Performance Improvement

Risk Management

Employee Relations

Tort Liability/Fund Auditing

Employee Relations

Performance Management Strategies

Training & Development

Cost-Reduction Strategies

Labor Relations

Professional Experience

East St. Louis School District 189 East St. Louis, IL

1/07 to 8/13

Human Resources Specialist

Responsible for setting up staff training for all employees. Provided risk management throughout the district. Conducted work-site performance and evaluations of all district personnel. Provided counsel and coaching in labor matters. Counselled employees, supervisors, and others. Designed training modules that implemented strategic business practices and organizational behavior training concepts. Monitored training costs to '1maintain the training budget.

Rewrote job descriptions of nearly 400 members of the organization.

Designed interview guides for all organization interviews.

Led trainings for up to 200 employees on a weekly basis.

Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO

1/02 to 1/06

Surgical Technologist

Preparing patients for surgical procedures by ensuring they’re position properly for procedures and the needed coverings are in place to prevent exposer. Responsible for the care and maintenance of all surgical equipment.

Support duties for diagnostic and technical treatment procedures, such as setting up and operating special medical equipment and apparatuses.

Assisting physicians during surgery and assuring that all specialty items are prepared for the next day.

Helped physicians examine and treat patients by assisting with instruments, injections, and suture removal.

Surgical Services, Inc. St. Louis, MO

1/00 to 1/02

Sales Representative

Sold intra-operative surgical equipment to numerous medical facilities and personally educated physicians and surgical staff on the specific procedures related to the equipment purchased.

Regularly supervised new employees and facilitated their training to ensure proper product knowledge and sales techniques to maximize the experience of the customers.

Developed and maintained productive relationships with clients, coworkers, and business partners through effective and timely communication.

Evaluated and reported the current equipment inventory to the appropriate sources to ensure proper record keeping.

St. Louis University Hospital St. Louis, MO

1/96 to 1/00

Surgical Technologist

Prepared and maintained needed instruments for surgical procedures as well as prepared patients for the operation they were undergoing. Completed supply orders when necessary and assisted with the maintenance of the stock of instruments for the operating room.

Assisted surgeons in various surgical procedures by providing support before, during, and after operations.

Assured that all specialty items were prepared up to a day before any and all surgeries.

Cleaned and sterilized instruments and disposed of contaminated supplies up to the standard of various local and federal standards for medical waste and disposal.

Conducted various diagnostic and technical treatment procedures such as setting up and operating special medical equipment and apparatuses.

Education and Training

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Carbondale, IL

Anticipated - Spring 2016; concentration in Workforce Education & Development

San Diego Community College San Diego, CA

Asso. Applied Science

US Navy Corpsman Surgical Tech School Carbondale, IL

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