Aarifah Hasan Madaree

AT MY FIRST DENTAL SETTING I HAVE GAINED EXPERIENCE IN REGARDS TO WORKING IN A DENTAL
ENVIRONMENT, I BECAME FAMILIAR WITH WORKING ALONE WITH A DENTIST, HYGIENIST AND THERAPIST
AND ALSO BEING A RECEPTIONIST.
THE SKILLS AND DUTIES I ACQUIRED WERE: I WAS ABLE TO ASSIST THE DENTIST AND HYGIENIST
DURING ALL CLINICAL PROCEDURES I WAS ABLE TO CARRY OUT AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL HEALTH
AND SAFETY AND CROSS INFECTION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WITHIN THE DENTAL SURGERY. I WAS
ABLE TO ASSIST THE DENTIST DURING ALL CLINICAL PROCEDURES IN THE SURGERY WHICH INCLUDED
DOING FILLINGS, ROOT CANAL TREATMENT, BRIDGE AND CROWN AND DENTURE PREPARATION
ALONGSIDE EXTRACTIONS. I WAS ABLE TOO TAKE ASSESSMENTS.I WAS ABLE TO ASSIST THE
HYGIENIST WITH SCALE AND POLISH AND ORAL HEALTH PROMOTION PLUS CHARTING AND PERIODONTAL
ASSESSMENTS ON HE COMPUTER AND ALSO BY HAND. I WAS ABLE TO RECORD AND STORE NOTES,
CHARTING, TAKING MEDICAL HISTORY AND RADIOGRAPHS ON THE COMPUTERISED SYSTEMS. I TOOK
ON RECEPTION DUTIES WHICH INCLUDED THE ANSWERING THE TELEPHONE GREETING PATIENTS,
MAKING APPOINTMENTS AND RECORDING THEM CORRECTLY ON THE SYSTEM. I WAS ALSO TAUGHT AND
ABLE TO DISPOSE OF ALL WASTE CORRECTLY, INCLUDING CLINICAL, SHARPS, SPECIALIST, AMALGAM,
AND NORMAL DOMESTIC. I WAS ABLE TO UPLOAD OPG, X-RAYS AND UNDERSTAND THEM.

I CURRENTLY ATTEND EXTRACURRICULAR STUDY IN STUDYING ARABIC EVERY EVENING;
CONSISTING OF MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX. WITH HOPE TO TEACH YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS
WHEN GRADUATING THIS YEAR.
I AM A TRILINGUAL INDIVIDUAL; SPEAKING ENGLISH, GUJARATI AND ARABIC. AN IMPORTANT
SKILL IN DENTAL NURSING, DUE TO THE DIVERSITY IN PATIENTS ONE WILL ENCOUNTER.
IN MY SPARE TIME I ENJOY STUDYING FURTHER IN TO TOPICS WHICH ARE AN INTEREST TO
ME, FOR EXAMPLE I AM CURRENTLY TAKING PART IN AN ONLINE COURSE OF AN
INTRODUCTION TO DENTAL MEDICINE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

WARD 18

BASIC DUTIES SUCH AS ANSWERING PHONE CALLS, PHOTOCOPYING AND SUPPORTING CLIENTS.