traveling surgical technologist resume example

• Reviewed surgical requirements and prepped operating room with appropriate tools, equipment and instruments.
• Set up equipment, tools and supplies for procedures and organize instruments as directed in surgeons' preference cards.
• Organized equipment and instruments in alignment with surgical protocols and surgeon preferences.
• Maintained reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment, including decontamination, cleaning, sterilizing, storing and distributing.
• Prepared day surgery and operating rooms for patients by ordering and stocking equipment and supplies.
• Laid out all instruments, supplies and tools as directed by surgeons.
• Handed instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures.
• Sterilized medical equipment and properly handled contaminated materials.
• Cleaned and sterilized operating rooms.
• Collaborated with vendors and service providers to coordinate required services and equipment.
• Used retractors, sponges and suctioning and irrigating equipment to create unobstructed operating fields.
• Collected and prepared tissue specimens for laboratory analysis.

Being a traveler at this facility, I was able to learn different specialities coming from an orthopedic hospital. Urology, General, and vascular. Spine and ortho is my top speciality, and they put me in those cases, while others did not do these particular cases. I’ve also done plastics and gynecology.

• Gathered and set up equipment, tools and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instructions. Supported orthopedic, neurological and sports medicine procedures along with trauma at a level III . Anticipated surgeons needs and handed instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures. Managed operating room setup by cleaning and sterilizing instruments and surfaces, maintaining supply inventories and organizing surgical tools. Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons orthopedic, sports medicine and neurological surgery procedures. Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures. Decontaminated, cleaned, assembled, packaged, sterilized, stored and distributed reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment.

• At this hospital, I was able to rotate to

the other side which was called Center City. It is an outpatient operating floor. Below, will be other tasks I’ve completed.

• Reviewed surgical requirements and prepped operating room with appropriate tools, equipment and instruments.
• Set up equipment, tools and supplies for procedures and organize instruments as directed in surgeons' preference cards.
• Laid out all instruments, supplies and tools as directed by surgeons.
• Handed instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures.
• Assisted surgeon by passing instruments and sterile supplies throughout operation.
• Gathered and took inventory of equipment to confirm adequate supplies for surgery.
• Used retractors, sponges and suctioning and irrigating equipment to create unobstructed operating fields.