Jessica Galdamez Mejia
South San Francisco,CA
Summary
Experienced veterinary professional seeking a career transition that allows for the utilization of my skills and knowledge to work closely with animals in a different capacity.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Veterinary Technician
SF AMC
01.2023 - Current
- Responding to stat calls including a collapsed patient, or DOA patients
- Triaging patients
- Client communications
- TPR
- Blood draws (jugular, cephalic, and saphenous veins)
- Catheter placements (cephalic and saphenous veins)
- Preforming digital radiographs
- Practicing free animal restraint
- Administration of medication PO, SQ, IV, IM
- Discharging patients after emergency care
- Attending to hospitalized patients in the ICU department
- Rounding a patients to other technicians
- Running sedated procedures such as Thoracentesis, UO, foxtail search, sedated radiographs, or a sedated exam
- Proficient with EzyVet, Vet Radar, Vet Rocket
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
Relief Registered Veterinary Technician
Nine Lives Foundation
10.2023 - Current
- Complete morning and evening treatments consisting of oral medication and feeding prescription food
- Sending weekly emails to new adopters
- Prepping surgery patients for a spay or neuter
- Administering pain, antibiotic, and local anesthesia
- Cleaning and sterilizing surgical instruments
- Packing surgical instruments
Relief Registered Veterinary Technician
Sage Centers
10.2022 - Current
- Responding to stat calls including a collapsed patient, or DOA patients
- Triaging patients
- Client communications
- TPR
- Blood draws (jugular, cephalic, and saphenous veins)
- Catheter placements (cephalic and saphenous veins)
- Preforming digital radiographs
- Practicing free animal restraint
- Administration of medication PO, SQ, IV, IM
- Discharging patients after emergency care
- Attending to hospitalized patients in the CCU department
- Rounding a patients to other technicians
Registered Veterinary Technician
Oceana Pet Hospital
10.2020 - 10.2022
- Room patients
- TPR
- Triage
- Fear free restraint
- Going over estimates with owners
- Venipuncture (jugular, cephalic, saphenous, medial saphenous)
- Catheter placement (cephalic, saphenous vein)
- Administer medication (PO, SQ, IM, IV)
- Inducing anesthesia
- Endotracheal intubation
- Dental prophy
- Mildly experience in dental extractions
- Monitoring Anesthesia
- Surgery prep (spay, neuter, mass removal, dental prophy)
- Recovery
- Performing digital and full mouth radiographs
- Occasionally participating in emergency situations (one DOA, there after fb ingestion, and trouble breathing)
- Occasional training new techs
Registered Veterinary Technician (Spay and Neuter department)
Peninsula Humane Society
12.2019 - 06.2020
- Room/ intake appointments for same day surgery
- Exam patient prior to vet exam before admitting patient for surgery
- Administer medication PO, SQ, IM, IV
- Blood draws (jugular vein, cephalic vein, saphenous vein)
- Catheter placement (cephalic/ saphenous vein)
- Calculating, drawing and logging controlled drugs
- Inducing anesthesia, endotracheal intubating
- Occasional surgery prep, and recovering
- Anesthetic monitoring
- Performing digital radiographs
- Animal restraint (fear free technique)
Registered Veterinary Technician (Surgery Department)
Sage Centers
01.2018 - 11.2019
- Checking patients in/out
- Office administrative work (answering multiline phones, listening attentively to customer needs to ensure best customer service experience, scheduling appointments, filing records, scanning, faxing, entering client/ patient data, retrieving new patient history)
- Rooming and obtaining patient history
- Catheter placement (Cephalic vein, saphenous vein)
- Blood draws (Jugular vein, cephalic vein, saphenous vein)
- Experienced in EzyVet, Word, Outlook software
- Preforming digital orthopedic radiographs
- Animal restraint (fear free technique)
- Administration of medication PO, SQ, IV, IM
- Endotracheal intubation of canines and felines
- Prepping and managing own surgical case
- Anesthetic monitoring of patients
- Recovering patients post anesthetic procedure
- Preparing medications and going over instructions with owners
- Reviewing post- surgical homecare instructions with owners
- Removing sutures
- Participating in an urgent emergency case requiring immediate attention and CPR
Vet Technician
Camino Real Pet Clinic
09.2016 - 12.2017
- Checking patients in/out
- Office administrative work (answering multiline phones, listening attentively to customer needs to ensure best customer service experience, scheduling appointments, filing records, scanning, faxing, entering client/ patient data, retrieving new patient history)
- Experienced in Cornerstone software
- Obtaining vital signs
- Blood draws (Jugular vein, cephalic vein, saphenous vein)
- Animal restraint (fear free technique)
- Catheter placement (Cephalic vein, saphenous vein)
- Preforming digital radiographs
- Administration of medication PO, SQ, IV, IM
- Preparing medications and going over instructions with owners
- Vaccinating patients
- Suture removal
- Anal glands expression
- Nail trimming
- Maintaining exam rooms/ treatment room/ hospital clean
- Laundry
Vet Technician/ Receptionist
Oceana Pet Hospital
03.2015 - 08.2016
- Check patients in/out
- Office administrative work (answering multiline phones, listening attentively to customer needs to ensure best customer service experience, scheduling appointments, filing records, scanning, faxing, entering client/ patient data, retrieving new patient history)
- Experienced with AVI MARK, WORD
- Obtaining vital signs
- Blood draws (Jugular vein, cephalic vein, saphenous vein)
- Catheter placement (Cephalic vein, saphenous vein)
- Reviewing cost estimates with clients
- Preforming digital radiographs
- Performing dental procedures (including dental radiographs)
- Administering medication PO, SQ, IV, IM
- Endotracheal intubation of canines and felines
- Prepping and managing own surgical case
- Anesthetic monitoring of patients
- Recovering patients post anesthetic procedure
- Preparing medications and going over instructions with owners
- Reviewing post- surgical homecare instructions with owners
- Vaccinating patients
- Removing sutures
- Anal gland expressions
- Nail trimming
- Maintain treatment/ treatment room/ hospital clean
- Laundry
Vet Technician/ Receptionist
All Care Veterinary Hospital
10.2014 - 03.2015
- Check patients in/out
- Office administrative work (answering multiline phones, listening attentively to customer needs to ensure best customer service experience, scheduling appointments, filing records, scanning, faxing, entering client/ patient data, retrieving new patient history)
- Obtaining vital signs
- Blood draws (Jugular vein, cephalic vein, saphenous vein)
- Prepping and managing own surgical case
- Anesthetic monitoring of patients
- Recovering patients post anesthetic procedure
- Preparing medications and going over instructions with owners
- Reviewing post- surgical homecare instructions with owners
- Vaccinating patients
- Removing sutures
- Anal gland expressions
- Nail trimming
- Maintain exam rooms/ treatment room/ hospital clean
- Laundry
Front Desk/ Receptionist
North Peninsula Emergency Vet Clinic
08.2014 - 10.2014
- Checking patients in/out
- Office administrative work (answering multiline phones, listening attentively to customer needs to ensure best customer service experience, scheduling appointments, filing records, scanning, faxing, entering client/ patient data, retrieving new patient history)
- Rooming and obtaining patient history
- Go over discharge instruction/ medication with clients
- Maintaining exam rooms/ front desk/ lobby clean
- Laundry/ Pet Dishes
Education
Associates Degree - Veterinary Technology
Carrington College
San Leandro, CA02.2018
Diploma -
Baden High School
South San Francisco, CA06.2012
Skills
- AviMark Experience
- Ezyvet Software Experience
- Smartflo Experience
- VetRadar Experience
- Microsoft Word Experience
- Microsoft PowerPoint Experience
License
Registered Veterinary Technician, CA, 01/01/18
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Portuguese
Elementary
Timeline
Relief Registered Veterinary Technician
Nine Lives Foundation
10.2023 - Current
Registered Veterinary Technician
SF AMC
01.2023 - Current
Relief Registered Veterinary Technician
Sage Centers
10.2022 - Current
Registered Veterinary Technician
Oceana Pet Hospital
10.2020 - 10.2022
Registered Veterinary Technician (Spay and Neuter department)
Peninsula Humane Society
12.2019 - 06.2020
Registered Veterinary Technician (Surgery Department)
Sage Centers
01.2018 - 11.2019
Vet Technician
Camino Real Pet Clinic
09.2016 - 12.2017
Vet Technician/ Receptionist
Oceana Pet Hospital
03.2015 - 08.2016
Vet Technician/ Receptionist
All Care Veterinary Hospital
10.2014 - 03.2015
Front Desk/ Receptionist
North Peninsula Emergency Vet Clinic
08.2014 - 10.2014
Associates Degree - Veterinary Technology
Carrington College
Diploma -
Baden High School
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