Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Presentation Lectures
Professional Development Training
Research Interests
Research
Languages Skills
Administration Experience
Awards
Publications
Languages
Certification
References
Timeline
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Alex Etim

Melbourne,VIC

Summary

Compassionate Veterinarian versed in diagnoses, prognoses and treatment planning. Works under vet direction to provide emergency and routine care. Expertise includes surgery, surgical support and pre-, peri-, and post-surgical care. A highly motivated employee with a desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, management, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. A hardworking employee with customer service, multitasking and time management abilities. Devoted to giving every client a positive and memorable experience.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Veterinary Nurse/Technician

Vetland Hospital And Emergencies & Lilydale Vet Centre
08.2023 - Current
  • Handling of clients' enquiries, post-op calls, and other client interactions
  • Carrying out patient admission, discharge and euthanasia
  • Performing laboratory practices with VetScan imagyst, HM5, VS2, VSPro, APTT/PT/vCH, urinalysis, etc
  • Placing intravenous access lines, blood collection, skin scrapping and feeding tube
  • Using software for billing, writing histories, post-op forms, prescriptions, booking appointments, etc
  • And, using VetPay and Zippay
  • Performing consult room procedures like triaging, nail clipping, anal glands, ear exams, and samples
  • Vaccinating patients, preoperative, perioperative and postoperative patients preparations
  • IVF line set-up, sterile and non-sterile surgery area set-up, anaesthetic
  • Working with vets and nurses to ensure efficient day-to-day running of the hospital
  • Using equipment like X-ray machines, Laser therapy units, anaesthetic machines, infusion pumps, dental units, sterilizers, ECGs, etc.

Associate Veterinarian

Mayor Veterinary Concerns
01.2020 - 06.2023
  • Diagnosing and treating animal diseases presented to the clinic
  • Routine farm visit
  • Daily meat inspection at the state abattoir
  • Conducting surgical procedures
  • Vaccinating animals against endemic diseases
  • Conducting community sensitization on Rabies disease's transmission and prevention.

Veterinary Intern

Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Makurdi and Maiduguri
01.2017
  • Practical pieces of training on meat hygiene and inspection techniques
  • Analyzed laboratory samples for diagnostic purposes
  • Ambulatory: Farm visits and house calls
  • Clinical rounds: Presented and discussed clinical cases with professors, clinicians, and researchers to get acquitted of standard veterinary medical practices
  • One of such was a case of the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak.

Education

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) -

University of Maiduguri

Skills

  • Post Operative Care
  • Anaesthetics
  • Euthanasia Assistance
  • Medication Dispensing
  • Supply Management
  • Animal Handling
  • Patient Monitoring
  • Animal restraint
  • Urinalysis testing
  • Compassionate Care
  • Critical Care Nursing
  • Animal Grooming
  • Surgical Assistance
  • Dental Procedures
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Patient Examination
  • Sample Collection
  • Emergency Care
  • Wound Management
  • Nutritional counseling
  • Medical record-keeping
  • Vital signs monitoring
  • Preventative Care
  • Anesthesia Administration
  • Physical Examinations
  • Laser Therapy
  • Microsoft Office suites
  • Management
  • Collaboration
  • Adaptability
  • Leadership
  • Flexibility
  • Vaccination Administration
  • Laboratory Testing
  • Client Communication
  • X-Ray Processing

Affiliations

• Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) - Member

  • International Student One Health Alliance (ISOHA) - Member
  • Canadian Lyme Disease Research Network (CLyDRN) - Member
  • World Rabies Day Community Campaign Programs - Coodinator
  • Livestock Officer (FAO - Maiduguri) - Volunteer
  • Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Community of Practice (CoP) - Team Member (Volunteer)
  • Community Health Champion (WHO -Maiduguri) - Volunteer
  • University of Maiduguri Student Alumni - Member
  • National Association of Akwa Ibom Student Alumni (NAAKIS) - Vice President
  • Covid-19 Prevention and Control Technical Team Member (Volunteer)
  • Nigerian Young Veterinary Forum (NYVF) - Assistant Coordinator

Presentation Lectures

  • Clinical Presentation on the Topic: Scrotal ablation on a 9-months old German Shepherd Dog due to chronic scrotal skin dermatophilosis, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, 2017
  • Clinical Presentation on the Topic: Surgical Repositioning of a Prolapsed Third Eye Gland in a 1.5-year-old Neapolitan Mastiff Dog, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, 2017

Professional Development Training

  • K-Laser Safely Awareness Training, K-laser Academy Online, 3 February 2024
  • Metagenomics Applied to Surveillance of Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance, Technical University of Denmark, 2022
  • Antimicrobial Resistance - Theory and Methods, Technical University of Denmark, 2021
  • Making the Most of Existing Opportunities in the Current Global Health Crisis, Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN), July 28-29, 2021
  • Bats, Ducks, and Pandemics: An Overview of One Health Policy, Princeton University, 2020
  • ISOHA Europe Virtual Conference 2021, One Health Awareness Week, Jan. 11-17, 2021
  • Veterinary Diagnostics-From Sample to Report Interpretation, AniCoN Labor GmbH, Germany, 11th, June 2021
  • Stop ASF: Public-Private Partnership for Success, Global Framework for Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs), June 13-28, 2021
  • Ensuring Quality Education and Increasing Accessibility to e-learning for Children, Austria Delegate of UNESCO, July 17-18, 2021
  • Disease Transmission Prevention and Control Training; Rocky Mountain Spotted-Fever: Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment; and Zoonoses and One-Health Updates (ZOHU), Center for Disease Control, 2018
  • ICT team leader of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine's undergraduate clinical conference, 2017-2018

Research Interests

  • Zoonotic diseases at the animal-human interface
  • Soft tissue surgery
  • Anaesthetic
  • Small animal nutrition
  • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
  • Infectious and foodborne diseases prevention and risk assessment
  • Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases surveillance
  • Immunology and Vaccinology

Research

  • Undergraduate Research Project, 2018, Assisted Doctor Arhyel Gana Balami on the project "Antibody response to Newcastle Disease (NCD) vaccine of cockerels challenged with virulent infectious bursal disease virus and administered with complementary and alternative therapies." At the Department of Veterinary Medicine laboratory and the large animal unit, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
  • Research Paper Co-author, 2018, Co-written Dr U. Kingsley's masters' thesis, on the topic; "Prevalence of Dirofilariasis in dogs in Maiduguri metropolis." At the Department of Veterinary Medicine laboratory, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.

Languages Skills

  • English
  • Nigerian Pidgin
  • Ibibio

Administration Experience

  • Presiding officer at election polling units (coordinated polling unit activities)
  • Manager at Cornerstone Veterinary Services (overall business operations management)

Awards

  • The best graduating student in Veterinary Microbiology
  • The best graduating student in Veterinary Biochemistry
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award

Publications

Antibody response to Newcastle disease vaccine of cockerels challenged with virulent infectious bursal disease virus and administered some complementary and alternative therapies, Balami, Arhyel Gana, Pilarshimwi James Yidawe, Shallmizhili, Johnson, Etim Alex Bassey, Abdu Paul Ayuba, J. Applied Sci., 2019, 466-472

Languages

English
Full Professional
Ibibio
Native/ Bilingual
Pidgin
Native/ Bilingual

Certification

  • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) - Nigeria
  • Rabies Educator Certificate (REC)
  • Community Coordinator for Rabies Certificate
  • K-Laser Safety Awareness Training

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Veterinary Nurse/Technician

Vetland Hospital And Emergencies & Lilydale Vet Centre
08.2023 - Current

Associate Veterinarian

Mayor Veterinary Concerns
01.2020 - 06.2023

Veterinary Intern

Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Makurdi and Maiduguri
01.2017

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) -

University of Maiduguri
  • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) - Nigeria
  • Rabies Educator Certificate (REC)
  • Community Coordinator for Rabies Certificate
  • K-Laser Safety Awareness Training
Alex Etim