Critical Care Veterinary Assistant/Credentialed Technician - Days

MedVet•Dallas, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

MedVet is the largest family of emergency and specialty hospitals owned and led by veterinarians, prioritizing the needs of their team to provide the best specialty and emergency medicine. The organization upholds professional ethics and aims to enhance the lives of patients, their families, and the veterinary community, guided by core values of Teamwork, Leadership, and Compassion. The Critical Care team specializes in caring for critically ill patients, offering advanced treatments such as mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal therapies (therapeutic plasma exchange and hemoperfusion).

Requirements

An experienced Registered Veterinary Technician or an experienced Veterinary Assistant to join the Critical Care Team
A registered veterinary technician with 2+ years of experience in emergency and/or critical care medicine
A team player with a growth mindset
Self-motivated and a critical thinker
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, unpredictable environment
Proficient in “medical math:” comfortable calculating drug doses and making CRIs
Comfortable with high acuity cases and humane euthanasia
Passing of a drug screen and background check

Responsibilities

Practice at the top of your license
Treat critically ill and injured patients
Place long-lines (PICC lines, Drum lines, and Central Lines)
Perform in-house diagnostics (blood work, radiographs, etc)
Administer blood transfusions
Administer vasopressors and pain medications
Set up the mechanical ventilator and hi-flow nasal oxygen
Assist with extracorporeal procedures (TPE, hemoperfusion)
Monitor critically ill patients
Interact with clients to help them understand their pet’s care
Collaborate with DVMs to provide exceptional care to our hospitalized patients
Record and deliver organized rounds, discuss cases and gather additional information as necessary
Evaluating incoming patients and prioritizing based on assessment
Partner with patient care team regarding treatment plans, client communication and nursing care concerns
Provide client education including, but not limited to: home care instructions, medications (indications, adverse reactions) and general wellness updates on hospitalized patients
Assist DVM with patient assessment, treatment and procedures
Provide monitoring and nursing care to hospitalized patients
Induce and monitor general anesthesia and sedation procedures
Perform in-house laboratory testing and prepare samples for outside laboratory testing