Chelsea Giambrone
Richmond,VA
Summary
I am an ardent, and wholeheartedly dedicated individual with a nearly 10 year history of delivering exceptional care to animals in health care, high volume surgery, and shelter work. I've contributed to animal health and wellbeing by providing high quality support, gold standard medicine, attention to detail, flexibility, and problem solving. I am careful to observe and to communicate concerns to help optimize care, improve current standards, and comply with current regulations. I am proud of my ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy, baring many years of experience and practice. Lastly I am an organized and dependable candidate committed to maintaining a positive, communicative, and supportive work environment.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Veterinary Assistant
CVCA Cardiac Care For Pets
01.2023 - 12.2023
- Patient triage
- Assisted in emergency situations effectively providing first aid or life-saving measures under veterinarian supervision.
- Medication administration including intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and oral.
- Can compassionately and effectively restrain pets while ensuring the safety and prevent injury of the patient, clients and personnel.
- Perform venipuncture and ensure that blood work is properly recorded, sent out, and invoiced.
- Can effectively and accurately position for radiographs
- Holter placement and removal, and related tasks: data submission and, processing results.
- Can perform electrocardiograms
- Prepare medications and prescriptions for dispensing as directed by the doctor.
- Discharge all patients in house and outpatient, review the diagnosis, treatment recommendations, and follow up care with the owner. Ensure that all owners receive proper medications and/or prescriptions upon departure
- Maintaining detailed electronic medical records using Ezyvet software.
Veterinary Assistant- Cardiology
CVCA Cardiac Care For Pets
10.2021 - 01.2023
- Managed medical intervention and therapy for animals in collaboration with veterinarian.
- Provided customer support to clients, answering questions and addressing concerns.
- Participated continuing education training seminars workshops conferences advance knowledge stay current industry trends best practices.
- Acted as a team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
Veterinary Surgical Assistant
Helping Hands Surgical And Dental Care
11.2019 - 08.2021
- Actively participated in daily debriefings for improved team coordination and ongoing development of best practices in the workplace.
- Reduced post-operative complications through thorough wound care and dressing application.
- Preparing the equipment and supplies for the surgical procedures.
- Maintaining proper sterile conditions in the operating room and other areas to reduce the danger of a postoperative infection.
- Maintained accurate documentation of all surgical activities for record-keeping purposes and quality control analysis.
- Demonstrates proficiency and proper technique: animal restraint,pre-anesthetic preparations, urinary catheter placement, gloving procedures, suture removal, venipuncture, anesthetic monitoring, and pre/post operative patient monitoring and care. Perform dental cleanings under general anesthesia.
- Highly trained in patient intake and discharge, including client education and DVM liaison.
- Utilized clinical judgement and efficient triage techniques to manage priorities of care in a high volume setting.
- Continually updated professional skills, staying abreast of the latest surgical techniques and technologies.
Veterinary Assistant
Betty Baugh's Animal Clinic
08.2018 - 11.2019
- Increased client satisfaction by addressing concerns, answering questions, and offering valuable recommendations for pet care.
- Supported veterinary team in diagnostic imaging procedures such as radiographs and ultrasounds for accurate diagnoses.
- Improved client relations through effective communication and education on pet health needs.
- Assisted veterinarian during immunologic, medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures.
- Perform initial evaluation of the pet's condition and advise the doctor regarding the nature of visit, preventative care due, and client concerns.
- Obtain and prepare laboratory samples as requested by the veterinarian, including: blood, urine, fecal and ear cytology.
- Perform laboratory duties and notify the doctor of lab results in a timely fashion.
- Restrain animals in a safe, efficient and compassionate manner during examinations and procedures utilizing fear free techniques appropriately.
- Accurately prepare and dispense medications as directed by the doctor, ensuring that medications are added to the pet's record and appropriately charged to the client.
- Proper knowledge of vaccination guidelines within the hospital and administer vaccinations under the direction of the doctor.
- Monitor hospitalized pets and perform treatments as directed by the doctor.
- Utilize hospital computer systems to document medical records and communicate with clients and teammates. Our hospital computer software for paperless record via Cornerstone.
Admissions Counselor
Richmond SPCA
04.2017 - 08.2018
- Advance positive relationships with the general public while promoting the policies and philosophies of the organization.
- Average intake of 10-20 coalition animals per day.
- Medically and behaviorally evaluate, perform blood testing while safely restraining, vaccinate, and microchip all incoming animals.
- Alert the appropriate groups to place the animals through their shelter pathway.
- Accurately record all necessary medical information in shelter animals charts.
- Assist the general public with admittance of their animal with proper interview techniques, assessing their pet's medical and behavior needs, adoptability level and status upon intake.
- Provide pet care resource information and viable options available to them. Perform behavior evaluations on dogs and cats as needed.
- Calling clients to answer questions about behavior or medical concerns and educating them about the services that we provide.
- Documented animals' weight, size and condition for review by senior staff.
- Maintained accurate inventory records for food, supplies, and medication within the facility, ensuring timely replenishment when necessary.
- Applied effective time management techniques to meet tight deadlines.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
Adoption Counselor
Richmond SPCA
04.2015 - 04.2017
- Assisted the public with appropriate adoption choices in a friendly, courteous and approachable manner.
- Clear and concise written and oral communication skills.
- Performing light data entry work within a team environment while maintaining multiple projects at once while making appropriate decisions.
- Trained to safely handle both dogs and cats frequently including: petting, leash-walking, some lifting and carrying, and restraint (placing animals in cages/carriers), while also assessing their body language and behavior.
- Collaborated with shelter staff to develop new initiatives to improve animals' quality of life.
- Conducted adoption events to place shelter and foster animals into permanent homes.
- Assisted with adoption process by providing information about animals to potential adopters.
- Promoted positive relationships between shelter animals and visitors by supervising interactions in designated areas to foster potential adoptions.
- Educated visitors about responsible pet ownership practices while promoting available resources such as spay/neuter clinics or training classes offered through the organization.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA 05.2016
Skills
- Fear Free Level 1 Certification -2023
- Recover CPR Basic and Advanced Life Support - 2023
Timeline
Veterinary Assistant
CVCA Cardiac Care For Pets
01.2023 - 12.2023
Veterinary Assistant- Cardiology
CVCA Cardiac Care For Pets
10.2021 - 01.2023
Veterinary Surgical Assistant
Helping Hands Surgical And Dental Care
11.2019 - 08.2021
Veterinary Assistant
Betty Baugh's Animal Clinic
08.2018 - 11.2019
Admissions Counselor
Richmond SPCA
04.2017 - 08.2018
Adoption Counselor
Richmond SPCA
04.2015 - 04.2017
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Virginia Commonwealth University
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