Marisa Baros
Benicia,CA
Summary
Professionally trained, certified Surgical Technologist with excellent preparation, listening, and communication skills. Currently holds a technical diploma in Surgical Technology Certification through the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting. Possessing exceptional skills in functioning in a scrub role by preparing, organizing, and anticipating needed instruments, supplies, and equipment.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Surgical Technologist
BASS Surgery Center
Walnut Creek, CA
06.2020 - Current
- Securing and arranging operating-room equipment
- Creating sterile fields, opening sterile supplies, scrubs/gowns/gloves, and organizing sterile fields
- Perform necessary tool and supply counts
- Drape patients as well anticipate the needs of surgeons and assistants
- Pass instruments and supplies
- Maintains a tidy Mayo stand and back table
- Maintains sterility throughout the procedure
- Properly care for specimens
- Performs closing counts
- Apply sterile dressings
- Breaks down sterile fields
- Properly dispose of all sharps
- Prepare instruments for decontamination
- Disposes of all one-use items
- Clean and turnover the operating room
- Knowledgeable in sterile technique and the principles of aseptic practice
- Assists in the following specialties: General, Plastic, Urology, Ent, Orthopedics, Podiatry, and Vascular
Surgical Technologist/Patient Coordinator
Wave Plastic Surgery center
San Francisco, CA
02.2020 - 06.2020
- Prepare the operating room
- Ensure all equipment needed is sterile, properly disinfected and assembled
- Check equipment is in working order
- Sterilize surgical instruments
- Prepare a patient for surgery
- Assist Surgeon during surgery with sterile surgical equipment
- Transport a patient to recover after surgical procedure
- Clean and prep OR for the next surgery
- Assist Nurse with Post operation duties
- Assisted in the Plastic Surgery Specialty surgeries including: Abdominoplasty, Liposuction, Rhytidectomy, Blepharoplasty, Surgical excision to remove moles, Breast Augmentation, Mastopexy, Rhinoplasty, Breast Reduction, Endoscopic Brow Lift, Fat Transfer, Scar Revision
- Patient Coordinator Duties: Greets, checks-in and checks-out patients
- Handle all incoming phone calls for New Patient visits, Answer New Patient inquiries about the practice, clinical services, and financial services
- Schedule New Patient consultation appointments
- Ensures patient Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and correspondence are accurate and up-to-date in the EMR system and makes updates as needed and appropriate
Surgical Technologist Student
BASS Surgery Center
Walnut Creek, CA
06.2019 - 08.2019
- Participated in an unpaid externship
- Received excellent externship feedback from preceptors
- The specialities that I have gained experience in this site are surgeries including: General, OB/GYN, Orthopedic, Plastics, Urology, and ENT
- Duties: Case picking, room set-up, organization of the sterile field, scrubs, gowns, gloves, assists team members entering the sterile field, performs appropriate counts, provides surgeon/assistant with appropriate instruments and/or supplies, cuts suture, suctions, specimen care, applies sterile dressings, breaks down sterile field, assists with cleaning the room, adheres to sterile technique
Surgical Technologist Student
CONTRA COSTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Martinez, CA
02.2019 - 06.2019
- Participated in 250-hours unpaid externship
- Received excellent externship feedback from preceptors
- Gained experience which includes 80+ surgeries such as General, OB/GYN, Orthopedic, Plastics, Urology, and ENT
- Duties: Prepare patients for surgery including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure
- Care for and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis
- Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation
- Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures
Education
Surgical Technology Program -
Mt. Diablo Adult Education/CTEC
Concord, CA08.2019
High School Diploma -
Concord High School
Concord, California06.2013
Skills
- Donning OR attire
- Personal protective equipment
- Surgical scrub
- Instrument counts
- Sharps counts
- Sponge counts
- Anticipating surgeon's needs
- Passing instruments
- Holding retractors
- Suctioning
- Preparing sterile dressings
- Cleaning instruments
- Preparing instruments for sterilization
- Gathering supplies
- Opening supplies
- Setting up sterile back table
- Setting up Mayo Stand
- Assisting with draping
- Establishing sterile field
- Measuring medications
- Passing medications
- Using hemostatic agents
- Using irrigation solutions
- Maintaining sterile technique
- Preparing specimens
- Disposing of biohazardous waste
- Aseptic and sterilization techniques
References
References Available Upon Request
Rewards
Surgical Technologist Clinical Excellence Award, 08/01/2019
Education/Certifications
- Mt. Diablo Adult Education/CTEC, Concord, CA, Surgical Technology Program, 08/01/2018, 08/01/2019
- National Board of Surgical Technology & Surgical Assisting, CA, Certified Surgical Technologist (CST), 08/23/2023-08/23/2025 Certificate Number: 192330
- American Heart Association CA, BLS Certified 4/22/2023-04/30/2025
- Concord High School, Concord, CA, High School Diploma, 06/01/2013
Timeline
Surgical Technologist
BASS Surgery Center
06.2020 - Current
Surgical Technologist/Patient Coordinator
Wave Plastic Surgery center
02.2020 - 06.2020
Surgical Technologist Student
BASS Surgery Center
06.2019 - 08.2019
Surgical Technologist Student
CONTRA COSTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
02.2019 - 06.2019
Surgical Technology Program -
Mt. Diablo Adult Education/CTEC
High School Diploma -
Concord High School
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