ECC Doctor's Assistant and/or DA Supervisor

Doctor's Assistant Position

VCA Animal Specialty & Emergency Center is a high volume, AAHA accredited, referral and critical care hospital located in West Los Angeles. We are currently looking for both ER and ICU Technicians to join our team.

Compensation: $21 - 34/hr

A pay differential is applied to all "overnight" hours worked, with an additional differential applied to our full-time overnight team members. Compensation for this position is dependent on education, experience, credentials, location, nature of practice, schedule and additional responsibilities.

A Little Bit About Us:

As one of LA's leading 24-hour specialty animal care centers for over 30 years now, ASEC is proud to support six specialties and roughly 200 staff members on our team. As a teaching hospital we host externs, interns, and residents every year. We strive to maintain our positive and supportive learning environment, and keep our medicine and techniques ahead of the curve.

Our ECC/ICU department is equipped to provide 24/7 care to incoming critical and non-critical emergencies, transfers from our referring veterinarians, and hospitalized patients from our own specialty services. Currently seeking applicants for our Doctor's Assistant position on our ECC/ICU Department. Applicants with leadership experience will be considered for our available leadership roles.

Doctor's Assistants have the opportunity to be a part of providing critical care services and excellent customer service while working alongside our veterinarians within a great learning environment. We are seeking highly organized individuals with strong multi-tasking and customer service skills. This position involves heavy communication with doctors, technicians, front office, our client liaison, and the clients. Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must, and experience with computers and multi-line phone system is required. Current experience (within the last 2 years) in veterinary medicine, especially in emergency and/or specialty medicine is a huge plus!

We are also interested in expanding our Leadership Team! Applicants who qualify may be considered for a Lead or Supervisor position.

Daily Responsibilities Include:

• Obtain initial patient histories from the client
• Transcribe physical exam findings, lab results, imaging reports, etc. into patient medical records
• Create financial estimates
• Client communication and education
• Performing client/patient follow-up phone calls
• Create and process prescription refills
• Maintain medical records
• Review discharge instructions with clients
• Complete lab submission forms

Scheduling Info:

• Full-time employees work "4 x 10s".
• All schedules include working one weekend day.

Benefits Package Includes:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• FSA/HSA account
• Holiday pay
• Paid vacation days
• Paid sick days
• Continuing education assistance
• 401K plan + employer match
• Personal uniforms
• Personal pet care discounts

If you are a current VCA associate, please apply through our internal career site by logging into Workday and clicking on the Career worklet on the landing page, or search for Find Jobs.

Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com

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If you are a current associate, you will need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.