Veterinary Technician - Surgery

Job Description

Job Description

Description

Veterinary Technician - Surgery

Torrance, CA Total Bonus Opportunity for Registered Veterinary Technicians: $10,000! This position is eligible for:

• $5,000 Sign-On Bonus
• $2,500 retention bonus at 12 months
• $2,500 retention bonus at 24 months  Subject to eligibility and bonus agreement terms.

Sign-On & Retention Bonus for Veterinary Assistants – Up to $5,000 Total! Join our team and receive:

• $2,500 Sign-On Bonus
• $2,500 Retention Bonus after 1 Year

That’s up to $5,000 in total bonus opportunity for team members who grow with us. Bonus eligibility and payout terms apply.

Who we are

At ACCESS South Bay, our goal is to exceed our client's expectations in each and every service we perform. It is a place where pets are treated like family members with state-of-the-art care in a clean, caring, and friendly environment. You will be expected to practice the best medicine, be proactive, and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment while providing compassionate, patient care. We invest in our employees with many opportunities for growth and development!

Provide your best care with more bridges and less barriers.

ACCESS South Bay is looking for a Surgery Veterinary Technician to join us as part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare community.

As a Surgery Veterinary Technician you’ll play an important role in pets’ lives by providing end-to-end care for our precious patients. Your life-changing work will range from the hands-on care of facilitating outpatient treatments and performing laboratory tests, to support services including admitting and discharging patients.

Role Responsibilities:

• Give accurate and detailed patient rounds.
• Admit and discharge a patient from the telemetry system.
• Administer oral medications to a dog or cat. Have knowledge of the injectable medication administration sheet and of administering IV medications when the patient is on or off IV fluids.
• Set up and aseptically place IV catheter in dogs (cephalic and saphenous vein), cats 
  (cephalic and medial saphenous vein). Perform IVC maintenance following in house 
  protocol.
• Perform quality nursing care including ensuring that the patient has clean, comfortable 
  bedding and is kept clean at all times. Check IVC for swelling around the tape and confirm 
  patency.
• Correctly perform drug calculations and be able to calculate mg to ml, mcg to mg, g to 
  mg.
• Set up and calculate IV fluid additives for administration (example KCl and Dextrose).
• Set up for and obtain radiographs with proper positioning.
• Correctly perform nebulization and coupage on patients.
• Obtain blood pressure with a doppler and understand normal parameters and when to 
  alert the doctor.
• Understand perfusion parameters.
• Correctly identify basic cardiac arrhythmias such as a VPC and understand treatment.
• Wrap packs and pouches for surgical equipment.
• Perform basic operating room set up and have knowledge of the basic instruments.
• Set up and leak test anesthesia machines and monitoring equipment. Use the monitoring sheet in Smartflow
• Identify and use correctly each blood collection tube. Collect blood from cephalic, lateral and medial saphenous veins and understand how to properly handle the sample.
• Administer Subcutaneous fluids to a patient.
• Run and read PCV/TS and understand what these numbers mean and what normal values are.
• Perform in house laboratory tests on the Idexx Procyte, Catalyst, Coag, Siemens Blood 
  Gas Machine, Abaxus i-Stat, UA Analyzer, Sedivue.
• Perform blood typing and log blood products accurately.
• Demonstrate safe patient restraint for physical exam, blood collection, IV catheter 
  placement, Abdominal Ultrasound and Cardiac Ultrasound.
• Understand and perform nursing care for non ambulatory patients including how to sling walk.
• Perform monitoring and patient recovery after surgery or anesthetic procedures.
• Dispose medical waste safely.
• Assist with and understand basic CPR.
• Anesthesia On-Call shifts may be required
• Responsible for upholding the spirit of ACCESS by handling all necessary tasks that require attention

Experience & Skills Requirements:

● Veterinary technician licensure preferred

● 1-2 years of clinical experience

● An Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree from an AVMA-accredited veterinary technology program preferred; or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

You’ll Grow With Us

Here, you can grow your career as best fits you through access to comprehensive learning and skillset programs. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:

● Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU

● Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills

● A program to designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital

● Earn your AVMA-CVTEA Accreditation and become a Vet Tech through our fully accredited distance learning program for veterinary technicians

● Scholarship opportunities and tuition reimbursement

And, with so many locations nationwide, you can find and move into any specialty, hospital type, or environment. Join us and provide your best care at a clinic that is deeply rooted within its community and bolstered by the resources of Thrive Pet Healthcare.

Benefits – our care in action

We provide benefits spread comprehensively across your mental, physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing designed to meet your needs as a unique individual. Some key benefits include:

●  Paid time off including 8-weeks of full-pay parental leave, bereavement to grieve both humans and pets, and time off for new pet adoptions

●  Top quality medical, dental, and vision insurance plus health savings account and flexible spending account

●  Pet perks including free exams, discounts on products and services, and more at all Thrive Pet Healthcare locations

● Generously subsidized  backup and ongoing care support for children, adults, and pets

●Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions

● 401k with employer contribution  and no waiting period to enroll

●Continuing education and  development support through our library of free CE courses and paid time off to complete

●  Scholarship opportunities and  student loan support program

and so much more!

Compensation : $26- $36 / hour dependent upon experience

At Thrive Pet Healthcare, we celebrate and embrace the uniqueness and diversity of all of our team members, pet parents, and pets. We strive to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where all team members belong and feel empowered.

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