Summary
Senior operating room professional with progressive responsibility in advanced O.R. procedures. Proven technical and organizational skill who has been given highest responsibility during the most delicate procedures. Able communicator who has taught advanced techniques and recorded techniques in a publishable manual.
Experience
Quadrant Incorporated, Reston, VA 2010-Present
• Readiness: Able to scrub any assignment regardless of surgical discipline.
• Recognition: Received high praise for ability to become effective team member and for the quality of work performed.
DOMINION SURGICAL, Fairfax, VA 2008-2010
Surgical Instrument Designer
• Drive: Created company to market inventions for several surgical instruments.
• Creativity: Patents applied for prosthetic surgical instruments that are engineered to allow greater ease of access to treatment area by surgeon.
INOVA LOUDOUN HOSPITAL, Leesburg, VA 1995-2008
Surgical technologist, Spinal Team Leader
• Organization: Asked by management to reorganize and implement new layout of surgical sterile supply section in recognition of previous organizational skill.
• Competence: Asked by my head nurse to scrub an extremely rare cancer case in which her husband was the patient. Spinal surgeon asked management to call me back from vacation to scrub sensitive spinal instrumentation case for him.
• Flexibility: Covered trauma cases for on call staff numerous times when they were overwhelmed with cases.
• Thoroughness and Efficiency: I was told numerous times by surgical sterile supply that my case cart break down was the most organized and least likely to be a danger to them than anyone else on staff.
• Anticipation: Several surgeons commented favorably on my ability to anticipate their needs and wants during various procedures. One Vascular surgeon even commented, “I wish I could clone you.” A Spinal surgeon asked, “How do you do that?”
• Mentoring: I was the primary scrubbing instructor for new personnel.
• Prior Experience: My time scrubbing in the Veterans Administration allowed me to bring a more innovative perspective to my work in the OR.
UNITED STATES ARMY, Domestic and Overseas locations 1989-1995
Squad Leader, Sergeant
• Leadership: As the Squad leader for all dismounted troops in my platoon I advised, disciplined and trained subordinate personnel in regard to equipment, professional and personal problems, evaluation and motivation.
• Capability: My company was selected as the Presidential Guard unit for the newly installed Panamanian President Guillermo Endara until Panamanian Special Forces could be installed. I was ...
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