Specialty Veterinary Technician
Description
Come join our growing team as a Specialty Veterinary Technician at ACCESS Pasadena!
Are you passionate about providing exceptional care for animals and ready to take your career to the next level? We are a dynamic and expanding hospital looking to welcome our newest team members as we continue to grow so that we can provide care to even more of our furry patients!
Interested in a particular specialty? We are currently looking to expand our Neurology, Surgery, and Internal Medicine teams - apply today to speak to a member of our leadership team!
Pay Range: $21 to $42/hr + shift differentials - rate to be determined upon experience/skills assessment
We are also offering a sign on bonus of $3k to $10k for experienced Veterinary Technicians!
The Technician Experience is important to us at ACCESS Pasadena. In addition to all the benefits you'd expect (PTO, health, medical, dental insurance, 401k, pet discounts and more) we also offer continuing education benefits, and support for obtaining VTS licensure. Your professional development matters to us!
- Give accurate and detailed rounds
- Assist veterinarian with advanced procedures and diagnostics including neurological evaluations, preparing patient and monitoring for CSF collection, surgical prep/monitoring for procedures such as hemilaminectomies and endoscopic procedures
- Understand and interpret ECG parameters and common abnormalities
- Appropriately calculate and set up continuous rate infusions
- Understand the different types of crystalloids and colloids and know when they should be used. Set up and maintain a buretrol with fluids and additives
- Understand and identify bradycardic and tachycardic arrhythmias
- Perform routine intravenous inductions and intubate anesthetized patients safely. Demonstrate how to check correct positioning and cuff inflation (RVT only)
- Perform basic suture techniques (RVT only)
- Assist with and perform basic and advanced CPR
- Correctly and safely restrain animals
- Familiarity with common medications used within the Department (and within hospital)
- Anesthesia On-Call shifts may be required
- 2 + years of previous veterinary technician experience preferably within ER/Specialty
- RVT license preferred
- Willingness to learn
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- ACCESS, a network of multi-specialty practices located throughout the SoCal area, provides 24/7 ER and specialty care to the surrounding communities. Our departments have a busy and varied caseload with a high number of both referrals and emergency cases.
- Specialties include critical care, cardiology, oncology, internal medicine, interventional radiology, endoscopy, surgery, orthopedic surgery with joint replacement center, nephrology with IHD, CRRT, Plasma Exchange and SCUF available, neurology, urology along with Avian + Exotic medicine. With a highly trained and skilled support staff who are dedicated to ensuring the success of our services.
- To provide the best care possible, we stay apprised of new innovations, and utilize an extensive array of cutting-edge diagnostic, therapeutic, and monitoring equipment. These include a complete laboratory (CBC/Chemistry/ Siemens Rapid Point Blood Gas Analyzer/I-stat/SCA2000, SnapDx, VetTest, TEG), monitoring devices (Cardell Max 12/Telemetry/NIBP/Invasive BP/telemetry), digital radiography, color flow Doppler ultrasound (Toshiba Aplio, GE Logiq S7, P6, Sonoscape portable ultrasound GE Vivid Cardiac and Phillips CX50 cardiac ultrasound), OEC 9800 & 9900 fluoroscopy with neurovascular package, 64 slice helical CT, and 1.5T MRI. Each hospital is fully equipped with Pulmonetics or Maquet Servo critical care ventilators.
- We are also equipped with complete endoscopic, laparoscopic, and thoracoscopic instrumentation. We are always willing to expand in different directions and explore new therapies.
At ACCESS Pasadena we aim to have the highest performing technician teams that support our collaborative work environment. We make decisions with our core values in mind: service, empathy, quality, integrity. If that aligns with your values and you bring a willingness to learn, grow, and collaborate, we're looking for you!