HARLEY D. BERLANT, CRCST, CIS, CHL

****B Cedar Bend Court

Mobile, Alabama 36608

305-***-****

acbuby@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Innovative and highly motivated medical support manager with over 18 years

experience in hospital management and 10+ years in medical sales and

marketing. Consistent record of success in Sterile Processing and

Distribution and Supply Chain Management. Subject matter expert in SPD,

with over 20 articles published and consulted in the field. Certified SPD

trainer with over 25 years experience. Experience includes managing at a

large teaching facility. Additional certifications include:

Instrumentation as CIS and Management as CHL. Working on my Fellowship.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Providence Hospital (350 beds), SPD Manager and Educator in Mobile Alabama

2012-Present

. Taught Certification class for all hospital employees 2012 and 2013

. More than doubled number of Certified Techs in Hospital and Mobile

Alabama

. Improved communication and services with Surgery, OPS, and ED

. Started weekly educational in-services for all CS staff.

. Started weekly Leadership meetings for CS Leads

. Eliminated wet trays for all Surgery loaner trays.

. Provided back up assistance for OPS CS area

. Continues to provide Seminars in Florida annually

. Teaching the CS Tech class in Florida every weekend

. Upgraded and improved instrument tracking system for all staff

. Initiated and educated the Surgery staff on IUSS and Instrument

tracking

Scripps Mercy Hospital in Sand Diego (330 beds) a level 1 Trauma Hospital

and Chula Vista (180 beds), Sand Diego, CA. SPD Manager over both

facilities

2011-2012

. Instituted regular training and education for all SPD staff.

. Reduced bioburden issues with OR

. Reduced errors on trays and sets

. Worked with staff to achieve 100% Certified staff in 8 months

. Settled personnel issues at one facility

. Installed Instrument Tracking systems at both facilities

. Provided necessary resources to the staff

. Labeled all trays for tracking system

. Eliminated IUSS (Flash) sterilization at both campuses

Inova Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, VA 2009-

2011

Perioperative Support Manager

. Ensured daily tray sterilization by establishing reprocessing

standards and implementing daily routine shift reporting.

. Reduced Flash sterilization in surgery from 200 to 125 /month.

. Reduced room turnaround time by 25%, from 30 minutes to 24 minutes..

. Initiated weekly in-service training for SPD and anesthesia staff

personnel.

. Supported certification study group for anesthesia professionals.

. Increased number of Certified techs from 5 to 14

. Increase and maintained productivity to over 100% for the past 14

months

Harley D Berlant/2

Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Bellevue, WA 2007-

2009

Manager, Sterile Processing and Distribution

Significantly turned-around department performance, productivity and

employee satisfaction.

. Upgraded staff through hiring and attrition in 10 months. Stabilized

employee turnover.

. Upgraded and installed new sterilization and decontamination equipment

without impacting surgeries or daily operation.

. Increased productivity by 10% and reduced errors by 24%.

. Restructured SPD to accommodate 160 new trays for surgery.

. Cath Lab - Took over reprocessing

. Imaging - Took over TEE reprocessing

. Trained and prepared staff for opening of 6 new operating room suites.

. Increased number of certified techs from 8 to 22.

*Asked by Director to manage the Core Techs:

o Increased availability

o Decreased errors on case carts

o Cross trained 6 Certified SPD Techs to cover the core

o Eliminated OR pulling staff from rooms to cover days off or

breaks

o Added Core Tech to Saturdays to cover busy schedule

o Eliminated the need for staff to leave the clinical areas for

coverage

o Improved moral of Core Techs and the OR

Product Manager of Repairs and Reprocessing for 2005-

2007

Richard Wolf MIC in Vernon Hills, IL

Launched a van program in Chicago and increased revenue 150% in six

months

Introduced scope protectors to protect the endoscopes, increasing

sales and revenues

Presenter for the company at various regional seminars

Educate sales representatives from around the country on repair

programs offered to increase sales

Increased revenues in Repairs and Reprocessing 14% over 2005.

OR Materials Coordinator at

2002-2005

Northwest Medical Center, Margate, FL (HCA facility)

. Updated and simplified all tray sheets for L&D and Surgery

. Responsible for all CS staff (7 FTE's) and activities including all

hospital

sterilization, department budgeting and daily operations

including order,

repair or replace surgical equipment, products and supplies

. Reduced repair and replacements of rigid Cysto telescopes from

$12,000/month to $0.

Responsibilities

. Oversee that all trays are completed correctly

. Order supplies and instruments

. Maintain standards of "Excellence"

. Act as liaison with CSR where sterilization is performed

. Adhere to department/hospital/Tenet policies and procedures

. Modify and update P&P/tray sheets and consult with

appropriate nurses and ORT's to keep all records current.

. Monitor and maintain all sterilization records for the

equipment used in surgery.

Harley D

Berlant/3

Medical Sales and Marketing Employment

1987-2002 Details available upon request.

Assistant Director of Materials Management

1986-1987

Mount Sinai Medical Center of Miami Beach (700 bed teaching facility)

Miami Beach, FL

Responsibilities included the control, budget and management of

four areas

(60FTE's) and to provide quality supply support through efficient

and economic

means

. Implemented employee of the quarter program to improve employee

morale

. Chaired linen committee that reduced replacement costs by $60,000

. Worked with surgery to implement a Case Cart system

. Responsible for a $15,000,000.00 budget

Assistant Director of Materials Management 1984 - 1986

Baptist Hospital of Miami (450 BEDS)

Miami, FL

Responsibilities included budgeting and management of 3 Materials

Management

departments ( C.P.D., Linen, and Mailroom), and staff development

of 37 FTE'S

(including 3 supervisors). Areas of responsibility involved a

ten million dollar budget and evaluated by MBO's. Developed

computerized inventory system for exchange cart.

Director of Central Services 1981-1984

Mercy Hospital (350 BEDS)

Miami, FL

. Weekly in-service of all CS staff.(25 FTE's)

. Weekly management training for team leaders and all

. supervisors including other areas of Materials Management.

. Hospital wide in-service programs on CS, instrumentation, and

. hazardous chemicals.

. Cross-trained all CS employees on case carts an exchange carts.

. Established and chaired the CS/OR Liaison committee to

. Improve communication and working relationship for the case cart

system.

. Managed a budget of over $1.5 Million dollars

C.S. Manager 1979 - 1981

Miami International Hospital (250 Beds)

North Miami, FL

. Reorganized and standardized department.

. Restructured 700 old codes and nomenclature from computer reducing

them to 350 line items with cross references enabling nursing units

to order faster and standardize CS items.

. Increased revenue 20% per month and Decreased direct expense 8% per

month.

. Initiated in-service training of CS procedures and equipment for

nursing staff.

. Organized in-service training with supplies for all CS staff members.

. Produced monthly activity report for administration showing progress

and objectives.

. Lowered cost of making $1.00 from 34 cents to 17 cents.

Harley D Berlant/4

Surgical Physicians Assistant 1974 - 1979

Opa Locka General

Opa-Locka, FL

Private practice of

Dr. Richard Thomas 1973 - 1974

Miami Beach, FL

EDUCATION

6/73 Richmond College

Staten Island, N.Y.

AAS Degree

8/71-9/73 U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH HOSPITAL

STATEN ISLAND, NY

. Obtained graduate certificate for Surgical Physician's associate

. Organized and served as first president of P.A. student's

organization.

. Maintained 3.8 GPA.

. Didactic phase consisted of 525 hours.

. Received diploma from the PA program at the US Public Health

Hospital.

. Graduating in top 5% of class.

. Elected as President of student PA class.

Maintained professional knowledge by attending seminars and educational

programs in materials management, product procurement, distribution

methods, infection control, surgical asepsis, sterile processing, surgical

instrumentation, and sterilization techniques.

Special accomplishments and recognition:

October 1983 - Present taught the SPD program

"Techniques in Sterile Processing"

. Administered this program for the community to advance the field of

OR, CS and Materials Management.

. Most students have gone on to pass the national certification exam.

. The attendees have ranged from RN's, LPN's, CS Managers, Materials

Managers, Infection Control Practitioners, OR/CS/MM employees and

those trying to get into OR/CS/MM.

. Have consulted at several hospitals in South Florida and in two

other countries

. Assisted in the creation of the first CS Technician Manual (ASHCSP)

and Workbook.

. Published over twenty-four articles.

1984 Recipient of the John J. Perkins award for Education from the

IAHCSM. Formerly certified through the IAHCSMM for a Technician,

Supervisor and achieved my Fellowship in Central Service (FCS). Certified

through CBSPD as a Technician and have achieved Advanced Member status in

the ASHCSP.

Hobbies:

Registered FIFA Grade 8 Soccer Referee for 10 years

Coach at Optimist club for 10 years

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