The Veterinary Technicians assists the veterinarian with office visits and exams, and helps maintain the hospital facility, keeping it neat and clean and if certified, monitoring anesthesia.
Job Requirements/ Skills/ Physical Demands
An employee in this position must have a sense of caring for animals, be able to lift approximately 50 pounds.
Essential Functions
- Provide compassionate care for pets
- Restrain pets for veterinarians
- Assist in setting up and taking of x-rays
- Monitor and collect urine and fecal samples as needed
- Monitor, record, and report physical signs of hospitalized patients
- Clean cages, runs, and/or hospital facilities, including exam rooms, treatment room
- Prepare, centrifuge, and read a PCV/TS sample, as well as collect and submit samples.
- Properly perform a SNAP heartworm test
- Accurately perform UA dipstick test
- Demonstrate proper phone etiquette
- Demonstrates ability to schedule appointments
- Demonstrate appropriate triage skills
- Demonstrates appropriate patient check in
- Demonstrates appropriate interaction with clients
- Documents correct information on patient records
- Performs nail trims on canine/felines
- Can accurately pull up IV medication
- Can administer SQ injections
