John Gonzalez
Houston,TX
Summary
Motivational Training Specialist excited to develop successful training plans that meet dynamic company and employee needs. Accustomed to collaborating with managers to hone in on unique requirements. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Training Specialist
Baylor College of Medicine
08.2022 - Current
- Trained and mentored new personnel hired to fulfill various roles such as animal care attendants, research staff and veterinary technicians.
- Assessed additional needs based on training progress and collaborated with management to meet requirements.
- Maintaining accurate records of all training activities and programs
- Conduct follow ups with each trainee after the training sessions and assess how well the knowledge learned during the training is being retained and applied, as well as providing an opportunity for trainees to share their feedback which helps us continuously improve
- Help create and update standard operating procedures documents (SOPs) and present new changes to staff and management
- Help support the husbandry staff and veterinary department when they need help with daily tasks and technical services.
Vet Tech II
Baylor College of Medicine
10.2017 - 08.2022
- Daily clinical rounds for rodents and large animals
- Medication administration to various species parenteral and enteral routes
- Perform technical service requests for research groups
- Pre, peri, post op monitoring
- Assist with administrative duties
- Entering daily observations and treatment
- Assist the veterinary support staff with daily duties
- Assist with fulfilling veterinary supply requests
- Sample collections or rodents and large animals
- Equipment maintenance of autoclave and radiology cassettes
- Maintain communal veterinary surgical suite.
Vet Tech
Cambridge Post Oak Animal Clinic
10.2021 - 11.2021
- Evaluate incoming patients to determine treatment needs and urgency of care
- Conduct preliminary patient workups by gathering patient history information, description of symptoms from the owner and documenting presenting conditions
- Provide exemplary customer service to owners by answering health questions and educating about positive animal practices
- Collect and prepare specimens and samples for outside laboratory analysis.
Education
A.A.S., in Veterinary Technology -
Vet Tech Institute of Houston
Houston, Texas08.2017
Skills
- Obtaining vitals
- Scrub tech
- ECG
- Urinalysis
- Intravenous/ urinary catheterization
- Culture media preparation
- Anesthesia of lab mice/ rats
- Venipuncture
- Laboratory diagnostics
- IP/ IM/ SQ/ ID injections
- Rodent tail vein injections
- Rodent lateral saphenous bleeds
- Sub-mandibular bleeds
- Rodent/ neonate oral gavage
- Rabbit intubation
- Swine intubation
- Canine intubation
- NHP intubation
- Sheep intubation
- Classroom Experience
- Bilingual (Spanish and English)
Certification
- ALAT, 09/2018
- LAT, 04/2021
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Training Specialist
Baylor College of Medicine
08.2022 - Current
Vet Tech
Cambridge Post Oak Animal Clinic
10.2021 - 11.2021
Vet Tech II
Baylor College of Medicine
10.2017 - 08.2022
A.A.S., in Veterinary Technology -
Vet Tech Institute of Houston