JAMES A. CELLERS-MCCARTHY
Hamilton City
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Surgical Technologist/Sterile Processing Technician
Colusa Medical Center
Colusa
07.2024 - Current
- Passes instruments to surgeon during procedure. Anticipates surgeon’s needs of additional supplies. Performs appropriate counts with circulator prior to the operation and before incision is closed. Prepares sterile dressings. Secures dressings after incision closure.
- Checks supplies and equipment needed for surgical procedure. Obtains appropriate sterile and unsterile items needed for procedure. Sets up sterile table with instruments, supplies,
- Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments, assembles, wraps instruments trays to be sterilized. Follows proper standard precautions while in decontamination or prep and pack areas.
- Monitors biological testing of equipment and ensures the parameters are met to the standards of quality control.
- Organize and assist in building trays and specific instrument sets according to physician request and make readily available for our patients in a timely manner.
- Restocks, labels, and maintains par levels for SPD.
- Assures endoscopes quality meets cleaning standards and are stored appropriately.
- Orders supplies for surgery and SPD.
Sterile Processing Technician
Oroville Hospital
01.2021 - 07.2024
- Decontaminating and sterilizing surgical instruments
- Delivery and pick up of surgical instruments to local offices
- Assembling instrument trays according to established protocols using aseptic technique.
- Operating steam sterilizers, washer-disinfectors, ultrasonic cleaners, dry heat ovens, and other related equipment.
Package Handler
Fed Ex
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Sorting packages and loading vans/trucks
Anesthesia Tech
Enloe Medical Center
01.2007 - 01.2020
- Maintaining and troubleshooting anesthesia machines and equipment
- Assisting anesthesiologists with difficult procedures
- Training and supervising new technicians
- Ordering supplies
- Cleaning and setting up equipment for the next procedure
OR Aide
Enloe Medical Center
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Transport patients to and from the O.R.
- Clean operating rooms and equipment and set up for the next procedure
Education
Certified Anesthesia Technician -
08.2025
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
PLEASANT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
01.2000
Skills
- Sterile processing
- Surgical instrumentation
- Equipment maintenance
- Quality assurance
- Supply management
Timeline
Surgical Technologist/Sterile Processing Technician
Colusa Medical Center
07.2024 - Current
Sterile Processing Technician
Oroville Hospital
01.2021 - 07.2024
Package Handler
Fed Ex
01.2020 - 01.2021
Anesthesia Tech
Enloe Medical Center
01.2007 - 01.2020
OR Aide
Enloe Medical Center
01.2005 - 01.2007
Certified Anesthesia Technician -
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
PLEASANT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
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