Melissa Cowick
Chesterfield,VA
Summary
Professional animal care specialist with solid experience in maintaining clean, safe, and nurturing environments for pets. Strong focus on team collaboration, adapting to changing needs, and achieving results. Skilled in animal handling, feeding, and ensuring well-being. Reliable and flexible, with passion for providing top-quality care.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Shelter/Kennel Attendant
Goochland Animal Shelter
10.2024 - Current
- Maintain clean and sanitary kennel environment through daily cleaning tasks, ensuring the comfort and well-being of all animals.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by providing attentive and compassionate service
- Contributed to a positive workplace atmosphere by maintaining open communication with team members and proactively addressing issues or concerns.
- Streamlined daily routines by developing efficient systems for feeding, cleaning, and medicating multiple animals throughout the day.
- Promoted pet safety through proper handling techniques, minimizing risk of injury or distress for both staff and animals.
- Assist in the adoption process making sure new owners have all the medical records and knowledge of the pet they are adopting to ensure they are the right fit for each other
- Improved animal well being by proper record keeping, steady monitoring their health and behavior, promptly reporting any concerns to veterinarians.
Home Manager
Self Employed
04.2021 - Current
- Created a budget and tracked expenses to ensure project stayed within the established budget
- Performed administrative duties such as scheduling appointments, maintaining filing systems, and preparing correspondence
- Demonstrated flexibility and adaptability when handling unexpected tasks, ensuring deadlines were met
- Developed and implemented an efficient filing system to track and store documents, resulting in improved organization and retrieval of documents
Veterinary Assistant
Animal Medical Center
01.2019 - 04.2021
- Triage and collect basic history
- Gave medications, vaccines, and treatments as prescribed by the veterinarian
- Ensured proper handling and care of animals
- Maintained records of treatments, medications, and other medical information
- Cleaned and sterilized medical instruments and equipment
- Observed animals for signs of distress or illness and reported any changes to the veterinarian
- Educated pet owners on proper pet care, nutrition, and preventive health care
- Assisted with laboratory tests and diagnostic imaging procedures
- Performed basic veterinary nursing procedures, such as nail trims and ear cleanings
- Kept detailed records of patient care and treatment plans to ensure continuity of care
- Operated diagnostic equipment such as blood/fluid analysis, radiographs
Veterinary Assistant
Countryside Veterinary Center
11.2016 - 01.2019
- Restrained patient for blood draws, surgery preparation and other routine procedure
- Educated pet owners on proper pet care, nutrition, and preventive health care
- Assisted with laboratory tests and diagnostic imaging procedures
- Observed animals for signs of distress or illness and reported any changes to the veterinarian
- Cleaned and sterilized medical instruments and equipment
- Maintained records of treatments, medications, and other medical information
Kennel Technician
Animal Hospital
06.2015 - 08.2016
- Supervising and prioritized animals safety and comfort
- Kept logs and checklists documenting work with each pet
- Animal restraint for grooming
- Maintained clean and organized environment to promote animal well being
Skills
- Adaptable and flexible
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Customer communication
- Animal observations
- Compassion
- Multitasking
- SOP compliance
- Time management
Timeline
Shelter/Kennel Attendant
Goochland Animal Shelter
10.2024 - Current
Home Manager
Self Employed
04.2021 - Current
Veterinary Assistant
Animal Medical Center
01.2019 - 04.2021
Veterinary Assistant
Countryside Veterinary Center
11.2016 - 01.2019
Kennel Technician
Animal Hospital
06.2015 - 08.2016
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