Animal Advocate Pet Hospital in Chicago, IL is looking for one Full Time Certified Veterinary Technician to join our strong team. Our ideal candidate is self-driven, punctual, and hard-working.
The primary purpose of the role is to ensure effective communication with clients, hospital associates, and hospital leadership while performing medical tasks for the betterment of pets in a safe hospital environment.
Role and Responsibilities
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Deliver highest level of service as the extra eyes, ears and hands for the veterinarian in advocating for each pet’s best interest.
- Establish trust that leads to compliance of clients through completing doctor directed education, follow up, adverse event discussion, and medical note documentation.
- Advocate for the pet at all times including adoption of health savings program.
- Ensure thorough, complete, and effective medical history, education, and treatments.
- Create collaboration with hospital team through daily caseload while fostering a positive can-do atmosphere and attitude.
- Support medicine compliant with Illinois State Veterinary Practice Act, Federal and/or State Controlled Substance Laws, Practice Code of Ethics, Practice Standard Operating Procedures, and complete medical record documentation.
- Ensure safety of pets, clients, and other hospital associates by utilizing safe, stress-less techniques and following standard operating procedures of the clinic.
- Strive to partner, complete, and maintain individual development plans focusing on performance metrics and business objectives as well as personal development goals.
- Assist basic surgeries with appropriate anesthesia, monitoring, and pain management.
- Charge for services rendered and products/prescriptions dispensed.
- Always strive to keep open two way communication between all to enhance proactive medicine quality, client engagement, and associate well-being.
Other duties as assigned.
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Qualifications and Education Requirements
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Veterinary technician certification or licensure required
Must be able to perform all required skills of AVMA accredited veterinary technology program at a high level maximizing efficiency of tasks
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Preferred Skills
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Ability to be resilient to stress by maintaining positive “can do” outlook, rebounding quickly from frustrations and unpleasantness maintaining composure and friendly demeanor while dealing with stressful situations.
- Ability to be confident around pets as exposure to pets that may bite or scratch, and on occasion be exposed to anesthesia, radiation, biological hazards and medication/controlled substances.
- Client needs and work volume may require longer hours than the shifts scheduled including evening and weekend work
- Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb as well as carry/move up to 50 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
- Noise level in the environment can be moderately high
- Must have mental processes for remembering, reasoning, communicating, mathematics to perform duties proficiently
Computer technology skills including being able to type and work at a computer for long periods of time
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Additional Notes
We are a drug-free, smoke-free, equal opportunity employer. Company policy, Federal, and State Laws forbid discrimination because of age, color, race, religion, sex, disability or national origin
We are looking forward to reviewing your application.
