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Katherine Worley

Madras

Summary

Known for excellent communication, patient management, and technical assistance during procedures. Dependable team player with focus on achieving positive outcomes and adapting to changing environments. Detail-oriented with experience in office management in busy dental practices.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Dental Assistant

Prarie Band Health
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.
  • Performed x-rays safely.
  • Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures, and oral surgery.
  • Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
  • Assisted dentists by passing instruments, suctioning intraoral fluids, adding water, and mixing materials for fillings, sealants, casts and impressions.
  • Scheduled and confirmed patient appointments.
  • Entered patient data into computer system, adhering to strict privacy laws and maintaining high level of accuracy.

Dental Assistant 2

Deer Ridge Correctional Facility
06.2024 - 11.2024
  • Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
  • Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures, and oral surgery.
  • Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies.
  • Handled administrative tasks such as billing, insurance claims processing, and appointment confirmation calls to support office operations efficiently.
  • Exposed, developed and mounted dental x-rays.

Lead Dental Assistant

Advantage Dental From DentaQuest
08.2022 - 06.2024
  • Completed monthly maintenance on eye wash stations, fire hydrants and oxygen tanks and all dental equipment.
  • Placed and expediting orders for supplies.
  • Submitted for referrals for patients, printed treatment plans and took payment for procedures obtaining a written consent prior to treatment with procedure cost.
  • Interpreted for all spanish speaking individuals.
  • Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics. Along with pouring and grinding down models.
  • Supported dentist assisting dental fillings, permanent, and temporary crowns and sealants, oral surgery, indodontics.
  • Scheduled and confirmed patient appointments. Verified patient insurance.
  • Performed complete examinations under indirect supervision of a dental hygenist, with a intra oral camera and x-rays.

Co Owner - Organic Dirt Farm

patch work family farmz
01.2019 - 04.2022
  • Managed day-to-day operations efficiently.
  • Managed purchasing, sales, marketing and customer account operations efficiently.
  • Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
  • Handled problematic customers and clients.

office Assistant

Central Oregon Business Department
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Coordinated the development of clients portfolio needs and plans of action for setup.
  • Supported executive staff with well-prepared reports, presentations.
  • Input data into spreadsheets and databases.
  • Edited and proofread documents for accuracy and completeness.

store manager

Dairy queen
02.2015 - 01.2018
  • Created bi-weekly schedule for10 hourly employees.
  • Approved regular payroll submissions.
  • Oversaw daily operations to ensure compliance with health and safety standards.
  • Scheduled employees for shifts.
  • Trained and guided team members.
  • Handled problematic customers.

CNA 2

Pilot Butte Rehabilitation Center
01.2011 - 11.2014
  • Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
  • Maintained confidentiality of patient information according to HIPAA guidelines.
  • Administered prescribed medications under the supervision of a registered nurse.

translation/finding distributors in Europe

Wally's Natural Product
02.2009 - 01.2010
  • Assisted finding new distributors in Europe. Based in Barcelona, Spain I translated locations and pricing and quality of product
  • Promoting sales with outstanding customer service.

Education

Associate In Allied Health Science -

Central Oregon Community College
Bend, OR

Skills

  • Dental impressions
  • Digital X-ray proficiency
  • Sterilization techniques
  • Team collaboration
  • Teeth cleaning assistance
  • Oral surgery assistance
  • Office administration duties
  • Endodontic procedure assistance
  • Insurance billing
  • Office management
  • Strong writing and verbal skills
  • Dentrix proficiency

Certification

  • Certified in CPR/AED
  • Certified billingually in Spanish
  • Certified through DANB as EFDA
  • Radiology Certified
  • Certificate in infection control
  • Certificate in radiation health and safety

Timeline

Dental Assistant

Prarie Band Health
12.2024 - Current

Dental Assistant 2

Deer Ridge Correctional Facility
06.2024 - 11.2024

Lead Dental Assistant

Advantage Dental From DentaQuest
08.2022 - 06.2024

Co Owner - Organic Dirt Farm

patch work family farmz
01.2019 - 04.2022

office Assistant

Central Oregon Business Department
01.2018 - 01.2019

store manager

Dairy queen
02.2015 - 01.2018

CNA 2

Pilot Butte Rehabilitation Center
01.2011 - 11.2014

translation/finding distributors in Europe

Wally's Natural Product
02.2009 - 01.2010

Associate In Allied Health Science -

Central Oregon Community College

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