Samantha Padilla
Highlands,TX
Summary
Driven New Grad Surgical Technologist pursuing the dream to work with a team in the operating room in order to better patient's lives.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sales Associate Specialist
Lowes Home Improvment
09.2022 - Current
- Maintained product knowledge to assist and educate customers on options available.
- Organized store merchandise racks and displays to promote and maintain visually appealing environments.
- Followed factory service manual protocols to restore, maintain and test small engine equipment.
- Tested and inspected engines to determine malfunctions, locate missing and broken parts and verifying repairs.
- Operated store equipment to promote safety and reduce injury.
Surgical Technologist Student
Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
09.2023 - 12.2023
- Performed minor, outpatient surgical procedures.
- Prepped operating rooms and booked necessary equipment and supplies for Gynecology Surgery.
- Performed great assistance to surgeons during general, gynecological, orthopedic, , and plastic surgery.
Surgical Technologist Student
St. Lukes Health Patients
05.2023 - 08.2023
- Prepared and passed instruments, sutures and supplies needed in operative procedure and maintained correct count.
- Set up orthopedic fracture tables for casting procedures and applied fiberglass casting, splints, braces, dressings.
- Anticipated surgeons needs and handed instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures.
- Service in various general surgical procedures such as appendectomies, hemorrhoidectomies, inguinal hernia repairs and tonsillectomies.
- Aid in abdominal, pelvic or urinary tract surgery.
- Worked efficiently in foot and ankle procedures.
Surgical Technologist Student
UTMB
03.2023 - 05.2023
- Gathered and set up equipment, tools, and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or to instructions.
- Worked with reps for fast and smooth service and usage of equipment.
- Assisted in reconstructive surgeries for patients which sustained injuries from accidents or abnormalities.
- Practiced the robotic approach in General surgery for procedures such as hernias, appendectomy, cholecystectomy.
- Operated ophthalmic equipment for examinations and surgeries.
Education
Associate Degree in Surgical Technology -
San Jacinto College
Pasadena, TX12.2023
High School Diploma -
Goose Creek Memorial High
Baytown, TX06.2021
Skills
- Aseptic and Sterilization Techniques
- Patient Preparation
- Instrumentation Specification
- Critical Thinking
- Equipment Maintenance
Certification
- CST - Certified Surgical Technologist
- First Aid/CPR Certified
Languages
- English: Fluent
- Spanish: Native/Fluent
References upon request
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Timeline
Surgical Technologist Student
Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
09.2023 - 12.2023
Surgical Technologist Student
St. Lukes Health Patients
05.2023 - 08.2023
Surgical Technologist Student
UTMB
03.2023 - 05.2023
Sales Associate Specialist
Lowes Home Improvment
09.2022 - Current
Associate Degree in Surgical Technology -
San Jacinto College
High School Diploma -
Goose Creek Memorial High
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