Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
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Certification
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Victoria Bliss

Palmetto,FL

Summary

Reliable, skilled surgical dental assistant offering more than twenty years of experience and well versed in oral surgical procedures. Adept at training new surgical assistants and implementing policies to streamline workflow. Excited to bring experience and knowledge to a growing practice

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Surgical Assistant

Florida OMFS Of Bradenton
Bradenton, FL
11.2017 - Current
  • Quickly learned new skills and apply them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
  • Carrie out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
  • Demonstrate respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Maintain energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
  • Use critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Offer friendly and efficient service to patients, handle challenging situations with ease.
  • Quickly responded to emergency situations during procedures.
  • Record patients' health histories, document current symptoms and pull up records from prior visits for surgeon to view and evaluate.
  • Assist surgeon by handing appropriate tools and supplies needed for procedures.
  • Measure and record vital statistics by taking patients' blood pressure and pulse.
  • Administered desensitizing agents by applying numbing gel to prepare patients for anesthetic injections.
  • Educate patients on pre-surgical instructions and post-surgical care.

Surgical Dental Assistant

Baycenter For Oral And Implant Surgery
Saint Petersburg, FL
09.2016 - 10.2017
  • Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
  • Recorded patients' health histories, documented current symptoms and pulled up records from prior visits for surgeon to view and evaluate.
  • Assisted surgeon by handing appropriate tools and supplies needed for procedures.
  • Assisted surgeon by passing instruments, suctioning intraoral fluids,
  • Typed patient data into computer system using OMS Vision while following privacy laws and maintaining high level of accuracy.
  • Measured and recorded vital statistics by taking patients' blood pressure and pulse.
  • Administered desensitizing agents by applying numbing gel to prepare patients for anesthetic injections.
  • Helped surgeons complete routine and advanced procedures by preparing patients and instruments for expected needs.
  • Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.

Surgical Dental Assistant

Bradenton Oral Surgery Center
Bradenton, FL
02.1999 - 03.2014
  • Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
  • Sanitized trays, instruments and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety.
  • Recorded patients' health histories, documented current symptoms and pulled up records from prior visits for dentists to view and evaluate.
  • Educated patients pre-surgical and post-surgical care.
  • Typed patient data into computer system using OMS vision while following privacy laws and maintaining high level of accuracy.
  • Helped surgeon complete routine and advanced procedures by preparing patients and instruments for expected needs.
  • Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.

Education

High School Diploma -

Bayshore High School
Bradenton, FL

Dental Assisting

Manatee Technical Institute
Bradenton, FL
06.1999

AA

State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota
Bradenton, FL

Skills

  • Passing Surgical Instruments
  • Pre-Surgical Preparation
  • Dental Implants
  • Surgical Extractions
  • IV placement
  • Maintain Emergency drug cart
  • Dental Supply Inventory
  • Taking X-Rays
  • Taking Medical and Dental Histories
  • General Anesthesia
  • Inventory Replenishment
  • Training new Employee's

Certification

EFDA

Phlebotomy

Timeline

Lead Surgical Assistant

Florida OMFS Of Bradenton
11.2017 - Current

Surgical Dental Assistant

Baycenter For Oral And Implant Surgery
09.2016 - 10.2017

Surgical Dental Assistant

Bradenton Oral Surgery Center
02.1999 - 03.2014

High School Diploma -

Bayshore High School

Dental Assisting

Manatee Technical Institute

AA

State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota
Victoria Bliss