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Veterinary Assistant- ER ($1,000 Sign-On Bonus!)
Are you an experienced Veterinary Assistant looking for a team that works together and loves to support each other? Do you enjoy seeing a variety of cases, virtually guaranteeing no two days are the same? Do you want an opportunity to utilize your full skill set while simultaneously learning new and advanced techniques?
Nashville Veterinary Specialists Animal Emergency (NVS) is searching for Veterinary Assistants to join our GROWING Emergency team!
WHY WORK WITH US? Join a team of veterinary professionals you can easily build relationships with and feels like a family- we support and encourage each other and love to celebrate wins, big or small. We pride ourselves on a welcoming learning environment where team members feel safe to advance their skills and seek guidance from each other while practicing quality medicine and patient care.
WHY CHOOSE EMERGENCY MEDICINE?
Are you an experienced Veterinary Assistant looking for a team that works together and loves to support each other? Do you enjoy seeing a variety of cases, virtually guaranteeing no two days are the same? Do you want an opportunity to utilize your full skill set while simultaneously learning new and advanced techniques?
Nashville Veterinary Specialists Animal Emergency (NVS) is searching for Veterinary Assistants to join our GROWING Emergency team!
WHY WORK WITH US? Join a team of veterinary professionals you can easily build relationships with and feels like a family- we support and encourage each other and love to celebrate wins, big or small. We pride ourselves on a welcoming learning environment where team members feel safe to advance their skills and seek guidance from each other while practicing quality medicine and patient care.
WHY CHOOSE EMERGENCY MEDICINE?
- Opportunity to learn from seasoned Emergency Veterinarians
- Ability to learn advanced techniques and hone your skillset
- A fast environment with the ability to make a direct impact on patient care
Sign-on Bonus: A signing bonus of $1,000.00 is available for qualified and experienced candidates, payable in two installments at 90-days and 6 months after the hire date.
Job Summary: The Emergency Veterinary Assistant serves as an aid to the emergency veterinarians. Works to assist veterinarians in triaging patients, carrying out initial orders and diagnostics, conducting exams, procedures, treatments, and admitting patients to ICU.
Shift Available: Weekends (Dayshift)
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- At least 3 year(s) of veterinary hospital experience
- Highly skilled in veterinary triage, diagnostics, and nursing
- Must have strong veterinary medical knowledge and a detailed understanding of common disease processes and pharmacology
- Must be able to perform quick and efficient diagnostics, treatment, and procedures
- Must be exemplary in customer service, critical thinking, team-oriented attitude
Primary Duties:
- Determines levels of triage
- Obtains history and puts history into electronic patient care system (EzyVet)
- Assists veterinarian in all aspects of care
- Includes triaging patient, restraint for physical examination, discussing estimate and plan with clients, carrying out diagnostics, procedures, and medication administration
- Patient diagnostics, procedures, and treatment may include: IV catheter placement, blood work, urinalysis, radiographs, C.T. scans, CPR, sedation, anesthesia, medication administration (S.Q., I.M., IV routes of administration), medication dose calculation, knowledge of medication adverse effects
- Advanced skillset includes (preferred, not required): central line placement, abdominocentesis, thoracocentesis, feeding tube placement, urinary catheter placement
- Discharge's patients, including filling medication prescriptions, ensuring diagnostics and medications are complete, educating clients on at-home care, going over discharge instructions with clients
Customer Service:
- Greet clients and welcome them into the hospital
- Checking in/out
- Enter client, patient, rDVM, and financial information into the hospital system.
- Take payments and deposits from Clients
- Answer client questions and phone calls
- Schedule appointments
- Client callbacks
- Process and respond to faxes/email
BENEFITS:
- Competitive salary
- Paid Time Off
- On-site Social Worker to help compassion fatigue and burnout for staff
- Insurance (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Short/long term disability and life insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Discounted pet products & services for personal pets
- C.E. Allowance
- Penn Foster and VetBloom Sponsorship Program
- Licensure Renewal/Transfer Reimbursement
- Uniform allowance
- Cell phone discounts
- YMCA corporate memberships
- Paperless practice
- Team building and volunteer events
- Career development
- Excellent opportunities for advancement and MORE!
Physical/Environmental Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of each of these jobs. While performing the duties of any of these positions, the employee is frequently required to bend, stand, stoop, walk, sit, talk, and listen; may be required to walk or stand for long periods of time; will use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel; will reach with hands and arms. The employee is often required to lift and carry animals weighing fifty pounds or more; handle dogs weighing up to 150 pounds.
