Megan Carnahan
Effingham
Summary
Attentive sterile processing technician with several years of experience in healthcare. Good communication skills, a strong attention to detail and a superior work ethic. Looking for a permanent role in a fast-paced environment.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
STERILE PROCESSING TECH
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
Topeka
02.2025 - 08.2025
- Collecting used and contaminated equipment, instruments, and supplies for sorting and decontamination.
- Manual cleaning of contaminants, and maintaining decontamination equipment.
- Preparing, inspection, organization and packing of decontaminated instruments for sterilization, according to IFU.
- Monitoring and operating sterilization equipment. ( Steam autoclaves, vaporized hydrogen peroxide gas plasma, high level disinfectant)
- Daily testing of equipment, troubleshooting and reporting any issues.
- Delivering of sterilized instrumentation to OR core and other departments.
- Maintaining records of sterilization procedures, sterilized items, equipment maintenance, and supplies.
- HIPPA compliant.
STERILE PROCESSING TECH
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
Kansas City
08.2024 - 11.2024
- Collecting used and contaminated equipment, instruments, and supplies for sorting and decontamination.
- Manual cleaning of contaminants, and maintaining decontamination equipment.
- Preparing, inspection, organization and packing of decontaminated instruments for sterilization, according to IFU.
- Monitoring and operating sterilization equipment. ( Steam autoclaves, vaporized hydrogen peroxide gas plasma, high level disinfectant).
- Daily testing of equipment, troubleshooting and reporting any issues.
- Delivering of sterilized instrumentation to OR core and other departments.
- Maintaining records of sterilization procedures, sterilized items, equipment maintenance, and supplies.
- Inventory management (checking par levels, expiration dates and first in and out principles).
- Education and training of Interns.
STERILE PROCESSING TECH
ROSE SURGICAL CENTER
Denver
05.2024 - 07.2024
- Responsible for opening and closing surgery center.
- Cleaning, inspecting, packing and sterilizing all instruments used in surgeries and procedures.
- Responsible for looking up and following IFUs via OneSource.
- Weekly inventory and supply/ product ordering.
- Excellent rapport with the OR, vendors, coworkers and management.
- Helping in GI, cleaning and high level disinfecting flexible endoscopes, as needed.
STERILE PROCESSING SCOPE SPECIALIST
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
Kansas City
08.2023 - 03.2024
- Demonstrates proper hand hygiene, standard precautions, and isolation principles.
- Inspects, leak tests, washes, and performs proper ATP testing of all flexible endoscopes, according to IFU, national guidelines and internal standards.
- Operates departmental equipment within appropriate guidelines/policies/procedures.
- Demonstrates high levels of quality control by following departmental policies/procedures and thorough documentation of sterilization and high level disinfectant.
- Effectively prioritizes and communicates OR needs within the department and with vendors.
- Assists in maintaining a clean and safe work environment.
- Understands and identifies instrumentation and equipment utilized in all Sterile Processing areas.
- Training and educating interns, shadows and new employees.
STERILE PROCESSING TECH
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
Kansas City
01.2022 - 08.2023
- Cleaning and sterilizing all instruments used in surgeries and procedures.
- Experienced in decontamination, assembly, prepping and packing instruments.
- Work in OR SPD, focusing on flexible endoscope and eye instruments.
- Precepted new employees, interns and trained current employees.
- Understanding of cleaning processes and equipment functionality, including troubleshooting.
- Excellent rapport peers and upper level management.
- Filing in as lead technician.
STERILE PROCESSING INTERNSHIP
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
Kansas City
10.2021 - 01.2022
- Daily sterile processing coursework and testing in a classroom setting.
- 16 weeks of shadowing and hands on training at 5 different locations, including a surgery center.
- Gained experience in decontamination, assembly, sterilization, and high level disinfectant.
- Successful completion of the sterile processing program and graduation of internship.
- Completion of CRCST April 2022.
OFFICE COORDINATOR
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
Kansas City
03.2020 - 10.2021
- Maintained schedules for inpatient therapy department (PT, OT, Speech Therapy).
- Daily management of calendars and scheduling of meetings for 4 managers.
- Ordered office supplies for multiple locations.
- Daily reconciliation of therapy charges.
- Responsible for daily maintenance of Kronos, entering schedules, missed punches and PTO.
UNIT SECRETARY
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
Kansas City
08.2018 - 03.2020
- Performed clerical duties including maintenance and organization of patient records, as well as breakdown of medical charts while maintaining nursing station.
- Used EMR to maintain clinical information, physician orders, new admissions, discharges and transfers while ensuring confidentiality of all patient data.
- Managed communication flow at nurses' station, including triaging and screening all calls and transferring to appropriate room or party.
- Assisted nursing unit by ordering and bringing supply orders for medication, dietary, labs and medical devices, as well as transporting patients when needed.
- Worked on the nursing floor, answering call lights, assisting patients, nurses and aides.
- Managed the movement of medication, blood products and materials via tube station in a timely manner.
- Demonstrated knowledge regarding department specific policies and procedures including response to emergency situations.
- Established customer relationships with internal staff, patients and healthcare providers to facilitate qualitative patient care.
- Notified support services of unit issues related to housekeeping and facilities maintenance.
- Oriented new unit secretaries to the unit and assisted in training.
FRONT OFFICE RECEPTIONIST
UROLOGY ASSOCIATES
Englewood
10.2017 - 07.2018
- Greeting patients in a very busy urology clinic.
- Accurately checking patients in an out and scheduling appointments for 10 providers.
- Collecting copays, surgery deposits, verifying insurances, and faxing referrals.
- Scheduling patients for procedures and providing educational materials and explaining prep instructions.
- Preparing charts by printing encounter forms, patient records, questionnaires & consents.
- Processing medical record requests & indexing electronic faxes into patient charts.
- Traveling between 3 different offices, maintaining a high level of adaptability.
OFFICE MANAGER
COMPLETE WELLNESS CHIROPRACTIC
Denver
10.2016 - 10.2017
- Office manager and Chiropractic Assistant to Andrew Becker, DC.
- Responsible for opening & closing the office and all aspects of running the office.
- Accurately scheduling meetings, luncheons, interviews, wellness & pamper events.
- Responsible for planning, distributing & organizing marketing materials for events & promotions to increase new patient recruitment.
- Weekly product inventory, stocking & product ordering.
- Accurately collecting money for copays, product sales and invoices.
- Responsible for verifying insurances, billing out claims and following up on payment.
- Interviewing, hiring, and managing 2 massage therapists.
- Assisting Dr. Becker with patient consults & putting patients on/off therapies.
MEDICAL ASSISTANT
ASCENT MEDICAL CONSULTANTS
Thornton
05.2015 - 09.2016
- Medical Assistant to Brooks Conforti, DO.
- Rooming patients, taking vitals and documenting in patients' chart.
- Consulting with Dr. Conforti, applying modalities, drawing up injections.
- Sanitizing rooms, stocking and product ordering.
- Urine collection for drug screenings & medication management.
- Medical record requests for radiology, labs & outside records.
- Checking Dr.'s voicemail, noting prescription refills, questions & lab results.
- Responsible for processing referrals to and from Dr. Conforti, including verifying insurances, and communicating with case managers, adjustors, lawyers, & doctors.
- Assist with pre-authorizations for surgical procedures & surgery scheduling.
- Processing transcription documents & medical records requests.
- Greeting patients, answering a multi-phone line system & scheduling for 8 different providers.
PHYSICIAN ADMIN ASSISTANT
COLORADO REHAB & OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
Thornton
11.2014 - 05.2015
- Physician administrative assistant to Brooks Conforti, DO.
- Accurately creating & maintaining Dr. Conforti's schedule.
- Checking in/out patients, answering a multi phone line system.
- Signing off on transcription, faxing to appropriate recipients & uploading into EMR.
- Responsible for processing referrals to and from Dr. Conforti, insurance verification for commercial insurance as well as worker's compensation claims.
- Inputting charges into EMR for billing purposes.
- Traveling with the doctor and nurse between 2 different offices & responsible for transporting patient records, office supplies & other important information.
- Excellent communication between doctors, nurses, patients, employers & adjustors.
FRONT OFFICE SPECIALIST
CONCENTRA ADVANCED SPECIALISTS
Denver
07.2013 - 11.2014
- Efficiently running the CAS suite by myself while maintaining a busy waiting room.
- Checking in/out patients, answering a multi phone line system & scheduling for 6 specialists.
- Rooming patients, taking vitals, urine drug testing & updating charts.
- Calling for labs, radiology & progress notes.
- Signing off on transcription & faxing to appropriate recipients.
- Completing Medical records requests & maintaining a large file room.
- Inputting charges into EMR for billing purposes.
- Excellent communication between doctors, nurses, patients, employers & adjustors.
- Responsible for opening and closing the clinic.
Education
AAS - Exercise Science
Kansas City Kansas Community College
Kansas City, KS 01.2006 - 05/2010
Skills
- Completing diagnostic tests
- Managing materials
- Sterilization procedures
- Picking instruments
- Recording biologicals
- Decontaminating surgical instruments
- Computerized tracking
- Safety protocols expertise
- Biohazardous waste disposal
- Safe sharps disposal
- Infection control protocols
- Training and mentoring
- Regulatory compliance
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Problem solving
- Patient confidentiality
Affiliations
Served on the Culture Committee for 1 year.
Certification
- CRCST (HSPA), 04/01/22, 04/30/26
- BLS (American Red Cross), 05/23/24, 05/23/26
Accomplishments
- Graduating from Sterile Processing Internship.
- Precepted and mentored multiple Interns, new employees and future prospective technicians.
Timeline
STERILE PROCESSING TECH
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
02.2025 - 08.2025
STERILE PROCESSING TECH
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
08.2024 - 11.2024
STERILE PROCESSING TECH
ROSE SURGICAL CENTER
05.2024 - 07.2024
STERILE PROCESSING SCOPE SPECIALIST
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
08.2023 - 03.2024
STERILE PROCESSING TECH
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
01.2022 - 08.2023
STERILE PROCESSING INTERNSHIP
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
10.2021 - 01.2022
OFFICE COORDINATOR
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
03.2020 - 10.2021
UNIT SECRETARY
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
08.2018 - 03.2020
FRONT OFFICE RECEPTIONIST
UROLOGY ASSOCIATES
10.2017 - 07.2018
OFFICE MANAGER
COMPLETE WELLNESS CHIROPRACTIC
10.2016 - 10.2017
MEDICAL ASSISTANT
ASCENT MEDICAL CONSULTANTS
05.2015 - 09.2016
PHYSICIAN ADMIN ASSISTANT
COLORADO REHAB & OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
11.2014 - 05.2015
FRONT OFFICE SPECIALIST
CONCENTRA ADVANCED SPECIALISTS
07.2013 - 11.2014
AAS - Exercise Science
Kansas City Kansas Community College
01.2006 - 05/2010