Veterinary Anesthesia and Surgery Technician

As a Veterinary Anesthesia and Surgery Technician you will be expected to:

Treat each patient and owner with the highest level of compassion & care.

Demonstrate commitment to further education and growth within a teaching environment.

Develop individualized peri-anesthetic management protocols with emphasis on safe, efficient, and progressive medicine.

Assisting in maintaining efficient daily flow of preanesthetic preparation and case prioritization.

Demonstrating proficiency in placement of peripheral, arterial, and central venous catheters, intubation, and other anesthesia-related technical skills

Demonstrating proficiency in pre-, peri-, and post-operative patient monitoring and recovery.

Preparing, organizing, and maintaining operating room equipment and appropriate anesthesia inventory stocking.

Demonstrating proficiency in maintaining anesthesia equipment and machines including, but not limited to, ventilators.

Patient management with roles including but not limited to: streamlining pre-operative patient intake and client communications, obtaining pre-anesthetic diagnostics, assisting other services (Internal Medicine, Neurology, Surgery and ER) with anesthetic needs, and occasionally coordinating and facilitating patient discharge.

Providing oversight and training to technicians learning and performing anesthesia in other services, and assisting the anesthesiologist in developing training programs and educational materials

The positive culture at Pinnacle Veterinary Specialists:

• Recognizes and rewards nurses as critical members of our team.
• We distributed $60,000 in bonuses to our nursing staff in 2024.
• Value freedom of autonomy for staff to make on the ground decisions without layers of management.
• Work in a smaller, collaborative environment that feels more like a family than just a place to work.
• Provide best in class Independence Blue Cross Health PPO insurance with NO deductible and free access to mental health care for $70.00 per pay period.
• Our team of emergency and critical care doctors were selected for their medical skills but equally important for being kind and easy to work with. Pinnacle recognizes the key role that nurses play in the hospital. They are invaluable members of the team and should be treated as such. At Pinnacle, these words are put into action.
• Our hospital is a community of people who find joy in working together and learning from each other. Our young group of leaders have families and believe in working to live rather than living to work. We are looking for staff members who are able to see the world and the hospital beyond themselves. They are the people at work who are easy to get along with, smile a lot, and are always willing to help. Our team embraces this view of a hospital community.

Our brand-new facility opened in August 2021 and houses emergency/critical care, internal medicine, neurology, surgery, radiology and cardiology. We have digital radiography, full in house Idexx lab systems, Siemens blood gas analyzer, a GE 16 Slice CT scanner and a mobile MRI unit.

• PVS is located at 600 Evergreen Drive in Glen Mills, PA which is a southern suburb of Philadelphia. We are located across from the Costco in Glen Mills and near the Brinton Lake Shopping complex allowing easy access to restaurants and shopping. A Costco membership is an employee benefit including discounted gas at the Costco gas station.

Benefits of working for Pinnacle include:

• Generous hourly wage reflective of your skillset and contribution to the hospital
• Shift differential for overnights and weekends ($2.50/hour Mon-Thurs, $4.00/hr Fri-Sun)
• Flexible scheduling
• Paid time off
• Pet care discount
• Independence Blue Cross medical insurance that includes Penn Medicine telehealth visits, tele-mental health support, and the largest health network in greater Philadelphia
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) program with 2% company match
• Scrub allowance
• Costco membership (inexpensive gas is right across from our hospital!)
• Free access to the Calm App to support sleep health and wellness
• In house CE and continuing education stipend
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development assistance
• Employee assistance program

Schedule- To be determined.

• 
  Basic computer skills to use practice management, electronic medical record, and collaboration software.
• 1 years of experience in a veterinary technician role. Experience in emergency or specialty medicine is preferred.
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and electronic) with the team and with customers
• Fine motor skills adequate for utilizing hospital equipment necessary daily such as syringes, electric clippers, computers, surgery instruments, monitors, diagnostic equipment, etc.
• Ability to stand for prolonged hours, kneel, work on the floor as well as ability to lift up to 50 lbs. on own and able to support up to 80 lbs. with assistance.
• If you would like to learn more about Pinnacle, please reach out to Meghan Wood, VMD, Hospital Director or go to our careers page and hit "Apply Now