CYNTHIA SPENCER

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TRAVEL CONTRACT ASSIGNMENTS June 2016 – February 2020

Sterile Processing Technician (Contract)

Central Sterile Processing for the entire hospital

Preparation of operating room, instruments, and supplies.

Ensured the sterility of the equipment and environment.

Assisted during the procedure, monitoring the patient, and carefully monitoring supplies and tools used.

Responsible for the functioning of the entire Central Sterile dept

Performed surgical scrub duties according to department policy and procedure.

Provided the surgeon with appropriate instruments, supplies and equipment in a timely manner.

Able to confidently ensure the sterility of the equipment and environment.

Assisting during the procedure, monitoring the patient, and carefully monitoring supplies and tools used.

Serving the Operating Room, Endo., & the Cataract/Retina team, Gen./Gyn./Urology Specialties, Open, Laparoscopic, & Robotics, ENT, Plastics/Reconstruction & Ortho.

PENINSULA PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER, Williamsburg, VA December 2000 - June 2016

Surgical Technologist/Clinical Manager (PRN)

Scrub/Assist on all Plastic Surgery procedures on a PRN basis

Responsible for the ordering of all office and surgical supplies, instruments and equipment

Quality Insurance Leader

HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL PARHAM, Richmond, VA July 2014 - April 2015

Shift Supervisor Central Sterile

Responsible for sterilizing the necessary instrumentation for the Operating Room for the next day.

Responsible for overseeing the operation of all of the Central Sterile Department sterilizing machines.

Also responsible for taking all department calls requests and therefore processing and delivering sterile material and instrumentation to the entire hospital.

JOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL, Baltimore, MD January 2014 - April 2014

Shift Supervisor Central Sterile (Contract)

Responsible for sterilizing the necessary instrumentation for the Operating Room for the next day.

Responsible for overseeing the operation of all the Central Sterile Department sterilizing machines.

Also responsible for taking all department calls requests and therefore processing and delivering sterile material and instrumentation to the entire hospital.

ECPI UNIVERSITY/MEDICAL CAREERS INSTITUTE, N Chesterfld, VA August 2010 - October 2013

Surgical Technologist Instructor/Clinical Coordinator

Created all current lesson plans.

Responsible for the Didactic portion of the curriculum, as well as developing their Clinical skills.

Responsible acquiring Clinical sites all down throughout Northern Virginia.

PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL N Huntersville, NC July 2007 – August 2010

Lead Surgical Technician

Responsible for sterilizing the necessary instrumentation for the Operating Room for the next day.

Preparation of operating room, instruments, and supplies.

Ensured the sterility of the equipment and environment.

Assisted during the procedure, monitoring the patient, and carefully monitoring supplies and tools used.

MARY IMMACULATE HOSPITAL, Newport News, VA February 2001 – August 2005

Certified Surgical Technician

Responsible for sterilizing the necessary instrumentation for the Operating Room for the next day.

Preparation of operating room, instruments, and supplies.

Ensured the sterility of the equipment and environment.

Assisted during the procedure, monitoring the patient, and carefully monitoring supplies and tools used.

NEWPORT NEWS GENERAL HOSPITAL Newport News, VA February 1989 – September 1992

Lead Surgical Technician

Responsible for sterilizing the necessary instrumentation for the Operating Room for the next day.

Preparation of operating room, instruments, and supplies.

Ensured the sterility of the equipment and environment.

Assisted during the procedure, monitoring the patient, and carefully monitoring supplies and tools used.

SENTARA HAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL, Hampton, VA May 1987 – December 1993

Certified Surgical Technician

Responsible for sterilizing the necessary instrumentation for the Operating Room for the next day.

Preparation of operating room, instruments, and supplies.

Ensured the sterility of the equipment and environment.

Assisted during the procedure, monitoring the patient, and carefully monitoring supplies and tools used.

EDUCATION

FAU April 2020 – Present

Associate in Hospitality & Tourism Management

HAMPTON UNIVERSITY, Hampton, VA May 2000

B.S. in Business Management

A.S. in Science / Aviation Maintenance October 1998

RIVERSIDE SCHOOL OF SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY, Newport News, VA

Diploma in Surgical Technology

CERTIFICATIONS

MEDICAL CAREERS INSTITUTE, Newport News, VA

Certificate in Medical Assistant

SKILLS

Surgical Technologist, Operating Room, Surgical Tech, Sterile Processing, Surgical Technology Instructor, Clinical Coordinator, Supervisor/Management, CST

TECHNICHAL SKILLS

Windows NT and XP, Netscape Navigator, AS/400, Microsoft - Word, Excel, Front Page, Outlook, Access, Epic and Power Point, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Java, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL, HTML5, MySQL, HTML5, MySQL, SQL Epic

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