Veterinary Technician

Description

Veterinary Technician

At Helping Hands Veterinary Surgery & Dentistry, our mission is to provide quality veterinary surgical and dental services at affordable prices to help prevent economic euthanasia. We only focus on surgery and dentistry, and work with referring veterinarians for pre and post-care, which helps us keep our costs low without sacrificing quality or care. We offer over 40 procedures, ensuring that we can help many pets receive surgical and dental care they otherwise would not have access to.

At Helping Hands Veterinary Surgery and Dentistry, you will work closely with doctors and technicians to increase efficiency within our hospital as well as the level of care we provide as a team. Come thrive in an environment that encourages learning and continued growth within the profession.

Surgical Responsibilities

• Be responsible for all patients, delegating when necessary
• Prepare and present estimates
• Intake patients into hospital
• Have thorough understanding of the intake process, client education, and paperwork required from the owner's prior
• Calculate medication doses
• Administer IV, IM, SQ, and oral medications
• Complete proficiency in IV catheter placement and maintenance
• Complete proficiency in endotracheal tube placement on dogs and cats
• Begin procedures requested by and as directed by a veterinarian
• Keep accurate records including anesthetic observations and treatments
• Perform treatments properly and promptly
• Collect blood and urine samples
• Have a complete understanding of laboratory machine maintenance and operation
• Prep patients for surgical procedures
• Have thorough knowledge of radiographic positioning and technique
• Ability to maintain and protect a sterile field
• Able to put surgical gloves on and open instrument packs sterilely
• The ability to properly identify all surgical instruments in the hospital
• Be able to properly wrap and sterilize all instruments
• Safe and proper handling of therapeutic agents, surgical instruments (SQ, IM, IV injections and oral/topical medication administration)
• IV fluid/blood product administration, monitoring, and maintenance
• Safe handling/restraint of animals
• Able to set up and maintain an anesthesia machine and to properly perform a leak check or trouble shoot anesthetic machine problems
• Adherence to OSHA standards
• Able to properly use all anesthesia monitoring equipment
• Knowledge of all normal anesthesia monitoring values and the ability to make adjustments as needed or to alert the doctor when appropriate
• Ability to administer CPR when necessary
• Knowledge and proper use of PPE (personal protective equipment)

Experience Requirements

• 1 year of technician experience in a veterinary surgical setting, work in a specialty practice or emergency clinic is a plus.
• LVT preferred but not required

Benefits

• Complimentary Short-Term Disability
• Complimentary Life Insurance; with options to purchase additional voluntary benefits for self or family
• Company Sponsored Employee Assistance Program (Headspace) 
• 401K with 100% company match up to 3% and 4% company match for your 5% of contributions, eligible after 6 months of employment 
• Florida Blue Insurance Plans with 3-tiered options; Kaiser for CA Residents 
• Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account or Health Reimbursement Account options
• United Healthcare Dental Insurance; includes a 100% paid premium option for team members 
• United Healthcare Vision Insurance options 
• Long Term Disability option (paid for by employee) 
• Progyny-Fertility and Family Building Support
• Team Member Discounts for Pet Care 
• Paid time off-inclusive of sick, personal, and vacation 
• Digital Musculoskeletal Support
• Referral Bonus Program
• DailyPay on Demand

We are a proud United Veterinary Care Partner hospital. United Veterinary Care supports the unique culture and individuality of each partner hospital while empowering the hospital teams in their care for patients. One of our goals is to support our community of hospitals in creating sustainable, fulfilling careers in a profession we love.