CERTIFIED SURGICAL ASSISTANT/GENERAL SURGERY CLINICAL COORDINATOR - MERCY HEALTH - FAIRFIELD, OH
(2022-01)
- Facilitates a cooperative team atmosphere through professional communication.
- Collaborates with Clinical Manager and Director to support unit-based quality and performance improvement activities consistent with the service and departmental plan.
- Verifies all implants, supplies and special procedure equipment is available and functional. (i.e. microscope, tourniquet, etc.)
- Contributes to the operational management of the surgical service to promote and support an environment of excellent patient care.
CERTIFIED SURGICAL ASSISTANT - KINGS DAUGHTERS HEALTH - MADISON, IN
(2019-01 - 2022-12)
- Communicating the surgeon's preferences and specific patient needs to surgical team
- Positioning the patient to provide the necessary exposure for the procedure, as well as the surgeon preference
- Providing intra-operative skills such as visualization, trocar insertion, injection of local anesthetics, hemostasis, tissue handling, placement and securing of wound drains, and closure of body planes
CERTIFIED SURGICAL ASSISTANT - BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES - LA GRANGE, KY
(2012-01 - 2022-12)
- Proficiency in technical skills required during a surgical procedure, including, but not limited to: clamping, cauterizing, suturing, inserting, injecting, manipulating, retracting, cutting, and ligating tissue as necessary
- Utilizing appropriate suturing techniques, according to surgeon preference, to close the incision at the end of the procedure
- Providing postoperative skills in patient care such as applying dressings to surgical wounds, patient transfer and transport, transfer of care, and monitoring for immediate complications
SHERIFF'S DEPUTY - TRIMBLE COUNTY - TRIMBLE COUNTY, KY
(2015-01)
- Patrols an assigned district in a patrol car on assignment for the purpose of observing the area for possible criminal activity or other conditions that could endanger public safety, investigating complaints, and enforcing laws; maintains high visibility.
- Responds to emergency calls, such as robberies, burglaries, kidnappings, assaults and murders; and practices safety procedures in answering and responding to calls.
- Takes decisions at the crime scenes which may be centered around life or death situations; decisions are based on the safest procedures to be followed to ensure safety to individuals involved and fellow officers/members of rescue team.
CERTIFIED SURGICAL ASSISTANT - THE CENTER FOR FOOT AND ANKLE - CRESTWOOD, KY
(2009-01 - 2012-12)
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate the surgeon's preferences and specific patient's needs to surgical team including but not limited to suture needs, specialty supplies and instrumentation, and equipment.
- Listens actively to surgeon, patient and team to ensure safe patient-centered care.
- Maintains awareness of patient monitoring and responds appropriately to potential complications.
