Veterinary Assistant

Overview

Veterinary Medical Center of Long Island 

75 Sunrise Highway, West Islip, NY 11795

The Veterinary Medical Center of Long Island is looking for experienced Veterinary Assistants to join our team. FT/PT opportunities are available within this state of the art veterinary specialty & emergency critical care facility located on Long Island in West Islip, NY. We currently have availability in our: Neurology, Surgery, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Dentistry, Avian & Exotics, Cardiology, and emergency departments, which includes weekday and weekend shifts, & overnights. We offer competitive salaries and a generous benefit package. We also offer substantial overnight pay incentives. For immediate consideration; please send in your resume . You may also apply on the web at www.vmcli.com

Responsibilities

Position Overview:

The veterinary assistant provides support to the veterinarians and technicians in their daily tasks by cleaning and maintaining equipment, feeding, exercising and grooming patients, preparing and sanitizing surgery suites, restraining and handling patients, and clerical and administrative work. They deliver quality care for all patients and provide exceptional service.

Tasks include:

• Triage patients, perform physical exams, treatments, and administer medication as directed by the Licensed Veterinary Technicians; maintain accurate medical records.
• Assist doctors and technicians with the administration of medications or with patient restraint.
• Perform laboratory tests and take radiographs.
• Operate and maintain hospital equipment including EKG, fluid pump, syringe pump, scales, anesthetic monitors and machines, etc.
• Fill prescriptions, calculate and administer medications, maintain proper documentation, logging, and security of controlled drugs.
• Feed patients as prescribed by the attending doctor or as the client has requested; record appetites; recognize and report any unusual conditions or abnormal behaviors.
• Maintain the cleanliness of the hospital each day; clean equipment, kennels and facilities using chemicals and supplies; ensure the safe use of chemicals; complete laundry.
• Other duties may be assigned if working in a specialty area (i.e., dentistry, surgery, emergency, radiology, cardiology, neurology, internal medicine, etc.)

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements:

• High school diploma, GED or equivalent combination of education, and/or experience.
• One or more years’ experience in veterinary environment performing above duties.
• Able to perform moderately physically demanding work, that requires a lot of lifting (up to 50 pounds), cleaning, and constant motion.
• Ability to work with or around sick animals, potentially hazardous materials, cleaning chemicals, gas anesthetics, zoonotic diseases, and unpleasant odors.
• Requires knowledge of hospital procedures, treatment protocols; computer systems; and terminology used in a veterinary hospital.
• Must be flexible with scheduling and able to work some weekends and holidays.

How to Apply

Title: Veterinary Assistant FT /PT Positions available

Reports to: LVT, Clinicians, All senior Staff

Works closely with: LVT’s, Client Care Coordinators, Hospital Administrator, Clinicians, and Owners

VMCLI’s Conformance Statements

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following:

• Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
• Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers.
• Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
• Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.

Position Purpose

Veterinary assistants provide supportive services under the direction of the veterinarian and Veterinary Technicians. This includes but is not limited to administering oral or topical medications, as allowed by NY state law; setting up equipment for both treatment rooms and surgery, restraining animals, lab work, general facility cleaning, cleaning of all wards and isolation rooms, interacting with the public and answering phones occasionally.

Responsibilities/Duties/Functions/Tasks

The following is a list of essential job requirements. This list may be revised at any time and additional duties not listed here may be assigned as needed. Job Functions and Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Restraining animals for the veterinarian and Technicians.
• Feeding animals as appropriate with Dr’s instructions.
• Cleaning and making sure that animals are clean and all areas are free of odors
• Medications (as allowed by law)
• Grooming, as needed
• Record keeping concerning routine care, vitals, and observations of the patients
• Animal’s exercise and bathroom trips
• General well being of every animal under your care
• Laundry
• Other duties include restocking, cleaning, assisting other staff members, computer work, paper work, and answering phones.
• Interaction with clients such as greeting them, recording a patient’s history, and helping with patients and/or belongings to and from vehicles may be necessary.

Qualifications

• Ability to interact with the public
• Organized
• Flexible
• Works quickly
• Works well with others and understand the team approach
• Is kind and compassionate
• Needs to be able to keep a clean uncluttered environment
• Able to follow directions
• Patience
• Is neat, clean, and Adheres to all VMCLI uniform codes

Special Position Requirements/Physical Requirements

• This position requires the ability to walk, bend, stand, lift, reach, stoop, carry, push and pull for at least 8 hours a day.
• Lifting of packages and large bags of food 25-40 lbs
• Lifting and holding animals of all sizes, including large ones
• Ability to speak and hear sufficiently to understand the job
• Ability to write neatly and communicate with others
• Visual acuity sufficient to maintain accurate records
• Ability to restrain animals
• Ability to attend staff meetings and training classes
• Ability to understand the needs of the animals
• Own transportation

Preferences

• Individuals with a true love for animals and a caring personality to help clients. People skills are a must.
• Individuals with a willingness to learn, the ability to pick up new tasks quickly and to multi-task as well as have a strong work ethic.
• Knowledge of Impromed computer software a plus.

Work Requirements

This is a very physical position and it involves a lot lifting and holding of animals of all sizes.

Please apply online through PetVetCareers.com