Sakina Syed

Clinical Responsibilities


* Combined patient care with dentists & specialists including periodontist to provide a multi-disciplinary team approach to patient care
* Detailed patient examination including patients medical, dental & social history
* Examination of the face and neck, oral cavity and signs of periodontal diease
* Treatment planning with regards to patients needs and if signs of periodontal diease present
* Identification of oral disease, management and prevention
* Basic periodontal exam (BPE), full pocketing charting (6ppc), plaque/bleeding indices scoring
* Specific tailored oral hygienie advise including correct toothbrushing techniques & interdental cleaning
* Caries prevention & diet advise, importance of flouride
* Patient motivation to change oral hygeine habits
* Recommendation of tailored dental products to patients
* Smoking cessation including cigarettes & shisha
* Scaling, polishing and root surface debridement using ultrasonic and sub and supra gingival instruments with and without use of local anaesthesia, experience with using Oraqix local anaesthesia
* Experience of delivery of antimicrobials into periodontal pocket- dentomycine gel
* Removal of plaque calculus and extrinisic stains
* Use of prophyjet 3 in propylaxsis
* Root surface debridement to pateints under IV sedation with monitoring from dentist & anesthetist
* Cross infection control and sterilisation of dental equipment
*Competent & responsible to refer advance periodontal cases to periodontist and discuss such referals with the patient
* Application of fissure sealants, topical fluoride varnish, antimicrobials and desentizing agents
* Oral health promotion to adults and children
* Providing care to the medically comprised and those dentally anxious and phobic
* Oral care to those pregnant
* Maintance of dental implant patients
* to take radiographs- in this setting is dentist responsibility
* Trained in taking alginate impressions- in this setting is dentist responsibility
* Working knowledge of home & chairside whitening procedures
* CPD including basic life support, radiography &cross infection on a yearly basis- cycle 1 of 5 years completed 2013


Additional Responsibilities
* Essential renewal of General Dental Council, (GDC) practicing licence
* Continous renewal of subscription with British Society of Dental Hygeine & Therapy (BSDHT)
* Continous renewal of subscription with Dental Protection Indemnity
* Setting of patient recall appointment for hygiene maintanance
* Adherent to patient confidentiality and data protection
* Sound communication, interpersonal and motivational skills
* Dental stock ordering including sundries stock, instruments & equipment
* Aderance to company policies in regards to fire & saftey procedures of patients and dental team
* Currently wriiting a webpage for a dental phobic website on visits to the hygienist
* Liasing with dental repusentatives for CPD learning sessions for the practice
* Experience with Exact and SOEL Health computer dental software for accurate patient records and audit purposes
* Providing dental awareness to preschool children in a school in East London

Provided Adhoc Dental Hygienist treament to private practices in London

Responsibilities.
* Identify individual needs and pro-actively give solutions based on client database.
* Build, maintain and actively develop customer relationships through existing customer base.
* Procure systematic data and filter quality business for the bank by nourishing and maintaining useful relationships.
* Understand and apply commercial and financial principles to achieve commercial targets.
* Prioritse workload by use of business and personal diary system.
* Continuous team management through leadership and inspiration.
* Achieve Lending, Mortgage and packaged accounts sales targets.
* Accountable for branches recruitment, retention and staff development.
Monitor feedback associate performance in line with performance management systems.

Achievements
* Increased sales target by 50% over a two -month period.
* Increased branches Customer Satisfaction Index by 10%.
* Raised team morale and commitment.
* Implemented sales strategy in line with customer service.

Responsibilities
* Overall store management and profitability.
* Staff coaching, development and recruitment.
* Maintenance of customer records and compliance.
* Discretionary stock ordering.
* Manage all expenses and stores Profit and Loss.
* Monitor and develop initiative to manage shrinkage.
* Reporting to regional head office.

Achievements
* Scored highest in performance audit in area (10 stores).
* Selected as a trainer for two new flagship stores.
* Seconded to a task force to change the way stores and head office interact.
*Produced a training booklet on T-Mobiles services for all T-Mobile Retail stores.