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LICENSED VETERINARY TECHNICIAN
Professional Summary
Motivated worker with 13 years combined experience in administrative and clinical setting. Detail-oriented with advanced knowledge of wildlife medicine.
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Work History
05/2005 to Current
Licensed Veterinary TechnicianNeuralink – Austin , TX
- Job responsibilities are divided between administrative and clinic work.
- Hospital manager tasks include maintaining hospital inventory, ordering all needed supplies, updating and filing of all hospital records, researching staff and public inquiries, assisting with department hiring, and ensuring the hospital meets all state and federal requirements.
- I co-created two electronic databases for updating medical records, the most recent (www.wild-one.org) is being used by over 150 wildlife rehabilitation professionals around the world.
- Since taking over hospital purchasing I have reduced the veterinary department's expenditures by nearly 50%. I worked with manufactures and vendors to negotiate discounts and donations for products and equipment.
- I have supervised and taught over 100 veterinary and veterinary technician students. Mentioned as best externship site
- I created and headed up a volunteer program for members of the public to aid the veterinary staff with medical treatments.
- I have gained additional supervisory experience as the direct supervisor of the Center's Diagnostic Intern for the past five years.
- As the licensed technician in a busy three doctor hospital, treating on average 2,500 patients yearly, I am responsible for assisting with medical treatments, performing all in-house diagnostics, monitoring anesthesia on a wide variety of species and updating medical records.
05/2004 to 05/2005
Veterinary Technician Extern/Veterinary AssistantCharleston Gi – Charleston , SC
- Assisted with office duties including checking in and out clients, filing paperwork, processing payments and preparing bank deposits.
- Worked with the veterinarian and other technicians to gather a complete patient history, assisted with client education, performed physical examinations, administered vaccinations and medications, prepared the patient for surgery, performed diagnostics, dispensed prescriptions and maintained medical records.
- After completion of my externship I was asked to join the veterinary staff and continued my work at the hospital until my graduation from the veterinary technology program at Blue Ridge Community College.
11/2001 to 05/2005
Front Desk CoordinatorWildlife Center Of Virginia – City , STATE
- Responsibilities included answering phones and advising callers on a variety of situations, maintaining office supplies, filing paperwork, scheduling shipping needs, maintaining and updating rehabilitator and transporter contacts throughout the state, assisting with annual conference planning, assisting with annual gala planning.
Education
2001
Bachelor of Arts: Animal Behavior
Southwestern University - City, State
Southwestern University - City, State
2005
Associate of Applied Science: Veterinary Technology
Blue Ridge Community College - City, State
Blue Ridge Community College - City, State
- Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
- Awarded numerous grants and scholarships
Publications & Research Participation
- Association of Zoo Veterinary Technicians 2008 Presentation entitled A Successful Veterinary Technician Externship and Volunteer Program, published in conference proceedings.
- Virginia Association of Licensed Veterinary Technicians 2009 Presentation entitled Wildlife Stabilization and Rehabilitation Regulations, published in conference proceedings.
- Wildlife Center of Virginia's Call of the Wild Rehabilitation Conference 2009 Presentation entitled Freeloaders in Wildlife Medicine: An Introduction to Parasitology.
- Virginia Association of Licensed Veterinary Technicians Regional Meeting2010Presentation entitled Wildlife Triage and Stabilization.
- Maymont wetlab2010Presentation and practical lab covering restraint, stabilizations and bandaging techniques in wild species.
- Virginia Veterinary Conference 2013 Presentation entitled Wildlife Triage and Stabilization.
- Wildlife Center of Virginia's Call of the Wild Rehabilitation Conference 2014 Multiple presentations and wetlab to beginner rehabilitators covering topics such as physical examinations, maintaining medical records, terminology, inventory management and donation solicitation.
- J. Lankton, S.A. Smith, L. Horne and K. Zimmerman. Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Hematazoa in Wild Raptors Admitted to a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Virginia. Pending publication.
- Black paper Performed manual complete blood counts on a variety of raptor species prior to release to compile a database of normal values. Paper currently being completed for publication submission.
- Camille paper Asked to examine blood smears of Tree swallows for a mercury toxicity study. Findings being analyzed for future publication.
- Currently participating in a second phase of the Tree swallow toxicity study.
- Dave cat attack paper
- Rich paper
Leadership Roles
- Corresponding Secretary, Virginia Association of Licensed Veterinary Technicians 2011 Responsible for membership database, chair of the Membership committee, increased membership by 30% in one year, planned student recruitment events, arranged donation of merchandise from vendors for member give-aways.
- Secretary, Delta Delta Delta 2000 Responsible for meeting minutes, maintaining parliamentary procedures during meetings and functions, tracking member attendance, maintaining chapter paperwork and submissions to national association.
References
- Dr. Rich Sim
- Dr. Miranda Sadar
- Bob Post
- Jackie Sheets
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School Attended
- Southwestern University
- Blue Ridge Community College
Job Titles Held:
- Licensed Veterinary Technician
- Veterinary Technician Extern/Veterinary Assistant
- Front Desk Coordinator
Degrees
- Bachelor of Arts : Animal Behavior
Associate of Applied Science :Veterinary Technology
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