Veterinary Assistant - Laurel Veterinary Clinic

About the role

Founded in 1971, Laurel Veterinary Clinic, which is part of the Suveto network of hospitals, has been serving the community of Broomfield for over 50 years. Voted Best of Broomfield for the last six years, the clinic prides itself on providing excellent patient care. As a 5 DVM small animal practice, it lives by its core values, practices fear-free medicine, and emphasizes client education as the best means to provide gold-standard patient care.

• Client/Patient Focused: Make the client feel welcome, important, and valued. Offer best medicine to every patient. Treat each patient as though they are your own.
• Growth Mindset: Embrace challenges, persist in the face of setbacks, celebrate the success of others. Give and receive feedback openly.
• Compassionate: Seek to understand how others feel. Be kind to coworkers, clients, and patients. Assume positive intent.
• Trustworthy: Show up mentally and physically ready for your shift. Be competent to do your job. Be honest.
• Team Player: One mission, one team. Anticipate the needs of others. Be flexible and willing to help. Be willing to listen and offer support. Communicate effectively with others.

Responsibilities

• Prepare exam rooms and assist in appointments with doctors.
• Take history from client.
• Perform physical assessments and record observations legibly in medical record.
• Educate clients on preventative healthcare recommendations and provide follow up.
• Communicate any patient or client concerns to appropriate personnel.
• Perform venipuncture to collect blood samples, perform in house laboratory tests, and prepare all forms to be sent to outside labs, call owner with results as requested by veterinarian.
• Provide and monitor all nursing care as requested by veterinarian for patients admitted to hospital, including medications (all routes) and monitoring.
• Admit and discharge patients to hospital by following all admission and discharge protocols. Educate clients on admit/discharge.
• Clean and restock exam rooms, treatment areas, hospital wards and other areas as requested.
• Must have proficient knowledge of practice software for dispensing veterinarian approved medication, patient food, printing treatment sheets, discharge instructions, cage card labels, x ray and lab labels, recording communication with client and doctors, and others as