Tiffany Fuller

I am currently a traveling CST for this company. I have been on several assignments since September 2021.

• INOVA Fair Oaks in Fairfax, VA. I scrubbed mainly orthopedics; total joints and trauma. I also did a fair amount of general surgery, plastics and ENT. This was a 13 week assignment.
• Atrium Mercy in Charlotte, NC. At this facility I scrubbed primarily total joint arthroplasties, trauma and foot and ankle. I also scrubbed general surgery here. This assignment was a collection of 13 week contracts that I worked for about a year.
• Wakemed Raleigh in Raleigh, NC. I am currently working at this Level 1 trauma center and have been here for multiple, concurrent contracts since January 2023. This has by far been the most beneficial job of my career. I have done just about every type of surgery, with the exception of cardiac and transplants. I do orthopedics, orthopedic trauma, total joint arthroplasty, vascular, general, general trauma, organ procurements, ENT and head and neck surgery. I have learned so much and strengthened as a surgical technologist. I will always remember and cherish my time at this hospital because of that.

I worked as a CST at UNC Ambulatory Surgery Center. I scrubbed orthopedic surgery; sports medicine, foot and ankle and hand surgery. I also scrubbed ENT surgery; cochlear implants, mastoidectomy cases, sinus surgery and general ENT cases. At this facility I scrubbed general surgery and plastic surgery cases as well. I helped with keeping count of inventory for my specialties and making sure special items were ordered in time for cases. I received multiple awards for precepting and trained most of the new hire surgical techs and students that rotated through our facility during their training.

This facility was an ambulatory surgery center. Here I was one of the lead techs for opthalmology/cataract cases. My responsibilities were making sure that the correct IOL's for each case were ordered and when received, I insured they were within date and placed in each case cart. I also scrubbed orthopedic cases ranging from sports medicine to hand and foot and ankle. ENT was also a prominent specialty here. I scrubbed a lot of sinus surgeries, T&A, myringotomies and mastoidectomy cases. This facility definitely taught me speed. Not only did I hone my skill at this facility, I learned the importance of specific patient care and how each case, though the same surgery, is completely different depending on many circumstances.

I was a private scrub for a maxillofacial surgeon. When in the office I assisted him in full mouth extractions, complex impacted wisdom teeth extractions and alveoloplasty. In the OR we did surgery primarily on bone cancer of the mandible where we would remove the affected areas and place implants to the remaining bone.

• Assisted surgical teams by preparing and maintaining sterile technique.
• Managed surgical instruments, ensuring proper organization and readiness for operations.
• Trained new staff on best practices for sterilization techniques and equipment handling.