Veterinary Technician - Internal Medicine

About the role

BluePearl Pet Hospital is hiring an Experienced Veterinary Technician to work in Internal Medicine department at our Levittown, PA location.

Pay

Pay: $20.00 - $40.50 / hour. This pay band is a starting point and is dependent on experience and advancement through the CareerTrax leveling system.

Schedule

Schedule: Four 10-hour shifts per week, including one weekend day, with hours of 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM.

Responsibilities

• Act as liaison between our internists and our clients regarding patient histories, care instructions, lab results, patient updates, and other topics as requested by the doctors.
• Perform anesthesia and sedation for CT scans, Endoscopy, and Ultrasound-guided procedures.
• Perform digital radiography, utilizing sedation and other restraint/positioning techniques.
• Properly calculate medical math (including constant rate infusions) and administer medications via appropriate routes and duration.
• Be proficient at performing phlebotomy and placing intravenous catheters.
• Set up and assist with endoscopic procedures (GI, nasal, urinary, airway).
• Clean and maintain equipment following procedure.
• Discharge Internal Medicine patients from the hospital, including basic client education such as insulin injection, SQ fluid, and feeding tube demonstrations.
• Set up and assist with diagnostic and therapeutic procedures which