Emergency Veterinary Technician

4 weeks ago

New York, New York, United States Veterinary Emergency Group Full time

About Us

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) is a rapidly growing emergency company with hospital locations across the United States. Our mission is to provide exceptional patient care and customer service. We are revolutionizing emergency medicine with a customer-first mentality and a true, employee-centric work environment.

Talent + Culture at VEG

We want our employees to feel safe, secure, and valued, just like our patients and their owners. We strive to create a work environment that is inclusive, supportive, and encourages growth and development. With the highest NPS score in our industry, we are committed to ensuring that VEG remains the place where the best and brightest in emergency medicine want to work, stay, and grow.

Focus

This role will promote learning and growth as an emergency veterinary technician, providing opportunities for advancement towards a Veterinary Technician Specialist certification and participating in the coordination of care. Veterinary technicians will autonomously function using critical thinking and leadership to carry out patient treatment plans in coordination with the veterinary team.

Who We Need

You are a credentialed veterinary technician with a passion for emergency medicine. You are motivated, honest, and respectful to your peers. You value learning and are a team player who is comfortable adapting to new scenarios and willing to learn new techniques. You have excellent interpersonal capabilities across a diverse group and are happy to pitch in wherever and whenever you are needed.

What You Can Expect to Do

  • Treat each patient and customer with the highest level of compassion and care.
  • Perform basic to intermediate nursing care tasks, patient monitoring, and treatments.
  • Use understanding of common diseases and conditions, physical assessment, and monitoring parameters to accurately triage incoming patients.
  • Administer subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous medications and understand potential adverse effects of medications.
  • Set-up, monitor, and administer intravenous fluid therapy including constant rate infusions and blood transfusion therapy.
  • Contribute to incoming outpatient care and ongoing inpatient care.
  • Participate in giving and receiving patient rounds to ensure continuity of care.
  • Be trained to properly perform all aspects of CPR as a RECOVER Certified Rescuer.
  • Collect samples and perform diagnostic tests including in-house and point-of-care tests and diagnostic imaging.
  • Perform nursing care tasks such as placing and/or maintaining urinary catheters, nasoenteral tubes, nasal oxygen tubes, chest and abdominal tubes.
  • Set up, maintain, and troubleshoot oxygen cages and other oxygen administration techniques.

Veterinary technicians will also perform:

  • Administer, monitor, and maintain patients under general anesthesia with or without mechanical ventilation for patients with varied levels of risk.
  • Perform advanced vascular access techniques including jugular catheter placement, sampling line placement, central line placement, intraosseous catheterization, and arterial catheterization.
  • Perform advanced diagnostic techniques including ultrasonography and paracentesis.
  • Participate in formulating treatment, anesthetic, and nursing care plans.
  • Conduct treatments using clinical decision-making skills according to protocolized plans.
  • Aid in managing patient care workload to ensure patients receive uncompromised care.
  • Coach and guide veterinary assistants and veterinary nurses to perform clinical tasks to maintain standards of care and encourage growth.
  • Collaborate and share knowledge with teammates to ensure optimal patient care.
  • Obtain additional training along guided growth pathways offering roles in addition to direct nursing care such as VTS certification, trainer role, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.

What You Need

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Credentialed as a veterinary technician (CVT, RVT, LVT, LVMT) in the location of the VEG practice.
  • Veterinary technician specialist (VTS) certification will receive additional considerations in practice role and compensation.
  • Basic computer skills to use practice management, electronic medical record, and collaboration software.
  • 1+ years of experience in a veterinary technician role. Experience in emergency or specialty medicine preferred.
  • Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and electronic) with the team and with customers.
  • Fine motor skills adequate for utilizing hospital equipment necessary daily such as syringes, electric clippers, computers, surgery instruments, monitors, diagnostic equipment, etc.
  • Ability to stand for prolonged hours, kneel, work on the floor as well as ability to lift up to 25 kg on own and able to support up to 40 kg with assistance.

Why You Should Choose Us

Because emergency is all we do, so we do it best. We also offer:

  • Industry-leading compensation ($26.50 - $48.50).
  • Something new every day - you'll never be bored in emergency medicine.
  • We build our hospitals from scratch. You'll be using all of the latest equipment and technology.
  • Generous employee pet discount.
  • Referral rewards - tell your friends why they should come work for VEG too.
  • Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance.
  • 401K with company match.
  • Paid parental leave - 10 weeks of paid leave at 100% of regular salary.
  • Unlimited Continuing Education opportunities - we want to help you grow in your career.
  • Flexible work schedules for a true work-life balance.
  • Growth and relocation potential.
  • Groceries sent to the hospitals weekly for the staff to enjoy, monthly and quarterly contests, quarterly hospital outings, company-wide retreats, etc.
  • Lastly, because while our work is serious, we believe that it should also be fun.

VEG celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. You've found the equal opportunity employer you are looking for. We can't wait to meet you.

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