Abby Childers
Gans,OK
Summary
Committed job seeker with a history of meeting company needs with consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Dental Assistant/Patient Care Technician
Aesthetic Dental Institute
Sallisaw, OK
10.2021 - Current
- Assisted dentist in providing dental treatment to patients, including taking patient medical histories and vital signs.
- Taken continued education courses to further medical terminology, insurance claims, and help patients understand their policy benefits.
- Helped patients to understand the nature of the needed medical treatment.
- Lead meetings with other staff members to ensure all regulations required by law are enforced.
- Made sure all the needed materials for everyday procedures where properly stored to meet guidelines.
- Proficient in various computer applications, such as BDN, LTS, Share, TIMS, WEAMS, VIS, and Microsoft Office Products
- Responsible for communicating orally to elicit essential information from people of varying backgrounds and levels of understanding, analyze the data, and convince them to accept facts and agree to decisions that are beneficial to their overall health.
Dental Assistant/Insurance Agent
Fort Smith Dentistry
Fort Smith, AR
09.2019 - 09.2021
- Provided chair-side assistance during dental procedures, including passing instruments to the dentist and holding suction devices.
- Sent insurance claims
- Contacted patients and insurance companies to collect payment
- Answered phone calls to schedule patients
- Lead meetings to ensure all HIPPA and OSHA laws where up to date and followed
- Spoke with patients one on one to ensure they understood insurance benefits and out of pocket portions for needed treatment
- Ensured patients understood the nature of needed dental treatment
Dental/ Business Assistant
My Dentist & Me Pediatric Dentistry
Van Buren, AR
04.2017 - 08.2019
- Handled accounts payable and receivable tasks such as invoicing clients.
- Assisted doctor in dental procedures
- Cleaned and set up procedure rooms
- Answered phone calls and scheduled patients as well as made sure calls where properly directed to the correct department.
- Sent insurance claims
- Collected money from patients for out of pocket payments.
- Ensured patients understood the nature of the needed dental procedure by word out mouth
Education
Dental Assisting Certificate -
Vista College
Fort Smith, AR05-2017
High School Diploma -
Gans Public School
Gans, OK05-2014
Some College (No Degree) - Early Childhood Education
Northeastern State University
Tahlequah, OKSkills
- Proficient in various computer applications, such as BDN, LTS, Share, TIMS, WEAMS, VIS, and Microsoft Office Products
- Proficient in patient management
- Proficient at multiple tasks at one time
- Proficient in assisting with trainings
- Willing to lend a hand to help co-workers at any given time
Timeline
Dental Assistant/Patient Care Technician
Aesthetic Dental Institute
10.2021 - Current
Dental Assistant/Insurance Agent
Fort Smith Dentistry
09.2019 - 09.2021
Dental/ Business Assistant
My Dentist & Me Pediatric Dentistry
04.2017 - 08.2019
Dental Assisting Certificate -
Vista College
High School Diploma -
Gans Public School
Some College (No Degree) - Early Childhood Education
Northeastern State University