Diligent professional with proven skills in troubleshooting, diagnostics, and preventive maintenance. Aiming to leverage my abilities to successfully fill the Lead Medical Instrument role or your team.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Medical Instrument Technician
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
02.2019 - Current
Evaluated laboratory values and monitored vital signs during treatment sessions.
Maintained accurate records of treatments, medications, lab results and other relevant data.
Responded promptly to emergency situations that arose during treatments.
Calibrated, troubleshot and repaired medical equipment.
Primed dialyzer with saline or heparinized solutions to prepare machine for use.
Investigated and directed patient inquiries or complaints to appropriate medical staff members.
Help assist lead with ordering supply's.
Maintain logs
Help with JCAHO and environmental rounds
Preceptor (help train new staff)
Assist with cannulation Issue
Trouble shoot R.O system a few time and fix
Assist leas when Main R.O fail
Rotate inventory and labeling
Assist with several different department in the hospital during shortage
mix bicarb manually
change filter on Machine, Portable and Main R.O.
Set up machine for unit, ICU, ER and other wards.
Inventory for CRRT, PD, and HD.
Patient Care under RN supervision
Minor Biomedical repairs- Example Main R.O. system, Portable R.O, Machine parts and lines.
Patient Care Technician - CCHT
Fersenius Medical Care
01.2010 - 02.2019
Level 3 CCHT Preceptor (train new nurses and technician)
Water Room Expert (indirect water and bicarb champion for unit)
Assist Biomed and help disinfect water and bicarb system, troubleshoot machine, and water system problem.
Expert cannulate
Participate in Unit Continuous Quality Improvement monthly meeting with Dietician, Supervisor and Medical Director to improve patient outcome.
Maintain preceptor classes to ensure all new policy are update and implement
Draw patients lab, machine and water culture.
Assist with Unit Patient Schedule
Weekly Meeting with supervisor to review progress with new employees
Monitors Patients treatment and makes necessary adjustment per RN supervision
Follow guideline disinfecting and setting machine for treatment
Troubleshoot issue that would come during patient treatment time that need to be resolve to continue dialysis.
Mix Acid and Bicarb according to policy.
Part of Float Pool team and precept at other unit for staffing
Emergency Evacuation/Disaster Planning team for the Unit.
Attend Marcor Course on CWP water and bicarb system
Patient Care Technician - CCHT
DaVita
03.1998 - 01.2010
Expert Cannular
Attended Preceptor University
Preceptor lv 2
Order supply for unit
Pump acid
Culture Machine per policy
Patient Care Per RN supervision
Float Pool team
Give Patient medication after Rn drew per policy ( now out of practice)
Education
Certification - Paramedic
Creighton University
Omaha, NE
09.1997
Certification - EMT
Southwest Community College
Beatrice, NE
05.1992
Skills
Problem Solving
Medical Terminology
Diagnostic Imaging
Sterilization Techniques
Inventory Management
Organization Skills
Continuous Learning
Customer Service
Teamwork Abilities
Critical Thinking
Infection Control Procedures
Safety Management
Machine Operation
Safety Procedures
Patient Education
Sterilize equipment
Timeline
Medical Instrument Technician
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
02.2019 - Current
Patient Care Technician - CCHT
Fersenius Medical Care
01.2010 - 02.2019
Patient Care Technician - CCHT
DaVita
03.1998 - 01.2010
Certification - Paramedic
Creighton University
Certification - EMT
Southwest Community College
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