3rd Shift - Overnight Veterinary Technician/Assistant

Experienced Overnight Veterinary Technician - 3rd Shift

Holly Springs

HIRING BONUS $2000.00 - $2500.00 (based on experience)

Title: Overnight Veterinary Technician/Veterinary Medical Assistant

Schedule: 3rd shift (10pm - 8am) Full-time, every other weekend, includes some holidays

Shift Differential $1.50/hr.

Triangle Veterinary Referral Hospital is looking for a highly motivated, highly skilled individual to join our overnight team. We provide 24-hour emergency service and specialty referrals in surgery, internal medicine and dermatology, and we're looking for technicians who want to utilize their skills to the fullest potential in a fast paced, fun, and stimulating environment.

Our services are expanding, and we are currently seeking qualified technicians for our overnight emergency and ICU 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

• Participate 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

• Basic wound cleaning and care

• Administer injectable and inhalant anesthesia

• Monitor patients while under anesthesia and maintain a monitoring log

• Monitor patients during recovery from anesthesia

• Obtain samples for and perform in house laboratory testing

• Assist in CPCR

Job Requirements:

• Graduation from high school or GED equivalent

• Minimum of 2 years of veterinary experience (emergency experience required)

• Current RVT in NC or eligible for NC registration (preferred, but not required)

TVRH offers a comprehensive benefits package in addition to a hiring bonus and competitive salary:

• Health, vision, and dental

• HSA and FSA Plans

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity

• Life Insurance

• 401k with employer match

• Paid Parental Leave

• Paid time off

• Holiday pay

• Annual scrub allowance

• Generous in-hospital pet benefit

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