Small Animal Floater for Emergency & Critical Care and Small Animal Patient Care Services Technician

Small Animal Floater for Emergency & Critical Care and Small Animal Patient Care Services

Independent of supervision in a hospital setting, as a significant part of daily duties, responsible for treatment of patients with life-threatening illness or injury, whose conditions are likely to change on a moment-to-moment basis. Provide nursing care to either emergency room or intensive care unit patients using established protocols set up by small animal emergency and critical care faculty. Employees are expected to be able to work independently under these guidelines in a teaching environment including providing quasi-instruction to veterinary students. Facility maintenance for the unit and temporary support to other VMTH departments at times may be required.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must obtain a Veterinary Assistant Controlled Substance Permit (VACSP) within 3 months of date of hire.
• Experience independently providing intense moment to moment monitoring and reassessment of emergency, critically ill, or anesthetized patients.
• Experience working in a small animal clinic as a veterinary technician or as a veterinary assistant.
• Experience giving medications.
• Experience using patient monitoring equipment.
• Experience drawing blood samples.
• Interpersonal, oral and written communication skills to interact with a diverse group of students, staff, clinicians and clients and recognize and manage difficult/unpleasant situations and/or individuals.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current California Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) license.
• Experience in the placement of a multi-lumen catheters in either a peripheral or central vein and utilize proper technique(s) to secure and maintain the catheter.
• Experience training and directing.

Key Responsibilities:

• 65% - Patient Nursing Care
• 20% - Facility Maintenance, Fiscal Accountability and Safety
• 15% - Student Instruction

Department Overview:

The Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) is a unit that provides clinical case material in support of the teaching programs throughout the School of Veterinary Medicine on a 24-hour basis. Its primary objectives are to train professional (veterinary) students, graduate clinical students (interns and residents), and graduate academic students; to provide veterinary services to the public; to serve as a referral center for practicing veterinarians, and to advance veterinary medical knowledge.

Salary or Pay Range: $31.32 $47.40 Salary Frequency: Hourly Salary Grade: 215 UC Job Title: ANML HEALTH TCHN 3 VMTH UC Job Code: 004752 Number of Positions: 1 Appointment Type: Staff: Career Percentage of Time: 50 % Variable Shift (Work Schedule): Thursday and Friday 11pm-9:30am with the possibility of an additional 1-2 shifts per week Location: Davis, Ca Union Representation: TX-Technical Professionals Benefits Eligible: Yes