Veterinary Technician
Description
Veterinary Technician - Emergency
Long Beach, CA
Job Purpose –
· Increase efficiency of the doctor staff by providing care and support to patients, clients, and hospital staff
· Provide excellent medical support and compassionate care for patients and clients
· Act as a point of communication between clients and internal hospital staff regarding the status of patients in hospital
Duties and Responsibilities –
· Possess complete understanding of all knowledge required for, and skill set of, the Assistant Level II job description
· Responsible for training technical employees in levels below current level
· Give accurate and detailed patient rounds.
· Admit and discharge a patient from the telemetry system.
· Administer oral medications to a dog or cat. Have knowledge of the injectable medication administration sheet and of administering IV medications when the patient is on or off IV fluids.
· Set up and aseptically place IV catheter in dogs (cephalic and saphenous vein), cats (cephalic and medial saphenous vein). Perform IVC maintenance following in house protocol.
· Perform quality nursing care including ensuring that the patient has clean, comfortable bedding and is kept clean at all times. Check IVC for swelling around the tape and confirm patency.
· Correctly perform drug calculations and be able to calculate mg to ml, mcg to mg, g to mg.
· Set up and calculate IV fluid additives for administration (example KCl and Dextrose).
· Set up for and obtain radiographs with proper positioning.
· Correctly perform nebulization and coupage on patients.
· Obtain blood pressure with a doppler and understand normal parameters and when to alert the doctor.
· Understand perfusion parameters.
· Correctly identify basic cardiac arrhythmias such as a VPC and understand treatment.
· Wrap packs and pouches for surgical equipment.
· Perform basic operating room set up and have knowledge of the basic instruments.
· Set up and leak test anesthesia machines and monitoring equipment. Use the monitoring sheet in Smartflow.
· Identify and use correctly each blood collection tube. Collect blood from cephalic, lateral and medial saphenous veins and understand how to properly handle the sample.
· Administer Subcutaneous fluids to a patient.
· Run and read PCV/TS and understand what these numbers mean and what normal values are.
· Perform in house laboratory tests on the Idexx Procyte, Catalyst, Coag, Siemens Blood Gas Machine, Abaxus i-Stat, UA Analyzer, Sedivue.
· Perform blood typing and log blood products accurately.
· Demonstrate safe patient restraint for physical exam, blood collection, IV catheter placement, Abdominal Ultrasound and Cardiac Ultrasound.
· Understand and perform nursing care for non ambulatory patients including how to sling walk.
· Perform monitoring and patient recovery after surgery or anesthetic procedures.
· Dispose medical waste safely.
· Assist with and understand basic CPR.
· Anesthesia On-Call shifts may be required
· Responsible for upholding the spirit of LBAE by handling all necessary tasks that require attention
Compensation: $26-29/HR