Experienced ER Veterinary Technician/Assistant – 1st Shift

Experienced ER Veterinary Technician/Assistant – 1st Shift Holly Springs

HIRING BONUS $1500.00 – $2500.00 (based on experience) Title

• Veterinary
• Technician/Veterinary
• Medical
• Assistant
• Schedule: 1st shift, 7am – 5 pm (Every Wednesday and Thursday with every other Friday, Saturday and Sunday)

• Full-time, includes some holidays Triangle Veterinary Referral Hospital is looking for a highly motivated, highly skilled individual to join our team. We provide 24-hour emergency service and specialty referrals in surgery. We are looking for technicians and assistants who want to utilize their skills to the fullest potential in a moderate paced, fun, and stimulating environment. Our focuses are quality ER medicine, patient care and client care. We are currently seeking a qualified technician or assistant for our first shift emergency team. This role functions with a great deal of autonomy and responsibility; solid technical skills, sound judgment, excellent communication skills, a positive attitude and the ability to work both independently and with a team are required. Essential Job Duties:
• Provide nursing care to critically ill hospitalized patients in conjunction with specialty and emergency veterinarians
• Participation in nurse rounds
• Triage incoming patients presenting on emergency
• Assess patient stability and obtain patient vital signs
• Perform diagnostics and treatments of emergency and hospitalized patients
• Perform hourly patient assessment and monitoring
• Observe patients and recognize changes in status
• Place peripheral and central catheters
• Restrain patients for exams and treatments
• Set up and administer IV and SQ fluids
• Maintain urinary catheters
• Bandage removal and application
• Perform suture and drain removal
• Perform drug dose calculations for injectable medications and CRIs
• Administer injectable medications (IV, IM, SQ)
• Administer other medications (PO, OU, AU)
• Maintain isolation protocols for infectious patients