Veterinary Technician: TA/VA/CVT

Company information:

Shamrock Animal Hospital, a privately owned full-service small animal hospital in Rosemount, MN is adding Veterinary Assistant positions to meet our growing case-load. We are seeking applicants who love to learn, share our passion for top-notch veterinary care, like to work and play with colleagues, and respect a work-life balance. We are a 4-doctor practice + me (Radiologist). known for progressive medicine and advanced surgery. Our mission is to provide the most advanced care for our patients, empathetic support for our clients, and service and professionalism to the community that exceeds expectations. We strongly promote our staff by augmenting their salaries as they gain experience, add responsibilities and master new skills.

The hospital is well-equipped with a surgical CO2 laser, therapeutic laser, Diode laser, digital radiography, digital dental radiographs, ultrasound, and extensive in-house laboratory with automated CBC and chemistry analyzers, and clotting profile analyzer. We are currently pursuing certification as a cat-friendly and fear-free hospital.

If you are interested in joining a progressive practice that is still growing after 35-years in business, and you like to work with a compassionate team, come join us at Shamrock. If this sounds like a the job you would enjoy and you thrive in clinical experiences that stretch your knowledge base, then Shamrock Animal Hospital is the place you should apply!

*Description of the TA/VA/CVT role:

*A technician position at Shamrock Animal Hospital provides an environment where multi-tasking skills are essential. Each of our TAs/VAs/CVTs works together as a team with a DVM. As a technician, you will see a lot of interesting and challenging cases. Your knowledge base, skill set, and abilities will grow. We are currently looking for compassionate, dependable, and motivated CVT's who like to collaborate with others to provide the best care for pets and great service to the pet's family. Full and part-time positions are available. Training and orientation to equipment and protocols will be provided on-site. Prior animal-related experience is preferred.

*General Skills and Personal Attributes Requirements for TA/VA/CVT: *

* Compassion for companion animals and empathy for their owners

* A positive attitude, resilience, and flexibility when unexpected things happen

* Willingness to pitch in and share the workload with the team

* Exemplify professional behaviors of respect for colleagues, strong work ethic, clinical appearance/attire, and direct positive communication

* Execute task directives and complete designated tasks on-time

* Ability to see what needs to be done and willingness to take initiative to do it

* Receptive to performance feedback

* Ability to work independently and as a team (DVM, CVT, vet asst, tech asst)

* Multi-tasking skills

TA Duties include but are not limited to:

Administer prescribed oral medications including pain meds

Help Certified Veterinary Technicians induce and monitor gas anesthesia and injectable anesthetics including local blocks during surgery

Help techs place indwelling catheters

Assist CVT's with bandaging wounds, and for post-surgical patients

Help CVT's provide surgical and anesthetic assistance/support and monitoring

Perform dental assessments/charting and cleaning

Help with the positioning of patients and taking radiographs

Apply therapeutic laser treatments

Communicate clearly between front-desk (admissions & discharges) and your team members to support a smooth flow of patient/pet family care

Provide patient care for in-hospital and boarding animals on medications

Provide and maintain clear lines of communication between team members (DVM, CVT, Vet Asst, Tech Asst)

Provide animal restraint

Clean surgical instruments

Prepare surgical packs (instruments, gowns) for sterilization

Perform nail trims and anal gland expression

Assist with cleaning to maintain aseptic practice standards

*VA Duties include but are not limited to: *

* Obtain patient history and take vital signs

* Provide animal restraint

* Communicate clearly between front-desk (admissions & discharges) and your team members to support a smooth flow of patient/client care

* Apply therapeutic laser treatments

* Position and expose radiographs

* Serve as a medical scribe to assist DVM during a physical exam

* Provide patient care for in-hospital and boarded animals that require medications

* Assist in training new vet & tech assistants (once settled into the VA role)

* Provide and maintain clear lines of communication between team members (DVM, CVT, vet asst, tech asst)

* Perform nail trims and anal gland expression

* Maintain aseptic practice standards

Description of the CVT's role:

If you have completed an accredited Vet Tech program and you have not yet become certified, we encourage you to apply for a tech position and we will support your efforts to obtain certification. Training and orientation will be provided on-site.

Skills and requirements:

Take initiative to get things started and to move procedures along

Clinical experience in pre-op, intra-op, and post-op surgical patient care

Clinical experience in medical/surgical patient care

Exemplify professional behaviors of respect for colleagues, strong work ethic, clinical appearance/attire, and direct positive communication.

Serve as a role model for younger staff

Serve as a mentor to less experienced staff

CVT Duties include but are not limited to:

Obtain patient history and take vital signs

Place indwelling catheters

Calculate medication dosages and administer prescribed oral, IM, and IV medications including pain meds, sedatives, analgesics, and anesthetics

Calculate doses of pre-medications and induce surgical gas anesthesia

Bandage wounds and post-surgical patients

Take the initiative to prep and begin surgery early, and move the process along so that these are completed with enough time for complete recovery

Provide surgical and anesthetic assistance/support and monitoring

Assist the surgeon in soft tissue and orthopedic procedures

Perform dental assessments/charting and cleaning

Position and expose radiographs

Apply therapeutic laser treatments

Communicate clearly with the front-desk and team members to support smooth flowing patient care/client communication

Serve as a medical scribe to assist DVM during a physical exam

Provide patient care for in-hospital and boarded animals that require medications

Train and oversee tech assistants and vet assistants

Provide and maintain clear lines of communication between team members (DVM, CVT, Vet Asst, Tech Asst)

Oversee in-house lab test requests and reference services and assure that these are processed correctly and on time

Perform in-house laboratory tests including UA, fecal, CBC/differential, ear swab cytology, skin scraping cytology

Provide animal restraint

Perform nail trims and anal gland expression

Maintain aseptic practice standards

*Work schedule: *4-5 day work week ( 8-10 hour days) with intermittent Saturday duty

*Clinic Hours: * Monday - Friday 8 am - 6 pm, rotated Saturday duty 8 am - 1 pm

We are currently not open on Saturdays or evenings in order to manage staff and doctor stress and fatigue from the COVID-19 "curbside" practice model. We plan to open up in mid-July if conditions and regulations are favorable and safe.

*Benefits: *We offer competitive compensation with raises commensurate with mastering new skills, health, optical, and dental insurance plans, 2 weeks paid vacation, paid sick time, CE, personal pet care, and uniform allowances, and Simple IRA (401k) retirement plan.

TA Salary: $12.00 - $15.00/hour ($24,000 - $30,000/year) or more depending on experience, skill set, and assumed responsibilities.

VA Salary: $16.00 - $17.00/hour ($32,000 - $34,000/year) or more depending on experience, skill set, and assumed responsibilities .

CVT Salary: $18.00 - $35.00/hour ($36,000 - $70,000/year) or more depending on experience, skill set, and assumed responsibilities.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Tech Internship

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Internship

Pay: From $12.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay

COVID-19 considerations:
Masks are worn by all personnel, inside and outside to greet clients at their car, and in the front door atrium. We currently accept patients curbside and hope to be back to normal by mid-July depending on the situation with COVID-19 and its variants.

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• Animal Handling: 1 year (Required)
• Veterinary Technician Experience: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Veterinary Technician Certification (Preferred)

Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely:

• No