Operating Room Clinical Nurse
Resume:
Catherine Nicastro
Coconut Creek, Fl. ***** 954-***-**** *************@*****.***
Work Experience
Cleveland Clinic-Weston, Florida Jun2023 to Sept2023
Operating Room RN Clinical Nurse
Responsibilities:
13 week OR travel assignment via Aya Healthcare
Transplant services
Staff RN
Maintain scrub and circulating skill set.
NATIVE AMERICAN MEDICAL CENTER-Anchorage, Alaska Feb2023 to Apr2023
Operating Room RN Clinical Nurse
Responsibilities:
13 week OR travel assignment via Aya Healthcare
Staff RN
Maintain scrub and circulating skill set.
PLANTATION/UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL-Davie, FL Sept 2020 to Feb 2023
Operating Room RN Clinical Nurse Clinician
Responsibilities:
Desk charge position.
Supervise and support surgical staff in the operating room.
Schedule staffing and surgical procedures.
Kronos Payroll.
Maintain scrub and circulating skill set.
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER - Kansas City, Mo Sept 2019 to Sept 2020 Operating Room RN Supervisor Endovascular/Vascular/General Surgery
Responsibilities:
● Supervise and support surgical staff involved in General/Vascular Services.
● Maintain hybrid service while improving cost containment and on time ordering.
● Scrub and Circulate Endovascular/Vascular, as well as most services.
● Start up Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program.
● Corrective actions and annual evaluations of staff.
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL - Boca Raton, FL Aug 2007 to Sept 2019 Operating Room RN Clinician Endovascular/Vascular
Responsibilities:
● Scrub and circulate, maintain preference cards, monthly staff schedule.
● Maintain sterility, cost containment, efficient room turnover, patient safety.
● Product evaluations and rep meetings, preceptor and new RN training.
Accomplishments: I continue to be in the forefront of advanced technology in endovascular surgery, while maintaining ability to proficiently perform in other services within the operating room.
Skills Used: Critical thinking skills, fiscal responsibility within my service, scrubbing
and circulating, maintaining Joint Commission guidelines.
BROWARD GENERAL HOSPITAL - Fort Lauderdale, FL Dec 2002 to Aug 2007 Surgical Nurse Manager
Responsibilities:
● Started as clinician to start up liver transplant program, including budgets, creating schedules, and hiring and training staff.
● Coordinated transplant program with Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Accomplishments: Started the first successful transplant program in Broward County, Fl. Promoted to nurse manager of 13 operating rooms. Moved O.R. to a new building with 22 rooms, including level one trauma with a successful Joint commission survey to follow.
Skills Used: Balancing a budget for both O.R. and CPD, scheduling, hiring/firing, management, proposals, participation in interdepartmental meetings.
HCA, WESTSIDE REGIONAL MEDICAL - Plantation, FL Oct 1999 to Dec 2002 Clinical Coordinator of Open-Heart Surgery
Responsibilities:
● Startup open heart program and manage staffing, budgets, hiring, while maintaining my
scrubbing and circulating skills for all surgical services.
Accomplishments: Successful proposal to administration on increasing surgical cardiac business. Building and maintaining a successful open-heart surgery program.
Skills Used: Scrubbing, circulating, budgeting, creating all instrumentation trays, policies
and procedures, Successful passing JT commission.
PREVIOUS WORK HISTORY:
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina 1996-1998
Clinical Educator, level 1 Trauma Center
North Ridge Medical Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. 1994-1996
Clinician Cardiac Services
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, Ca. 1991-1994
Staff Nurse, scrubbing and circulating all services including all transplants.
North Ridge Medical Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. 1986-1991
Staff Nurse, scrub and circulate other services. Cardiac Team.
St. Francis Medical Center, San Francisco, Ca. 1982-1986
Staff Nurse, scrub and circulate all services.
Plantation General Medical Center, Plantation, Fl. 1980-1982
Staff Nurse
Education
Associate in Nursing Degree, Broward Community College, 1979 to 1980
Nursing License: Registered Nurse, Expires July 2024, Issuing State: FL
Registered Nurse, Expires January 2024, Issuing State: CA
Registered Nurse, Expires October 2023, Issuing State: AK
BLS, ACLS, PALS Current
CNOR 1990-1994
References Available Upon Request
Catherine Nicastro Page 2 954-***-**** *************@*****.***
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