Surgery Specialty Veterinary Technician

Overview

South Texas Veterinary Surgery is seeking a skilled and compassionate Veterinary Surgical Technician to join our specialized surgical team.

The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for veterinary surgery and advanced patient care, with proficiency in surgical preparation, anesthesia monitoring, and post-operative recovery. In this role, you will provide critical support to our board certified surgeon during procedures, ensuring optimal patient outcomes and comfort.

All STVS technicians are expected to maintain a positive, collaborative work ethic across all practices within San Antonio Veterinary Specialists.

Duties, Abilities, and Responsibilities:

• Have professional appearance, grooming, and demeanor.
• Good time management, punctuality, attendance, and reliability.
• Ability to understand and follow verbal and written instructions and protocols.
• Must be able to lift 40 pounds independently, and physical and manual dexterity to perform specialized technical tasks.
• Ability to walk, bend, stoop, stand and reach constantly during a minimum 8-hour day.
• Basic Veterinary Medical concepts, including surgical terminology.
• Familiar with Canine and Feline anatomy and physiology.
• Assist veterinarian with medical exams and post-operative rechecks.
• Obtain weight and vital signs for the patient, obtain thorough patient history, and record results in the patient's electronic medical record using appropriate medical terminology.
• Collect and prepare samples for in-house and reference labs.
• Knowledge and ability to intake and discharge patients, including delivering post-operative instructions in a competent and friendly manner.
• Proficient in placement of IV catheters and administering IV, IM, and SQ injections.
• Administer medications and treatments following DVM orders.
• Knowledge of specialty surgical procedures and surgical instrumentation.
• Proficiency in calculations of medications, constant rate infusions, unit conversions, fluid rates, etc.
• Demonstrate proficiency with anesthesia monitoring, anesthesia machines, ventilators, and autoclaves; ability to identify if equipment is not functioning appropriately.
• Ability to create an anesthetic plan for surgical patients, taking into account patient’s comorbidities.
• Preparing patients for surgery and enforcing sterility and safety of patients.
• Ability to monitor surgical anesthesia with a clear idea of abnormal conditions and anesthetic risks.
• Ability to accurately monitor, check, and record vital parameters of anesthetized patient during surgery and recovery.
• Scrubbing in for soft-tissue and orthopedic surgeries; must demonstrate knowledge of surgical procedures and instrumentation.
• Applying and maintaining a variety of bandages.
• Clean, disinfect, organize, and wrap surgical instruments for sterilization.
• Replenishing supplies in all areas of the hospital throughout the shift as needed.
• Maintaining cleanliness and organization of pre-operative area, O.R., exam rooms, and recovery area.

Education/licensing:

• Eligibility to work in the United States Required.
• High School Diploma (or equivalent) Required.
• LVT - Licensed Veterinary Technician Credentials Required -or- eligible to start courses within 12 months.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $24.00 per hour

Expected hours: 36 – 40 per week

Benefits:

• Continuing education credits
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• License reimbursement
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Uniform allowance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 4x10
• 5x8
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work Location: In person

Salary : $20 - $24