David Green
Dover,NC
Summary
Organized, detail-oriented, and personable Licensed Funeral Director with over 10 years working in funeral service. Working with funeral homes to provide caring, quality services to grieving families with high-level empathy. Extensive background in embalming, knowing how to treat cases for disposition no matter what pathology, trauma, or mutilation was present during death.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Autopsy Assistant
The Brody School of Medicine
01.2021 - Current
- Captures photographs and x-rays of bodies or carcasses and may participate in their development.
- Cleans and disinfects bodies, facilities, and equipment after each case.
- Maintains the cleanliness and functionality of laboratory equipment, facilities, and related materials.
- Manages inventory, supplies, and autopsy chemicals.
- Inputs data into the computer system.
- Authorizes the release of bodies and valuables to authorized individuals.
- Assists in training resident physicians on autopsy procedures as assigned.
- Assisted in autopsies by setting up equipment, handling and preparing the body, recording descriptions, removing fluids, conducting dissections, labeling specimen containers, and preparing and organizing specimens for storage.
Funeral Director and Embalmer
Oscars Mortuary
04.2020 - Current
- Assisted in the preparation of bodies for visitation or burial, adhering to strict standards of care.
- Established trust among clients by consistently delivering exceptional service while maintaining sensitivity towards their needs.
- Maintained facility cleanliness, ensuring a welcoming environment for grieving families.
- Displayed highest level of professionalism and sensitivity when dealing with grieving family members.
- Prepared remains for services, viewings, and cremations.
- Demonstrated expertise in various types of embalming, including arterial, cavity, and hypodermic treatments.
Funeral Director
Oscar’s Mortuary , Inc
03.2018 - 04.2020
- Displayed highest level of sensitivity and professionalism when working with grieving family members
- Obtain information needed to complete legal documents, such as death certificates or burial permits
- Arranged funeral and memorial services for grieving families to meet budget and memorialized instructions
- Discussed nature of funeral service, disposition of remains and funeral costs with families
Work-Based Learning Student Embalming Intern
Fayetteville Technical Community College/Oscar's
08.2018 - 05.2019
- Embalmed well over 100 Cases both semesters for schools embalming lab at funeral home
- Analyze chemicals from different chemical companies to determine which chemicals to use to obtain optimal results from embalming
- Complete case analysis to determine proper chemicals and treatments
Calculate amount of chemical needed of certain index to obtain desired preservative percentage in total injected solution - Supported staff members in their daily tasks, reducing workload burden and allowing for increased focus on higher-priority assignments.
- Closed mouths of decedents using mandibular sutures, sublingual sutures and dental ties
- Executed proper level of firmness for each case such as high firming level for restorative cases, or medium firming level for standard cases
- Use accessory chemicals to improve restorative, preservative and sanitary results for embalming process
Funeral Service Apprentice
Oscar’s Mortuary, Inc
04.2015 - 03.2018
- Conducted more than 100 funerals, visitations, memorial services, embalming and preparation for disposition, over course of 36 months
- Monitored high-volume phone lines and displayed proper phone etiquette
- Displayed highest level of professionalism and sensitivity when dealing with grieving family members
- Set features using plastic formers, cotton and tissue filler
- Properly bathe and disinfect body orifices of deceased
- Properly groom deceased, including fingernails, toenails, hair, nasal cavities and oral cavities
- Aspirate and inject cavities of deceased to to preserve internal organs properly clean and sanitize preparation room and all instruments after embalming process
- Select proper chemicals needed to preserve deceased
Funeral Director's Assistant
Oscar’s Mortuary, Inc
06.2012 - 04.2015
- Prepared obituaries for newspapers and online publications
- Provided administrative support to funeral home staff
- Supported funeral director with all facets of funeral service coordination
- Greeted funeral guests and coordinated seating
- Completed clerical tasks such as filing, copying and distributing mail
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Funeral Service Education
Fayetteville Technical Community College
Fayetteville, NC08.2019
Funeral Director Diploma - NC Funeral Director
Fayetteville Technical Community College
Fayetteville NC03.2017
Skills
- Data Entry
- Lifting Ability
- Community Relations
- Team building
- Customer Service
- FTC compliance understanding
- Clean driving record
- Knowledge of EHR
Accomplishments
Successfully Passed All Board Exams For Funeral Service Licensure
- North Carolina Laws and Rules Exam
- North Carolina State Board Exam for Arts
- North Carolina Pathology Exam
- National Board Exam Sciences
- National Board Exam Arts
Timeline
Autopsy Assistant
The Brody School of Medicine
01.2021 - Current
Funeral Director and Embalmer
Oscars Mortuary
04.2020 - Current
Work-Based Learning Student Embalming Intern
Fayetteville Technical Community College/Oscar's
08.2018 - 05.2019
Funeral Director
Oscar’s Mortuary , Inc
03.2018 - 04.2020
Funeral Service Apprentice
Oscar’s Mortuary, Inc
04.2015 - 03.2018
Funeral Director's Assistant
Oscar’s Mortuary, Inc
06.2012 - 04.2015
Associate of Applied Science - Funeral Service Education
Fayetteville Technical Community College
Funeral Director Diploma - NC Funeral Director
Fayetteville Technical Community College
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