Sha-Nya Foreman

I complete many tasks that frequently revolve around providing and managing the supplies for various service lines in the Operating Room (including but not limited to Neurology, Orthopedics, General Laparoscopic/Endoscopic, Anesthesia, DaVinci, etc). Listed below are the duties I often perform:

• Ensure that storerooms, carts, and other areas that I manage are kept up by checking expiration dates, integrity of product, making sure item is in the correct spot, etc
• Regularly communicate with OR staff (coordinators, managers, directors, etc) to give and receive supply updates along with getting a better understanding of doctors’ needs
• Contact vendors to check status of open purchase orders, request returns, settle discrepancies with orders, etc
• Reach out to vendors and sales representatives to resolve products that are backordered and/or have low to no availability
• Analyze end-of-month reports to see ways in which funds can be better spent and space can be better optimized
• Research possible substitutions and alternatives for necessary products that are unavailable (whether it be due to backorder, discontinuation, or pricing issues)
• Save logs of all products that have expired, been damaged, or otherwise been rendered useless so that they can be accounted for financially
• Locate and label all products managed to assist in finding where said products reside
• Help with picking/packing soft goods needed for upcoming cases so that they can be ready for case carts in a timely fashion
• And more when needed

While I was a student at VCU, I briefly worked alongside Dr. Okoth, Assistant Professor and internship Director of the Department of Political Science. My day-to-day duties were as follows:

• Assist in the organization of students’ projects and time sheets
• Ensure that interns were adhering to the syllabus and clarified instructions for students when needed
• Distributed and reviewed supervisor evaluation forms
• Made sure each student acting as an intern’s information was updated
• Forwarded new internship opportunities to students
• Maintain cleanliness of email inbox and Google Drive for myself and the director
• Properly discard private information

• Organized supplies, drawings, and employee files/paperwork
• Provided assistance with the preparation of project reports, manuscripts, and presentations
• Printed drawings, files/paperwork, receipts, proposals, and estimates
• Used The EDGE Estimator Software™ to estimate costs of material and labor
• Typed up proposals and estimates (using Microsoft Word, Excel, and occasionally Adobe)
• Monitored the quality of printed architectural and structural drawings
• Maintained upkeep of projects (past, present, and future)
• Restocked kitchen and supply closet for office use
• Contacted various outside businesses by email and phone to retrieve information relating to projects
• Ordered important supplies/tools/devices needed for both project and office use
• Visited ongoing projects and recorded needed information regarding updates, setbacks, etc

• Assisted customers in locating and purchasing merchandise
• Maintained and set up displays for merchandise
• Kept till of register accurate
• Assisted with closing duties
• Helped with onboarding of new staff