Sarah Skidmore
Summary
To seek a full-time lab technician or quality control position that offers professional challenges and growth opportunities. I am a detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills, ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
I am confident that my education and clinical experience would make me an optimal employee
with your company.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Veterinary Assistant
MedVet Emergency Vet Center
05.2019 - Current
- Scheduling Appointments, answering phones, coping faxing documents, and dealing with clientele ona daily basis
- Recording all important information on both computer and hard copy
- Processed new patients and updated client records with key information using standardized registration systems and encrypted databases.
- Answered owner animal health questions and advised on best care practices.
- Counting out medication, writing their directions, and calling in prescriptions to outside pharmacies
- Recorded symptoms and documented medical observations to inform treatment decisions.
- Running Blood work on in house machinery as well as maintain all up keep and updates on CBC,blood chemistry and electrolyte machines
- Preparing Blood work for outside laboratories
- Checking fecal samples, skin scrapings, and urinary specimens under microscope
- Administered medications to animals in treatment and documented changes in condition.
- Maintaining and updating sterilization equipment
- Preparing animals for surgical procedures, including prepping the area and cleaning wounds or areas
- Collected patient biopsies and blood samples for laboratory analysis.
- Monitoring animals during surgical procedures with pulse ox, respiratory rate, heart rate, temperature,carbon dioxide levels and electrocardiogram monitoring
- Assisted with euthanasia procedures in humanely and compassionately to minimize suffering.
- Assisted in examination and treatment of animals in veterinary clinic.
- Assisted veterinarian during immunologic, medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures.
- Examination and dissection of surgical specimens, along with preparation of sections from those tissues requiring processing, measuring, weighing, marking areas of interest and processing tissue for shipment to Pathologist
- Followed safety protocols for handling animals.
Veterinary Assistant
Miami Valley Hollywood Gaming
04.2018 - 04.2020
- Cleaned and disinfected exam areas, surgical equipment, and kennels to prevent diseases and control odors.
- Prepared animals for surgical procedures.
- Maintained clean and safe animal living areas.
- Kept detailed records of animal treatments and medications.
- Observed animals for signs of distress or illness.
- Monitored vital signs and provided nursing care for animals.
- Collected and processed samples for laboratory testing.
- Collected and prepared specimens and samples for outside laboratory analysis.
- Positioned animals for diagnostic imaging such as x-rays and scans.
- Recorded symptoms and documented medical observations to inform treatment decisions.
- Assisted senior staff with blood analyses and physical assessments.
- Restrained animals for examination and treatment.
- Administered injections, oral medications and topically applied medications prescribed by veterinarian.
- Followed safety protocols for handling animals.
- Performed testing and completed blood counts.
- Monitored laboratory animal behavior and health.
Special Education Student Aide
St. Paul's PACE Program
08.2016 - 08.2017
- Communicated with teachers and other district personnel to assist in evaluating progress and implementing IEP objectives.
- Liaised one-on-one with learners to provide additional support tailored to specific learning needs.
- Worked with students to promote learning and pro-social development.
- Observed students' performance and recorded relevant data to assess progress.
- Provided individualized reading, writing and math instruction to support student development.
- Responded to emergency situations to resolve immediate safety concerns or direct appropriate personnel for resolution.
- Delivered efficient instruction by assisting with lesson planning and materials preparation.
- Assisted with communication methods to keep parents informed about child's development and behavioral issues.
- Instructed student activities to implement goals for remediation of deficiencies and drive student success.
- Kept open and frequent communication with families to provide regular updates on child's academic progress and individualized needs.
Education
No Degree - Microbiology/Pre-Veterinary Program 2012-2017
Otterbein University
Westerville, OHAssociate of Applied Science - Veterinarian Technician
Sinclair Community College
Dayton, OH03.2020
Lebanon High School
Lebanon, OH05.2012
Skills
- Fecal, Urine and Blood Testing
- Skin Condition Diagnosis and Treatment
- Microscopic Examination
- Skin Scraping
- Phlebotomy
- Pre-Anesthetic Preparation
- Medication Administration
- Blood Sample Collection
- Vaccination Administration
- Lab Operations
- Surgical Procedure Support
- High-Pressure Environments
- Microsoft Office Suites
- Corner Stone
- Smart Flow
- Titration
- QPCR
- ELISA
Timeline
Veterinary Assistant
MedVet Emergency Vet Center
05.2019 - Current
Veterinary Assistant
Miami Valley Hollywood Gaming
04.2018 - 04.2020
Special Education Student Aide
St. Paul's PACE Program
08.2016 - 08.2017
No Degree - Microbiology/Pre-Veterinary Program 2012-2017
Otterbein University
Associate of Applied Science - Veterinarian Technician
Sinclair Community College
Lebanon High School
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