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Central Texas Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Hospital is looking for a Surgical Assistant to join our Round Rock Surgery Team!
If you love working with surgical cases and have a passion for working alongside a Veterinary Health Care Team, apply with us today!
The right candidate will excel in:
- Multitasking
- Working well within a team
- Attention to detail
- Helping animals live healthier, happier lives
- Willingness to assist Doctors & Technicians with their Surgical patients
If you are interested in Veterinary Medicine and looking to have a career that is your passion, joining our team will allow you to do just that. Veterinary Surgical Assistants are skilled, experienced, and valued members of our teams, and we treat them that way.
Do your goals include becoming a Licensed Veterinary Technician? We offer in-house educational support and partner with Purdue University’s Online Veterinary Technician Program.
Thrive in an environment that encourages learning, promotes professional growth, and has limitless opportunities for advancement.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Proper animal restraint.
- Assist Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians with examinations, procedures, and treatments.
- Assist in taking radiographs.
- Prepare surgical suite before surgical procedures and clean/restock after.
- Clean, wrap, and sterilize instruments, surgical packs, gowns, and drapes.
- Knowledge of names and locations of all instruments and equipment used in surgery.
- Scrub in and assist in surgeries as needed.
- Bathe animals.
- Perform nail trims.
- Feed and walk patients as needed.
- Patient vital signs.
- Perform suture and staple removal.
- Prepare prescriptions as ordered by the doctor.
- Perform routine laboratory procedures.
- Maintain cleanliness and order in work areas.
- Perform kennel duties, inventory, and restocking as required.
- Consistent, on-time arrival and attendance each day you are scheduled to work.
- Always be in position and prepared to work at the start of each shift.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work well with others as a team.
- Flexibility and the ability to adjust to a changing environment
- Handle stress and pressure calmly, with poise and tact.
- Self-motivated, hard worker.
- Ability to multitask, prioritize and delegate appropriately.
- Willingness and ability to learn new tasks quickly.
- Ability to receive constructive criticism and accept responsibility for actions.
- Reliable and dependable.
- Common sense, good judgment, and a sense of humor.
BENEFITS PACKAGE:
- Complimentary Short-Term Disability
- Complimentary Life Insurance; with options to purchase additional voluntary benefits for self or family
- Company Sponsored Employee Assistance Program (Headspace)
- 401K with 100% company match up to 3% and 50% company match up to 5%, eligible after 6 months of employment
- United Health Care UMR Insurance Plans with 3 tiered options
- Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account options
- United Healthcare Dental Insurance; includes a 100% paid premium option for team members
- United Healthcare Vision Insurance options
- Long Term Disability option (paid for by employee)
- Progyny-Fertility and Family Building Support (up to $10,000 per attempt/ $30,000max)
- Team Member Discounts for Pet Care
- Paid time off - inclusive of sick, personal, and vacation
- LGBTQIA support with FOLX HEALTHCARE (if UMR enrolled)
- Sword Digital Musculoskeletal & Physical Therapy Program (if UMR enrolled)
- Referral Bonus Program
- DailyPay on Demand
- Partnership with Purdue University’s Online Licensed Veterinary Technician Program.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Veterinary experience is required.
- Basic customer service skills are required.
- Basic computer skills are necessary.
SPECIAL POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
Overtime, On-Call, and Saturdays may be required.
PHYSICAL EFFORT:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to bend, stoop, and stand for extended periods of time. Required to lift up to forty (40) pounds. Employees will be expected to request assistance with lifting or carrying animals or materials over 40 pounds.
WORK REQUIREMENTS:
- Radiation exposure (x-ray, CT Scan).
- Possible exposure to gas sterilization using ethylene oxide.
- Hazards associated with infected animals, controlled substances, and possible exposure to contagious diseases.
- Exposures to unpleasant odors and noises.
- Exposure to aggressive patients, bites, scratches, and animal wastes.
Working as a Surgical Assistant at Central Texas Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Hospital is a challenging and rewarding career. Surgical Assistants are expected to be active participants in our mission to provide the highest quality care to our clients and their pets.
United Veterinary Care provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.
Salary : $30,000
