NATHALY CHAVEZ
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
To obtain a full-time position as a Surgical Tech within a great established hospital where my education, skills, dedication prove to be a valuable member to the team I work with.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
GI Specialty Tech
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
10.2022 - Current
- Assist physician during: EGD, Colonoscopy, ERCP, Oral/ Rectal Ultrasound., and Double Balloon procedures.
- Assist with equipment & procedure room setup, procedure room breakdown, specimen collection
- Responsible for providing appropriate instrumentation and supplies to the physician and for assisting in the handling of the scope
- Cleans, disinfects, inventories, and maintains endoscopes and non-disposable equipment.
- Operate and maintain ultrasonic scope washer; monitors and prepares inoperable/damaged scopes for repair.
Environmental Services
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
07.2021 - 10.2022
- Cleaning and maintaining of environmental tools and equipment.
- Cleaning of occupied patient areas and dismissals.
- Worked to provide quality cleaning on a scheduled basis
Surgical Technologist Extern
Henry Mayo Outpatient Center
08.2021 - 09.2021
- Arrange equipments needed for surgery
- Assisted with patient transporting, patient positioning and draping
- Passed instruments, assisted, suction, cut sutures, hold retractors, irrigate the field and other tasks as directed by surgeons and their assistant
- Ensure proper labeling and dispensing of medications to surgeons
- Completed surgical counts of lap sponges, raytecs, blades, needles, hypos and other materials
- Easily adapted to new types of procedure performed as well as equipments used
- Properly cares for handling specimen
- Apply dressing to the patient's wound after surgery
- Properly disposed of sharps and contaminated items and hazardous materials
- Assisted preparing instruments for decontamination
Education
Surgical Technology Diploma -
CBD College
Los Angeles, CA10.2021
Skills
- The principles and practices of aseptic technique
- Communication teamwork and professionalism
- Law, documentation and professional ethics
- Patients physical and psychological well-being
- Diagnostic and assessment procedures
- Environmental hazards
- Microbes and the process of infections
- Communication
- Initiative
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Multi-tasking
- Responsible
- Problem solving
- Organization
- Planning
- Prompt
- Sterile Processing
Certification
- CPR Certification (American Heart Association)
Timeline
GI Specialty Tech
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
10.2022 - Current
Surgical Technologist Extern
Henry Mayo Outpatient Center
08.2021 - 09.2021
Environmental Services
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
07.2021 - 10.2022
Surgical Technology Diploma -
CBD College
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