Experienced ER Veterinary Technician/Assistant – 1st Shift

About the role

Triangle Veterinary Referral Hospital is seeking a highly motivated technician or assistant for their first shift emergency team. The role functions with a great deal of autonomy and responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to critically ill hospitalized patients in conjunction with specialty and emergency veterinarians
• Participation in nurse rounds
• Triage incoming patients presenting on emergency
• Assess patient stability and obtain patient vital signs
• Perform diagnostics and treatments of emergency and hospitalized patients
• Perform hourly patient assessment and monitoring
• Observe patients and recognize changes in status
• Place peripheral and central catheters
• Restrain patients for exams and treatments
• Set up and administer IV and SQ fluids
• Maintain urinary catheters
• Bandage removal and application
• Perform suture and drain removal
• Perform drug dose calculations for injectable medications and CRIs
• Administer injectable medications (IV, IM, SQ)
• Administer other medications (PO, OU, AU)
• Maintain isolation protocols for infectious patients
• Basic wound cleaning and care
• Administer injectable and inhalant anesthesia
• Monitor patients while under anesthesia and maintain a monitoring log
• Monitor patients during recovery from anesthesia
• Obtain samples for and perform in house laboratory testing
• Assist in CPCR

Requirements

• Graduation from high school or GED equivalent
• Minimum of 2 years of veterinary experience (emergency experience required)
• Current RVT in NC or eligible for NC registration (preferred, but not required)

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental
• HSA and FSA Plans
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity
• Life Insurance
• 401k with employer match
• Paid Parental Leave

Pay

The hiring bonus is $1500.00 - $2500.00 (based on experience).

Schedule

Full-time, includes some holidays. 1st shift, 7am – 5 pm (Every Wednesday and Thursday with every other Friday, Saturday and Sunday).