Registered Veterinary Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Thank you for your interest in Tama Veterinary Hospital!

Tama Veterinary Hospital is an AAHA-accredited Small Animal veterinary hospital. We offer a warm, friendly, outgoing atmosphere where our main goal is to provide compassionate care to our patients and clients as well as offering outstanding customer service!

We are looking to add a full-time or part-time Veterinary Assistant/Technician to our team. All positions are required to be available weekends and holidays as we are open every day of the year!

Requirements:

High School diploma or GED and previous veterinary assistant experience.

Must have ability to communicate effectively and professionally with staff.

Weekend and holiday work required.

Must function well independently and as a team-member.

RVT License in good standing

Comfortable with restraint of fractious dogs and cats

Ability to lift 40 pounds

Computer skills (Avimark and/or Idexx Analyzers knowledge a plus)

Minimum 2 years Customer Service

Registered Veterinary Technician:

Do you love making a difference for animals and their owners? Do you want the excitement and challenge of working in a fast-paced environment? Looking to enhance your technical skills? This is your opportunity to be challenged with interesting and diverse cases.

A skilled veterinary technician is a crucial component to the success of any veterinary practice as they directly affect the Doctors ability to diagnose and treat our patients. The ideal candidate will have excellent client communication skills, be proficient in all areas of anesthesia, and have a strong work ethic.

This is a fast-paced, highly technical environment, A qualified applicant will have experience with the following:

IVC Placement

Sample Collection: Urine and Blood

Ability to Perform and/or assist in diagnostic testing

A thorough understanding of anesthetic drugs, monitoring, and equipment

Instrumentation and Equipment care

Surgical Pack Preparation and Sterilization·

Client education and Communication

Animal Restraint: Canine, Feline and Exotic (Fractious/Non-Fractious)

Dental Scaling and Polishing

Dental Radiographs

and MORE..

Position Details include but not limited to:

Monitors animal health and well-being. Evaluates animal health, reports abnormal conditions, monitors and provides clinical treatments as directed by veterinarian, program management or designee

Documents, organizes and maintains timely records in the resource software system.

Provides technical services and support to staff.

Animal Restraint

Administers special treatments and diets as directed by attending veterinarian.

Performs diagnostic sample collection and tracks results.

Assists in handling, healthcare, husbandry, sampling and surgical techniques.

Sample procurement including phlebotomy, tissue collection, and urine collection.

Performs injection techniques, dosing, and anesthesia.

Under the direction of the clinical veterinarians, duties may include suturing, wound management, bandaging, and diagnostic procedures.

Ensures compliance with required regulations and consistently follows program and institutional procedures and policies.

Other related duties as assigned such as dental cleaning, dental radiographs, dental CT Imaging, ultrasound etc.

Ideal candidates must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, thrive in a team environment, work well with others and possess a genuine desire to deliver the highest level of service to our clients and patients.

Must be proficient in IV catheter placement, gathering and running lab samples, administering injections (IV, IM and SQ), monitoring anesthesia and working with various monitoring equipment as well as maintaining accurate patient medical records.

MUST HAVE ANIMAL HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $27.00 - $32.00 per hour

Benefits:

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Employee discount

Health insurance

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Schedule:

10 hour shift

12 hour shift

8 hour shift

Holidays

Overtime

Weekend availability

Experience:

RVT: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

RVT License (Preferred)

Work Location: One location