Administrative Skills, Anesthesiology, Animal Transport, Antibodies, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Clinical Training, Communication Skills, Corrective Action, Critical Care, Documentation, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Equipment Selection, Higher Education, Hospital, Medical Billing, Medical Records, Medications, Operations Guidelines, Pain Management, Practice Management Software, Problem Solving Skills, Scientific Principles, Surgical Procedures, Vaccination, Veterinary Medicine
The College of Veterinary Medicine seeks a Veterinary Technician I/II/III that will perform various tasks related to the care and treatment of animal patients in a specialized anesthesia clinical service area. This position will focus on Small Animal Anesthesia Services.
Hours generally vary between 7:30am and 6:00pm Monday through Friday.
Responsibilities:
- Assists in the administration and monitoring of anesthesia and a variety of tasks in the care, observation and treatment of animals in a specialized small animal clinical service area.
- With oversight from a veterinary anesthesiologist, independently performs anesthesia and peri-operative pain management for veterinary species.
- Specifically: perform cursory physical examinations, calculate drug dosages, maintain anesthesia equipment, administer pre-anesthetic medications, induce anesthesia, perform endotracheal intubation, insure safe positioning of patients for surgery, monitor physiological parameters, properly document anesthetic events in medical record, recognize anesthetic complications and institute proper corrective actions, recover patients from anesthesia, and enter patient charges into practice management software application.
- Responsibilities are conducted in a teaching hospital on clinical cases.
- Anesthetist is also responsible for overseeing and instructing professional students in the safe and effective application of veterinary anesthesia and pain management.
- Will be responsible for application of a wide variety of anesthetic agents and equipment.
- Manages anesthesia for moderate, complex and critical patients.
- Position has the potential to be physically (lifting, restraining, transporting animals) and mentally (rapid evaluation of physiologic parameters) demanding.
- Performing physical examinations; calculating drug dosages.
- Maintaining anesthetic equipment; administering anesthetic and analgesic medications.
- Performing endotracheal intubation; positioning animals.
- Monitoring physiologic parameters; applying patient warming devices; changing bandages; cleaning animals.
- Properly documenting peri-anesthetic events; recognizing patient complications and performing corrective measures.
- Entering patient charges into practice management software applications.
- Communicating effectively and working under the orders of a supervising veterinarian; and a willingness to learn new skills.
Qualifications:
Level I:
- Associate's degree in Veterinary Technology or a related field.
Level II:
- Associate's degree in Veterinary Technology or a related field.
- 2 years of experience in Veterinary Technology or in the care and comfort of animals.
Level III:
- Associate's degree in Veterinary Technology or a related field.
- 4 years of experience in Veterinary Technology or in the care and comfort of animals.
Minimum Licence and Certifications:
- Active license with the Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medicine as a Veterinary Technician, OR
- Have met all requirements to become licensed in the State of Alabama. Licensure must be obtained within 6 months of hire date.
Substitutions Allowed for Experience:
When a candidate has the required education, but lacks the required experience, they may normally apply additional appropriate education toward the experience requirement, at a rate of one (1) year relevant education per year of required experience.
Please Note:
This position involves direct contact with animals susceptible to rabies. Employees in this role must complete a rabies pre-exposure vaccination series and maintain adequate rabies antibody titer (0.5 IU/mL) as recommended by CDC guidelines.
Auburn University will cover the cost of the rabies vaccination series, periodic titer checks, and any necessary boosters.
Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of several specific engineering or scientific principles, and skill in using specialized techniques and equipment and selects appropriate guidelines to resolve operational problems not fully covered by precedent.
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