Rachel Pearson
Renton,WA
Summary
Veterinary technician with a passion for animal healthcare, emphasizing surgical assistance and patient management. Proven ability to improve clinical outcomes through effective medication administration and patient care strategies. Focused on delivering superior care and empowering clients with knowledge for optimal pet health.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Veterinary Technician
Vetcor
10.2021 - Current
- Maintaining safe protocols by stelizing and wrapping surgical equipments, sanitizing work areas, verifying shelf life of medications, and complying with WA state legal regulations.
- Prepping, monitoring, and assisting with anesthetic procedures.
- Scaling, polishing, and charting dental procedures.
- Running in-house diagnostics on IDEXX machinery.
- Performing intravenous, intramuscular, and subcutaneous injections.
- Performing cystocentesis for sterile urinary sampling.
- Gathering blood, urine, and fecal samples for testing purposes.
- Triaging and assisting in urgent medical cases.
- Consulting and educating clients on pet care.
- Taking dental and body radiographs.
- Gathering medical histories and performing vitals.
- Assisting in on-going medical cases with the DVM (ie. follow up calls, scheduling, ect.)
- Providing CPR/First aid to patients.
- Observing cytology samples.
Veterinary Assistant
People, Pets & Vets
06.2020 - 10.2021
- Restrain domestic animals (ie. dogs, cats, rabbits, ect.)
- Gathering patient histories.
- Assisting the technician with surgeries by prepping and monitoring patients.
- Daily cleaning of operating areas.
- Performing anal gland expressions, nail trims, vaccinations, and a variety of other subcutanious injections.
- Cleaning and sterling surgical gowns and tools.
- Assisting the technician by checking in and discharging surgical patients.
Veterinary Receptionist/Assistant
Animal Clinic of Benson
08.2018 - 06.2020
- Answering phone calls from clients and scheduling them appropriately according.
- Maintenance of medical records.
- Setting up new patient profiles.
- Assisting with autoclaving surgical instruments.
- Taking payments from clients.
- Relaying information from the DVM to the client about patient needs or additional diagnostic/treatment information.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Veterinary
Pima Medical Institute
Renton, WA09.2021
Skills
- Training and development
- Gold standard patient care
- Surgical and dental techniques
- Medication administration
Certification
Veterinary Technician Licensing
Credential number: AT61168883
References
Alyssa Blew, DVM
Phone number: (305) 609-7489
Email: Alyssa.C.Blew@gmail.com
Victoria Mclean, DVM
Phone number: (631) 495-1425
Email: vkmclean92@gmail.com
Mitzy Zavala, Veterinary Assistant
Phone number: (425) 351-8863
Email: mitzy.j.zavala@gmail.com
Timeline
Veterinary Technician
Vetcor
10.2021 - Current
Veterinary Assistant
People, Pets & Vets
06.2020 - 10.2021
Veterinary Receptionist/Assistant
Animal Clinic of Benson
08.2018 - 06.2020
Associate of Applied Science - Veterinary
Pima Medical Institute
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