Esther Odushoga
Welling,United Kingdom
Summary
Dedicated and passionate professional with strong organisational skills, eager and able to teamwork for the purpose of achieving team goals. Offering excellent communication and a fair good judgement of situations based on experience. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organisation. Organised and dependable candidate, successful at managing multiple prioritised goals with positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Skilled and qualified level 5 (Higher National Diploma) holder in Social and Community Care.
Diligent Sterile & Endoscopy Technician with over 4 years' experience working in fast-paced clinical settings. Highly knowledgeable of various endoscopic procedures with success in anticipating patients' and physicians' needs when setting up for procedures. Prepared to bring talent, leadership and expertise to growing team. Familiar and competent with most washing equipment and machineries.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
2022
2022
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Sterile & Endoscopy Service Technician
Medisol Group Healthcare
Benenden
- Collecting reusable medical and surgical instruments and devices from operating theatres
- Maintain delivery and collection services to department stock
- Dismantling and reassembling technically advanced devices
- Reprocessing of reusable medical instruments including washing assembling sterilisation and tracking of theatre surgical trays
- Ensuring accurate records are maintained in relation to volume and non-conformance stock
- Assist supervisor and unit manager in the implementation of service development
Sterile & Endoscopy Technician
FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
03.2021 - 03.2025
- Promotes and maintains good working and interpersonal relationships with management, colleagues, and doctors
- Maintaining an inventory of equipment and supplies for endoscopic procedures
- Ensuring equipment functions properly
- Preparing waiting and recovery rooms or procedure suites
- Maintaining endoscopic equipment, including cleaning, disinfecting and calibrating instruments according to manufacturer guidelines
- Ensured all sterilizing equipment are in good working order and service records are maintained
- Ensured the Bowie Dick test is done daily with first load of the autoclave
- Ensured the Heat-resistant spore test (A-test) is done daily for autoclave and hot air oven (Bacillus stearothermophilis)
- Wash and care for instruments according to the standard procedure
- Ensured all required instruments for specific theatre list of the day are sterile and ready for utilization
- Packs assembled for booked theatre list, the day before and also for emergencies
- Autoclave packs, instruments as needed for the lists and the hospital
- Work effectively and co-operatively with others to establish and maintain good working relationships that are mutually beneficial
- Complete all relevant documentation and report all abnormalities to Head of Department
- Ensured all documentation is maintained accurately and timeously reflecting CSSD and Endoscopy procedures and care
- Leave CSSD washroom and IAP clean and tidy at the end of the day
- Prepare for the next day before going off duty
- Maintained a therapeutic, clean, and safe environment that is free from medico-legal hazards
- Adhered to the facilities medical waste management principles and all other waste management principles
- Maintained a safe working environment in accordance with the Machinery and Occupational Safety Act
Education
Higher National Diploma - Health and Social Care
St.Patricks College
Tower Hill, LondonNVQ Level 1 - TEACHING ASSISTANT
Bexley College
Bexley, KentGCSE O Level - undefined
Aunty Ayo Comprehensive Secondary School
Lagos, NigeriaSkills
- Manual and mechanic decontamination process
- Autoclave
- Ultrasonic washer
- Scop washer
- Health and safety awareness
- Basic microbiology
- Infection prevention and control
- Cleaning and disinfecting of instruments
- Inspection
- Function testing
- Assembly
- Packaging
- Sterilisation
- Customer service
- Quality Control Assurance
- Sterile storage
- Inventory management
- Documentation
- Record maintenance
- Patient Care Equipment
- Reviewing sterilisation equipment for defects
- Attention to details
- Time management
- Professionalism
- Ethics
- Understanding of anatomy
- Understanding of physiology
- Familiarity with medical terminology
- Endoscopic technology competence
- Managing workload pressures
- Flexibility in shifts
- Instrument cleaning expertise
- Equipment handling proficiency
- Following strict hygiene standards
- Surgical instrument handling
- Endoscope reprocessing
- Endoscopic procedure knowledge
References
- Mr Gary Harvey, Manager, Benenden Hospital, Gary.Harvey@benenden.org.uk
- Ms Felicia Okorne, Team Leader, Royal London Hospital, WhiteChapel Road, London, E1, 1BB, Felicia.okorne@steris.com
Timeline
Sterile & Endoscopy Technician
FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
03.2021 - 03.2025
Sterile & Endoscopy Service Technician
Medisol Group Healthcare
NVQ Level 1 - TEACHING ASSISTANT
Bexley College
GCSE O Level - undefined
Aunty Ayo Comprehensive Secondary School
Higher National Diploma - Health and Social Care
St.Patricks College
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