Emergency Veterinary Assistant - Miami, FL

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG)•Miami, FL

2h•Onsite

About The Position

VEG is a rapidly growing emergency veterinary company focused on helping people and their pets when they need it most. The Emergency Veterinary Assistant provides compassionate care to patients and customers and contributes to outpatient and inpatient nursing care alongside licensed veterinary technicians. The role includes patient monitoring, treatments, triage, medication administration, fluid therapy, diagnostic testing, and assistance with sedation and anesthesia under licensed veterinary technician or veterinarian supervision. Where permitted by law, Veterinary Assistants may also perform advanced anesthesia, vascular access, diagnostic, and treatment-planning tasks. The position offers training and guided growth opportunities, including pathways into veterinary technician credentialing, training, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership. VEG describes its workplace as employee-centric and inclusive, with a focus on learning, teamwork, and a positive experience for employees and customers.

Requirements

Be passionate and motivated, value learning, and be a team player who is honest and respectful.
Enjoy working with animals and people.
Be comfortable adapting to new scenarios, learning new techniques, and thinking outside the box.
Have strong interpersonal capabilities across a diverse group.
Be willing to help wherever and whenever needed and maintain a positive attitude.
Be able to accomplish assigned tasks across involved areas and know when to ask for assistance.
Demonstrate excellent communication with peers, customers, and the team.

Responsibilities

Treat each patient and customer with compassion and care.
Perform basic to intermediate nursing care tasks, patient monitoring, and treatments.
Triage incoming patients using knowledge of common diseases and conditions, physical assessment, and monitoring parameters.
Administer subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous medications and understand their potential adverse effects.
Set up, monitor, and administer intravenous fluid therapy, including constant rate infusions and blood transfusion therapy.
Contribute to incoming outpatient care and ongoing inpatient care as a team member.
Participate in giving and receiving patient rounds to support continuity of care.
Train to perform all aspects of CPR as a RECOVER Certified Rescuer.
Collect samples and perform diagnostic tests, including in-house and point-of-care tests and diagnostic imaging.
Assist with setting up, performing, and monitoring sedation and surgical anesthesia under LVT or DVM supervision.
Place and maintain urinary catheters and nasal oxygen tubes.
Set up, maintain, and troubleshoot oxygen cages and other oxygen administration techniques.
Work alongside licensed veterinary technicians as a member of the nursing care team.
Where permitted by law, administer, monitor, and maintain patients under general anesthesia, with or without mechanical ventilation.
Where permitted by law, perform advanced vascular access techniques, including jugular catheter placement, sampling line placement, central line placement, intraosseous catheterization, and arterial catheterization.
Where permitted by law, perform advanced diagnostic techniques, including ultrasonography and paracentesis.
Where permitted by law, participate in formulating treatment, anesthetic, and nursing care plans.
Pursue additional training through guided growth pathways, which may include veterinary technician credentialing, training, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.