Veterinary Technician - Emergency

Emergency Veterinary Technician

BluePearl Specialty + Emergency Pet Hospital is hiring an experienced Emergency Veterinary Technician to join our team in Scottsdale, AZ!

If you are looking to advance your career as a Veterinary Technician, have a strong passion for the Veterinary field, and want to work with dedicated, highly skilled veterinary professionals, we want to hear from you!

As an Emergency Veterinary Technician:

• You will be able to calculate basic medical math.
• You compassionately, calmly, and gently approach and handle patients.
• You will understand the classification of commonly used medications, associated side effects and appropriately monitors therapeutic response.
• You will administer medications via appropriate routes and duration.
• You will perform phlebotomy.
• You will have the ability to place a peripheral intravenous catheter in the cephalic vein.
• You will alert Veterinarian if the patient's status changes and/or physical exam or monitoring parameters are outside of normal ranges.
• You will perform physical exams; accurately count heart, pulse rate, capillary refill time, mucous membranes, temperature, respiratory rate, and effort.
• You will intubate patients under the direction of a Level II technician or higher.
• You support Veterinarian and client through the euthanasia process.
• You can read and follow orders written on the treatment sheet accurately and promptly.

Why BluePearl?

• Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
• We encourage you to grow with us. Our technicians are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in his/her career.
• To transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, CareerTrax, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.
• We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following:
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
• Annual company store allowance.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off, parental leave, and floating holiday plans.
• Health and well-being resources to assist with stress management, mental health awareness, compassion fatigue, burnout, communication, and conflict management skills.
• We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets.

BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, or affectional preference, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace.