Veterinary Assistant for Critical Care
Description
MedVet is the largest family of emergency and specialty hospitals owned and led by veterinarians. This distinction means we place the needs of our team first and do what’s needed to provide the best specialty and emergency medicine every time, every day, to everyone. Importantly, our team upholds the ethics of our profession and embraces our privilege to enhance the lives of our patients, their loving families, and the veterinary community. Our core values are Teamwork, Leadership, and Compassion, and we strive to model these values in all of our interactions.
Our Critical Care team takes care of some of the sickest patients in the hospital and is able to provide advanced care including mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal therapies (therapeutic plasma exchange and hemoperfusion).
We are looking for:
Veterinary Assistant to join the Critical Care Team
Schedule:
Sunday – Wednesday 8am – 6:30pm
Sunday – Wednesday 8am – 6:30pm
What you’ll do:
- Record and deliver organized rounds, discuss cases and gather additional information as necessary
- Evaluating incoming patients and prioritizing based on assessment
- Partner with patient care team regarding treatment plans, client communication and nursing care concerns
- Provide client education including, but not limited to: home care instructions, medications (indications, adverse reactions) and general wellness updates on hospitalized patients
- Assist DVM with patient assessment, treatment and procedures
- Provide monitoring and nursing care to hospitalized patients
- Induce and monitor general anesthesia and sedation procedures
- Perform in-house laboratory testing and prepare samples for outside laboratory testing
Who you are:
- Prior veterinary experience required, previous Critical Care, Nursing or Emergency experience desired
- Proficient in calculations (drugs, constant rate infusions, unit conversions, etc.)
- Flexibility with work hours and able to work additional hours when necessary
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Perks and benefits Include:
- Competitive hourly wage
- Comprehensive health benefits (including access to vision and dental)
- HAS, FSA, and Dependent care FSA
- 401k with employer match
- Elective short-term disability and company paid long-term disability
- Elective life and AD&D insurance
- Uniform allowance
- Employee pet discounts and pet insurance
- Continuing education opportunities and assistance program
- Strong career growth and personal development opportunities
- Competitive hourly wage
- Comprehensive health benefits (including access to vision and dental)
- HAS, FSA, and Dependent care FSA
- 401k with employer match
- Elective short-term disability and company paid long-term disability
- Elective life and AD&D insurance
- Uniform allowance
- Employee pet discounts and pet insurance
- Continuing education opportunities and assistance program
- Strong career growth and personal development opportunities
Come as you are. MedVet is an equal opportunity employer. We are also a drug-free organization, therefore employment with MedVet is dependent upon the passing of a drug screen and background check.