Portland Advanced Technician Assistant

Advanced Technician Assistant

The Advanced Technician Assistant will have a minimum of five years of experience in at least two of the following hospital settings: GP, Shelter, Urgent Care, Specialty and ER.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, gathering patient histories, TPRs, feeding and walking animals, patient restraint, cleaning kennels, monitoring animals' general wellbeing, filling prescriptions, etc. In addition, the Advanced Technician Assistant will be able to place catheters, draw blood and give oral, subq, or IM medications with the dose calculated by an RVT or DVM. IV medications will need direct supervision. The Advanced Technician Assistant will be able to restrain for anesthesia induction and intubation but will not induce or monitor anesthesia.

Create your own schedule while working relief with VSS. We have part-time needs for this position. Working relief allows you to help your colleagues while growing skills at a variety of hospitals. This is a W2 opportunity that offers some of the best benefits in the industry if you work full-time or 32 hours on average per week.

VSS provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.