Nicole Johnson
Canal Winchester,OH
Summary
Detail-oriented Sterile Processing Technician with over 8 years of related experience. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with hardworking and diligent nature. Systematic professional with exceptional organizational, planning and multitasking abilities. Specializing in decontaminating and sterilizing instruments for use in medical procedures. Positive and upbeat with a team-oriented attitude.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Sterile Processing Technician
Ohio Health Medical Center
10.2023 - Current
- Organized staff schedules to optimize coverage during peak periods, leading to enhanced workflow and higher employee satisfaction rates.
- Conducted regular audits of sterilization processes, ensuring consistent adherence to established protocols for optimal patient safety.
- Served as an effective liaison between the Sterile Processing Department and other hospital units, fostering a collaborative environment that supported overall patient care goals.
- Reduced instrument turnaround time by optimizing inventory management systems and streamlining communication between departments.
- Maintained strict compliance with all regulatory guidelines, contributing to successful accreditation inspections.
- Followed OSHA, FDA and AAMI guidelines related to sterilization in compliance with administrative regulations.
Sterile Processing Technician
Chalmers P Wylie Ambulatory Care Center
01.2021 - 01.2023
- Identifying and accounting for every instrument to keep trays intact
- Packaging instruments into peel pouches and properly labeling pouches
- Proper order-loading of the steam cart with instruments to prevent contamination (wet loads) during the sterilization process
- Daily track and document medical/surgical supplies and cleaning solutions used for inventory management
- Accountable for stock rotation using FIFO methodology
- Sort mismatched sets of trays instruments and medical equipment
- Monitor biological and chemical wash solutions in decontaminating medical equipment and instruments.
Sterile Processing Technician
Ohio Health (Grant Hospital)
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Inspecting, decontaminating, and cleaning reusable medical equipment (RME) prior to assembly and sterilization
- Applying proper sterilization procedure(s) depending on the substance of the instrument
- Documenting and acting on testing results if necessary
- Setting proper parameters for steam-machines for various instruments such as time, temperature, and pressure
- Maintaining a written history of all loads processed in steam, starred and gas ETO chambers
- Ensuring sterile items are stored and transported properly to maintain sterile state
- Ensuring availability of sterile instruments and trays of instruments which are of low-inventory and making them priority when needed for OR turnovers
- Identifying and accounting for every instrument to keep trays intact
- Packaging instruments into peel pouches and properly labeling pouches
- Proper order-loading of the steam cart with instruments to prevent contamination (wet loads) during the sterilization process
- Daily track and document medical/surgical supplies and cleaning solutions used for inventory management
- Accountable for stock rotation using FIFO methodology
- Sort mismatched sets of trays instruments and medical equipment
- Monitor biological and chemical wash solutions in decontaminating medical equipment and instruments.
Senior Technical Support Specialist
Upreach LLC
01.2012 - 01.2019
Customer Service Representative
Discover Financial Services
01.2009 - 01.2012
- Assisted over 100+ routine customer service inquiries and problems via telephone through effective verbal communication and problems solving skills per day
- Assisted with customer inquiries about customer information updates, card activations, making payments, processing lost or stolen cards, statement and APR inquiries, and processed credit line increase and decrease requests.
Education
Columbus State Community College -
01.2019
High School Diploma -
CRCST
01.2000
Skills
- Surgical Instrument Knowledge
- Decontamination procedures
- Workflow Optimization
- Sterilization techniques
- Infection Control
- Chemical Handling
- Quality Control
- Assembling case carts
- Case cart assembly
- Recording biologicals
- Equipment testing
- Computerized tracking
- Picking instruments
Timeline
Lead Sterile Processing Technician
Ohio Health Medical Center
10.2023 - Current
Sterile Processing Technician
Chalmers P Wylie Ambulatory Care Center
01.2021 - 01.2023
Sterile Processing Technician
Ohio Health (Grant Hospital)
01.2019 - 01.2021
Senior Technical Support Specialist
Upreach LLC
01.2012 - 01.2019
Customer Service Representative
Discover Financial Services
01.2009 - 01.2012
Columbus State Community College -
High School Diploma -
CRCST
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