Angela Pofi
REGISTERED NURSE • CERTIFIED SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST
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About
California Registered Nurse and Certified Surgical Technologist with 15+ years of healthcare experience across perioperative, orthopedic, acute-care, and ambulatory settings. Brings extensive scrub expertise, knowledge of surgical workflow, sterile technique, instrumentation, patient positioning, specimen management, and interdisciplinary teamwork. Experienced in military healthcare through seven years at David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base.
Current AHA BLS and ACLS certified. Seeking to contribute immediate scrub expertise while completing structured orientation and competency validation in RN circulation.
Experience
Certified Surgical Technologist at Sonoma Valley Hospital (2021-08 – Present)
- Prepare operating rooms, instruments, equipment, and sterile supplies according to scheduled procedures, established protocols, and surgeon preference cards.
- Establish and maintain the sterile field; anticipate procedural needs; pass instruments, medications, sutures, and supplies; perform surgical counts with the circulating RN; and report discrepancies or breaks in aseptic technique.
- Support intraoperative scrub and first-assisting functions, specimen handling, room turnover, supply readiness, and instrument decontamination, assembly, and sterilization.
- Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesia providers, circulating nurses, and perioperative personnel to promote safe, timely surgical care.
Surgical Technician at David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB (2014-04 – 2021-08)
- Performed scrub duties and supported intraoperative workflow, including room and sterile-field preparation, surgical counts, instrumentation, equipment and supply management, positioning and transfer assistance, specimen handling, and room turnover.
- Coordinated orthopedic clinics for surgeons, physician assistants, and nurses, supporting efficient patient flow and continuity of care.
- Provided direct patient interventions, pre- and postoperative care, cast application and removal, orthopedic device support, and education; assessed and reported neurovascular status, skin integrity, pain, swelling, and potential complications.
- Assisted with post-anesthesia recovery and collaborated across surgical specialties while supporting OR and Central Sterile Supply Services.
Education
Associate Degree in Nursing in Nursing – Pacific Union College (2026-06)
Senior Medical-Surgical Preceptorship in Clinical Training
