Veterinary Assistant - Surgery

BluePearl North Seattle is hiring a Veterinary Assistant to join their busy and well-established Surgery Department. Join our team of professionals! We are seeking a Veterinary Assistant to share their skills and compassion in a state-of-the-art facility located in North Seattle.

We are looking for a hard-working, motivated, enthusiastic, and friendly, team-player that can multitask and be flexible. Experience at a veterinary clinic is required for this opening. Applicants must have compassion for owners and their pets.

As a BluePearl Veterinary Assistant, you will:

• Compassionately, calmly, and gently approach and handle patients
• Administer oral, subcutaneous, and intravenous medications
• Clean and sterilize surgical instruments
• Provide supplemental heating or cooling per doctor orders
• Appropriately restrain canine and/or feline patients
• Provide patient updates to clients and participate in client visits with non-critical patients
• Assist with patient discharge process
• Participate in a minimum of five (5) internal or external continuing education credit hours annually, including annual OSHA training.

Why BluePearl?

• Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
• We encourage you to grow with us. Our technicians are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in his/her career.
• In order to transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.
• We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following:
  • Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
  • Flexible work schedules.
  • Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans.
  • A regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips/tricks on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment.
• We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets.

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BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual or affectional preference, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplac