Gale Syma
Summary
Quick-thinking Dental Assistant Intern with experience scheduling appointments, Dentrix, maintaining dental equipment. Precise communicator skilled at working with dental team staff, entering patient data with accuracy and maintaining confidentiality. Highly adaptable with great problem-solving skills. Passion in oral surgery, Implants and Dentures.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Dental Assistant Student Intern
Affordable Dentures & Implants
Corpus Christi, TX
04.2022 - Current
- Performed general chair-side duties for Alveoloplasty, implants, extractions and other surgeries.
- Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies.
- Sterilized rooms and prepped equipment and instruments for procedures daily.
- Prepared and arranged instruments, medications and required materials for dental procedures.
Customer Service Representative 2
The Results Company
Corpus Christi, TX
03.2020 - 09.2021
- Maintained customer satisfaction with forward-thinking strategies focused on addressing customer needs and resolving concerns.
- Answered customer telephone calls promptly to avoid on-hold wait times.
- Answered constant flow of customer calls with minimal wait times.
- Offered advice and assistance to customers, paying attention to special needs or wants.
- Assisted patients with Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, claims, and sales.
Executive Administrative Assistant
L.K. Jordan & Associates Temporary Agency
Corpus Christi, Texas
11.2019 - 03.2020
- Used software to coordinate meetings, appointments and tasks senior executives.
- Project Controller over Billish Park , boat ramps, parking lots and overall safety of the park.
- Work one on one with contractors.
- Preparing Executives for the monthly board meeting for the POA.
- Quickbooks
Inspector
Silver Sands Vacation Rentals
Port Aransas, TX
02.2019 - 07.2019
- Improved quality assurance procedures to minimize errors and increase effectiveness of inspections.
- Assure Cleanliness, Safety, Maintenance and Overall Quality of Homes.
- Customer and Owner Relations
- Escalated Issues
Remote Office Manager
Highlands Pest Management
Corpus Christi, TX
08.2017 - 02.2019
- Maintained computer and physical filing systems.
- Oversaw office inventory activities by ordering and requisitions and stocking and shipment receiving.
- Optimized organizational systems for payment collections, AP/AR, deposits and recordkeeping.
- Established workflow processes, monitored daily productivity and implemented modifications to improve overall performance of personnel.
- Scheduling, advertisement and technical support.
Temporary Administrative Assistant
L.K. Jordan And Associates Temporary Agency
Corpus Christi, TX
07.2016 - 08.2017
- Investigative Auditing
- Database up keep, Balancing, Filing, Computer assistance, Job tracking, Purchase orders
- Financial tracker for Hillcrest Demolition Harbor Bridge Project for the Port of Corpus Christi.
- Document control, Editing Documents and Manuals for the company, Quality Assurance / Quality Control.
Education
Dental Assisting - Registered Dental Assistant
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute
Corpus Christi, TX07.2022
Certification - CPR And AED - 225415612236
Premedics, Inc.
Brentwood, TN05.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting And Finance
Ashford University
San Diego, CA07.2018
Certification - Essentials of The Generally Accepted Recordkeeping
Arma International
Online10.2016
Certified - OSHA 30 - General Industry Safety & Health
US Department of Labor
Online04.2007
Skills
- Advising and Educating Patients post operative
- Taking Medical and Dental Histories and maintaining accurate medical records along with vitals
- Disinfection, Sterilization, and Stock instruments of operatories and treatment rooms
- Dental X-Rays, Panoramic & 3-D
- Assist in Oral Surgery / Alveoloplasty / Implants
- Prepare patient for and assist in surgical procedures
- Dentrix system experience
- Excellent communication skills
- Well organized and reliable
- Attention to detail
Timeline
Dental Assistant Student Intern
Affordable Dentures & Implants
04.2022 - Current
Customer Service Representative 2
The Results Company
03.2020 - 09.2021
Executive Administrative Assistant
L.K. Jordan & Associates Temporary Agency
11.2019 - 03.2020
Inspector
Silver Sands Vacation Rentals
02.2019 - 07.2019
Remote Office Manager
Highlands Pest Management
08.2017 - 02.2019
Temporary Administrative Assistant
L.K. Jordan And Associates Temporary Agency
07.2016 - 08.2017
Dental Assisting - Registered Dental Assistant
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute
Certification - CPR And AED - 225415612236
Premedics, Inc.
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting And Finance
Ashford University
Certification - Essentials of The Generally Accepted Recordkeeping
Arma International
Certified - OSHA 30 - General Industry Safety & Health
US Department of Labor
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