Veterinary Technician - Surgery

The Veterinary Surgical Center of Portland (VSCP), a BluePearl partner is hiring an exceptional Veterinary Technician to join our team. We have multiple scheduling options available. We offer competitive pay and benefits, no weekends required, and evening shift differential pay!

• Are you committed and passionate about enriching lives through remarkable care for pets?

• Do you thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rewarding work environment?

• Are you a team player who enjoys working together on a team to provide quality care for pets?

If you answered "yes" to these questions, then we want to hear from you.

Veterinary Surgical Center of Portland is looking for that person who knows specialty veterinary surgical procedures and processes backward, forwards, and inside out! We're looking for the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the shiniest star, the sharpest of sharp.

We are a well-established, specialty surgical practice with engaged and loyal clients and phones ringing off the hook. We have an exceptional team of professionals who truly care about each other and our patients.

While the health and well-being of our patients is our priority so is the health and well-being of our staff. We have a zen room for employee use as well as fun team-building activities on a regular basis, the last being "paint your pet" at Bottles and Bottega.

The perfect fit for our team is professional, hard-working, very experienced in specialty surgery, friendly and flexible with excellent communication skills, and a passion for client education. Dependability, honesty, and attention to detail are also essential!

We all pitch in and help one another wherever needed and support each other as a team. We are a growing practice with a brand new reception area that's open and welcoming.

As a Veterinary Technician, you will:

• Restrain patients keeping low stress handling in mind. Take vital signs

• Phlebotomy: able to collect samples and perform subjective and non-subjective lab work

• Calculate and administer medication as directed by a veterinarian (PO, IV, SC, IM)

• Place intravenous catheters, urinary catheters, central venous lines

• Perform bandaging, suturing, and suture removal as directed

• Anticipate DVM needs and prepare supplies for procedures

• Scrub in and act as a sterile assistant in surgery

• Induce anesthesia and intubation. Monitor anesthesia using multi-parameter monitoring equipment

• Set up the surgery suite as needed for soft tissue and orthopedic surgeries

• Maintain a safe, secure, healthy, and humane environment by cleaning, sterilizing and wrapping instruments, disinfecting surgery suites and patient cages/kennels, storing sterile supplies, verifying shelf life, following standards and procedures

• Maintain pet comfort pre- and post-op by measuring vital signs and alerting the veterinarian of any changes. Closely observe animals for any change in condition.

• Maintain pet records by documenting conditions, reactions and changes

• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities

• Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications and skills

• Certified/Licensed/Registered Veterinary Technician; eligible for licensure in Oregon or experienced Vet Assistant

• Knowledge of animal behavior and husbandry

• Documentation skills, analytical skills, clinical skills

• Use of medical technologies

• Ability to learn and utilize veterinary software programs

• Attention to detail, patience, and strong verbal communication skills

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.

• Paid paternity leave as well as employer provided short-term and long-term disability.

• 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.

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 you will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, 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 Workplace.