Amanda Jill Hughes
Napier City,HKB
Summary
Committed to delivering compassionate and dedicated support to seniors. Expertise in assisting with daily living activities, meal preparation, dietary requirements, and medication management. Prioritizes detailed record keeping and maintaining personal hygiene. Returning to the workforce after 15 years of raising three children.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Veterinary Nurse/ Sole Charge Receptionist
CHRIS PIPER VETERINARY CARE
01.2007 - 01.2009
- Managed the daily opening of the clinic.
- Checking on, feeding, Medicating of cattery cats and hospitalization Animals
- Coordinated surgical preparation for all animals.
- Engaged in the surgical process for all operations.
- Monitoring of Anaesthetic
- Monitored stock levels consistently.
- Packing, sorting, labelling and dispatching products for our Great and Small brand
- Medicating and feeding of all hospitalised patients
- Monitoring aftercare of surgical cases
- Organized curriculum and activities for effective puppy schooling.
THE VET CENTRE MALBOROUGH
01.2003 - 01.2007
- All aspects of specialised hospital care
- Health checks on all surgical patients
- Administering premeds and intubations of animals
- Scrubbed assistant for surgical procedures
- Monitoring gas anaesthetics
- Confident with iv drip set up and monitoring
- Blood collection and idexx machine analysing
- All day to day cleaning and sterilisation of equipment
- Setting up and developing of radiographs
- Large animal faecal egg counts and nitrate testing
- Processing Prescriptions
- All aspects of Reception/Front desk duties
- Organising and the Running of puppy pre-school
- Organisation of national bomazeal trial run through clinic
Veterinary Nurse
GREENMEADOWS VETERINARY CENTRE
01.2001 - 01.2003
- All aspects of front desk procedures
- Processing Prescriptions
- Carried out all cleaning procedures
- Preparing for surgery
- Assisting with the induction of anaesthetics
- Maintain and monitor animals under gas anaesthetics
- Nursing hospitalised animals
- Collection of samples for diagnostic testing
- Taking and manually developing radiographs
- Assistant to vet with large animal procedures
Kitchen Assistant
HEALTH CARE HAWKES BAY
01.1998 - 01.2003
- Presentation of food for out of house catering
- Food Preparation for all meals
- Dealing with incoming goods
- Maintained cleanliness and order in assigned areas.
- Serving meals
- Collaborated with cooks to ensure smooth kitchen operations.
Elderly Caregiver
HILLCREST RESTHOME
01.1997 - 01.1998
- Cleaning and hygiene of Rest home including laundry
- Preparation and serving of meals
- Supported dietary needs as needed.
- Managed everyday needs of residents.
- Maintained consistent communication with residents' relatives.
Education
National Certificate - Veterinary Nursing
Otago Polytechnic
01.2002
National Certificate - Animal Care
Otago Polytechnic
01.2001
E.I.T Business - Administration and Computing
E.I.T
01.1996
Colenso High School -
Colenso High School
01.1995
Skills
Great Problem solving skills
Genuine Empathy
Always on task
Hard working
Gets along well with others at all levels
Timeline
Veterinary Nurse/ Sole Charge Receptionist
CHRIS PIPER VETERINARY CARE
01.2007 - 01.2009
THE VET CENTRE MALBOROUGH
01.2003 - 01.2007
Veterinary Nurse
GREENMEADOWS VETERINARY CENTRE
01.2001 - 01.2003
Kitchen Assistant
HEALTH CARE HAWKES BAY
01.1998 - 01.2003
Elderly Caregiver
HILLCREST RESTHOME
01.1997 - 01.1998
National Certificate - Veterinary Nursing
Otago Polytechnic
National Certificate - Animal Care
Otago Polytechnic
E.I.T Business - Administration and Computing
E.I.T
Colenso High School -
Colenso High School