Emergency Veterinary Assistant - Dallas, TX

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG)•Dallas, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

VEG is hiring an Emergency Veterinary Assistant to provide compassionate care to patients and customers in an emergency veterinary hospital. The role involves basic to intermediate nursing care, patient monitoring and treatment, triage, medication administration, fluid therapy, diagnostic testing, and support for outpatient and inpatient care. The assistant works alongside licensed veterinary technicians and, under LVT or DVM supervision, assists with sedation and surgical anesthesia. Where permitted by law, veterinary assistants may also perform advanced anesthesia, vascular access, diagnostic, and care-planning tasks. VEG offers guided growth pathways, including opportunities related to veterinary technician credentialing, training, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.

Requirements

Passion and motivation.
A team-oriented, honest, and respectful approach to working with peers.
Love of working with animals and people.
Ability to adapt to new scenarios, learn new techniques, and think creatively.
Strong interpersonal capabilities across a diverse group.
Willingness to help wherever and whenever needed with a positive attitude.
Ability to accomplish assigned tasks across areas of responsibility and recognize when to ask for assistance.
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 tasks, patient monitoring, and treatments.
Use knowledge of common diseases and conditions, physical assessment, and monitoring parameters to triage incoming patients.
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.
Perform nursing care tasks such as placing and maintaining 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.
Pursue additional training through guided growth pathways, including veterinary technician credentialing, training, community outreach, and leadership.
Where permitted by law, administer, monitor, and maintain patients under general anesthesia, with or without mechanical ventilation, for patients with varied risk levels.
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.

Benefits

Industry-leading compensation.
Latest equipment and technology in hospitals built from scratch.
Employee pet discount.
Referral rewards.
Health, vision, and dental insurance.
401(k) with company match.
Paid parental leave of up to 12 weeks at 100% of regular salary.
Unlimited continuing education opportunities.
Flexible work schedules.
Growth potential.
Groceries delivered to hospitals weekly for staff.
Monthly and quarterly contests, quarterly hospital outings, and company-wide retreats.