Perform comprehensive dental procedures including oral exams, charting, radiographs, and professional cleanings. Responsible for inducing and monitoring anesthesia, administering medications, and performing phlebotomy and IV catheter placement.
Requirements summary
Requires a technician capable of performing advanced dental scaling, root planning, and medical math. Must be proficient in anesthesia monitoring and general veterinary nursing skills.
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BluePearl Pet Hospital is hiring a Dental Veterinary Technician in Tacoma!
Pay: LVT I $24.00 - $35.20 / hour Schedule: Tuesday-Friday 7:30am-5:30pm This pay band is a starting point and is dependent on work experience and advancement through our Kahuna leveling program.
Are you a passionate technician looking to improve your skills in the veterinary field?
Do you have a passion for dentistry?
Do you want an opportunity to work with some of the brightest veterinary professional in this industry?
Working here is not just a job but also a unique opportunity to challenge the status quo in veterinary medicine and develop every aspect of your potential to its limit.
We believe in practicing both the science and the art of veterinary medicine in an environment that fosters out of the box thinking, collaboration, and communication among each other and the outside world and having fun while doing so.
As a Dentistry Veterinary Technician: You will perform oral examinations.
You will perform dental charting.
You will take dental radiographs with proper positioning and technique.
You will set up and assist with dental procedures and surgeries.
You will perform professional dental cleanings including subgingival scaling, root planning, and curettage.
You will perform effective oral nerve blocks in preparation for advanced procedures as directed by veterinarian.
You will be able to calculate basic medical math.
You will understand classification of commonly used medications, associated side effects and appropriately monitors therapeutic response.
You will administer medications via appropriate routes and duration.
You will perform phlebotomy.
You will have the ability to place peripheral intravenous catheters.
You will perform physical exam; accurately count heart, pulse rate, capillary refill time, mucous membranes, temperature, respiratory rate and effort.
Benefits
Dental Insurance
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off
Vision Insurance
Medical Insurance
401k
Parental Leave
Flexible Work Schedules
Retirement Planning
Annual Continuing Education Allowance
Floating Holiday Plans
Trupanion Pet Insurance
Free Continuing Education Sessions
Leadership Workshops
Pet Treatment Discounts
Talent Development Programs
Health And Well-being Resources
You will induce, monitor anesthesia and recover patients.
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 associates 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 their career.
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: Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
Parental leave benefits Flexible work schedules 401k and retirement planning Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans Health and well-being resources to assist with stress management, mental health awareness, compassion fatigue, burnout, communication, and conflict management skills If you have been searching for a collaborative, supportive and FUN team, don’t wait and apply today!
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.
BluePearl Specialty + Emergency Pet Hospital is a national network of specialty and emergency pet hospitals.
Our hospitals are located throughout the country, most of which are open 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Types of BluePearl Hospitals: Specialty and 24/7 Emergency Specialty & After-hours Emergency 24/7 Emergency After-hours Emergency Specialty Only Our veterinarians use innovative procedures, high-tech equipment and the latest treatment methods to provide comprehensive medical care to pets.
We combine this expertise with a love for animals and the belief that kindness is the foundation of veterinary medicine.
Mission
Our mission: Enriching lives through remarkable care for pets At BluePearl, we recognize that pets are part of the family. We honor the human-animal bond by providing the very best in advanced medical care for pets – including techniques that were once reserved exclusively for humans.
Our vision: To transform the delivery of veterinary care through specialty and emergency medicine.
