Veterinary Technician - Internal Medicine

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BluePearl Pet Hospital in Rockville, MD is seeking a skilled and compassionate Veterinary Technician to join our Internal Medicine team!

Schedule: Week day shifts

Pay: $24.30 - $49.50 / hour

This pay band is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency assessment tool. Candidates with VTS credentialing are eligible for compensation commensurate with experience.

As an IM Veterinary Technician, you are a liaison between our internists and our clients regarding patient histories, care instructions, lab results, patient updates, and other topics as requested by the doctors. You will be involved with client contact through phone calls, email, and in person conversations. Additionally, you will be assisting with endoscopic and ultrasound procedures, filling prescriptions, taking x rays, and obtaining lab samples. Strong anesthesia and phlebotomy skills required.


As an IM Veterinary Technician, you will...

• Set up constant rate infusions (CRI).
  
  
• Calculates all medical math including advanced and CRI (mcg/mg, %/mg, etc.).
  
  
• Induce, monitor and recover anesthesia
  
  
• Set up for ultrasound and radiology procedures.
  
  
• Set up and assist with endoscopic procedures (GI, nasal, urinary, airway). Clean and maintain equipment following procedure.
  
  
• Discharge IM patients from the hospital, including basic client education such as insulin injection, SQ fluid, and feeding tube demonstrations.
  
  
• Additional job duties as assigned.
  
  

Why BluePearl?

• Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
  
  
• We encourage you to grow with us. Our associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in their career.
  
  
• To transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.
  
  

We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following:

• Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  
• Parental Leave Benefits
  
  
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options
  
• Paid Time Off and Floating Holiday Plans
  
• Health Savings Account
  
• Flexible Savings Account
  
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
  
• Annual Scrub Allowance: full-time associates receive $200/year in BluePearl store credit.
  
• Referral Bonus Program
  
• State licensure reimbursements
  
• VTNE reimbursements
  
• Additional VTS benefits - pursuing & established VTS technicians.
  

Our Continuing Education Plan includes $500/year reimbursement for CVT and $750/year for VTS. The Continuing Education allowance can roll over up to $1,500 for CVT and VTS associates. Non-Credentialed, full-time Paraprofessionals are eligible for an annual CE stipend of $150. Full-time CVT associates also receive 8 hours of CE paid hours each year. Full-time VTS associates receive 12 hours of CE paid each year. Paid CE hours can be carried over year to year up to a maximum of 24 hours. Newly hired associates will receive a pro-rated amount of any CE benefit for which they are eligible.

BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and you will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.