Veterinary Technician 1, 2, or 3 - Community Practice

Veterinary Technician 1, 2, or 3 - Community Practice

The Community Practice on a daily basis will have appointments for preventative care and other problems with client pets, including vaccinations, annual physical exams, elective surgery, and behavior appointments for dogs and cat. Community Practice technicians contribute to patient assessment and handling, client communication, and provide support for a variety of general procedures and laboratory analysis of samples. Technicians provide support to the service and teaching mission of the hospital in collaboration with faculty and veterinary students.

Job Responsibilities:

VETERINARY TECHNICIAN 1

• Assist with physical exams and obtaining diagnostic/laboratory samples (including venipuncture). Assist with proper animal care and restraint aligning with Fear Free protocols. Perform client communications, including emails, phone calls, and medical records.
• Assist with analyzing fecals, heartworm tests, urinalyses, and other diagnostics using in-house laboratory equipment. Assist with general anesthesia (including induction and maintenance of anesthesia) for surgical procedures. Follow policy and procedures of proper handling of controlled substances, including proper disposal.
• Assist with ordering and maintaining inventory for department, including hospital food room. Clean and sanitize exam rooms and treatment room area as needed.
• Participate with blood bank and on-call, holiday, and emergency shifts in Small Animal ICU and ER. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be actively licensed with the Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine as a Registered Veterinary Technician.

Preferred Qualifications:

Actively licensed with the Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine as a Registered Veterinary Technician and one year of related experience; Fear Free Certified.

VETERINARY TECHNICIAN 2

• Perform physical exams and obtaining diagnostic/laboratory samples (including venipuncture). Demonstrate proper animal care and restraint aligning with Fear Free protocols. Perform client communications, including emails, phone calls, and medical records.
• Perform analyzing fecals, heartworm tests, urinalyses, and other diagnostics using in-house laboratory equipment. Perform general anesthesia (including induction and maintenance of anesthesia) for surgical procedures. Follow policy and procedures of proper handling of controlled substances, including proper disposal.
• Order and maintain inventory for department, including hospital food room. Clean and sanitize exam rooms and treatment room area as needed.
• Participate with blood bank and on-call, holiday, and emergency shifts in Small Animal ICU and ER. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be actively licensed with the Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine as a Registered Veterinary Technician and have two years of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Actively licensed with the Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine as a Registered Veterinary Technician and three years of related experience; Fear Free Certified.

VETERINARY TECHNICIAN 3

• Perform and teach physical exams and obtaining diagnostic/laboratory samples (including venipuncture). Teach proper animal care and restraint aligning with Fear Free protocols. Perform client communications, including emails, phone calls, and medical records.
• Perform and teach analyzing fecals, heartworm tests, urinalyses, and other diagnostics using in-house laboratory equipment. Perform and teach general anesthesia (including induction and maintenance of anesthesia) for surgical procedures. Follow policy and procedures of proper handling of controlled substances, including proper disposal.
• Order and maintain inventory for department, including hospital food room. Clean and sanitize exam rooms and treatment room area as needed.
• Participate with blood bank and on-call, holiday, and emergency shifts in Small Animal ICU and ER. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be actively licensed with the Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine as a Registered Veterinary Technician and have four years of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Actively licensed with the Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine as a Registered Veterinary Technician and five years of related experience; Fear Free Certified.

Special or Physical Qualifications:

May be required to work a variety of shifts including weekends, nights, holidays, on-call, and emergency response.

Safety and Security Sensitive Job -Safety and security-sensitive positions are defined as those positions where any form of substance abuse may affect University activities through unsafe work behavior/performance or error in judgment; or where substance abuse could jeopardize the safety and well-being of employees, other personnel, or the general public, or cause significant damage to University property. This includes positions requiring firearms, access to controlled substances, handling hazardous material, operating heavy equipment or machinery, etc. These positions are subject to drug screens per PS-67/FASOP HR-04.

Essential Personnel - This position may be required to report to campus in times of emergency and/or closure per PS-18.

Requires standing, sitting, walking, bending, reaching (above shoulder), reaching (below shoulder), vision (near sight), vision (far sight), climbing, crawling, twisting, pushing/pulling, grasping, squatting, lifting more than 50 pounds, and lifting less than 50 pounds.