Charita Coleman-Wherry
Philadelphia,PA
Summary
Experienced Dental Assistant with 2 years of experience in chairside assistance, patient education, and office skills. Passionate about providing top-notch patient care and supporting dentists in delivering efficient, high-quality treatments. Seeking a role in a positive dental practice where I can leverage my expertise and continue growing professionally.” Specialized Focus (Pediatric, Orthodontics, etc.): “
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dental Assistant
Rittenhouse Smiles
12.2024 - Current
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
- Provided chairside assistance during examinations, improving dentist efficiency and patient satisfaction.
- Performed x-rays safely while adhering to radiation safety guidelines, ensuring high-quality diagnostic images for dentists'' evaluations.
- Documented patient dental health information, medical history, and vital signs for future reference.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
- Sterilized rooms and prepped trays and instruments for 5-10 procedures daily.
Dental Assistant
Dr Bressler's
02.2023 - 09.2024
- Prepared instruments and equipment for use in dental procedures, ensuring their availability when needed.
- Prepared patient x-rays and images for dentist review.
- Flipped rooms and prepped equipment and trays for 5-8 procedures daily.
Project Coordinator
University of Pennsylvania
01.2023 - 07.2023
- Maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, work hours, budgets, and expenditures
- Providing administrative support as needed
- Undertaking project tasks as required
- Responsible for all incoming and outgoing mail
- Ensuring projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for each task
- Providing clerical support
- Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members
- Create a project management calendar for fulfilling each goal and objective
- Partnered with business users as a guide to adhere to UAT testing timelines
- Communicated project related risk regularly with key business partners and project delivery team and proposed solutions when applicable
- Identified and implemented process improvements throughout the project lifecycle
- Spearheaded process enhancements leading to an improved feedback model with business users and project delivery teams various community organizations
- Builds and maintains proactive and positive relationships with key partner leaders and staff
Project Coordinator
FMC TOWER
06.2022 - 01.2023
- Kept projects on schedule by managing deadlines and adjusting workflows.
- Enhanced team collaboration through regular meetings, fostering a positive work environment for increased productivity.
- Created job files for each project and maintained current data in each file.
- Maintained database and spreadsheets with accurate inventory and status.
- Responded to requests for information on materials to inquiring parties.
- Decreased project completion times by efficiently prioritizing tasks and delegating responsibilities to team members.
Sales Specialist
Apple
10.2019 - 12.2020
- Showcased products features to customers discussed technical specifications to lock in sales planning, effective communication and consistent accountability
- Built rapport with customers and assessed needs to make product recommendations and upsell.
- Gained customer trust and confidence by demonstrating compelling, persuasive and composed professional demeanor.
Sales Associate
T-Mobile
07.2009 - 10.2016
- Complete accounting, inventory management, payroll and auditing duties timely and efficiently
- Facilitate inter-departmental communication to effectively provide customer support
- Deliver excellent service to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction
- Motivate the sales team to meet sales objectives by training and mentoring staff
- Develop and arrange promotional material and in-store displays
- Prepare detailed reports on buying trends, customer requirements, and profits
- Undertake store administration duties such as managing store budgets and updating financial records
- Assists in enhancing myImpact, the employee engagement technology platform, including but not limited to requirements definition, testing and coordinating with key stakeholders and users throughout the company
- Event coordination and planning, working closely with multiple stakeholders and partners throughout the company
- Listened to customer needs and proposed matching solutions for company products and or services
- Partnered with business marketing to develop skills on how to approach business consumers
- Meet and exceed organizational and individual performance goals
- Complete duties and provide leadership designed to deliver high levels of service to customers within the framework of established company policies
- Screen and hire outstanding talent for the organization and recruit sales staff on an ongoing basis
- Responsible for all aspects of retail including hiring, training, marketing, loss prevention, P&L and team leadership
- Ensure that visual merchandising is appealing to customers while adhering to T-Mobile standards
- Act as subject matter expert to customers to answer questions and provide recommendations
- Ensure that sales associates are up to speed on training for new products and offerings
- Participate in community events, local marketing events and public relations activities to develop a positive image for the company in the local community
Education
Certification in Dental Assistant Candidate -
COYS Dental Academy
Philadelphia02.2024
No Degree - Esthetician
Beauty Institute
Ambler, PA01-2020
High School Diploma -
Jules E. Mastbaum Area Vocational School
Philadelphia, PA06.2005
Skills
- Effective Communication
- Team management and leadership skills
- Microsoft Office
- Word
- MS Project
- G-Suite
- Zoom
- Sterilization techniques
- Dental radiography
- Team collaboration
- Dental impressions
Certification
- ADAA American Dental Assistant Association Member
- DANB Dental Radiology Board Exam in process
- Pa Mandated Reporter Certification
- Pa Child Abuse Certification
- CPR Basic Life Skills Certification
Timeline
Dental Assistant
Rittenhouse Smiles
12.2024 - Current
Dental Assistant
Dr Bressler's
02.2023 - 09.2024
Project Coordinator
University of Pennsylvania
01.2023 - 07.2023
Project Coordinator
FMC TOWER
06.2022 - 01.2023
Sales Specialist
Apple
10.2019 - 12.2020
Sales Associate
T-Mobile
07.2009 - 10.2016
Certification in Dental Assistant Candidate -
COYS Dental Academy
No Degree - Esthetician
Beauty Institute
High School Diploma -
Jules E. Mastbaum Area Vocational School
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