Registered Veterinary Technician Neurology

Veterinary Technician Position

VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital is seeking a registered veterinary technician to join our team in our top-rated neurology department. Our technicians are responsible for the technical duties, client communication, and patient care related to their role and department. We have three boarded neurologists with a busy caseload.

Location: Denver, CO

Full-time: 4x10s

Pay: $24.00-28.00/hr.

VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital has an exciting history. We were established in 1971, became a 24-hour hospital in 1974, and we aren't slowing down. We take pride in providing outstanding, innovative patient care. We are so proud of the hospital and team we work with and we want you to join us.

Benefits of working with our highly skilled team:

• Hands-on learning, didactic training, and collaboration on case management and treatment to provide the highest quality patient care.
• Multi-modal monitoring equipment.
• Utilization of advanced technology; CT, MRI.
• Autonomy to perform advanced technical skills: epidurals, various analgesic blocks, arterial catheters.

Responsibilities in this position:

• All tasks related to inducing, maintain/monitoring, and recovering patients from anesthesia.
• The main resource of providing anesthesia for neurology patients needing imaging and/or surgery.
• Think analytically through disease process and patient needs.
• Inspire and teach students and new associates.
• Ensure documentation is appropriate, thorough, and complete.

Our ideal candidate would have the following qualities:

• Good attitude and a positive demeanor
• Strong work ethic and ability to work on a collaborative team
• Awareness of the hospital as a whole and how our team can help other teams
• Empathy toward clients, patients, and coworkers
• Commitment to gentle patient handling in a fear-free way

Qualifications:

• Experienced, credentialed technicians are preferred, but we love to train new grads!
• Credentialed technicians and new grads welcome!
• Four ten-hour shifts are available for this department.
• Generous paid and completely voluntary on-call.
• Paid credentialing and association dues.
• $750 in paid CE and numerous free in-house CE available, including RACE approved.
• Referral bonuses
• Competitive wage
• Medical, dental & vision insurance
• Generous pet care discounts
• Life, long and short-term disability insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Paid vacation and sick time
• 401(k)

At VCA we are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and want to be a place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, stay, and do their best work.