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Urgent Petcare
Urgent Care Veterinary Technician
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What they do
A Veterinary Technician or Technologist assists veterinarians in diagnosing and treating medical conditions in animals. May perform diagnostic tests or administer medications. Works in private veterinary practices or animal hospitals.
$40,368 / year median in Arizona
+28% projected growth
Job Description
Urgent Petcare is a walk-in urgent care and daytime emergency animal hospital. We are looking to hire a veterinary technician comfortable managing urgent care cases for our hospital. CVT certification is a plus but not a requirement.
D ) We are seeking a valuable team member whose experience and ideas will contribute to shaping Urgent Petcare! Skills include (but are not limited to):
Hours:
9am-9pm Sunday-Saturday! (Every day of the week :D ) We are seeking a valuable team member whose experience and ideas will contribute to shaping Urgent Petcare! Skills include (but are not limited to):
- Place and maintain intravenous catheters in a diverse set of patients, including neonates, seniors, debilitated, dehydrated or critical patients.
- Independently proficient in the pre-anesthetic, anesthetic, and post-anesthetic processes. This includes competency in current anesthetic medications, monitoring, intubation, troubleshooting, documentation, and recovery of patients.
- Proficient in calculating drug dosages, ratios, dilutions, concentration, and CRIs
- Setup surgical suite and prepare and execute needed pre-operative, operative, and post-operative patient care tasks
- Admit patients for hospitalization based on the attending clinician's medical orders
- Perform patient restraint, patient handling, venipuncture, acquisition of x-ray and ultrasound images, and patient treatments
- Proficient in protocols pertinent to patients diagnosed or suspected of infectious disease
- Able to perform CPR
- Able to intubate a patient Writing and Communication Responsibilities
- Superb communicator with team members, doctors, diverse clientele, and referral members.
- Excellent documentation skills for patients, incident reports, operating procedures, and maintenance information.
- Willing to learn how to build treatment and surgical estimates and present estimates to the client
- Document patient history, patient vital parameters, medications administered and medical notes pertinent to patient using current veterinary medical terminology Physical Qualifications
- Ability to stand for extended periods of time, lift patients and equipment regularly that weight up to 50 lbs
- While performing the duties of this position, the employee is frequently required to bend, stand and walk for frequent and long durations of time Schedule Expectations
- Expected to work flexible hours and be amenable to changing hours based on hospital and staffing needs General Hospital Expectations
- Maintenance of surgical pack preps
- Maintenance of drug inventory
- Maintenance laundry and linen, including
- Familiarity with canine and feline breeds Education Requirements
- High School diploma or higher required
- 2+ years working in the veterinary field
- CVT is not required but is considered an asset Our mission is "healing pets and helping their people.
Job Type:
Full-time Salary:
$23.00- $28.
Schedule:
12 hour shift Day shift Holidays Weekend availabilityExperience:
Veterinary experience: 2 years (Preferred)Work Location:
One location Benefits- Generous PTO package
- Uniform allowance
Job Type:
Full-time Salary:
$23.00- $28.
Benefits:
Health insurance Paid time offSchedule:
12 hour shift (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday/Wed., or Wed./Thursday, Friday Saturday) Holidays Weekend availability Ability to commute/relocate: Surprise, AZ 85374: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)Experience:
Veterinary experience: 2 years (Required) Veterinary technician: 2 years (Required)Work Location:
In personJob Types:
Full-time, Part-time Pay:
$23.00- $28.