Emergency Veterinary Assistant - Orland Park, IL

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG)•Orland Park, IL

2d•$19 - $44•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 patient and customer care, performs nursing tasks and treatments, supports emergency triage, and contributes to outpatient and inpatient care as part of the nursing team. The role works alongside licensed veterinary technicians and may perform additional advanced procedures where permitted by law. VEG offers guided growth pathways that may include veterinary technician credentialing, training, care coordination, community outreach, and leadership opportunities.

Requirements

Passion for working with animals and people.
Motivation, a positive attitude, and willingness to pitch in where needed.
Team-oriented, honest, and respectful approach to working with peers.
Willingness to learn new techniques and adapt to new scenarios.
Ability to think outside the box.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with peers, customers, and the team.
Ability to accomplish assigned tasks across relevant areas and recognize when to ask for assistance.

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 ensure 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 part of the nursing care team.
Where permitted by law, administer, monitor, and maintain patients under general anesthesia, with or without mechanical ventilation, across 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.
Pursue additional training through guided growth pathways in areas such as veterinary technician credentialing, training, care coordination, community outreach, and leadership.