Joni Kearns
Duluth,MN
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Surgical Assistant
Essentia
Duluth, MN
12.2022 - Current
- Provided compassionate care to patients throughout their surgical experience, easing anxiety and ensuring comfort.
- Kept views unobstructed by retracting, sponging, and suctioning surgical sites.
- Assisted in complex surgical procedures, demonstrating adaptability and knowledge across multiple disciplines.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing precise surgical assistance during various procedures.
- Streamlined communication between surgeons and nurses to promote teamwork and efficient operations.
- Applied antiseptics and sterile dressings to cover surgical locations and boost healing.
- Helped to maintain a positive work environment by fostering strong professional relationships with colleagues and displaying a commitment to patient care.
- Enhanced patient care by providing expert surgical assistance during complex procedures.
- Assisted in various surgeries, contributing to successful patient outcomes and reduced complications.
- Supported smooth transitions between different stages of surgery by effectively communicating with all members of the surgical team.
- Provided critical support to surgeons during emergency situations, enabling timely interventions and life-saving measures.
- Demonstrated expertise in a variety of surgical specialties, allowing for adaptability and versatility within the operating room.
- Enhanced surgical efficiency by skillfully handling instruments and suturing in a timely manner.
- Leveraged knowledge of human anatomy to position patients correctly thereby maximizing access during surgery while minimizing discomfort postoperation.
Manager/Patient Coordinator/Surgical Technologist
Plastic Surgery Center of Duluth
Duluth, MN
07.2022 - Current
- Joined a team of one surgeon and two other staff to open a private plastic surgery practice
- Assisted in the opening of the new office, from creating the company logo to ordering and assembling furniture and supplies
- Initiated and maintained relationships with supply companies, product reps and outside surgical facilities
- Acted as first contact with patients and visitors, maintaining a complex schedule that included three different providers
- Prepared and presented quotes for cosmetic surgeries, scheduled cosmetic and insurance based surgeries in office and at six different outside facilities
- Set up and assisted for surgeries in the office
- Helped plan, make reservations and create itineraries for travel to conferences for surgeon and staff
- Coordinated in office special events working with vendors and staff
- Took the initiative to do what it took to learn things that I wasn't familiar with
- Helped to on-board and train two additional employees as my job duties expanded
- Maintained confidentiality and discretion at all times.
Surgical Technologist
St. Luke's Hospital/Pavilion Surgery Center
Duluth, MN
06.2013 - 07.2020
- Prepared, set up and personalized each surgery being performed
- Helped to prepare patients for surgery including positioning patients on the OR table, prepping with surgical scrub and placing sterile drapes
- Assisted in surgery, while anticipating the needs of the surgeon
- Provided assistance to surgical nurses and anesthesia staff
- Assumed the role as a member of multiple specialty teams, including neuro-surgery with on-call emergency requirements as both the surgical technologist and surgical assistant
- Acted as preceptor to students and new staff members
- Helped to plan and organize staff lunches and holiday parties in and out of the hospital.
Surgical Technologist
St. Luke's Hospital/Pavilion Surgery Center
Duluth, MN
07.2006 - 10.2013
- Prepared, set up and personalized each surgery being performed
- Helped to prepare patients for surgery including positioning patients on the OR table, prepping with surgical scrub and placing sterile drapes
- Assisted in surgery, while anticipating the needs of the surgeon
- Provided assistance to surgical nurses and anesthesia staff
- Assumed the role as a member of multiple specialty teams, including neuro-surgery with on-call emergency requirements as both the surgical technologist and surgical assistant
- Acted as preceptor to students and new staff members
- Helped to plan and organize staff lunches and holiday parties in and out of the hospital.
Education
Diploma - Surgical Technology
Lake Superior College
Duluth, MN05.2006
AAS - Graphic Design Media
Duluth Business University
Duluth, MN05.2001
Skills
- Professional
- Dependable
- Adaptable
- Outgoing
- Personable
- Good communicator
- Organized
- Creative
- Sense of humor
- Team player
- Problem solver
- Calm under pressure
- Neuro
- OB/GYN
- ENT
- Robotics
- General
- Urology
- Plastic
- Vascular
Personal Information
Title: Surgical Technologist/Surgical Assistant
Timeline
Surgical Assistant
Essentia
12.2022 - Current
Manager/Patient Coordinator/Surgical Technologist
Plastic Surgery Center of Duluth
07.2022 - Current
Surgical Technologist
St. Luke's Hospital/Pavilion Surgery Center
06.2013 - 07.2020
Surgical Technologist
St. Luke's Hospital/Pavilion Surgery Center
07.2006 - 10.2013
Diploma - Surgical Technology
Lake Superior College
AAS - Graphic Design Media
Duluth Business University