Nan Painter, LVT, VTS ECC

**** **** ***** *** *, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Tel: 682-***-**** Email: advgfx@r.postjobfree.com OBJECTIVE: My goal is to become an educator in the veterinary technician and support staff realm. My passion is in cri cal care and high level anesthesia. I have completed the Recover ALS and BLS courses and I am working towards being a Recover Cer fied Trainer. I am an Elite Fear Free veterinary professional with a drive to champion the Fear Free methods throughout veterinary medicine. I am cer fied in Diversity and Inclusion in veterinary medicine. I am driven to empower and upli the support teams around me through educa on, emo onal wellbeing, and community involvement.

KEY SKILLS: I am an LVT, VTS ECC technician with 28+ years of experience in a broad range of prac ce types and specific training courses. I am passionate about our field and I enjoy teaching new technicians, veterinary students, and children what I know. I am par cularly passionate about behavior, physical therapy, pain management, and rehabilita on in addi on to cri cal care. I have experience in all of the following areas: client communica on and educa on, emergency/cri cal care, triage, CPR, oxygen administra on, nutri on, advanced dental procedures, iv catheter placement, central line placement, urinary catheter placement, fluid/drug administra on, pain management, physical therapy, bandaging, cas ng, anesthesia induc on/monitoring and administra on, intensive post-opera ve care, intuba on, surgical recovery, transfusion administra on, instrument care, laboratory equipment knowledge, standard radiology, CT administra on, pa ent restraint, controlled substance recording/handling, chemotherapy administra on, exo c handling/husbandry (i.e. birds, rep les, and pocket pets), gavage feeding, wild life suppor ve care, some equine knowledge, kennel knowledge, record keeping, employee management, staff training, scheduling, computer skills, marke ng, inventory and ordering of supplies, and recep on du es. I have managed internal medicine, cardiology, surgical, and cri cal care cases simultaneously. I am very familiar with several basic computer programs and most veterinary prac ce management so ware. I have been a head technician and handled marke ng for a fast-paced clinic. I was responsible for ini a ng/ researching/ designing programs such as a Senior Care program, a Comprehensive Pain Therapy program and Dental Programs in addi on to hospital management. I have created and implemented an orienta on program for support staff as well as for associate and senior clinicians. I also created technician and assistant er programs, and evalua ons of progress to the next er. I have taught a course for elementary school students introducing veterinary medicine to the genera on of our future. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital 10/2019 to 2/14/2023 10140 W 44th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 I am currently in a training and onboarding role and I have been a primary technician for the cri calists for several years prior to moving into my current role. I coordinate, teach, and perform advanced level procedures. I coordinate flow between each of our specialty departments, transfers from RDVMs, and the emergency service. I am an integral part of the cri cal care service and I am the sole employee in the Educa on and Development department. VRCC: Emergency and Cri cal Care 11/2015 to 10/2019 3550 S. Jason Street Englewood, CO I am the lead trainer and a foreman on the CCU floor. I have developed a training program for the CCU team. I have developed SOPs for drug administra on and dilu ons. I am responsible for the direc on of the flow of the floor, team training, client communica on, triage within the admi ed pa ents as well as incoming pa ents. I have a wide variety of high-level responsibili es within this environment.

Alpenglow Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center 10/2014 to 11/2015 3640 Walnut St Boulder, Co I was the liaison to Aspen Meadows Veterinary Specialists (internal medicine and surgical case management). I was also a liaison to Rocky Mountain Veterinary Cardiology (cardiac case management). I was responsible for emergent and cri cal case management, client communica on/educa on, paperless record keeping, controlled substance inventory management, staff training, and instrument maintenance.

Animal Emergency Hospital of North Texas 9/2010 to 10/2014 2700 West Gate Plaza Grapevine, TX 76051 I was a liaison to Veterinary Medical Specialists (responsible for intensive care of internal medicine and cardiology cases). I was also a liaison to Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center (responsible for surgical case management and intern/surgeon communica on, etc.) I was also a surgery anesthe st, emergent triage nurse, intensive care for post-opera ve pa ents, client educa on, staff training, paperless record maintenance, CT scan opera on, central line placement/management, exo c pa ent care and diagnos cs (Birds, pocket pets, rep les, waterfowl) Metro West Emergency 8/2008-9/2010 3201 Hulen St Fort Worth, TX 76107 Shi Leader: A mixed emergency and rou ne care prac ce with 7 Drs. on staff. I was in charge of the ICU including pa ent care, client communica on/educa on, data input and record maintenance. My du es included: staff training, triage, monitoring of cri cal and surgical pa ents, client communica on, invoice maintenance, and standard laboratory equipment maintenance/use.

VCA Animal Emergency Clinic 5/2008-8/2008 1108 Gulf Freeway S League City, TX 77573 Veterinary Technician: Emergency/cri cal care only prac ce with 4 doctors on staff. In charge of cri cal and surgical pa ent care, triage, record maintenance, client educa on/communica on. Bayside Animal Hospital 6/2007-8/2008 960 Lawrence Rd Kemah, TX 77565 Shi Lead: Rou ne care prac ce with associated pet resort. Responsible for surgical prep, record maintenance, marke ng, pa ent care, client communica on/educa on, medical liaison to pet resort. Rover Oaks Pet Resort 9/2006- 3/2007 2550 W. Bellfort Houston, TX 77054 Kennel Manager: Customer Service, Guest Rela ons, Health issue management for guests, staff management. Pet Care Animal Hospital 3/2002 - 9/2006 4261 Green Oaks Arlington, TX 76012 Senior Technician: Oversee daily hospital du es and manage clinic marke ng. Advanced dental procedures, anesthesia induc on/monitoring, client communica on and educa on, and lab work are a big part of my du es. Some experience handling birds and pocket pets but mostly this is a small animal prac ce with a main focus on client service. RSVP (Relief Service for Technicians and Doctors) 6/2001-3/2002 Denton, TX I was a relief technician for Dallas/Fort Worth area. I worked with several doctors in a wide range of prac ces from equine to emergency. Family Pet Care 1/2001-6/2001 Fort Worth, TX I was a senior technician whose main du es included client educa on and communica on and monitoring of anesthesia and hospitalized pa ent care. I-20 Animal Medical Center 6/1994-8/1999 5950 W. I-20 Arlington, TX 76012 I started here as a kennel technician and from there became kennel manager and on to tech assistant and even further to become Room Controller in charge. I was trained here in triage, emergency and cri cal pa ent care, emergent anesthesia, nursing standards, nutri on, and catheter placement.

REFERENCES :

Stacy Meola, DVM, Dip., ACVECC 303-***-****

Debbie Van Pelt, DVM, MS, Dip., ACVECC 720-***-**** Lisa Nowicki DVM 413-***-****

Bruce Nixon DVM 817-***-****

Christa Heilman DVM 817-***-****

Leslie MacLean DVM 817-***-****

Tim D. Miller DVM 817-***-****