Vanessa Montgomery
Spring Valley
Summary
Reliable and adaptable healthcare professional with 11+ years in dental assisting, now transitioning into pharmacy. Skilled in patient care, multitasking, and thriving in fast-paced environments. Ready to bring clinical knowledge, attention to detail, and a strong work ethic to a pharmacy setting.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Pharmacy Technician
Leos Lakeside Phamracy
07 2025 - Current
- Enter and process 45+ prescriptions daily with speed and accuracy, ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations
- Accurately prepare, count, and package medications, reducing dispensing errors and supporting safe patient care
- Operate and troubleshoot Parata automated dispensing machine, improving workflow efficiency and accuracy in medication filling
- Verify insurance coverage, resolve claim rejections, and assist with prior authorizations to minimize delays in therapy
- Maintain medication inventory, track expiration dates, and coordinate with suppliers to prevent stock shortages
- Provide exceptional patient support by answering questions, clarifying prescription instructions, and ensuring confidentiality under HIPAA
- Collaborate with pharmacists to perform drug utilization reviews (DURs) and flag potential drug interactions or safety concerns
- Support the team by preparing non-sterile compounds and handling special packaging (blister packs, unit dose) as directed
- Uphold a clean, organized, and compliant pharmacy environment to meet audit and quality assurance standards
Fulfillment Associate
Amazon Warehouse
09.2023 - Current
- Performed outbound problem solve by identifying and resolving issues in the shipping process to ensure timely order fulfillment
- Picked customer orders from the storage pods with accuracy and efficiency to maintain high productivity standards.
- Packed variety of items according to Amazons quality and safety guidelines to ensure secure and damage-free delivery.
- Stowed incoming inventory into appropriate locations, optimizing space and ensuring product availability.
- Maintained a clean and safe work environment while meeting or exceeding productivity goals.
- Handled inbound problem solving, including managing inventory discrepancies and ensuring proper stowage of income products.
- Lifted, carried, and moved products throughout the facility to support overall warehouse flow and daily operations.
Pharmacy Technician
Medicine Care Pharmacy
05 2025 - 07 2025
- Processed new and refill prescriptions accurately in the pharmacy system (QS1 and Docutrack).
- Verified patient and prescription information
- Communicated with doctor's offices to clarify prescription details or request refills.
- Transferred prescriptions to and from other pharmacies upon patient or provider request.
- Prepared and labeled medication bottles for pharmacist verification.
- Organized and filled prescription bins for patient pick-up and delivery.
- Assisted with inventory: checked stock levels, flagged low stock, and helped with ordering.
- Answered phones professionally and assisted patients with basic questions or concerns.
- Helped with filing hard copy prescriptions and maintaining records.
- Followed HIPAA guidelines to protect patient confidentiality.
Intern Pharmacy Technician
Medicine Care Pharmacy
04 2025 - 05 2025
- Accurately filled and labeled medications under pharmacist supervision.
- Packaged medications using bubble/blister packaging systems for patient safety and compliance.
- Read and verified prescription labels to ensure proper medication, strength, and quantity.
- Maintained a clean and organized workstation while assisting with daily pharmacy operations.
- Followed all HIPAA guidelines to protect patient privacy.
Lead Dental Assistant
Smile Makeover Center
08 2023 - 04 2025
- Assisted in variety of dental procedures including fillings, crowns, extractions, root canals, pin hole procedures, and implants, ensuring patient comfort and clinical efficiency.
- Experienced in using the itero scanner for invisalign cases and the Cerec scanner for designing and fabricating same day crowns.
- Maintained strict sterilization and infection control protocols to support a clean and compliant clinical environment.
- Took digital X-rays and impression, charted in patients record, and prepared treatment rooms with the necessary instruments and materials.
- Trained and supervised new dental assistant, providing guidance on clinical procedures, safety standards, and patient interaction.
- Managed front office responsibilities including scheduling appointments, verifying insurance, processing payments, and handling patient check in/check out.
- Oversaw inventory management by ordering supplies and ensuring all equipment was properly maintained and calibrated.
Dental Assistant
Mission Blvd Dental Group
07 2023 - 08 2023
- Charting
- Used eagle software
- Experienced with Invisalign such as placing buttons and delivering trays.
- Applying topical anesthetic
- Scheduled appointments
- Checked in lab cases
- Take impressions, pour, trim and deliver night guards and retainers to patient, also giving informative post op instructions for home care.
- Assisted extractions, along side taking blood pressure, checking health history and giving patient proper dose of medication before and after major procedures
Lead Dental Assistant
Desert Lake Family Dentistry
10 2022 - 04 2023
- Perform technical chair side assistance during dental procedures and examinations. Prepare materials and pass instruments.
- Perform all necessary housekeeping procedures including keeping all work areas stocked
- Perform X-rays
- Scheduled appointments
- Checked in lab cases
- Take impressions, pour, trim and deliver night guards to patient, also giving informative post op instructions for home care.
- Proficient use of cerec machine and loading block material inside milling machine
- Assisted extractions, along side taking blood pressure, checking health history and giving patient proper dose of medication before and after major procedures
- Experience using pano and CBT scans
- Successfully organized seminars, teambuilding activities and collaborations with other departments.
Lead Dental Assistant
Westwind Dental
09 2022 - 10 2022
- Responsible of providing patient care, taking X-rays, dental procedures assisting.
- Trained other staff
- Organized laboratory
- Worked closely with patients before, during and after dental procedures
- Set up examination room and dental trays in preparation for procedures
Dental Assistant
Harbor Dental
03 2022 - 09 2022
- Highly skilled with Itero scan for whitening trays, retainers, night guards and some implant restorative cases.
- Well working knowledge of cerec machine such as scanning, polishing and glazing crown after milling.
- Responsible for organizing back office lab, patient rooms, assistant drawers.
- Open and close office.
- Assist the doctor with chairside procedures including fillings, crown prep, crown delivery, implants, veneers, extractions.
- Experience with Invisalign consultation.
- Maintain a clean, sterile, and positive environment optimizing patient comfort and safety.
- Prepare tray / room setup for dental procedures.
- Have experience using the nomad xray and digital x-ray sensor, also taking Panoramic, CBCT scans.
- Applying topical anesthetic
- Charting, booking next appointments / visits.
- Experience with adding attachments for Invisalign cases.
- Provide postoperative instructions prescribed by dentist.
- Worked with open dental software, modento and sota imaging.
Dental Assistant and Front Office
Campus Dentistry
09 2019 - 03 2020
- Checking voicemails on a daily base
- Answering calls
- Confirming appointments
- Book appointments
- Charting
- Applying topical anesthetic
- Assist the doctor in chairside procedures including amalgam fills, composite, root canals, crown preps, and extractions.
- Prepare tray setup for dental procedure
- Perform RDA functions such as taking preliminary impressions and fabricating acrylic temps, taking oral impressions / pour up the model, coronal polish, applying fluoride and sealants.
- Removed temporary crowns and delivered new crown.
- Have experience using the nomad xray.
- Maintain a clean, sterile, and positive environment optimizing patient comfort and safety.
- Provide postoperative instructions after every dental procedure.
Dental Assistant
Dr. Khalid Yacoub DDS
03.2017 - 05.2019
- Perform RDA functions such as fabricating of temporary crowns.
- Prepare tray setups for dental procedures.
- Taking oral impression/pour up model.
- Deliver crowns and mix materials for cementation.
- Assist endo, ortho, oral surgery procedures.
- Sealant placement.
Education
Certification Of Pharmacy -
Western Medical Training
05.2025
Certification - Certified Dental Assistant
Concorde Career College
01.2015
Diploma -
Monte Vista High school
06.2013
Skills
- Organizational skills
- Infection control
- Computer skills
- Medical coding
- Computer literacy
- Dental office experience
- Chairside assisting
- Customer service
- Shipping and receiving
- Correct labeling
- Product restocking
- Order fulfillment
- Warehouse safety
- Inventory audits
- inventory management
- Drug safety
- FDA Drug Safety Guidelines
- Staff Development
- Typing medication labels
- Prepare bubble packs
- Medication dispensing
- Answering customer questions
Credentials
Licensed Pharmacy Technician
California Board of Pharmacy
License Number: TCH 206924
Exp: 06/30/2027
Certification
- Licensed Pharmacy Techniacin California Board Of Pharmacy
- Certified Dental Assistant
- Certified Phlebotomy Technician
Timeline
Fulfillment Associate
Amazon Warehouse
09.2023 - Current
Dental Assistant
Dr. Khalid Yacoub DDS
03.2017 - 05.2019
Pharmacy Technician
Leos Lakeside Phamracy
07 2025 - Current
Pharmacy Technician
Medicine Care Pharmacy
05 2025 - 07 2025
Intern Pharmacy Technician
Medicine Care Pharmacy
04 2025 - 05 2025
Lead Dental Assistant
Smile Makeover Center
08 2023 - 04 2025
Dental Assistant
Mission Blvd Dental Group
07 2023 - 08 2023
Lead Dental Assistant
Desert Lake Family Dentistry
10 2022 - 04 2023
Lead Dental Assistant
Westwind Dental
09 2022 - 10 2022
Dental Assistant
Harbor Dental
03 2022 - 09 2022
Dental Assistant and Front Office
Campus Dentistry
09 2019 - 03 2020
Certification Of Pharmacy -
Western Medical Training
Certification - Certified Dental Assistant
Concorde Career College
Diploma -
Monte Vista High school