Veterinary Surgery Technician

This posting is for a surgical veterinary technician. Hours are 7:00am-5pm Monday through Friday, rotation with on-call schedule as well. Please do not apply to this posting if you cannot work these shifts.

Will work collaboratively with Emergency and Internal Medicine Departments, no separation amongst them.

Job Overview: Passionately devoted to providing the very best medical care possible through an extension of honest and genuine compassion for patients and their families. The expected manner of every team member is to maintain a professional demeanor at all times, use appropriate medical terminology and support practice ownership, management and fellow team members. The veterinary technician is the doctor’s primary medical support person. They begin the examination procedure and continue to assist the doctor throughout the examination, diagnosis and treatment phases. They aid the doctors in achieving greater efficiency by relieving them of technical work and administrative detail. They have a very significant role in communicating and caring for the client.

Physical Requirements

• Come to work free from any mood altering or intoxicating substances.

• Shared lifting and restraint of up to 200 pounds from floor to table height.

• Excessive walking and standing; frequent squatting and kneeling.

• Incur risk of injury from animals. May be exposed to bites, scratches and contagious diseases.

• Ability to work well under pressure and high levels of stress

• Exposure to radiation from several sources.

• Exposure to unpleasant odors, noises and animal feces.

• Understand and carry out oral and written directions.

Expectations

• Work as scheduled and will be expected to be available nights, weekends, and holidays. Find a replacement should special circumstances or illnesses occur.

• Be productive during the hours of scheduled shift and be responsible for maintaining a clean and tidy workspace.

• Able to work independently as well as part of a team, demonstrating a high level of initiative and motivation.

• Make an effort to accommodate the staffing needs at the clinic. Such efforts include staying late when needed or leaving early when appropriate, and assisting other departments when needed.

• Take responsibility for personal professional development and aid in the training and development of other staff members.

• Maintain positive, cooperative relationships with other employees.

• Genuinely enjoy working with animals and able to deal with them even when they are stressed or ill or in pain.

• Possess self awareness and personal security to acknowledge gaps in skills, communicate with them and have the willingness to learn and grow with your team.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Performs emergency procedures such as control of bleeding, resuscitation with oxygen, opening airways, and external cardiac massage.

• Understands usage and dosage for all prescription drugs and can readily explain them to the clients.

• Work with the veterinary team and fellow technicians to complete required training in a manner that promotes a comprehensive understanding of procedures and physiology.

• Assist in animal restraint as directed.

• Assist in patient receiving/exams, in-house consults and coordinate diagnostics and/or procedures as indicated.

• Admits and discharges patients on the doctor's orders, ensuring that patients are well groomed and in a medically appropriate state.

• Counsels clients on various aspects of animal care; explains dosage/purpose of medications; reinforces the proper care and procedures that should be followed at home.

• Maintain all anesthetic patient records (i.e. anesthesia log, entering charges, treatments, procedural notes, discharge instructions, medical plans, etc.)

• Run lab work (PCV, TPP, IDEXX lab machines, etc.)

• Performs clinical laboratory procedures such as fecal flotation exams, heartworm checks, skin scrapings, urinalysis, and fungal cultures; draws blood for laboratory analysis; maintains file of lab test results and ensures that test results are recorded in patient records.

• Takes radiographs and administer EKGs and EEGs.

• Be able to perform complicated mathematical calculations.

• Have a complete understanding of the anesthesia machine function, set-up and trouble-shooting.

• Be able to perform pre-anesthetic assessments, injections, induce anesthesia, intubation, monitoring, and recovery.

• Understand and ensure sterility at all times.

• Recover patients appropriately, notifying the DVM of any patients status changes or concerns.

• Ensure all requested treatments are performed in a timely manner and communicated to the ICU/ER team.

• Demonstrate ability to efficiently and correctly use the practice management software to enter medical notes and charges.

• Ensuring all anesthesia specific supplies are well stocked available when needed.

• Record all controlled drugs appropriately following DEA guidelines. List needed inventory items on want list before the last one is taken, unpack orders using hospital packing slip procedures, stock shelves, monitor for expiration dates and redundant items.

• Provide superior anesthetic assistance to all specialty departments as assigned to maintain high quality patient care.

• Perform surgical assistance as a sterile or non-sterile technician by the direction of the surgeon as requested.

• Know the location of all MSDSs, accident and injury log, self aid kit and emergency phone numbers.

Client Service

• Customer service oriented.

• Assist the client in bringing the animal into the clinic when necessary.

• Maintain a positive, professional attitude with the clients and referring veterinary community at all times.

• Provide clients with the necessary resources to maintain optimum customer service.

• Work closely and professionally with other technicians and doctors on cross-department cases.

Housekeeping

• Keep treatment/surgery/exam rooms clean and sanitary. Keep lab equipment well maintained, be sure cages are cleaned on all surfaces, counters, refrigerators, bathrooms, floors and general environment are kept up to hospital standards. The surgery suite is to be kept extremely sanitary and closed – all surfaces disinfected and supplies and crash cart kept stocked with updated non expired supplies. Be prepared to perform routine kennel duties including walking, feeding, medicating, scrubbing, mopping, laundry and bathing.

**THIS IS BY NO MEANS A COMPLETE LIST. SOME TASKS MAY BE ASSIGNED TO A SPECIFIC STAFF MEMBER OR DEPARTMENT TO COMPLETE.

TASKS MAY BE ADDED OR REMOVED. PROCEDURES AND POLICIES MAY CHANGE.**

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Holidays
• On call

COVID-19 considerations:
Masks required. All curbside service except Euthanasia with full PPE

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• Veterinary Surgical: 2 years (Preferred)
• Veterinary Technician: 3 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Veterinary Technician Certification (Preferred)

Work Location:

• One location

Company's website:

• https://www.clearwateranimaler.com/

Company's Facebook page:

• https://www.facebook.com/ClearwaterAnimalReferralEmergency/

Benefit Conditions:

• Only full-time employees eligible

Work Remotely:

• No