Critical Care Veterinary Technician - Day Shift

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Augusta, GA is seeking a skilled and compassionate Veterinary Technician to join our Critical Care team.

If you thrive in high-intensity situations, excel at providing advanced medical support, and are passionate about caring for the most vulnerable patients, this is the role for you! Take your career to the next level and make a life-saving impact every day. Apply today!

✨ SIGN-ON BONUS available for qualified candidates! ✨

Schedule: Our daytime shift is 7a-7p.

Pay: $23.00 - $38.50 / hour

This pay band is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency assessment tool. Candidates with VTS credentialing are eligible for compensation commensurate with experience.

We Offer Competitive Shift Differential Pay For Eligible Hours Worked For Nights And Weekends. Shift Differentials Are Based On a 4-hour Minimum. For Example

• Mon – Fri: 6pm to 8am = $3.00/hr. Shift Differential
• Sat & Sun: 6pm to 8am = $4.50/hr Shift Differential
• Sat & Sun: 8am to 6pm = $3.00/hr. Shift Differential
  
  

The ideal candidate has experience in emergency and critical care settings and is confident in monitoring unstable patients while utilizing advanced nursing techniques. You should be able to multitask effectively in a fast-paced environment, remaining calm under pressure while delivering exceptional patient care. Strong communication skills and a dedication to supporting both pets and their owners during challenging times are essential.

As a Critical Care Technician, You Will

• Triage cases as they arrive at the hospital including obtaining vitals such as temperature heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure.
• Induce, monitor and recover anesthesia in patients and use anesthesia/monitoring equipment.
• Perform digital radiography using proper technique including proper positioning of patients.
• Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR.
• Properly calculate medical math (including constant rate infusions) and administer medications via appropriate routes and duration.
• Place IVC's and advanced catheters like Jugular catheters, Central Lines or PICC lines.
• Monitor and care for Ventilator Cases.
• Have a passion for mentoring and training other co-workers.
• Have patience and empathy to address client concerns.
• Feel gratification of nursing critically ill patients back to health and reunite them with their pet parents.
• Perform other relevant responsibilities as different cases come through.
  
  

Why BluePearl?

• Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
• We encourage you to grow with us. Our associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in their career.
• To transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.
  
  

We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following:

• 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
• 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.
  
  

Our 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.

BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and you will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.