Veterinary Technician

Position Overview:

The veterinary technician is a jack of all trades and we utilize them to their full degree.  We ask a lot of our tech and lean on them extensively.  We require that you treat everyone, both human and animal, with caring and compassion.

Essential Position Functions:

• Patient intake and discharge from treatment and surgeries.
• Relay information to clients, even sensitive information, with compassion.
• Gathering patient history.
• Helping doctors when needed with whatever tasks needing to be completed.
• Answering medical questions when the doctor is not available.
• Maintaining accurate medical notes regarding everything.
• You must know where the emergency kit is.
• Helping give direction to the other departments when needed.
• Animal restraint.
• Vaccine administration.
• Drawing up the appropriate medications/vaccines into syringes.
• Drug calculations.
• Medication administration. Oral and injectable.
• Filling and refilling medications.
• Placing IV catheters.
• Drawing blood on patients.
• Preforming diagnostic checks like temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure and electrocardiograms.
• Running in house blood machines.
• Appropriate staining, fixing and gathering of specimens.
• Examining urine, feces, blood and cytology samples under the microscope.
• Taking x-rays.
• Patient prep prior to surgery.
• Setting up the surgery room.
• Inducing patients for anesthesia.
• Placing endotracheal tubes.
• Monitoring anesthesia.
• Dental prophylaxis and monitoring.
• Taking dental x-rays.
• Maintaining the prescription refill line.
• Maintaining working machines and devices in treatment.
• Cleaning and maintaining all surgical instruments.
• Wrapping pack to be sterilized.
• Sterilizing packs.
• Demonstrating how to’s for pet owners.
• Assisting the groomer with lifting, eag, n/t’s etc.
• Performing tech appointments. This includes but is not limited to bandage changes, administering vaccines, nail trims, anal sac expressions, ear cleaning etc.
• Preforming cold laser therapy.
• Sweeping, mopping and general cleaning of treatment area every night.
• Taking the trash to the dumpster from treatment at the end of the day.
• Answering the phone and lending a helping hand when able.
• With POB being an AAHA certified hospital, you are required to perform a documented 20 hours of continuing education (CE) every 2 while working here. Please provide this documentation to your hospital manager.

Competencies:

• Care and Compassion: Displays a desire to build rapport, provide personal assistance, and emotional support.
• Team Orientation: Works cooperatively with the team to address tasks and accomplish goals.
• Dependability: Demonstrates responsibility in completing tasks and accomplishing goals.
• Initiative: Proactively looks for the opportunity to address and follow through on work activities.
• Flexibility and Multi-Tasking: Adapts quickly to changing demands and manages multiple priorities effectively.
• Communication: Uses effective and appropriate methods of interacting with others.
• Customer Services: Displays a desire to provide outstanding service and exceed customer expectations.
• Organization and Attention to Detail: Monitors and reviews information thoroughly and maintains an organized system for all documents.
• Adherence to Rules and Instructions: Consistently follows standard procedures.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Experience to run anesthesia.
• One or more years of experience with veterinary appointments, surgeries, and nursing care for hospitalized and critical patients.
• Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT), Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT), Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT), or the Licensed Veterinary Medical Technician (LVMT) preferred or as required by State.
• May consider an equivalent combination of education, certification, training, and/or experience.

Position Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Knowledge of the preparation, monitoring, and recovery of pets receiving surgery, as well as basic pet nursing.
• Ability to demonstrate and follow correct procedures in catheter placement, phlebotomy, emergency medicine, and digital radiology.
• Understand and limit the potential exposure to bites, scratches, and potential injuries.
• Able to restrain patients according to standard procedures.
• Fill prescriptions and monitor sedation procedures as directed by the veterinarian.
• Ability to work with or around sick animals, potentially hazardous materials, cleaning chemicals, gas anesthetics, zoonotic diseases, and unpleasant odors.
• Display confidence and reassurance when dealing with pets experiencing severe stress, illness, or pain.
• Communicate and approach job duties in a professional and mature manner.
• Must be flexible with scheduling 
• This is a strenuous job that requires a lot of lifting, cleaning, and constant motion.
• Depending on the functional area of assignment, tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation and/or extended periods of time standing and/or walking.
• May include some climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Some tasks involve the periodic performance of moderately physically demanding work, usually involving lifting or carrying moderately heavy animals (up to 50 pounds).
• Answer phones and perform other duties as needed by the hospital.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by Manager or practice.

Schedule:

• Monday, Friday x 10 hour days
  

Additional Information:

The list of essential functions and additional functions, as outlined in this job description, is intended to be representative of the tasks performed within this position. The omission of any job function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a required assignment for the position.