Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
1825
1825
years of professional experience
Work History
Surgical Technologist
Northside Hospital Forsyth
Cumming, GA
01.201 - Current
Assisted surgeon by passing instruments and sterile supplies throughout operation.
Set up equipment, tools and supplies for procedures and organize instruments as directed in surgeons' preference cards.
Reviewed surgical requirements and prepped operating room with appropriate tools, equipment and instruments.
Recounted surgical instruments and supplies at end of operation, eliminating chance of items left inside patient.
Organized equipment and instruments in alignment with surgical protocols and surgeon preferences.
Gathered and took inventory of equipment to confirm adequate supplies for surgery.
Maintained reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment, including decontamination, cleaning, sterilizing, storing and distributing.
Maintained proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Cleaned and restocked operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies.
Counted sponges, needles and instruments before and after operation.
Handed instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants.
Provided technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses or anesthesiologists.
Trained 30+ staff members on operating room procedures, infection control and safety and functionality procedures.
Addressed patient bleeding and applied sterile dressings to close wounds.
Surgical Technologist
Northeast Georgia Medical center
Braselton, GA
06.2016 - 02.2023
Assisted surgeon by passing instruments and sterile supplies throughout operation.
Reviewed surgical requirements and prepped operating room with appropriate tools, equipment and instruments.
Recounted surgical instruments and supplies at end of operation, eliminating chance of items left inside patient.
Used retractors, sponges and suctioning and irrigating equipment to create unobstructed operating fields.
Maintained reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment, including decontamination, cleaning, sterilizing, storing and distributing.
Assessed procedure requirements and procured appropriate equipment and tools.
Surgical Technologist
Wellsatr Kennstone
Kennesaw, GA
05.2008 - 07.2012
Set up equipment, tools and supplies for procedures and organize instruments as directed in surgeons' preference cards.
Reviewed surgical requirements and prepped operating room with appropriate tools, equipment and instruments.
Recounted surgical instruments and supplies at end of operation, eliminating chance of items left inside patient.
Used retractors, sponges and suctioning and irrigating equipment to create unobstructed operating fields.
Maintained reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment, including decontamination, cleaning, sterilizing, storing and distributing.
Surgical Technologist
Paces Plastic Surgery
Buckhead, GA
01.2003 - 02.2010
Assisted surgeon by passing instruments and sterile supplies throughout operation.
Set up equipment, tools and supplies for procedures and organize instruments as directed in surgeons' preference cards.
Reviewed surgical requirements and prepped operating room with appropriate tools, equipment and instruments.
Lead Teacher, Two-Year-Olds Classroom at The Goddard School of Suwanee (Duluth)Lead Teacher, Two-Year-Olds Classroom at The Goddard School of Suwanee (Duluth)