Veterinary Technician
1 month ago
Position at Long Beach Animal Emergency
Veterinary Technician - Emergency
Long Beach, CA
Job Purpose -
•Increase efficiency of the doctor staff by providing care and support to patients, clients, and hospital staff
•Provide excellent medical support and compassionate care for patients and clients
•Act as a point of communication between clients and internal hospital staff regarding the status of patients in hospital
Duties and Responsibilities -
•Possess complete understanding of all knowledge required for, and skill set of, the Assistant Level II job description
•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 medical waste safely.
•Assist with and understand basic CPR.
•Anesthesia On-Call shifts may be required
•Responsible for upholding the spirit of LBAE by handling all necessary tasks that require attention
Compensation: $26-29/HR
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