DENTAL OFFICER RESUME EXAMPLE
Updated: Mar 05, 2025 - The Dental Officer leads a clinical team and demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills, including proficiency in ICT. This role involves developing clinical governance systems, analyzing Professional Development Plans, and identifying improvements in clinical practice. Additionally, the officer mentors staff and provides high-quality services to diverse patient populations with complex medical histories.


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1. Dental Officer, Health Center of Central City, Central City, CA
Job Summary:
- Perform routine-level coronial forensic odontology investigation and identification as a member of the Forensic Odontology Team at HSQ FSS
- Use databases and undertake contact with dentists, dental practices and Government clinics to investigate and retrieve dental records for coronial purposes
- Examine and report on suspected dentally-related death
- Examine and report on traumatic dental and facial injuries
- Perform routine disaster victim identification using forensic odontology techniques
- Develop dental profiles of missing persons and enter relevant data into appropriate databases
- Perform age estimation using a variety of recognized and validated techniques
- Perform peer review and Quality Assurance
- Provide legal statements of evidence and expert testimony in respect of any of the above duties undertaken
- Undertake and publish research and casework as appropriate under guidance from more senior forensic odontology staff
Skills on Resume:
- Forensic Odontology (Hard Skills)
- Dental Record Retrieval (Hard Skills)
- Trauma Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Victim Identification (Hard Skills)
- Age Estimation (Hard Skills)
- Quality Assurance (Soft Skills)
- Expert Testimony (Hard Skills)
- Research Publication (Hard Skills)
2. Dental Officer, Family Health Services, Springfield, IL
Job Summary:
- Be welcoming of patients into the office and make them feel at ease
- Schedule patients and move them through appointments as scheduled
- Confirm patient appointments
- Data entry, maintain and manage patient records in compliance with privacy and security regulations
- Answer and manage incoming calls
- Respond and comply with requests for information
- Dispatch lab work appropriately
- Collect and receive payments from patients at the time of treatment
- Inform patients of financial treatment plan options
- Prepare and mail billing statements
- Prepare claim forms for dental insurance
- Monitor and maintain an inventory of dental office supplies
Skills on Resume:
- Patient Relations (Soft Skills)
- Appointment Scheduling (Hard Skills)
- Data Entry (Hard Skills)
- Call Management (Soft Skills)
- Payment Processing (Hard Skills)
- Financial Communication (Soft Skills)
- Billing Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
3. Dental Officer, Community Dental Clinic, Greenfield, TX
Job Summary:
- Lead and manage a multidisciplinary clinical team, and possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including those in Information and Communication Technology
- Developing, implementing, monitoring and reviewing the effectiveness of clinical governance systems (including ims+)
- Performing Professional Development Plan analysis and feedback (My conversation) to dental clinicians
- Identify opportunities for improvement in clinical practice
- Assist the Oral Health Service Executive Team in planning, implementing, evaluating and reporting on the effective delivery of clinical services
- Participate in Quality Improvement activities and provide a high level of customer service to all stakeholders including patients, staff and others.
- Act as a mentor to other clinical staff, supervise undergraduate students
- Assume responsibility for providing clinical mentorship, advice and support to the entire clinical team
- Participate in the provision of clinical professional development in-service education programs for all staff
- Deliver quality clinical service that requires advanced levels of knowledge, experience and clinical expertise across the entire spectrum of general dentistry in difficult clinical situations with complex medical histories, for children and those with physical and mental disabilities.
- Comply with all NSW Health and CCLHD policies and procedures and perform all other delegated tasks appropriately and in line with grading and capabilities.
Skills on Resume:
- Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Clinical Governance (Hard Skills)
- Professional Development Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Clinical Improvement Identification (Soft Skills)
- Service Delivery Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Quality Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Mentorship and Supervision (Soft Skills)
- Advanced Clinical Expertise (Hard Skills)