Sharon Grimes
Virginia Hospital Center
New Bern,NC
18
years of professional experience
Motivated, Certified Sterile Technician with 4+ years experience working as a Sterile Technician. I started with the basics such as pulling case carts and maintaining surgical instruments. I have since acceled in my role and have taken on larger tasks such as maintaining vendor specific trays, keeping track of daily progress reports, training new team members, and being a team lead. I have experience working ortho, neuro / spine, dental, gyn, cardio, ambulatory, general, pediatrics, ENT, and endoscopy. I am also familiar with various robotic systems such as DaVinci, Medtronic and CORI Surgical system.
Work History
Traveling Sterile Technician
3 Months- Maintained sterile environments by adhering to established protocols and procedures.
- Operated sterilization equipment, ensuring compliance with safety standards and guidelines.
- Conducted routine inspections of surgical instruments for cleanliness and functionality.
- Assisted in inventory management, tracking supplies and ensuring availability of essential materials.
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals to support surgical teams during procedures.
- Implemented quality control measures to enhance overall sterilization effectiveness.
- Optimized supply usage through accurate documentation and tracking of sterilized items, minimizing waste.
- Safeguarded patient health by performing biological testing on sterilizers regularly, ensuring optimal effectiveness at all times.
Certified Central Sterile Processing Technician
3 Years 1 Month- Checked sterile supplies to detect outdated materials.
- Maintained proper documentation of sterilization processes.
- Inspected instruments for cleanliness, proper function and breakage by viewing instruments before assembly.
- Verify received shipments against receiving reports to ensure accuracy and maintain proper inventory.
- Work in decontamination area to clean and prep items to be reprocessed per IFU.
- Assemble sets according to count sheets so they can be sterilized for continued use.
- Peel pack, or wrap items to be staged for sterilization making sure they are accurately labeled.
- Pull and stage the next days surgical cases per pick list.
- Conducted daily rounds to collect equipment for processing and distributed equipment throughout facility.
- Placed orders and restocked supplies for the department.
- Responded quickly to requests from operating rooms.
- Maintained specific vendor sets making sure counts are accurate, used items are replaced,and manager is given a list of items that need to be reordered.
- Vendor sets I maintain include but are not limited to Medtronic Spine sets, Mazor 1, Arthrex Variax Core Trays T8/T10, Arthrex Small Frag, Accumed, and Hoffman.
- I keep track of daily reports, tallying up each days combined completed tasks so manager can input counts into the system to accurately keep track of department production and work load.
- I was also the main Tech that is paired up with new team members to do training on department roles and responsibilities.
- Work with Endoscopy team to ensure scopes are cleaned and ready for re-use in a timely fashion.
- Ensure all outside vendor trays are processed in a timely fashion and ready for specified surgery dates.
- Test and clean all ENT scopes per IFU so they are fully processed and ready for pick up.
- Track all items coming from off sight areas such as Wound Care to ensure items are processed and returned in a timely fashion.
- Manage use of DaVinci Robot arms to ensure proper handling and maintenance.
Receiving / Delivery Manger
14 Years 6 Months- Monitored customer feedback throughout the product lifecycle to ensure satisfaction with delivered products or services.
- Organized periodic reviews of delivery performance against established goals and objectives.
- Prepared inventory for shipment by attaching tags and labels.
- Managed performance issues with delivery team members.
- Tracked orders and coordinated with warehouse workers to ensure proper storage and distribution of products.
- Inspected deliveries for improper preparation and resolved concerns quickly to maintain schedules.
- Maintained positive relationships with clients to meet deadlines for service delivery.
- Handled departmental scheduling to maintain proper staffing for shifts.
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Approached customers and engaged in conversation through use of effective interpersonal and people skills.
- Managed inventory and supplies to ensure materials were available when needed.
Education
Driver Training Certification
Central Sterile Processing Technician
High School Diploma
Skills
Biological monitoring
Assembly and packaging
Workplace safety
Surgical instrumentation
Material management
Decontamination and sanitation
Supply management
Quality control
Ethylene oxide sterilization
Documentation
Steam sterilization
Sterile storage
Sterility assurance testing
Hydrogen Peroxide sterilization
Inventory Management
EU scope processing
Timeline
Traveling Sterile Technician
Virginia Hospital Center
12.2025 - 03.2026Read More
Certified Central Sterile Processing Technician
Onslow Memorial Hospital
11.2022 - 12.2025Read More
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05.2008 - 11.2022Read More
Preston High School
High School Diploma
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Coastal Carolina Community College
Central Sterile Processing Technician
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Coastal Carolina Community College
Driver Training Certification
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