback and coaching to staff, educate and keep staff up to date with any changes
- Schedule cases, provide customer service to our customers and help in attaining surgery metrics
Clinical Nurse Supervisor
Ascension Seton Medical Center
11.2014 - 06.2016
- Supervisor over all General and Urology surgical cases
- Staffing of 150+ with 29 operating rooms
- Facilitate daily with turnovers, breaks, lunches, equipment, supply, staffing assignments and special requests/orders from physicians
- Improving day to day function of the operating room by improving processes
- Circulate and scrub as needed
- Boardrunner as needed
- Teaching of students, new hires, and agency as required
- Coordinate with other departments for the needs of the surgeons, patients and staff
Database/Quality Manager for CT Surgery
UCSF
10.2012 - 07.2014
- Collect, collate, analyze, submit and present clinical outcomes for the division CT surgery
- Extract data from APeX charting system, data entry data to Apollo Advance (Lumedx software), and upload to state mandated CCORP registry, voluntary registry of STS, and mandatory submissions for the Centers of Medicare and MediCal (CMS)
- On the committee of Apollo IT in keeping software updated; improved the quality of new computer charting
Evening Charge RN for Perioperative Services / Perioperative Educator/RN Specialist/Database Management
Methodist Stone Oak Hospital
01.2011 - 09.2012
- Oversaw the education of the 7 Perioperative Departments and the management side of Urology, Gynecology, and ENT
- Evening Charge RN for Perioperative Services involving coordinating cases, staff, and MDs to complete both scheduled and emergency cases
- Responsible for multiple database manager special projects for the Director of Perioperative Services to research and gather data for the cardiac program and entered it into spreadsheets used for presentation at cardiothoracic weekly Service line meetings, as well as for the cardiology service line meetings, M&M meetings, and senior leader meetings
- The data was also uploaded to the STS database per mandatory requirements for our facility
RN Specialist
Methodist Stone Oak Hospital
01.2009 - 01.2011
- Worked for many months within all 7 perioperative departments prior to the opening of this brand new facility
- Ordered and assembled all trays for most of the services for the operating room, minus Neurosurgery and Orthopedics; assisted in the design and implementation all 6 operating rooms to a functioning level
- Once the facility was opened, my focus was primarily ENT, Urology, and Gynecology from a management perspective; however, I did all service lines including cardiothoracic
- I can circulate and/or scrub all cases
- For two years I was also the Chair of Unit Base Council for Perioperative Services, planning and implementing change for multiple departmental issues and a member of the Nursing Council, a hospital-wide initiative
- Several days per week gathered and interpreted data related to the entire Perioperative Services departments (7) for Joint Commission, placing it into detailed programs designed for data management, and undertook multiple tracers for joint commission preparedness weekly
- Data obtained was uploaded to the server into Methodist Hospital's data program for review by department heads
- Reports generated were used to implement change in processes and for utilization at senior leader's monthly meetings
RN Advanced
Methodist Main Hospital
12.2008 - 01.2009
- Circulating/Scrub Nurse for any type of case; took over management of the GYN service while the regular nurse was out on extended leave
- This is a high acuity hospital with over 1000 beds and 28 operating rooms doing all surgeries, and a very successful transplant program including hearts, lungs, kidneys and livers
RN Clinical Coordinator
N.E. Baptist Hospital
01.2006 - 12.2008
- Clinical Coordinator of the Urology service
- Circulated and scrubbed any type of case as needed in any service line
Surgical Technician
Christus Santa Rosa N.W.
01.2001 - 01.2006
- Scrubbed all types of cases efficiently to include transplants, pulled instruments and supplies needed, cleaned rooms, helped R.N
- Circulate rooms, stocked supplies, locked-up OR at the end of the day
Surgical Technician
University Hospital
01.1999 - 01.2001
- Scrubbed all types of cases, including include trauma, hearts, and transplants; Coordinator of 4 services: Gynecology Specials, ENT, and Ophthalmology
- Pulled supplies and instruments for all cases and assisted in circulating
Ophthalmic Surgical Technician/Medical Assistant
Jane Hughes, M.D.
01.1997 - 01.1999
- Back office work, pre-op patients, filed insurance, answered phones, made appointments, scheduled surgeries, and scrubbed eye cases
Surgical Technician
St. Luke Lutheran Hospital Outpatient
01.1992 - 01.1997
- Scrubbed all outpatient procedures, helped circulate, pulled cases, sterilized and wrapped instruments, worked medication room, and cleaned rooms
Education
Masters Administration and Leadership - Nursing
Walden University
Minneapolis, Minnesota01.2021
Associates of Applied Science - Nursing
San Antonio College
San Antonio, Texas01.2006
Diploma in Surgical Technician -
San Antonio College Medical and Dental Assistants
San Antonio, Texas01.1992
Skills
- Patient safety management
- Operating room leadership
- Clinical competence
- Staff development training
- Infection control practices
- Quality improvement initiatives
- Surgical team coordination
- Surgical procedures
- Aseptic technique
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Scrub Nurse
Accomplishments
- Successfully introduced ERAS Protocol in 2014
- Decrease TOT by 19 minutes
- Consistently maintained 100% productivity
- Decreased SSI
- Achieved surgeon & staff satisfaction by introducing Google Sheets application to create/maintain surgeon's preference cards
Timeline
Perioperative Nurse Manager
Ascension Seton Williamson
09.2021 - Current
Operating Room RN Supervisor
Ascension Seton Williamson
09.2016 - Current
Clinical Nurse Supervisor
Ascension Seton Medical Center
11.2014 - 06.2016
Database/Quality Manager for CT Surgery
UCSF
10.2012 - 07.2014
Evening Charge RN for Perioperative Services / Perioperative Educator/RN Specialist/Database Management
Methodist Stone Oak Hospital
01.2011 - 09.2012
RN Specialist
Methodist Stone Oak Hospital
01.2009 - 01.2011
RN Advanced
Methodist Main Hospital
12.2008 - 01.2009
RN Clinical Coordinator
N.E. Baptist Hospital
01.2006 - 12.2008
Surgical Technician
Christus Santa Rosa N.W.
01.2001 - 01.2006
Surgical Technician
University Hospital
01.1999 - 01.2001
Ophthalmic Surgical Technician/Medical Assistant
Jane Hughes, M.D.
01.1997 - 01.1999
Surgical Technician
St. Luke Lutheran Hospital Outpatient
01.1992 - 01.1997
Associates of Applied Science - Nursing
San Antonio College
Diploma in Surgical Technician -
San Antonio College Medical and Dental Assistants
Masters Administration and Leadership - Nursing
Walden University
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