Emergency and ICU Veterinary Assistant

Emergency and ICU Veterinary Assistants

Hiring bonus: $2000

Location: Durham, NC

Schedule: Full-time; 1st, 2nd and 3rd shifts

**RVT positions also available

The Triangle's premier Emergency and Specialty Hospital is looking for passionate, highly motivated, highly skilled Veterinary Assistants to join our ER and ICU teams!

About Us

Triangle Veterinary Referral Hospital (TVRH) provides 24-hour emergency service and specialty referrals in surgery, internal medicine, cardiology, oncology, neurology, radiology and rehabilitation. Our new facilities offer the latest diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities including digital radiography, ultrasonography, CT, MRI, endoscopy, laparoscopy, and in-house laboratory services.

Known for our team-oriented and collaborative atmosphere, we work every day to foster and maintain a supportive, positive, open, and collaborative culture that is family oriented, and employee focused. With a committed staff of 19 veterinarians and over 50 support team members, we bring dedicated, high-quality care to our community 24 hours and day, 7 days a week.

About You

As an ER/ICU Veterinary Assistant with TVRH you would function with a great deal of autonomy and responsibility, so there are a few things that are a must:

• The more you know – No body knows it all, but your patient care knowledge and skills should be solid. You should be willing, enthusiastic even, to learn and try new things and to share what you do know with others

• Be Kind – Treat your team, your patients and your clients with the respect, compassion and consideration you would like to be shown if you were in their shoes…or paws

• No I in TEAM – Cheesy but true, the ability to work both independently and with a team, while maintaining a positive attitude, is critical. Being willing to help where you are needed keeps the team going and the care flowing

• Never work a day in your life – What’s that saying? If you do something you love, you’ll never work a day in your life! Be passionate, have fun, LOVE what you do!

About the Job

ER and ICU Assistants provide critical care to patients in emergency situations and those with acute or chronic illnesses that require hospitalization. They work closely with Emergency Clinicians, ER/ICU RVTs and Patient Care Assistants. ER and ICU Assistants can expect to:

• 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

• Participate in nurse rounds

• 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, OD)

• Maintain isolation protocols for infectious patients

• Basic wound cleaning and care

• Administer injectable and inhalant anesthesia

• Monitor patients while under sedation and maintain a monitoring log

• Monitor patients during recovery from sedation

• Obtain samples for and perform in house laboratory testing

• Assist in CPR

Required Education and Experience

• Graduation from high school or GED equivalent

• 2+ years as veterinary assistant in a fast-paced veterinary hospital; specialty or emergency experience preferred

In addition to a competitive salary, TVRH offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• 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

Internal benefits include PTO, CE PTO and allowance, uniform allowance, and veterinary services discount.