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RODERICK L. SMITH

Mechanicsville,VA

Overview

41
41
years of professional experience

Work History

Operations Manager

Central Sterile Henrico Doctors Hospital Parham
01.2020 - Current
  • Establish and maintain department policies in accordance with federal and state guidelines
  • Ensuring decisions, actions, and group performance contribute to achievement of hospital goals and mission capability
  • Maintain unit readiness for regulatory surveys
  • Provide opportunities for employee development
  • Adheres to hospital policies and procedures, supports the mission statement
  • Procure, manage, and replace equipment/instrumentation to assure successful patient outcome
  • Manage day to day operations of assigned units ensuring decisions, actions, and group performance contributes to daily achievement
  • Requisitioned over 900k in materials, instruments, and specialty sets for hospital departments
  • Assist staff during the event of call offs, vacations, and staffing shortages
  • Demonstrate clinical competency to fulfill required tasks as a certified technician
  • Assign tasks daily to employees, and ensure they are completed
  • Ensure that each employee meets their competency requirements through on the job training, and online education
  • Establish quality assurance policy to ensure the minimization of bio-burden, and errors
  • Input missed time punches of employees through Kronos, and approve/authorize vacation requests
  • Manage materials of Central Sterile and other departments within the facility
  • Conduct one on one with employees to determine if additional training is required, employee future goals, and career advancement.

Supervisor

URMC Sawgrass Ambulatory Surgical Center
01.2009 - 01.2020
  • Establish and implement departmental policies and procedures, decontamination and processing of surgical instrumentation and equipment
  • High level expertise with Orthopedic Implants, supervise staff and oversee all department activities
  • Create weekly shift assignments, provide input, guidance to staff, prioritize assignments and on the spot decision making in sensitive situations
  • Act as liaison between the Central service, operating rooms and physicians when troubleshooting
  • Train newly hired personnel; Manage employee PTO and vacation requests
  • Develop and maintain a safe work environment
  • Conduct accident investigations and submit accident reports within 12 hours of occurrence
  • Develop and maintain positive supervisor/ associate relations
  • Provides coaching, development and discipline when needed
  • Resolve associate's issues/concerns to maintain a productive work environment
  • Proficiently trained on Censitrac's real time instrument management system
  • Ensure compliance with relevant regulations established by Federal agencies, (FDA, CDC, HCFA, OSHA) State Department of Health, Joint Commission, and HIPPA.

Assembly / Set up

Delphi Energy & Chassis Systems (GM)
01.2006 - 01.2009
  • Built and assembled injector and manifold systems for V-6 & V-8 engines
  • Set up personnel for IAFM lines and ensure machinery and lasers are calibrated and within parameters for daily function
  • Train operators and set up personnel for day to day operations while working in a clean room environment
  • Interacts with supporting departments to ensure sub-assembly parts were delivered on time
  • Ensured proper inventory levels were maintained in accordance with daily and weekly projections.

Materials Processing Specialist

Strong Memorial Hospital
01.2004 - 01.2006
  • Responsible for the cleaning, decontamination, processing and inspection of all reusable patient care equipment and supplies in support of the operating room suites
  • Processed clinical instrumentation for offsite facilities and transported tissue samples to specified departments.

Supervisor

AJL Manufacturing
01.2004 - 01.2005
  • Oversaw and manage thirty-seven employees in the shipping & receiving/packaging department, while keeping track of employee attendance and vacation requests
  • Kept accurate records in regards to shipping and receiving invoices especially concerning audits using SAP
  • Participated in daily production/shipping/receiving meetings with department managers and engineers to discuss production throughput and departmental issues
  • Inspected incoming / outgoing material, loaded and unloaded trailers with forklift.

Sales Consultant

Carlisle Mitsubishi/ Patrick Pontiac/ Jeep & GMC
  • Exercised elite customer service skills, exceeded company's monthly sales goals, negotiated deals and set up appropriate financing based on customer qualifications
  • Numerous certificates for sales rep of the month.

Co - Owner

LowRiders Auto Customizing
01.1993 - 01.2002
  • Provided outstanding customer service while customizing vehicles with any after- market item along with interior / exterior alterations.

Manufacturing

Xerox
01.1988 - 01.1992
  • Assembled mechanical and electrical harness parts for digital copiers with the use of hand power tools, blue prints, schematics, micrometers and other measuring tools
  • Worked in sub assembly department.

U.S. Air Force

01.1984 - 01.1988
  • Supervised, trained, and tested twenty- five subordinates to ensure standards and guidelines were adhered to
  • Operated as Security Specialist lead fire team leader for nuclear missile convoys and secured missile site destination.Honorably discharged at rank of E-4 Sergeant.

Timeline

Operations Manager

Central Sterile Henrico Doctors Hospital Parham
01.2020 - Current

Supervisor

URMC Sawgrass Ambulatory Surgical Center
01.2009 - 01.2020

Assembly / Set up

Delphi Energy & Chassis Systems (GM)
01.2006 - 01.2009

Materials Processing Specialist

Strong Memorial Hospital
01.2004 - 01.2006

Supervisor

AJL Manufacturing
01.2004 - 01.2005

Co - Owner

LowRiders Auto Customizing
01.1993 - 01.2002

Manufacturing

Xerox
01.1988 - 01.1992

U.S. Air Force

01.1984 - 01.1988

Sales Consultant

Carlisle Mitsubishi/ Patrick Pontiac/ Jeep & GMC

Work Availability

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The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.
Barack Obama

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