Ramie V Medrano
Sacramento,CA
Summary
Position as an Assistant Manager Sterile, Processing where my 29 years of central sterilization and preoperative services experience, and 8 years of leadership, skills, knowledge, and abilities can be utilized to meet the needs of my employer.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sterile Processing Interim Manager and Supervisor
Mercy General Hospital
01.2017 - Current
- Provides direct supervision and management for the Sterile Processing Department staff in a way that creates a positive work environment and ensures compliance are met
- Educate new and current staff onboarding
- Monitor the daily operations of the department to ensure the appropriate quality control and productivity levels are achieved
- Oversees the surgical instruments tracking system to assure that accurate counts are maintained for priority instrument trays for MOR, OPSC, CVOR, L&D, EP, and all ancillary departments, within the hospital
- Maintains an adequate inventory of instruments and other necessary supplies for department needs through Lawson and WebTool
- Monitors individual performance and provides necessary guidance
- Daily monitoring sterilization cycles and washer sterilizer testing to ensure compliance are met
- Schedules and coordinates staff to ensure appropriate departmental coverage
- Communication with Vendors for daily scheduled cases
- Update and modify count sheets and instrument trays
- Assures that sterilization practices and equipment meet quality standards AAMI, ARON, CMS, TJC
- Carries out administrative tasks to facilitate department operations
Surgical Technologist
Sutter Medical Center Sacramento
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Pre-operative preparation skills include: securing/arranging equipment; create the sterile field; open sterile supplies; organizing the sterile field; performing necessary counts; sterile skin prep
- Intra-operative procedural skills include: draping; passes instruments/supplies; help assist in retracting; maintains organized mayo stand/back table; maintains sterility throughout the procedure; properly cares for specimen; performs closing counts; applies sterile dressings
- Post-operative procedural skills include: break down of sterile field; properly disposes of all sharps; prepares instruments for decontamination; disposes of all one-use items; turns over room
- Completed surgical procedures in the first scrub role in the following specialties services: General, ENT, Orthopedics, URO/GYN, Vascular, Cardiac, Pediatrics, Neuro/Spine, Robotics, and Plastics
Sterile Processing Tech CRCST
Sutter Sacramento Medical Center
01.1995 - 01.2016
- Lead Tech and Educator and Trainer of Sterile Processing
- Responsible for the department during the absence of Manager and Supervisor
- Specialize in vendor and consignment trays
- Orthopedics Spine, Totals Joints Knee and Hip, Ortho Trauma, Neuro, and DaVinci Robotic
- Ordering instruments and implants
- Special project assignments needed for SPD department and surgery
- Sterilization and assembly of instruments, prevac sterilization and documentation record keeping, decontamination, picking cases & answering phones, cleaning and sterilizing
- Stocking Materials supplies for surgery in the department
- Flexible Endoscope processing, ETO, Sterrad 100s and Nx
- Surgery procedures services: Neuro/Spine, Orthopedics, General, Pediatric, ENT, Robotics, Laparoscopic, Vascular, Cardiac, URO/GYN, Plastics, Arthroscopic, Cystoscopy and L&D
Sterile Processing Tech II
Kaiser Permanente
01.2011 - 01.2015
- SPM document input and scanning, sterilization of instruments, wrapping, Sterrad 100s and Nx, 100Nx, steam autoclaving, assemble vendor trays and decontamination and Labor & Delivery and Clinics instruments and supplies
- SPM documentation for autoclave and Sterrad 100s, Nx, and 100Nx
- Custom Ultrasonic reprocessing- Flexible GI and Endoscopes and Ultrasound probes
- Cped distributing hospital equipment to hospital floors and Crash Carts
- On-call at Kaiser Permanente locations: Kaiser Roseville, Kaiser Sacramento, Morse Avenue, Kaiser Folsom Ambulatory Outpatient Surgery
Sterile Processing Tech
Shriners Hospital for Children
01.1997 - 01.1999
- Sterilization of instruments, wrapping, steam autoclaving, decontamination, picking cases & answering phones, cleaning and sterilizing, ETO sterilization, patient equipment cleaning & disinfecting, floor check picking up dirty supplies & instruments, restock and check- crash carts
Education
Surgical Technologist -
Carrington College
11.2016
AA Degree -
American River College
09.2010
High School Diploma -
Rio Linda High School
01.1996
Skills
- Windows 10 OS
- Mac OS
- Microsoft Office Plus 2019
- Google Docs
- Surgical instrumentation
- Medical supplies
- Specialty surgical services
- Medical terminology
- Materials management
- Departmental standards
- Policies
- Quality control
- Hospital safety standards regulations
References
Excellent references upon request.
Certification
CRCST, HSPA
CPR/BLS
Timeline
Sterile Processing Interim Manager and Supervisor
Mercy General Hospital
01.2017 - Current
Surgical Technologist
Sutter Medical Center Sacramento
01.2016 - 01.2017
Sterile Processing Tech II
Kaiser Permanente
01.2011 - 01.2015
Sterile Processing Tech
Shriners Hospital for Children
01.1997 - 01.1999
Sterile Processing Tech CRCST
Sutter Sacramento Medical Center
01.1995 - 01.2016
Surgical Technologist -
Carrington College
AA Degree -
American River College
High School Diploma -
Rio Linda High School
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