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Experienced ER Veterinary Technician/Assistant – 1st Shift

Triangle Veterinary Referral Hospitals
  • Holly Springs, North Carolina
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    Experienced ER Veterinary Technician/Assistant – 1st Shift
     Holly Springs
    HIRING BONUS $1500.00 – $2500.00 (based on experience)
     
    Title: Veterinary Technician/Veterinary Medical Assistant 
    Schedule: 1st shift, 7am – 5 pm (Every Wednesday and Thursday with every other Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
    Full-time, includes some holidays
     
    Triangle Veterinary Referral Hospital is looking for a highly motivated, highly skilled individual to join our team. We provide 24-hour emergency service and specialty referrals in surgery. We are looking for technicians and assistants who want to utilize their skills to the fullest potential in a moderate paced, fun, and stimulating environment.  
     
    Our focuses are quality ER medicine, patient care and client care.   We are currently seeking a qualified technician or assistant for our first shift emergency team. This role functions with a great deal of autonomy and responsibility; solid technical skills, sound judgment, excellent communication skills, a positive attitude and the ability to work both independently and with a team are required. 
     
     Essential Job Duties:
    • Provide nursing care to critically ill hospitalized patients in conjunction with specialty and emergency veterinarians
    • Participation in nurse rounds
    • Triage incoming patients presenting on emergency
    • Assess patient stability and obtain patient vital signs
    • Perform diagnostics and treatments of emergency and hospitalized patients
    • Perform hourly patient assessment and monitoring
    • Observe patients and recognize changes in status
    • Place peripheral and central catheters
    • Restrain patients for exams and treatments
    • Set up and administer IV and SQ fluids
    • Maintain urinary catheters
    • Bandage removal and application
    • Perform suture and drain removal
    • Perform drug dose calculations for injectable medications and CRIs
    • Administer injectable medications (IV, IM, SQ)
    • Administer other medications (PO, OU, AU)
    • Maintain isolation protocols for infectious patients
    • Basic wound cleaning and care
    • Administer injectable and inhalant anesthesia
    • Monitor patients while under anesthesia and maintain a monitoring log
    • Monitor patients during recovery from anesthesia
    • Obtain samples for and perform in house laboratory testing
    • Assist in CPCR

     Job Requirements:
    • Graduation from high school or GED equivalent
    • Minimum of 2 years of veterinary experience (emergency experience required)
    • Current RVT in NC or eligible for NC registration (preferred, but not required)
     
    TVRH offers a comprehensive benefits package in addition to a hiring bonus, competitive salary, and relocation reimbursement allowance:
    • Health, vision, and dental
    • HSA and FSA Plans
    • Short-term and long-term disability
    • Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity
    • Life Insurance
    • 401k with employer match
    • Paid Parental Leave

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationHolly Springs, North Carolina
    Websitehttp://www.trianglevrh.com/careershollysprings

    Skills

    • Anesthesiologyunmatched
    • Catheterizationunmatched
    • Clinical Assessmentunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Emergency Servicesunmatched
    • Flexible Spending Accountsunmatched
    • Healthcare Customer Serviceunmatched
    • High School Diplomaunmatched
    • Laboratory Testingunmatched
    • Medical Assistanceunmatched
    • Medication Administrationunmatched
    • Medicationsunmatched
    • Medicineunmatched
    • Nursingunmatched
    • Patient Assessmentunmatched
    • Patient Careunmatched
    • Stability Analysisunmatched
    • Veterinary Hospitalunmatched
    • Veterinary Medicineunmatched
    • Wound Careunmatched

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