ANGELIQUE BREARLEY
Centenary Heights,Qld
Summary
Highly successful Veterinary Technician with significant expertise in anaesthesia, surgery, pathology, emergency and intensive care in animals. Proven history of building strong rapport with owners to provide seamless pet care and foster exceptional service. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Highly successful Veterinary Technician with significant expertise in anesthesia, surgery and pathology in large animals. Proven history of building strong rapport with owners to provide seamless pet care and foster exceptional service.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Anaesthesia Vet Technician
UQ Gatton
03.2023 - Current
- Admit and discharge of patients
- Mentor and communicate with students (vet and vet tech students) on their given cases for anaesthesia rotations. Discuss anaesthesia case plans and preparing for their cases. Guide them with the induction, monitoring, and patient recovery
- Patient recovery and hand over into ICU
- Help co-ordinate the UQ desexing clinic for Logan vet rotation.
- Contributed to team collaboration through effective communication and cooperation with colleagues.
- Administered routine, post-operative and daily treatments to animals under direction and supervision of veterinarian.
Vet Nurse Assessor
Australian College of Vet Nursing
11.2021 - 10.2023
- Online Assessing, marking, and mentoring students on a certificate 2, 3 and 4 of vet nursing
- Assessments including Practical in Video and case diaries and written
- Knowledge based information, in general and specialist nursing
- Support, guidance and compassion towards students and teammates.
- Developed strong client relationships by delivering compassionate care and clear communication regarding pet health needs.
- Participated in continuing education opportunities to stay current with industry advancements in veterinary medicine practices.
Locum Vet Nurse
New Zealand Vets
10.2020 - 09.2022
- Liaison with clinics for locum/casual nursing positions available
- Adjust and adapt to different clinic protocols and management
- General nursing: administration and discharge of patients, best practice veterinary nursing, placing IV catheters, radiography, dental procedures and invoicing clients
- Emergency nursing; blood and plasma transfusions and critical patient care.
- Assisted in surgical operations, ensuring a sterile environment and proper preparation of instruments for optimal outcomes.
- Developed strong client relationships by delivering compassionate care and clear communication regarding pet health needs.
Phlebotomist
Northland laboratory
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Enhanced patient experience through compassionate care and communication during blood draw procedures.
- Maintained a high level of accuracy in labeling and tracking specimens, ensuring proper testing and timely results.
- Excelled in high-pressure situations, maintaining composure and professionalism during peak hours and emergency scenarios.
- Demonstrated adaptability by effectively performing blood draws on diverse patient populations, including pediatric, geriatric, and challenging cases.
- Increased patient satisfaction rates through consistent delivery of professional phlebotomy services tailored to individual needs.
Emergency Nurse
Animal Emergency Centre
02.2018 - 02.2019
- Triage nursing: communicating with colleagues and clients to portray a positive and effective treatment option for emergency cases
- Working efficiently as a team
- Medical Nursing; IV arterial and central line placement
- Confident in ventilating patients
- (Setting up and maintaining)
- Surgical Nursing; High standard in surgical nursing on critical patients
- Management of critical and emergency cases; portraying a professional and friendly approach to everyone’s needs
- Providing compassionate, high quality veterinary nursing care and only best practice
- Managing highly stressful situations, cases and clients mean that I must adapt to each different situation
- Teaching and mentoring both staff and students
- Conducting training days for staff monthly.
Veterinary Technician ICU, Medicine and Surgical Nurse
Veterinary Specialist Services
02.2013 - 04.2017
- Triage nursing; communication amongst colleges efficiently
- Medical Nursing: IV placement and best practice care to reduce phlebitis, intranasal oxygen placement and maintenance, confidence in arterial line placement and blood sampling, analysis of blood samples, maintenance and management of central line care, confidence in placement of central line, nutritional management for sick, critical or oncology patients
- Procedures include ultrasonography, radiology, cardiology, endoscope procedures (bronchoscopes, nasoscopes and gastroscopic procedures) and chemotherapy procedures and protocols
- Knowledge on these procedures and protocols is imperative
- Ventilator Patients; high quality knowledge on physiology, anatomy and drug usage in different patients and diagnosis
- Confidence in placing patients on and weaning off the ventilator with or without a vet specialist present
- Monitoring and diagnosing per blood results (blood gases and biochemistry blood monitoring)
- Surgical Nursing; high end and best practice protocols on preparing patients for all surgical procedures
- Surgical procedures include orthopedic procedures such as TTO’s, TPLO’s, Spinal preparation (myelogram, CT and CSF Tap) and surgical procedures, fracture repairs and arthroscopes
- Soft tissue surgical procedures including mast cell removals, exploratory surgeries to access for foreign bodies or malignant/benign tumors or general assessment of patient’s diagnosis and soft palate/nares for brachycephalic patients
- General surgical procedures include radiographs, bandage changes, CT scans, myelograms, and spinal assessments
- Management of critical and emergency cases; portraying a professional and friendly approach to everyone’s needs
- Providing compassionate, high quality veterinary nursing care and only best practice
- Managing highly stressful situations, cases and clients mean that I must adapt to each different situation
- Teaching and mentoring veterinary and veterinary technician students; teaching only high end and best practices concepts per University of Queensland standards.
- Effectively managed time-sensitive tasks while maintaining high-quality patient care through multitasking abilities during busy shifts at the clinic.
Education
Bachelor of Applied Science with an extended major in Veterinary Technology -
University of Queensland
Gatton, QLD11.2011
Certificate 4 in Veterinary Nursing -
TAFE
Ithaca03.2009
Certificate IV in training and assessment -
Inspire Education
Brisbane01.2021
Diploma of Education (Secondary) -
Griffith University-Incomplete
Gold Coast, QLD01.2016
Skills
- Best practice patient care and monitoring
- Intensive care skills and monitoring
- Team Communication
- Anaesthesia Technician
- Student mentor
References
- Julian Lunn
- Ninette Keller, +61429 597 016, Nkeller@vss.net.au
- Kim Weir, +61407 741 793, Kweir@vss.net.au
- Jason Mouatt, +61408 930 802, jason.mouatt@jcu.edu.au
Timeline
Anaesthesia Vet Technician
UQ Gatton
03.2023 - Current
Vet Nurse Assessor
Australian College of Vet Nursing
11.2021 - 10.2023
Locum Vet Nurse
New Zealand Vets
10.2020 - 09.2022
Phlebotomist
Northland laboratory
09.2019 - 03.2020
Emergency Nurse
Animal Emergency Centre
02.2018 - 02.2019
Veterinary Technician ICU, Medicine and Surgical Nurse
Veterinary Specialist Services
02.2013 - 04.2017
Bachelor of Applied Science with an extended major in Veterinary Technology -
University of Queensland
Certificate 4 in Veterinary Nursing -
TAFE
Certificate IV in training and assessment -
Inspire Education
Diploma of Education (Secondary) -
Griffith University-Incomplete
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