Veterinary Assistant - Internal Medicine

About the role

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Brooklyn, NY is seeking a detail-oriented, multitasking, and team-focused Veterinary Assistant to join our Internal Medicine team. The Internal Medical Service attends to a wide variety of cases and manages complex long-term disease processes. Assistants in this service will assist their team in all medical and endoscopic procedures associated with maintaining and stabilizing their patients.

Schedule

Week days, 4x10s

Pay

$22.50 - $32.50 / hour. This pay band is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency assessment tool.

Responsibilities

• Calmly and gently approach and handle our patients according to safety protocols and our core values
• Identify abnormal pathology
• Understand our hospital estimates and can clearly present and explain them to our clients
• Have patience and empathy to address client concerns
• Educate clients in the areas of Internal Medicine and can provide exceptional care for our patients
• Prepare medications and our patients/clients for discharge with concise directions for our clients
• Support your Internal Medicine team in all aspects of care for your patients

Benefits

• Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food
• Associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience
• Talent development programs and leadership workshops
• Opportunities to advance in career as a member of Mars Veterinary Health
• Annual continuing education allowance
• Free continuing education sessions
• BluePearl University for training
• Access to over 2,000 medical journals for clinicians
• Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Parental Leave Benefits
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options
• Paid Time Off and Floating Holiday Plans
• Regional Social Worker + 12 Free Therapy Sessions through Lyra
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Savings Account
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Annual Scrub Allowance: full-time associates receive $200/year in BluePearl store credit
• Referral Bonus Program
• State licensure reimbursements
• VTNE reimbursements
• Additional VTS benefits – pursuing & established VTS technicians
• Continuing Education Plan includes $500/year reimbursement for CVT and $750/year for VTS. The Continuing Education allowance can roll over up to $1,500 for CVT and VTS associates.
• Non-Credentialed, full-time Paraprofessionals are eligible for an annual CE stipend of $150
• Full-time CVT associates also receive 8 hours of CE paid hours each year
• Full-time VTS associates receive 12 hours of CE paid each year
• Paid CE hours can be carried over year to year up to a maximum of 24 hours
• Newly hired associates will receive a pro-rated amount of any CE benefit for which they are eligible