Kristina Vallas
Sprague,CT
Summary
Passionate, hard working, dedicated, and perfect attendance are just a few of my strengths as an employee and student. With a decade of experience working with customers, clients, and patients I pride myself on my communication skills. I majored in Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut where I graduated in December, 2020. I am currently applying to Clinical Psychology programs for 2023.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Practice Manager/Medical Assistant
Henry F Crabbe, Ph,D. MD
New London, Connecticut
07.2019 - Current
- As a medical assistant in a private practice Psychiatry office and Suboxone Clinic I have a unique variety of responsibilities
- Showing patients to examination rooms and preparing them for the physician
- Conducting administrative duties including scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding for insurance purposes
- Assist with regulatory issues such as compliance.
- Provide outstanding support to staff which helps improve process flow and boost efficiency.
- Collecting and preparing, and logging laboratory specimens.
- Order all office supplies and keep check on inventory levels.
- Create and implement organizational policies and procedures.
- Oversee accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting.
- Communicate closely with patients, ensuring medical information is kept private.
Volunteer
Read, Grow, Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Connecticut
03.2019 - 07.2019
- The mission at Read to Grow is "to promote language skills and literacy for children, beginning at birth and to support parents as their babies' first teachers"
- As a volunteer with Read to Grow, I visit with new parents bedside to talk about the language development of their newborn in a simple, fun, and loving way
- I discuss the importance of reading, talking, playing, and bonding with their baby from day one; and the impact this has on literacy development
- Read to Grow annually delivers around 22,000 Literacy Packets to parents of newborns that account for 61% of births in Connecticut
- We also offer free books to siblings of newborns in the hospital, and encourage building a home library for all of the children in the home
- The Literacy Packets include Read to Grow's own baby board book: "Welcome to the World!", a "First Guide for Parents of Newborns" booklet, reply card for more free books over the babies first year, and a CHET Baby
- Scholars information and reply card
- Being a part of Read to Grow has been a tremendous and invaluable experience so far, and I look forward to remaining with them for many years to come.
Dental Assistant
Rotella Dana DDS
Essex, Connecticut
12.2017 - 01.2019
- 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.
- Sanitized trays, instruments and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety.
- Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies.
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
- Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges and other dental prosthetics.
Research Assistant
Uconn
Storrs, CT
03.2017 - 03.2018
- As a research assistant for a Ph,D. student my main job was to conduct experiment as outlined by the Ph,D. student and collect data
- The purpose of the research was to identify strengths int he area of creativity for students with and without dyslexia
- The hope is that through identifying strengths for students with dyslexia, we can better understand what these students can do rather than what they cannot, and later investigate how these strengths can be used for future interventions.
- This position required me to travel throughout CT, RI, MA, and NY to perform assessments at various schools and collecting data for the student to evaluate
Dental Assistant
Advantage Dental Group LLC
East Lyme, CT
11.2014 - 12.2015
- Greeted and prepared patients for dental examinations
- Properly sterilized dental equipment and examination rooms in accordance with infection control policies
- Effectively operated x-ray machines and developed x-rays
- Coordinated appointment schedules for both the dentist and oral surgeon.
- Routinely completed inventory, supply orders and restocked supplies
- Reviewed status of waiting room on a routine basis to ensure that patients were being seen in a timely fashion
- Provided appropriate postoperative instructions as prescribed by dentist
- Thoroughly gathered and recorded medical and dental histories and vital signs of patients
- Made preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts
- Performed laboratory and radiologic support functions such as preparing materials and models
- Proficiently assisted dentist with diagnostic, preventative, general, orthodontic, endodontic, surgical and periodontics procedures.
Education
Bachelor's - Psychology
University of Connecticut
Associates Degree - undefined
Three Rivers Community College
Education Diploma - undefined
Griswold High School
Skills
- Managing Practice Operations
- Self-Motivated
- Policy and Procedure Development
- Microsoft office Advanced
- Community Mental Health Programs
- Behavioral Disorders
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Analytical and Critical Thinking
- Organization and Time Management
Timeline
Practice Manager/Medical Assistant
Henry F Crabbe, Ph,D. MD
07.2019 - Current
Volunteer
Read, Grow, Hartford Hospital
03.2019 - 07.2019
Dental Assistant
Rotella Dana DDS
12.2017 - 01.2019
Research Assistant
Uconn
03.2017 - 03.2018
Dental Assistant
Advantage Dental Group LLC
11.2014 - 12.2015
Bachelor's - Psychology
University of Connecticut
Associates Degree - undefined
Three Rivers Community College
Education Diploma - undefined
Griswold High School
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