Relief Certified Veterinary Technician

About the role

Oregon Humane is a nonprofit animal welfare organization founded in 1868. Our mission is to create a More Humane Society through our adoption, education, medical, and humane law enforcement programs. The Medical Services team at the Portland Campus is seeking a Relief Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT).

Responsibilities

• Assist veterinarians with physical examinations and help determine the nature of illness or injury.
• Handle individual animals of varying species, size, and temperament in a caring, respectful, and safe manner.
• Ensure that animals with infectious diseases are handled safely and according to infectious medicine protocols.
• Perform patient care including taking and recording TPR, dressing wounds, and applying splints and other protective devices.
• Administer medications, fluids and blood products as prescribed by the veterinarian.
• Perform routine lab procedures and tests, collect urine, draw blood, and perform skin scrapings.
• Place catheters, administer intravenous fluids and tube feedings.
• Perform dental examinations, charting, and procedures.
• Capture and process radiographs.
• Prepare animals for surgery: Induce, intubate, monitor and maintain anesthetic patients during and after surgery.
• Assist veterinarians in surgery for specialized procedures including retraction, lavage, suctions, and transfusion.
• Operate, maintain, and assure technically advanced hospital equipment is in good working order.
• Maintain controlled drug logs in accordance with state and federal laws.
• Teach and mentor volunteers, staff, veterinary interns, residents, and students.
• Perform any other duty as requested by management.

Qualifications

• Hold and maintain Certified Veterinarian Technician license as required by the State of Oregon.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to communicate with a diverse population in a consistently informative, respectful and professional manner.
• Able to participate as a member of a high performing team in a collaborative and positive manner.
• Able to maintain a professional, calm demeanor and exercise sound judgment during times of high workload, rapid pace of work, emotionally charged situations and during all interactions with the public, staff and volunteers.
• Able to maintain highest standards of confidentiality and discretion related to department activities.
• Excellent logic and problem solving skills.
• Excellent prioritization and decision-making skills.
• Able to mitigate and/or resolve conflict in a constructive and proactive manner.
• Knowledge and experience working with a wide variety of dog, cat, birds, rodent, and other unusual species and breeds.
• Competent use of software programs such as Shelter Buddy and Cornerstone.
• Proficient in use of a Windows based operating system and Microsoft Office tools including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Available to work weekends, evenings, and holidays as needed.
• Ability to lead responses in times of in need of life saving techniques in an emergency.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel.

Supervisor Responsibility

• Supervises: None

Accountability

• Reports Directly To: Manager, Hospital Operations
• Often Engages Directly With: Veterinary Staff