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Ruby Crotty

Saint Augustine,FL

Summary

Highly motivated Dental Hygienist with 15 years of experience, excited to take the next career step, where I am able to share business, sales and clinical skills to amplify clinician and team training, operational excellence, patient experience, practice marketing and increase efficiency and profitability of the practices I work with.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Operations Manager/Certified Registered Dental Hygienist

Le Dental Spa
05.2023 - Current
  • Supervised operations and kept employees compliant with company policies and procedures.
  • Developed systems and procedures to improve operational quality and team efficiency.
  • Led hiring, onboarding and training of new hires to fulfill business requirements.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with external vendors and suppliers.
  • Developed and implemented strategies to maximize customer satisfaction.
  • Analyzed and reported on key performance metrics to senior management.
  • Directed initiatives to improve work environment, company culture or overall business strategy.
  • Increased profit by streamlining operations.
  • Introduced new methods, practices, and systems to reduce turnaround time.
  • Partnered with vendors and suppliers to effectively manage and budget.
  • Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
  • Performed dental hygiene services, along with assisting in facial esthetics department.

Brand Ambassador and Educator

BioGaia, USA
06.2023 - Current
  • Increased brand awareness through event marketing, dental trade shows, lunch and learn demonstrations, sales, and brand promotion.
  • Approached dental offices and professionals; interacted in natural conversation with goal of developing brand loyalty.
  • Engaged, educated, and befriended customers to deliver amazing shopping experience.
  • Communicated product information with confidence and educated consumers about company.
  • Collaborated with local field sales to promote brand awareness and sales results.
  • Planned future sampling opportunities and special events.
  • Increased sales by effectively communicating product benefits.
  • 1099 employee with marketing goals

Dental Coach / Clinical Hygiene Temp

RDC Dental Coaching
06.2022 - Current
  • Partnering with dental practice owners and their teams to increase efficiency, profitability, and work-life balance by engaging in clinician and staff training and education, operational excellence, patient experience, practice marketing and more
  • Partnering with dental practices to cover their dental hygiene schedule as needed.
  • Helping organizations amplify their excellence, improve their productivity, and increase their profitability while creating a team driven practice where first-class patient care is experienced.
  • Analyzed needs, established learning objectives and delivered training programs and other education and development services.
  • Attended seminars, business expos and other events to develop and support dental practice owners.
  • Fostered positive, proactive and professional relationships to achieve short- and long-term business goals.
  • Troubleshot, brainstormed and collaborated with fellow coaches on ways to make coaching more impactful for clients.
  • Monitored and analyzed clients' progress, results and overall satisfaction to implement process improvement initiatives.
  • Assessed client's personal and financial picture and determined action plan to support start-up, recovery and expansion of business.
  • Partnering with Fortune Management
  • 1099 with personal book of business

Dental Hygienist

Multiple
01.2008 - Current

Performed all clinical hygiene tasks at the following practices:

  • North Florida Dental Temps
  • Dr. Joseph Boulter
  • Heartland Dental
  • Narducci Dental Group
  • Dr. Scott Wagner, Eccela Smiles
  • North American Dental Group
  • Walmart Health
  • TempMee

Dental Hygienist

Walmart Health
01.2022 - 09.2022
  • Part of software conversion team, Epic/Wisdom subject matter expert and curriculum development and in-person/virtual trainer
  • Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity
  • Conducted educational, workflow, software troubleshooting in person, as well as via Zoom calls and email communication
  • Established a dental workflow
  • Put together and organized clinical operatory rooms and sterilization lab areas
  • Organized dental supplies and ordering schedules
  • Carried out day-day-day duties as a team lead and clinical hygienist accurately and efficiently
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.


Dental Hygiene Adjunct Clinical Instructor

Florida State College
08.2021 - 08.2022
  • Conducted clinical simulations and provided feedback for each individual student.
  • Evaluated students' competencies through written assignments and examinations.
  • Provided immediate and constructive feedback to students individually and as group.
  • Analyzed clinical settings' success in helping students achieve course and program outcomes.


Dental Hygiene Instructor

Sanford Brown Institute
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • Lead Clinical Instructor; lecture and hands on clinical
  • Created and distributed course syllabus and communicated course standards and learning objectives to students.
  • Implemented new educational techniques to boost student comprehension while reducing learning time.
  • Updated instructional materials, ordered equipment and supplies and utilized various learning modalities to enhance instruction.
  • Evaluated students' competencies through written assignments and examinations.
  • Provided immediate and constructive feedback to students individually and as group.
  • Analyzed clinical settings' success in helping students achieve course and program outcomes.
  • Supervised students when treating patients to maintain patient safety.

Co-Owner/Coach

Bold City CrossFit
05.2011 - 01.2014
  • Small Business Owner

Education

Bachelor of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene -

St Petersburg College
2014

Associate of Arts -

Florida State College
2014

Associate of Applied Science - Dental Hygiene

Florida State College
2008

Skills

  • Bilingual; Spanish/English
  • Aptitude in digital dental software, imaging, scanners
  • Aptitude in office systems like Microsoft, Excel & more
  • Organized and dependable, successful at managing multiple priorities with positive attitude and take on added responsibilities to meet goals
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in team environment
  • Self-motivated, with strong sense of personal responsibility
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations
  • Highly regarded and extensively connected within local dental community, with proven track record of fostering valuable professional relationships and collaborations

Certification

Active Dental Hygiene License

Local Anesthesia Certified

Nitrous Sedation Certified

BLS/CPR Certified

Licensed Cosmetologist

Affiliations

Healthcare Business Resource Alliance

Healthcare Circle of Excellence

Timeline

Brand Ambassador and Educator

BioGaia, USA
06.2023 - Current

Operations Manager/Certified Registered Dental Hygienist

Le Dental Spa
05.2023 - Current

Dental Coach / Clinical Hygiene Temp

RDC Dental Coaching
06.2022 - Current

Dental Hygienist

Walmart Health
01.2022 - 09.2022

Dental Hygiene Adjunct Clinical Instructor

Florida State College
08.2021 - 08.2022

Dental Hygiene Instructor

Sanford Brown Institute
01.2015 - 01.2017

Co-Owner/Coach

Bold City CrossFit
05.2011 - 01.2014

Dental Hygienist

Multiple
01.2008 - Current

Bachelor of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene -

St Petersburg College

Associate of Arts -

Florida State College

Associate of Applied Science - Dental Hygiene

Florida State College
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