Candace Rupert Email & Phone Number

Chalfont, PA, US

• Assists the pharmacist in providing all inpatient and outpatient pharmaceuticals
• Prepares and delivers medications to nursing units
• Packages medications, maintains accurate records, logs and distributes controlled substances
• Maintains stock throughout the Main Pharmacy and in the I.V. admixture room
• Cleans and maintains the I.V. admixture area in accordance with the USP 797 Guidelines and predetermined SOPs
• Sets up and compounds patient and bulk hospital I.Vs utilizing proper aseptic techniques

• Took vitals, collected blood and fecal samples, prepared and administered vaccinations/medications, ran bloodwork in IDEXX machines, prepared samples to be sent out to IDEXX, assisted with radiographs, analyzed fecal.
• Worked in a fast paced 5-doctor practice with AAHA accreditation

• Led Elasmobranch team overseeing the care of 9 different species of sharks/stingrays
• Supervised aquarium team when immediate superiors were offsite
• Assisted the C.A.R.E Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center

• Cared for a variety of native and exotic fish, amphibians, and reptiles
• Prepared diets, administered medications, performed necropsies, ran routine fecal checks, participated in collecting trips, and met all general husbandry needs
• Dived regularly to perform routine maintenance and feedings in a 300,000-gallon saltwater system
• Maintained accurate record keeping; entered data in ZIMS
• Performed daily life support system maintenance and weekly water chemistry testing
• Created and implemented appropriate training and enrichment programs

Orlando, Florida Area

• Cared for two West Indian manatees and three Atlantic bottlenose dolphins
• Prepared diets and carried out feedings while maintaining all USDA and AZA standards; shifted animals on and off exhibit
• Assisted with training sessions and cognitive research sessions; created and distributed appropriate enrichment
• Maintained accurate record keeping; gained experience entering water quality measurements on ZIMS
• Performed scuba diving maintenance on exhibits and met general husbandry needs
• Performed daily synchronous behavior observations

Seas With Nemo And Friends

• Assisted with daily dolphin cognition sessions and creating dolphin enrichment; performed various data entry and analysis
• Helped with the plumbing and maintenance of six 140-gallon saltwater tanks
• Utilized various programs including Zoomonitor to monitor the behavior of resident animals for husbandry and research gathering purposes; performed animal welfare assessments to monitor the health of all collection.
• Assisted the aquarium team with large animal moves
• Provided assistance with a coral rehabilitation project by measuring coral fragments and compiling data
• Utilized the Avisoft program to analyze dolphin acoustics

Team statistician, recorded practices and matches, provided data and clerical support to the coach

Worked in the marine lab, maintaining various saltwater and freshwater systems. Met the nutritional and husbandry needs of a variety of organisms. Cared for corals, sea anemones, jellyfish, a California stingray, hermit crabs, horseshoe crabs, clownfish, pufferfish, other exotic saltwater fish, a snowflake eel, variety of invertebrates, etc.

Schnecksville, PA

Cared for over 80 species of animals in an AZA accredited facility, including a Masai Giraffe, Kordofan Aoudad, Plane's Bison, Dromedary Camels, Red Kangaroos, Mongoose Lemurs, African Penguins, Mexican Gray Wolves, Scimitar- Horned Oryx, Grant's Zebra, etc. Assisted with animal husbandry, exhibit maintenance, veterinarian procedures, animal introduction.

My daily duties included cleaning exhibits, preparing diets, and choosing appropriate enrichment for each animal in an AZA accredited facility. I assisted with the care of North American River Otters, Giraffes, American Bison, Black-Footed Ferrets, Black- Tailed Prairie Dogs, Capybaras, Chacoan Peccarys, a Bobcat, Elk, Golden Lion Tamarins, North American.

Performed data Entry

Worked with 12 year old girls. Responsibilities included running drills, developing and improving skills, team building.

Bachelor’S Degree, Biology With A Marine Concentration And Aquarium And Zoo Science, 12

Activities and Societies: University Honors Program, Dean's List, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society.

High School

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society member from 2013- 2014 National Spanish Honor Society member from 2012-2013 National.