Kimberly Miller-Chanta

Prepare, track, and sterilize equipment and instruments in an accurate and timely manner. Prepares students cassettes, sterile trays and supplies for all areas of the school. Orders, restocks and decontaminates sterilization equipment and instruments. Sorts, loads, unloads and decontaminates equipment and instruments according to priority. Assembles trays, basin sets, packages, instruments and equipment and prepares items for sterilization. Ensures specialty trays are stocked and ready for immediate use. Operation of Clem-clave & commercial sterilization equipment. Knowledge of dental & medical instrumentation. Follows procedures for inspecting instruments for damage and/or deterioration. Maintains assigned work area in a clean and organized condition commensurate with handling sterile supplies and instruments.
Operates sterilization equipment in accordance with established procedures.

Assist in admissions and discharges of patients as assigned to include entry of patient information in EPIC system. Assist in responding to emergency situations. Interact routinely with patients, observe behaviors and communicate significant observations to psychiatrist or therapist. Utilize Crisis Prevention Intervention when exposed to volatile patients to maintain personal safety while ensuring safety for the patient and other individuals in the clinic. Maintain confidentiality in accordance with established HIPAA policy, procedures and standards of care. Custodian of records. Assistant to the Assistant Chief of Psychiatry. Planned administrative meetings, scheduling of patients & other meetings as needed. Master Scheduler of clinicians, MD's & Residents. Prioritizing. Able to function independently. Superb organizational skills. Excellent verbal skills. Very diverse working environment. Assisted in the orientation of new employees.