Relief Veterinary Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Description

Join our amazing team as our newest Veterinary Technician.

Our focus is on being a place of comfort for our clients and pets, in sickness and in health. You will have the opportunity to reach your full potential as a Veterinary Technician performing all technical responsibilities to provide quality patient care!!
Here is What Your day May Consist of:

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties, all employees are expected to conform to the following

• Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision. 
• Interact professionally with other employees, customers, and suppliers. 
• Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments. 
• Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations. 

Veterinary technicians provide high-quality medical care to all in-patient and adoption center animals as a senior veterinarian directs.

Here is What You Will Bring to the Position:

• Proficiency in proper animal restraint. 
• Ability to draw blood and place catheters (jugular and femoral catheterization required). 
• Experienced or educated in laboratory procedures such as proper blood and specimen handling, reading of fecal assays, and urinalysis. 
• Familiar with radiographic technique and positioning. 
• Administration of intravenous drugs and anesthetic agents, including understanding the basic mechanics of an anesthesia machine. 
• Monitoring all patients and able to identify medical emergencies. 
• Proficiency in aseptic technique, including cleaning, sterilizing, and packing surgical instruments, drapes, and gowns. 
• Ability to assist in surgery at the discretion of the veterinary doctor. 
• Client communication and education 
• Basic understanding or the ability to learn veterinary software programs.
• NYS license required. Eligibility for licensing accepted. 
• General knowledge of instruments and supplies. 
• The ideal candidate is skilled, organized, and caring and desires to be part of a growing veterinary referral practice that is a crucial component of a continuum of care that supports long-term relationships between companion animals and people. • Experience in emergency medicine and private practice preferred

Here is What We Will Offer You:

• Exceptional compensation
• Training and career development 
• Paid license fees and dues 
• Generous CE allowance 
• Paid VTS specialization 

Ready for your next Adventure to live your best Veterinary Lifestyle? Apply Today!!!