Credentialed Veterinary Technician - Surgery

BluePearl Vet, LLC • MD

101d • $25 - $30

About The Position

Skylos Sports Medicine, a BluePearl Hospital is seeking a Certified Veterinary Technician for our Surgery Department in Ellicott City, MD. This role is perfect for RVTs who thrive in a quieter setting, work well independently, and for those seeking supplemental income. If you’re ready to take on a lead position and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you! Pay: $25.00 - $30 / hour. This pay band is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency assessment tool.

Requirements

• Certified Veterinary Technician (RVT).
• Experience in anesthesia and surgical procedures.
• Strong knowledge of veterinary medical terminology.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with advanced anesthetic skills including epidurals.
• Familiarity with medical math and fluid therapy management.

Responsibilities

• Assist in patient procedures using knowledge of anesthesia and analgesia related protocols and procedures, including formulating anesthetic plans tailored to individual patient needs.
• Monitor anesthesia, trouble shoot anesthetic complications, and make appropriate interventions.
• Intravenous catheter placement, endotracheal intubation, and anesthetic equipment use and maintenance.
• Perform physical exam; accurately counts heart, pulse rate, capillary refill time, mucous membranes, temperature, respiratory rate and effort.
• Understand normal vital parameters and alerts doctor when abnormal.
• Set up intravenous fluids and CRI’s.
• Continuous expansion of knowledge and skillset: advanced anesthetic skills including epidurals, difficult airway intubation, and critical case management.
• Operate all brands of intravenous fluid pumps and can troubleshoot errors.
• Comfortable with medical math.
• Ability to take patient through entire procedure from start to finish (pre-op, monitoring, post-op, and recovery).
• Manage appointments, obtain histories, medical record keeping, invoicing, patient discharges, etc.
• Disconnect and connect patients from intravenous fluids aseptically.
• Monitor patient response to fluid therapy including signs of overload.

Benefits

• Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability.
• Parental Leave Benefits.
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
• Paid Time Off and Floating Holiday Plans.
• Health Savings Account.
• Flexible Savings Account.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan.
• Annual Scrub Allowance: full-time associates receive $200/year in BluePearl store credit.
• Referral Bonus Program.
• State licensure reimbursements.
• VTNE reimbursements.
• Additional VTS benefits – pursuing & established VTS technicians.
• Continuing Education Plan includes $500/year reimbursement for CVT and $750/year for VTS.
• Paid CE hours can be carried over year to year up to a maximum of 24 hours.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees