Emergency Veterinary Assistant - Jacksonville, FL

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG)•Jacksonville, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

VEG is hiring an Emergency Veterinary Assistant to support emergency veterinary care. The role provides compassionate care to patients and customers, performs nursing tasks, assists with triage and diagnostics, and supports outpatient and inpatient care as part of a team that includes licensed veterinary technicians. Assistants may receive additional training through guided growth pathways, including credentialing, training, community outreach, coordination of care, and leadership. Where permitted by law, the role may also include advanced anesthesia, vascular access, and diagnostic procedures, as well as participation in treatment and care planning.

Requirements

Be passionate and motivated, value learning, and work as an honest and respectful team player.
Have an interest in 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.
Have excellent communication skills with peers, customers, and the team.

Responsibilities

Treat each patient and customer with compassion and care.
Perform basic to intermediate nursing care, 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 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, for patients with varied levels of risk.
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, including veterinary technician credentialing, training, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.