1. SARA MEFFORD
3837 PEPPER TREE LANE APT# 6311 WILDWOOD FL 34785 (352)209-0354, SPECIALSGIRL@YAHOO.COM
OBJECTIVE
Interventional Radiology Director/Manager
EXPERIENCE
2007- TO PRESENT Villages Regional Hospital Villages, FL
INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY SUPERVISOR/CARDIAC CATH LAB START-UP
Successful start-up of hospital’s first Interventional Radiology and Cardiac Catheterization Labs
Training technologists to scrub with the Cardiologists and Radiologists
Ordered and maintained all the supplies for the individual labs
Maintained a good standing rapport with the sales representatives for assistance with ordering and case
appropriate supplies
Managed and organized the staff schedules, ensured sufficient staffing
Handled Preventative Maintenance for machinery and equipment
Performed payroll for entire radiology department
Completed 30-day and 60-day evaluations on all new hires
Completed annual evaluations on all lab employees
Executed formal documentation on behavioral issues for necessary employees
Maintained good rapport with both Cardiologists and Radiologists
Start IV’s, Obtain consent, perform site verification forms
Organizing of outpatient charts
Organized the daily lab patient schedules
Establish a rapport with the facilities nurses and other physicians caring for our patients
Ensure proper lab work/values, medications, consents and proper orders prior to the performing of procedures
Efficiently perform and train technologists to scrub Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Endograft
procedures with Interventional Radiologists and Cardio-Vascular Surgeons
Performed on-call duties for both The Villages Regional Hospital and the sister hospital affiliate Leesburg
Regional Hospital
2002 TO 2007 Villages Regional Hospital Villages, FL
RADIOLOGY/CAT SCAN TECHNOLOGIST
Performed radiological exams on outpatients, inpatients, emergency room patients
Operated the C-arms in the Operating Room for Surgeons
Performed Cat Scans exams on inpatients, outpatients, and emergency room patients
Assisted the Sonographer with ultrasound exams when needed
Performed fluoroscopic procedures with radiologists
Carried department phone to answer calls/questions
PACS, picture archiving computer systems trained and able to trouble shoot issues
Developed good rapport with Emergency Room physicians and staff as well as the Operating Room surgeons
and staff
Ability to trouble shoot equipment/machinery issues
Knowledge of work orders, services calls to equipment manufacturers
2. Familiar with on-call policies and procedures for all radiology modalities, including MRI, C AT Scan, Nuclear
Medicine, Ultrasound, X-ray, Echo
Developed excellent working relationship with House Nursing Supervisors and ICU and floor Charge Nurses
2005 TO 2006 South Lake Hospital Clermont, FL
RADIOGRAPHER INTERN
Gained the ability to confidently perform radiographic and fluoroscopic procedures
Continued to practice and learn the performance of exams on emergency room/trauma patients
Processed radiographic films in dark rooms
Honed my skills learned in Radiological Technology school
Assisted the Cat Scan technologists with performance of exams
Transported inpatients and emergency room patients
Developed films for ER physicians to preview prior to the radiologists viewing
Learned to hang films for the radiologists to view overnight
EDUCATION
1996-1998 Valencia Community College Orlando, FL
ASSSOCIATE OF ARTS
Honors Degree in general curriculum
2000-2002
Valencia Community College Orlando, FL
ASSSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Registered Technologist in Radiology
2012-2014 Saint Leo University Ocala, FL
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
BS Health Care Administration
2014-2016
MASTER OF BUSINESS
In Progress
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS/SKILLS
Basic Life Support/ CPR
Member of the American Society of Radiological Technologist
Member of the Florida Society ofRadiological Technologist
Working knowledge of KRONOS (payroll software)
Working knowledge of hospital software programs: PACS/HBOC/PHS/McKesson Physicians Portal/Form
Fast
References upon request
