Teresa Dove

• Patients'Administered medication as directed by physician.
• Consulted with different healthcare disciplines to offer important mental health support to patients.
• Supervised daily activities and assisted staff.
• Maintained a clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
• Developed rapport to create a safe and trusting environment for care.
• Assisted disabled clients in supporting independence and well-being.
• Supported daily hygiene needs by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care, and personal grooming.
• Laundered items, changed sheets, and made beds to keep bedrooms clean.
• Provided compassionate and patient-focused care to cultivate well-being.
• Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate a trusting caregiver relationship.
• Transported clients to and from medical appointments with safety and efficiency.
• Scheduled daily and weekly care hours for client caseload.
• Provided staff coaching,mentoringn, and consultation to enhance performance and professional development.
• Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in a professional matter.

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• Maintained a clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
• Monitored progress and documented patient health status changes to keep the care team updated.
• Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
• Transported clients to medical and dental appointments to provide support.
• Developed and implemented individualized care plans to meet the individual needs of each client.
• Assisted with crisis intervention to de-escalate challenging behavior and maintain peaceful encounters.
• Monitored clients to assess and report physical and behavioral changes to supervisors.
• Encouraged and supported clients to participate in recreational and leisure activities to promote social interactions and reduce loneliness.
• Maintained the entire family's schedule and organized events.
• Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
• Identified needs and coordinated plans for travel and out-of-town functions.
• Monitored clients' overall health and well-being and noted significant changes.
• Implemented physical therapy to support patient improvement in muscle tone, range of motion, and injury recovery.
• Cooked meals and assisted patients with eating tasks to support healthy nutrition.
• Provided staff coaching, mentoring, and consultation to enhance performance and professional development.

• Take and record vital signs
• Assist with oral examinations
• Prepare tray set-ups for oral procedures
• Prepare patients and operator's for dental procedures
• Expose digital radiographs and film, and perform x-ray processing
• Help dentists by transferring instruments during procedures, such as fillings, crown preparations, and tooth extractions
• Provide better visibility for dentists by using suction and other equipment
• Take impressions and pour up models
• Provide post-operative instructions as prescribed by the dentist
• Provide patient prevention education
• Maintain accurate patient treatment records
• Schedule patient appointments
• Work with patients on billing and payment
• Manage infection and hazard control protocol
• Identify and respond to medical and dental emergencies
• Coronal polishing the surface of teeth
• Apply dental sealants and fluoride
• Fabricate and cement temporary crowns
• Place temporary restorative material
• Place retraction cord
• Place and remove matrix retainers
• Polish silver fillings
• Perform tooth whitening procedures
• Sterilized rooms and prepped equipment and instruments for 10 room procedures daily.
• Recorded patients' health histories, documented current symptoms, and pulled up records from prior visits for dentists to view and evaluate.
• Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
• Prepared and arranged instruments, medications, and required materials for dental procedures.
• Documented patient dental health information, medical history, and vital signs for future reference.
• Assisted dentists, hygienists, and other personnel by handing appropriate tools and supplies needed for procedures.
• 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.
• Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
• Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
• Prepared patient x-rays and images for dentist review.
• Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures, and oral surgery.
• Took dental images following strict patient protection rules, applying lead aprons.
• Entered patient data into computer system, adhering to strict privacy laws and maintaining high level of accuracy.
• Educated patients on dental hygiene, pre-surgical instructions and post-surgical care.
• Measured and recorded vital statistics by taking patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse.
• Monitored patient comfort and safety during dental procedures.
• Assisted dentists by passing instruments, suctioning intraoral fluids, adding water, and mixing materials for fillings, [Type], casts and impressions.
• Staged tray for procedures by arranging dental instruments and equipment.

• Monitored progress and documented patient health status changes to keep the care team updated.
• Administered medication as directed by physician.
• Consulted with different healthcare disciplines to offer important mental health support to patients.
• Minimized injuries to staff or patients through support or restraint to control patient movements.
• Updated patient files with current vitals, behaviors, and other data relevant to treatment planning.
• Led patient or group recreational activities for enhanced patient outcomes.
• Supervised daily activities and assisted staff.
• Helped diagnose patients and deliver treatments with medication administration and specimen collection.
• Maintained a clean, saf, and well-organized patient environment.
• Assisted patients adjusting to hospital procedures using highly structured settings.
• Developed rapport to create asafe and trusting environment for care.
• Assisted disabled clients in supporting independence and well-being.
• Supported patients'daily hygiene needs by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care, and personal grooming.
• Laundered items, changed sheets, and made beds to keep bedrooms clean.
• Provided compassionate and patient-focused care to cultivate well-being.
• Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate atrusting caregiver relationship.
• Transported clients to and from medical appointments with safety and efficiency.
• Scheduled daily and weekly care hours for client caseload.

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• Cooked meals and assisted patients with eating tasks to support healthy nutrition.
• Provided staff coaching, mentoring, and consultation to enhance performance and professional development.
• Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations ina professional matter.
• Identified needs and coordinated plans for travel and out-of-town functions.
• Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
• Recorded status and duties completed in logbooks for management.
• Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
• Assisted with daily living activities, running errands, and household chores.
• Applied mobility assistance knowledge to safely ambulate patients in different spaces involving varying elevations and obstacles.
• Implemented physical therapy to support patient improvement in muscle tone, range of motion, and injury recovery.
• Handled incoming mail,billsl, and invoices and completed appropriate actions.
• Maintained strong connections within thecaregiver community to gain continuous knowledge.
• Replaced bandages, dressings, and binders to care for wounds and encourage healing.
• Maintainedthe entire family's schedule and organized events.
• Maintained aclean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
• Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.

• Released registered and special delivery letters and packages to designated recipients and obtained signatures for release.
• Used automated mail processing equipment to sort and collate mail.
• Loaded letters onto processing equipment, removed non-processable letters and maintained continuous sorting feed.
• Upsold postal services like insurance and tracking.
• Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule.
• Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
• Created spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly and monthly reporting.
• Offered friendly and efficient service to customers, handled challenging situations with ease.