Certified Veterinary Technician

About the role

Veterinary Dental Center is expanding and looking for a Certified Veterinary Technician with a minimum of 3 years of experience. Our team is dedicated to providing exceptional pet and pet-owner experiences, advanced 3D imaging, pet-owner education, and Dental CE training to veterinarians and technicians.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Veterinarian with dental consultations and dental procedures
• Absorb and monitor anesthesia
• Perform dental prophylaxis, dental radiographs, and CT
• Perform patient care, cleaning, and sterilizing surgical equipment
• Client education
• Admit patients for procedures
• Place IV catheters and intubate/extubate patients
• Clean/polish and chart patients’ teeth
• Monitor vitals during procedures
• Take full mouth dental x-rays
• Recover patients after procedures
• Clean and store surgical instruments
• Assemble photos on documents and print for clients and referring DVMs
• Explain dismissal documents to clients
• Educate clients on dental home care
• Answer phone calls and schedule appointments as needed
• Attend continuing education webinars/seminars to maintain your license
• Assist in educating referring DVMs
• Deliver materials and thank you goodies
• Train other technicians to take dental x-rays
• Have the chance to travel to the Brookfield Zoo and assist the Veterinarian in dental procedures

Requirements

• Must possess a valid Veterinary Technician Certification
• 1 year of experience as a Certified Veterinary Technician or a minimum of 3 years as a non-certified veterinary technician/assistant
• Strong communication and leadership skills required
• Great personality that works well in a team environment

Qualifications

• Dependable attendance is required
• Any allergies to animals must be controllable through medication
• Must be able to lift 40 pounds
• Must be willing to work long or irregular hours under pressure
• This position requires the ability to walk, bend, stand and reach constantly during a minimum 8-hour day
• Visual acuity sufficient to maintain accurate records, recognize people and understand written directions
• Ability to speak and hear sufficiently to understand, give information in person and over the telephone
• Fine motor skills adequate for utilizing clinic equipment such as electric clippers, syringes, laboratory equipment, computers, etc.

Skills

• Knowledge of animal anatomy and physiology
• Experience with dental equipment and techniques
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Benefits

• Paid vacation (full-time employees only)
• Paid holidays (full-time employees only)
• Competitive wages
• Medical, dental, vision, dependent care FSA, and short-term disability benefit options (full-time employees only)
• Variety of voluntary benefit offerings, including hospital indemnity, accident, critical illness, etc.
• 401K with employer match
• CE opportunities
• Uniforms
• Discounts on services and medications for employee pets