Benefits: Veterinary Assistants/Technicians perform a variety of animal healthcare duties to assist Veterinarians, Receptionists, and Administration in providing the highest quality medical care to the patients of Friendship Animal Hospital. The Veterinary Assistant or Technician will work toward this end by performing the following (but not limited to) duties:
Performing in-house lab tests, taking and sending radiographs, taking doctor and technician appointments, performing treatments on inpatients, dentistry, assisting the doctor during surgery, and facility maintenance.
Technician Appointments: Educate clients pertaining to SQ fluid administration, insulin or allergy injections, etc. Perform duties including but not limited to anal gland expression, pedicures, venipuncture and administration of injections and certain vaccines on doctor’s orders.
Doctor Appointments: Educate clients pertaining to wellness recommendations, ear care and treatment, home dental care, heartworm and external parasite prevention as needed. Review standard history questions. Prepare patient for doctor by obtaining vital signs and collecting samples. Prepare any tools/ trays for doctor. Assist doctor in room by restraining patients, or doing any other duty as required. Fill all prescriptions. Invoice all charges in the computer and prepare rabies tags and city licenses. Prepare any documentation needed for clients such as rabies, vaccine and health certificates. Review all client education literature and review recommended treatments. Schedule follow up appointments, invoice clients in exam rooms, and collect payments. Clean and stock exam rooms. Maintain records.
Dentistry: Induce and intubate patients (only if an LVT). Monitoring patients under anesthesia. Complete supra and sub gingival cleaning and polishing. Assist with Sanos, Doxirobe, etc. as needed. Charting teeth and recording results on dental report card. Obtain digital dental x-rays. Maintenance of machines and logbooks.
Surgery: Organize patient files for procedures of the day, obtain and run pre-operative blood work, induce and intubate patients (only if an LVT). Preparation of the surgery room, equipment, and supplies. Sterile surgical preparation and anesthesia monitoring. Assist with surgical procedures as needed. Supervise patient recovery. Administer emergency medications and record drugs in medical records and log books. Record surgery and anesthesia times in medical records and surgery log. Sterilize surgical instruments, gowns and other items used in surgery.