Veterinary Technician

2 months ago

Long Beach, United States Thrive Pet Healthcare Full time
Description

Position at Thrive Pet Healthcare

Veterinary Technician - Emergency

Shift: Overnight

Long Beach, California

Long Beach Animal Emergency is looking for an Overnight Veterinary Technician to join our team as part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare community.

At Long Beach Animal Emergency, a Thrive Pet Healthcare partner, you will have the support, tools, and resources to elevate your skills. As a hospital deeply rooted in the local community, you will experience the best of both worlds: a genuine local feel with the benefits of Thrive's national resources.

About You

As a Veterinary Technician, you'll play an important role in pets' lives by providing comprehensive care throughout their journey. Your life-changing work will range from the hands-on care of facilitating outpatient treatments and performing laboratory tests, to surgery assistance, to support services including admitting and discharging patients.

Experience & Skills Requirements:
  • 3+ years of clinical experience
  • Possess complete understanding of all knowledge required for, and skill set of, the Assistant Level II job description
Role Responsibilities:
  • Support veterinarians to ensure quality veterinary care, advocate for pets, and educate clients.
  • Be willing to guide, mentor, and support fellow team members.
  • Responsible for training technical employees in levels below current level
  • Give accurate and detailed patient rounds.
  • Admit and discharge a patient from the telemetry system.
  • Administer oral medications to a dog or cat. Have knowledge of the injectable medication administration sheet and of administering IV medications when the patient is on or off IV fluids.
  • Set up and aseptically place IV catheter in dogs (cephalic and saphenous vein), cats (cephalic and medial saphenous vein). Perform IVC maintenance following in house protocol.
  • Perform quality nursing care including ensuring that the patient has clean, comfortable bedding and is kept clean at all times. Check IVC for swelling around the tape and confirm patency.
  • Correctly perform drug calculations and be able to calculate mg to ml, mcg to mg, g to mg.
  • Set up and calculate IV fluid additives for administration (example KCl and Dextrose).
  • Set up for and obtain radiographs with proper positioning.
  • Correctly perform nebulization and coupage on patients.
  • Obtain blood pressure with a doppler and understand normal parameters and when to alert the doctor.
  • Understand perfusion parameters.
  • Correctly identify basic cardiac arrhythmias such as a VPC and understand treatment.
  • Wrap packs and pouches for surgical equipment.
  • Perform basic operating room set up and have knowledge of the basic instruments.
  • Set up and leak test anesthesia machines and monitoring equipment. Use the monitoring sheet in Smartflow.
  • Identify and use correctly each blood collection tube. Collect blood from cephalic, lateral and medial saphenous veins and understand how to properly handle the sample.
  • Administer Subcutaneous fluids to a patient.
  • Run and read PCV/TS and understand what these numbers mean and what normal values are.
  • Perform in house laboratory tests on the Idexx Procyte, Catalyst, Coag, Siemens Blood Gas Machine, Abaxus i-Stat, UA Analyzer, Sedivue.
  • Perform blood typing and log blood products accurately.
  • Demonstrate safe patient restraint for physical exam, blood collection, IV catheter placement, Abdominal Ultrasound and Cardiac Ultrasound.
  • Understand and perform nursing care for non ambulatory patients including how to sling walk.
  • Perform monitoring and patient recovery after surgery or anesthetic procedures.
  • Dispose of medical waste safely.
  • Assist with and understand basic CPR.
  • Anesthesia On-Call shifts may be required
About the Hospital

At Long Beach Animal Emergency, we're your trusted partner in providing emergency focused care for your beloved pets supporting the South Bay Area, Orange County, and Los Angeles. Our experienced team and state of the art facility ensures that your pet receives the highest quality medical treatment in times of crisis. We are dedicated to offering both exceptional medical care and the emotional support you and your pet deserve. When it comes to your pet's health, we're here for you.

We are open 24 hours

Serving Neighborhoods in South Bay, Orange County, and Los Angeles

Benefits - our care in action

Thrive offers a suite of benefits to support team members' emotional, physical, professional, and financial wellbeing. In addition to our health and life insurance, and short- and long- term disability plans, we offer eligible team members:
  • Competitive pay
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Mental health resources, including 24/7 access to Lyra Health
  • Paid parental leave
  • Purr-ental leave for when you adopt a pet
  • Employer-sponsored childcare and elder care
  • Personalized care for every family-forming journey
  • Discretionary funds and FREE CE courses
  • Pet perks and veterinary service discounts
  • Student loan management tools and assistance
Provide your best care with more bridges and less barriers.

We listen to your needs and then meet them. Through training and free CE experiences, your career development can flourish. And in our locally rooted, nationally connected community, you'll be able to make connections, access opportunities and find support with ease.

Support for you is as vital as the support you provide.

You'll Thrive With Us

At Thrive, you have the opportunity to develop your career in a way that best suits your goals. Take advantage of our comprehensive learning and skill-building programs to enhance your expertise. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:
  • Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
  • Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
  • A program to designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital
  • Scholarship opportunities and tuition reimbursement
  • Move into any specialty, hospital type, or environment - across the nation.
  • Leadership training for a thriving and long career in the veterinary profession.


Compensation negotiable based on credentials and experience with a hourly pay rate starting at $27 - $29 / hour. The actual rate offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

We bridge general practice, urgent care, specialty, and emergency care, and our locally rooted, nationally connected hospitals benefit from Thrive's extensive resources while maintaining their unique identities.

We believe that supporting our people is the key to helping pets thrive through every stage of life.

Join us where #WeThriveTogether. We provide customizable professional development opportunities, a supportive work environment that values work-life rhythms, and 24/7 mental health support.

At Thrive Pet Healthcare, we are committed to creating a culture where everyone from any background can be heard, respected, and valued. We pledge to build an inclusive environment nurtured by respectful curiosity to support, encourage, and celebrate the diverse voices of our teams and the communities we serve

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