Emergency Veterinary Technician (Day Shift)

Emergency Licensed Veterinary Technician (Day Shift, RVRC)

Regional Veterinary Referral Center - Emergency / Critical Care Department

Environment : Do you want to look forward to work, instead of dreading it? Want the freedom to move independently within a team, without being micromanaged? Desire the ability to grow your skills with people who support your career? You should be working with us! We take pride in what we do as an Emergency & Critical Care team and we truly enjoy working together. We get to collaborate on protocols and suggest ideas for improving our medicine. Our mental health is as important as physical health here! Plus our Manager really throws down for Vet Tech Appreciation Week!

Shifts Available : 7 am - 7 : 30 pm (Fixed days, higher compensation for weekends)

Purrfect Candidate : We prefer candidates with LVT / CVT / RVT credentials or students currently in Veterinary Technician school, with 1 years of experience in urgent, emergency or critical care, but also appreciate credentialed technicians or students with solid skills from any veterinary technical discipline.

Responsibilities :

• Triage incoming patients for prioritizing order, take vitals, use and perform basic medical math.
• Perform diagnostics such as phlebotomy, cystocentesis, in house laboratory testing (CBC's, blood chemistries,urinalysis, SNAP tests, blood typing, crossmatching) blood pressures and radiographs.
• Support patient examinations and operations by assembling required supplies and instruments, securing and bringing patients to examination rooms, and exhibits handling understanding of animal behavior and low stress handling techniques; aids as directed by veterinarian.
• Ability to work with or around sick animals, potentially hazardous materials, cleaning chemicals, gas anesthetics, zoonotic diseases, and unpleasant odors.
• May include some lifting or carrying (up to 50 lbs). Will include climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Maintain medical records by documenting patients' conditions, reactions, and changes; updates database in an accurate and timely manner.
• Maintain equipment by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining equipment supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs.
• Provide compassion and excellent client care to the owners of our patients.
• Ability to work positively as a team player; proactive in recognizing tasks to be done, aide in the training and mentoring of all assistants and junior technicians.
• Ability to work positively as a team player by remaining calm, professional and mature while using critical thinking skills; effectively problem solve and make decisions as needed.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by Supervisor, Hospital Manager or Medical Director as needed.

Compensation : We feel that pay should coincide with credentials, experience, shift commitment and work ethic (up to $35 hr). We also offer a sign on bonus!

Benefits : Besides working with a pawsome team, we offer great benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401K, paid holidays, PTO, CE and Uniform Allowance and generously discounted pet care.

Along with our Emergency & Critical Care Department, the Regional Veterinary Referral Center is a compassionate, progressive, client centered specialty and referral hospital in Springfield, VA that offers :

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PetVet Care Centers, Inc. is one of the nation's leading operators of veterinary hospitals for companion animals. The company operates over 450 hospitals across multiple states and employs over 11,000 people including over 800 veterinarians. Since its inception, PetVet has been structured around a model that is focused on developing a partnership between the hospitals and the company and providing the highest quality medicine and service.

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