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Sherita Smith

Chicago

Summary

Continually Prioritizes and Delegates tasks to staff in order to create the most favorable of results, while also overseeing the department and its staff to avoid future problems and to achieve a more productive shift. A Recognized Peak Performer whom typically participates in 3000+ surgical sterilization cases every year for nationally recognized, major metropolitan university hospital systems. Accomplished this by operating as a team lead for Surgical Reprocessing during peak demand shift environments. Communicates effectively and candidly with physicians, service leadership, operating room and nursing staff members. In the past, this has served to correct aseptic technique issues resulting in raised standards of optimal patient care. This also decreased patient infection rates through focused changes in sterile techniques.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Sterile Processing Technician

University of Chicago Hospital
Chicago
09.2018 - Current
  • Decontamination of instruments and supplies, assembly of instruments, sterilizing instruments and supplies, as well as providing needed support to the contracted hospital, their OR staff and sterilization department.
  • Make sure every instrument that comes down from Operating room to Decon that should be inspected clean and then to the assembly area and into Sterilization

Central Sterile Technician II

Cross Country TravCorps
Savannah
10.2015 - 10.2017
  • Position responsibilities include decontamination of instruments and supplies, assembly of instruments, sterilizing instruments and supplies, as well as providing needed support to the contracted hospital, their OR staff and sterilization department.

Central Sterile Tech II/Sterile Storekeeper

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
01.2016 - 01.2017

Sterile Processing Technician

Advocate Health Care
01.2013 - 09.2015

Sterile Processing Technician

Loyola University Chicago
04.2009 - 01.2013

Surgical Reprocessing Technician II/ Lead Senior Technician

Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood
05.2007 - 06.2012
  • Position held demanded a hands-on and proactive approach to surgical reprocessing while working alongside demand-intensive trauma units. Duties included decontamination, tray assembly/disassembly, packaging, and instrument sterilization. Staff development included directing and mentoring medical sterilization team professionals in the development and execution of OR staff support procedures.

Surgical Reprocessing Technician

University of Chicago
Chicago
07.1991 - 03.1994
  • Previously held position with the primary responsibility for decontaminating, disassembling, reassembling, packaging and sterilizing instrumentation used during surgical cases and for nursing units. Performed various tasks needed to fulfill the operating room staff needs.
  • Experience sterilizing instruments using Steam, Sterrad, ETO Gas sterilizers and Steris machines. Also, monitoring and validating the performance of sterilizers using chemical, mechanical and biological sensor indicators. Extensive experience with robotic, laparoscopic and thoracic instrumentation, equipment and supplies.

Education

High School Diploma -

Fenger High School
Chicago, IL

Business administration - some college

Olive Harvey college

Skills

  • Sterile Processing
  • Sterilization
  • Central
  • instrument sterilization
  • tray assembly
  • decontamination procedures
  • surgical instrument handling
  • sterilization monitoring
  • equipment maintenance
  • inventory management

Timeline

Sterile Processing Technician

University of Chicago Hospital
09.2018 - Current

Central Sterile Tech II/Sterile Storekeeper

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
01.2016 - 01.2017

Central Sterile Technician II

Cross Country TravCorps
10.2015 - 10.2017

Sterile Processing Technician

Advocate Health Care
01.2013 - 09.2015

Sterile Processing Technician

Loyola University Chicago
04.2009 - 01.2013

Surgical Reprocessing Technician II/ Lead Senior Technician

Loyola University Medical Center
05.2007 - 06.2012

Surgical Reprocessing Technician

University of Chicago
07.1991 - 03.1994

High School Diploma -

Fenger High School

Business administration - some college

Olive Harvey college
Sherita Smith