Overnight Veterinary Assistant, Emergency

Up to $36.00/hour (DOE) + $5.50/hour overnight shift differential. $6,000 sign-on bonus for full-time, new-to-SAGE hires.

About the role

Bring your advanced veterinary skills to the Emergency & Critical Care team at SAGE San Francisco. As an Overnight Senior Veterinary Assistant, you'll provide hands-on support for critically ill, injured, and hospitalized patients while working alongside emergency veterinarians, board-certified specialists, RVTs, and an experienced veterinary support team. This position is designed for a seasoned Veterinary Assistant with significant hands-on clinical experience who wants to continue advancing their technical skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist with triage and provide hands-on support for incoming emergency patients.
• Monitor critically ill, hospitalized, recovering, and fractious patients.
• Assist veterinarians and RVTs with emergency procedures, diagnostics, treatments, and patient stabilization.
• Perform venipuncture, IV catheter placement, sample collection, and laboratory processing within your scope.
• Assist with medications, IV fluids, CRIs, and prescribed treatments under appropriate supervision.
• Support sedation and anesthesia monitoring and patient recovery.
• Monitor patient comfort, vital parameters, and changes in condition and communicate concerns promptly.
• Maintain accurate medical records and treatment documentation.
• Assist with client communication and discharge education.
• Collaborate closely with Emergency, Critical Care, and Specialty teams to provide exceptional patient care.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of three years of hands-on veterinary clinical experience.
• Emergency, Critical Care, ICU, Specialty, or high-volume veterinary hospital experience strongly preferred.
• Strong technical skills, including venipuncture, IV catheter placement, patient monitoring, and laboratory sample collection.
• Experience with veterinary anesthesia and anesthetic monitoring preferred.
• Strong mathematical skills for medication dosages, CRIs, client estimates, and invoices.
• Excellent patient handling, communication, organization, and critical-thinking skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced emergency veterinary environment.
• Must obtain and maintain a California Veterinary Assistant Controlled Substance Permit (VACSP) within 60 days of hire or transfer.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• 401(k), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), paid vacation, and sick leave.
• Annual Continuing Education (CE) allowance and VetBloom RACE-approved continuing education.
• Educational and professional development support toward RVT credentialing.
• Career milestone bonuses for earning your RVT or VTS.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and uniforms.
• Career advancement opportunities within Ethos Veterinary Health.

Pay

Up to $36.00/hour plus a $5.50/hour overnight shift differential. $6,000 sign-on bonus for full-time, new-to-SAGE hires.

Schedule

Overnight, four 10-hour shifts.

About the company

SAGE San Francisco is one of Northern California's premier specialty and emergency veterinary hospitals. Our Emergency & Critical Care team manages complex and challenging cases, providing experienced Veterinary Assistants with opportunities to strengthen their skills in emergency medicine, intensive patient care, diagnostics, anesthesia support, and patient stabilization. You'll also have access to continuing education and professional development opportunities designed to help you grow your veterinary career.

Located in San Francisco, SAGE is accessible to veterinary professionals throughout Daly City, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Pacifica, San Mateo, Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, and surrounding Bay Area communities.

Ethos Veterinary Health, part of the NVA Group, is where you come to practice world-class veterinary medicine and help shape what veterinary care becomes next. Across our network of more than 140 specialty and emergency hospitals, science moves forward, standards are elevated, and innovation is put into practice every day.