Melissa Lea Mourgan

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Profile

Objective

I am seeking a position as Certified Surgical Technologist in Cardio-Vascular Operating Room. I have military management experience and I am sought out in every position to orient and educate medical students and new staff to the operating room in my most recent positions. I was nominated by medical students for employee of the month CVOR in August 2016. I have a passion for cardiac surgery and I enjoy being on top of my game in the surgical theater, scrubbing cardiac utilizes the best of my skills to ensure patient safety and excellent outcomes.

Availability

Full Time. Days, eight, ten or twelve hour shifts.

Key Skills

* Attention to detail

* Ability to communicate clearly

* Anticipate needs during and ahead of surgery

* People Person

* Time management and organization

* Clear thinker and Innovative solutions, adapted during real time surgical procedures

* Loves to teach others to include medical students about the procedure and answer questions

* CPR certified

* Articulate and Professional.

Education and Licenses

August 2014- Current NBSTSA- Certified Surgical Technologist

September 2012

Bachelor of Science in Culinary Arts Management

Art Institute of Washington, 1820 North Ft.Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209

2004 to 2009

General Education Studies 30 credit hours (Phi Theta Kappa Member)

Montgomery College, Takoma Park, Maryland. 3.65 GPA

2001 to 2002

Surgical Specialist Program

AMEDD Center and School, Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX

Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Student Company Washington, D.C.

Army Basic Training

Fort Lenard Wood, Missouri

Work Experience

Medical City Heart & Spine February 2019-current

Surgical Technologist CVOR

Scrub a variety of CV procedures; commonly CABG, AVR, MVR, TAVR, VSD, ECMO, Impella insertion and exchange, some combination CABG valve cases, some thoracic cases to include VATS and thoracotomy, lobectomy as indicated. Scrub aortic dissections and aneurysms. Take heart call. Maintain sterile field, open supplies needed for the case to include suture and set up and count instruments as well as intra-operative closing and final counts. Checking the supplies etc prior to opening the field to ensure we are prepared and nothing is missing. Other duties include helping with turnover, pulling cases supplies and instruments needed for procedure and helping with instrument processing and putting up sets for sterilization as needed, or as the schedule allows. Giving lunch breaks to colleagues as schedule allows.

Drape the patient for all procedures, adhere to the three minute dry time of the prepped field. Anticipate the needs of the surgeons, and be prepared to do additional surgery as needed (converting from a CABG to a Valve additionally). Work with colleagues and communicate to ensure that our needs are taken care of and we are prepared for the following days cases etc. We also stock the rooms, check the temperature logs and many other duties to ensure compliance and that we have what we need for the week/day etc. Communicate with supply chain on items needed to help ensure a supply for the case volume and expected patient load. Set up OR furniture etc, as needed on a daily basis so that we have what is needed for the case. Or in case of emergency at the end of the day.

Park Ridge Health September 2017-January 2019

Surgical Technologist

Scrub a variety of surgical disciplines to include total joints (knees/hips/shoulders/ankles), gyn, general and some ENT. I am also able to pull cases for the next day, process colonoscopes and gastroscopes which includes cleaning and flushing prior to processing. Operation of the autoclave for items in use with OneTray device.

Set up the back table and sterile draping of the surgical patient, prep of the surgical site depending upon the surgeon preference and site, responsible to the patient and surgical team for safety and correcting any break in technique etc. Proper initial count and intraoperative and closing count accountability for patient safety as per facility policy.

Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (40-60hr/week) September 2015-March 2017

Heart & Vascular Institute

Surgical Technologist III - Heart Failure Team

Check case cart, preference card, instruments for procedure. Set up and counted within 15 minutes for emergency heart case.

Restock room/cath lab cart for TAVR interventions, flexibility with case and changing as needed from simple to more complex case, asking for appropriate supplies and instruments, etc.

On call anywhere from 38 hrs to 128 hrs a month depending upon staffing

Cases included CABG, Valves, Triple Valves, Atrial Septal Defect repairs, ECMO initiation and D/C ECMO femoral repair, Heart and Lung Transplants, LVADs(HeartMateII/III, Heartware, Impella, Tandem devices). Covered as needed for regular Cardiac team if Heart Failure was not busy; able to scrub in all areas of CV and to relieve or offer break to other scrubs, despite not “knowing” their surgeons preferences since Heart Failure had five surgeons and several OR suites and regular CV team had five OR’s and eight surgeons along with separate Perfusion Teams.

George Washington University Hospital (16-28 hr/week) April 2015-September 2015

PRN Surgical Technologist (Washington, DC)

Scrub wide variety of specialties, took heart scrub call, mainly scrubbed in spines/hearts/thoracic. Fun position to keep up with other surgical specialties besides hearts and neuro.

Medstar Washington Hospital Center (40+hr/week) January 2013-September 2015

Senior Surgical Technologist

Scrubbed all services in major trauma hospital. On every managers go to list for competent scrubs. Oriented new nurses and scrub techs to scrub multiple services. (Neuro, Ortho Trauma/Ortho, Endo-Vascular/Vascular and Cardio Vascular, General/Trauma, ENT/Dental, Gyn/Oncology, Transplant kidney and donor/harvest).

International Culinary Center Campbell, CA Intensive Sommelier Program September 2012-December 2012

River Road Surgery Center- Surgical Technologist (40hr/week) January 2010-September 2012

Scrub cases, decontaminate instruments, wash, pack and wrap and sterilize instruments in autoclave etc. Present for every JACHO inspection, no problem. Accountable for morning sterilizer runs and bug testing.

Suburban Outpatient Surgery Center (40hr/1st year)

Surgical Technologist (prn 2009, 8-24 hr/week)

Outpatient surgery disciplines such as plastics, limited ortho, general, oncology breast, ent.

January 2008- January 2010

Active Duty Army, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC 20307 (40+ hr/week)

June 2002 until October 2007

NCOIC Stone Center, WRAMC

Surgical Technologist

May 2004 – October 2007

Assist during procedures in our surgical suite.

Sterilize and decontaminate equipment and instruments.

Maintain sterile field, set up and prepare patient for surgery.

Order supplies and maintain inventory. Work with vendors to ensure smooth surgical cases and supplies are ready on time.

Main Operating Room, WRAMC (Basic Training/Advanced Training from 10/2001-08/2002

Surgical Technologist, Lead Neurosurgery

August 2002-May 2004

Train new surgical technologists during surgery.

Set up and maintains sterile field, instrument processing, correct sponge, sharps, and instrument counts

Night Shift Supervisor for weekends. Preparing rooms for surgery the next day as well as coordinating weekend scheduled and unscheduled emergency surgeries.

Scrub ENT, Eyes, General, Urological, Neurologic, Ortho, Plastics, Heart, Vascular, Transplant

Scrub Donor Harvest, Joint, Spinal Fusion, Thoracic and multiple team surgeries.

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