Jessica Walsh
Big Pond,NS
Summary
Focused on joining your dental healthcare team as an experienced dental assistant where I can devote my knowledge, understanding, and skills to care for my patients and assist in making dental visits a wonderful experience to all.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Traffic Control Person
Direct Traffic Control
12.2021 - Current
- Enhanced traffic flow by efficiently directing vehicles and pedestrians at construction sites.
- Reduced accident rates by maintaining a safe work zone for both workers and the public.
- Improved team communication by utilizing hand signals and two-way radios to coordinate with coworkers.
- Assured timely project completion by effectively managing traffic during roadwork operations.
Dental Assistant
Westmount Dental/Shoreside Dental
08.2020 - 11.2021
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
- Prepared rooms for patient treatment by cleaning and sterilizing tools and equipment.
- Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
- Scheduled, rescheduled and cancelled appointments for dental patients.
- Helped patients complete necessary medical forms and documentation.
Education
Diploma - Registered Dental Assistant
Cape Breton Business College
Sydney, NS08.2020
Skills
- Chairside assisting
- Dental office administration experience
- Dental radiography
- Take and record vital signs
- Preliminary impressions
- Matrices and wedges
- Dental dam application and removal
- Fluoride application
- Topical anesthetic
- Treatment liners
- Desensitizing agent application
- Selective coronal polishing
- Pit and fissure sealants
- Suture removal
- Fabricate custom trays, mouth guards, etc
- Fabricate and insert bleaching trays
- Treatment room cleanup
- Equipment sterilization
- Infection control proficiency
- Strong communication skills
- Patient relations
- Oral hygiene instruction
- Dietary counseling
Certification
- First Aid/CPR Certified (level C)
- WHIMIS
- Oxygen training
- Occupational health and safety (OH&S)
- Non-Violent crisis intervention.
References
Darrell MacNeill - (902) 565 2632
Heather Berette - available upon request.
Cindy Bond - (902) 577 1671
Timeline
Traffic Control Person
Direct Traffic Control
12.2021 - Current
Dental Assistant
Westmount Dental/Shoreside Dental
08.2020 - 11.2021
Diploma - Registered Dental Assistant
Cape Breton Business College