Overview
Join our fast pace, spunky, veterinary team as an Emergency Veterinary Technician and become a vital part of providing exceptional animal care! In this energetic role, you will support veterinarians in delivering comprehensive medical services, ensuring the comfort and health of our diverse animal patients. Your advocacy and love for animals, as well as ability to work in a team motivated environment will allow you to thrive and further your skills and knowledge. Your expertise in animal handling, laboratory procedures, and veterinary terminology will help us maintain the highest standards of care. This paid position offers a rewarding opportunity to work closely with animals and pet owners, a culture positive team, and make a positive difference every day.
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Responsibilities
- Assist veterinarians during examinations, surgeries, and diagnostic procedures with animal restraint and aseptic techniques
- Perform laboratory tests, including blood work, urinalysis, and other diagnostic procedures to support accurate diagnoses
- Knowledge of Antech/Idexx in-house equipment
- Handle animals safely using proper restraint techniques, ensuring their comfort and safety during treatments
- Maintain detailed records of animal treatments, laboratory results, and patient histories in compliance with clinic protocols
- Prepare animals for procedures such as catheterization, X-ray imaging, surgeries, and critical care intervention
- Ensure cleanliness and sterilization of equipment and treatment areas following aseptic technique
- Ability to perform CPR
- Triage, obtain histories, provide patient rounds between departments
- Attention to detail!
Qualifications
- Proven kennel experience and animal husbandry skills with a strong understanding of animal anatomy and physiology
- Prior veterinary technician experience or related veterinary critical care experience is highly desirable
- RECOVER ALS/BLS Certification preferred
- Laboratory experience including sample collection and analysis is preferred
- Ability to perform advanced venipuncture
- Familiarity with X-ray procedures and animal catheterization techniques
- Small animal restraint
- Advanced drug dosing and administration
- Ability to work in a high stress/fast pace environment
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain veterinary procedures using veterinary terminology clearly and professionally
- CVT/LVT preferred but not required
We are dedicated to supporting your growth as a Veterinary Technician by providing a collaborative environment where your skills can flourish. Our team offers support for advancement, utilizing an in house training system. We have a collaborative environment as a multi-specialty and emergency hospital, where we can offer a comprehensive visit for our patients and numerous learning opportunities for our staff.
We offer higher pay, in lieu of differentials, to ensure every team member is compensated and cared for. If you are passionate about animal care and eager to contribute to a compassionate team, we invite you to apply!
Pay: $28.00 - $40.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Continuing education credits
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- License reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Uniform allowance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
