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Vanessa Bacote

Baton Rouge,LA

Summary

Adept Clinical Lead/Lead Dental Assistant with a proven track record at Affordable Smiles, enhancing patient care through expert team management and clinical expertise. Spearheaded quality improvement initiatives, achieving accreditation status and excelling in HIPAA compliance and patient safety. Skilled in healthcare informatics and fostering team collaboration, significantly elevating care standards and efficiency.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Clinical Lead/Lead Dental Assistant

Affordable Smiles
07.2021 - Current
  • Served as a key liaison between patients, families, and healthcare providers to ensure seamless communication and appropriate care planning.
  • Enhanced team performance by providing regular supervision, training, and professional development opportunities.
  • Managed complex cases effectively through close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, ensuring optimal patient outcomes.
  • Streamlined workflow processes for increased efficiency and improved patient care delivery.
  • Assisted with hiring processes for new team members, ensuring alignment with organizational values and skills requirements for high-quality patient care delivery.
  • Provided expert guidance on clinical issues during team meetings, contributing to informed decision-making and best practice implementation.
  • Led clinical audits to identify areas of improvement, resulting in higher quality care standards.
  • Championed continuous improvement initiatives within the department, leading to more efficient practices and resource utilization.
  • Contributed significantly towards achieving accreditation status by demonstrating excellence in clinical practice during external reviews.
  • Measured and recorded vital statistics by taking patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse.
  • 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.
  • Took dental images following strict patient protection rules, applying lead aprons.

Dental Assistant

Grant Community Health Center
10.2020 - 07.2021
  • Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
  • Maintained a clean and sterile work environment to prevent cross-contamination and infection.
  • Sanitized trays, instruments, and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety.
  • Provided chairside assistance during examinations, improving dentist efficiency and patient satisfaction.
  • Performed x-rays safely while adhering to radiation safety guidelines, ensuring high-quality diagnostic images for dentists'' evaluations.
  • Prepared and arranged instruments, medications, and required materials for dental procedures.
  • Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.

Medical Records Clerk/Internship Student

Natchitoches Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
05.2019 - 10.2020
  • Ensured HIPAA compliance by adhering to strict confidentiality guidelines when handling sensitive patient information.
  • Maintained confidentiality of all medical records and sensitive information to comply with HIPAA regulations.
  • Processed medical records requests from outside providers according to facility, state, and federal law.
  • Scanned medical records in digital format for easy retrieval and accessibility.
  • Maintained patient confidence by keeping patient records information confidential.
  • Maintained patient records systems by archiving, scaning and indexing important documents and files.

Education

Certification - Dental Assisting

Unitech Training Academy
Alexandria, LA
01.2019

Skills

  • Expanded duty dental assistant
  • Clinical expertise
  • Team Management
  • Patient Care Coordination
  • HIPAA Compliance
  • Patient Safety
  • Active Listening
  • Team Collaboration
  • Direct Patient Care
  • Critical Thinking

Timeline

Clinical Lead/Lead Dental Assistant

Affordable Smiles
07.2021 - Current

Dental Assistant

Grant Community Health Center
10.2020 - 07.2021

Medical Records Clerk/Internship Student

Natchitoches Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
05.2019 - 10.2020

Certification - Dental Assisting

Unitech Training Academy

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