David M. Foster

• Supported circulating and scrub duties
• Worked with liver multi-visceral and intestinal transplant teams during transplant surgeries at Main Campus.
• Evaluated patients, recognized and addressed complications and coordinated treatment with other members of the critical care team.
• Assessed, planned, implemented, and evaluated nursing care for assigned patients.
• Monitored patient vital signs and reported changes to the healthcare team.
• Coordinated with interdisciplinary teams to deliver comprehensive patient care.
• Executed quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient care standards and protocols.
• Contributed to multidisciplinary team meetings to develop and refine patient care plans.
• Adhered to infection control procedures to facilitate a safe, clean patient environment.
• Maintained an aseptic environment to prevent patient infections or other unwanted outcomes.
• Addressed emergency situations to ensure patient safety and well-being.
• Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
• Maintained thorough, accurate and confidential documentation in electronic medical records.
• Maintained strict patient data procedures to comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.

• Set up operating suites for surgery and resolved equipment issues to ensure smooth surgical procedures.
• Troubleshoot equipment issues during surgical cases.
• Work with surgeons to build and implement new instrumentation sets.
• Assist in decisions regarding surgical equipment purchases.
• Maintain surgical equipment safety compliance
• Prioritized and organized tasks to meet service goals effectively.

• Directed decontamination review and surgical set assembly workflows, maintaining count accuracy and readiness for operating room use.
• Oversaw sterilization processing for surgical sets across steam, ethylene oxide, STERRAD, and Steris System 1 systems, keeping work aligned with safety requirements.
• Coordinated rapid delivery of instrumentation and sets to operating room during urgent situations, supporting timely surgical care.