We are seeking a full time licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT) or Veterinary Technician In Training to work in our state of the art veterinary animal hospital. We are looking for motivated, energetic people who love animals and enjoy humans, and who work well with other people in a team setting, where each individual is valued. Our hospital is state of the art, offering the newest in health care along with devotion to developing a lasting relationship with our clients. Our hospital believes in quality over quantity, while providing a fear-free experience to our patients. We are looking for a friendly-upbeat, experienced candidate who enjoys new and exciting challenges loves their job, and enjoys growing and learning.
Our hospital is privately owned and not corporate.
We believe in following the core values and mission statement of BPAH. Our hospital strives to go above and beyond in all services we offer. We want the best for our employee's pets and client's pets, making sure we offer the best in veterinary medicine. We encourage and thrive with a team of collaborative co-workers who grow, learn, and embrace the culture we offer. Our team delivers exceptional vet visits where we embrace connections with pets and clients as we deliver our best recommendations.
Duties would include but not limited to the following:
- Administering Anesthesia, for all surgical patients and dental patients, including sedated procedures, calculating and drawing up drugs, placing IVC, Intubations, monitoring, charting, and troubleshooting.
- Dental cleanings, chartings, radiographs, and education
- Radiology: taking digital radiographs, positioning, submitting for review, taking CT scans, positioning, and submitting
- Lab work, obtaining samples, running samples in-house, submitting outside labs, loading labwork, calling on negatives
- Patient Care, ICU- monitoring, providing treatments for patients, cleaning, walking, feeding hospitalized, charting, and TLC, calculating drips, monitoring fluid pumps.
- Surgical assisting, surgery prep, anesthetic packs, cleaning and sterilizing, surgery discharges.
- Assisting with integrative medicine: administering laser therapy, obtaining updates on patients, educating the client, assisting in acupuncture, administering physical therapy, assisting with an underwater treadmill, scheduling follow-ups
- Assisting with rooms, obtaining vitals, history, assisting with the exam, typing up medical records, charges, establishing estimates and presenting them, forward booking, checking in and out.
- Daily tasks: charges, phone calls, cleaning, stocking, assisting with nurse appointments, filling medications, inventory, client communications, and client interactions.
Experience:
- Veterinary Technician Experience: 1 year (Preferred)
Skills should include:
- Basic animal medical knowledge
- Basic animal handling skills.
- Good communication verbal and written skills
- Basic computer knowledge, with typing skills
- Lift up to 45#
- Standing and sitting for extended periods
- Advanced knowledge of math, drug formulas, and cash handling
- Attention to detail
- Telephone etiquette
- Client customer service
- Able to work on their own, self-motivated
Benefits: Sign-on bonus of $500.00*****
We offer competitive wages and employee benefits, paid vacation at 6 months, Health insurance reimbursement, Colonial Insurance (Term Life, Accident, Disability), Pet Discounts and Benefits, EAP (employee assistance program), IRA with a 3% company match. We cover license renewal and CE allowance. We believe in appreciation and offer a team token reward system which includes complimentary lunches, presents, and additional time off. We also offer a loyalty program for long term employees. The schedule is a 4-10/11 hour work week with 30min-1hour lunch daily.
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
We are looking for motivated, energetic individuals who love animals and can work well independently as well as with other people in a team setting, where each individual is valued. Our hospital is state of the art, offering the newest in health care along with devotion to developing a lasting relationship with our clients. Our hospital believes in quality over quantity, while providing a fear-free experience to our patients. We are looking for a friendly-upbeat, experienced candidate who enjoys new and exciting challenges loves their job, and enjoys growing and learning.
Our hospital is privately and locally owned.
We offer:
- Full-Time and Part-Time Opportunities
- Competitive Wages
- Health Insurance Reimbursement Programs
- Colonial Life Program
- Paid Vacation for Full-Time Employees
- Pet Care Benefits
- IRA Retirement Programs
- Continuing Education
- & Much More!
