Emergency Veterinary Assistant (Overnight) - Pleasant Hill, CA

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG)•Pleasant Hill, CA

21h•$20 - $49•Onsite

About The Position

VEG is seeking a passionate, motivated, and adaptable Emergency Veterinary Assistant to support emergency veterinary care. The role focuses on compassionate patient and customer care, nursing tasks, monitoring and treatments, triage, diagnostics, and supporting outpatient and inpatient care alongside licensed veterinary technicians. The position is overnight in Pleasant Hill, California. Veterinary Assistants may perform additional duties where permitted by law, including advanced anesthesia and patient monitoring, vascular access, diagnostic techniques, and contributing to treatment, anesthetic, and nursing care plans. VEG offers guided growth pathways that may include veterinary technician credentialing, training, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.

Requirements

Passion for working with animals and people.
Motivation, willingness to learn, and interest in learning new techniques.
Team-oriented approach, honesty, and respect for peers.
Ability to adapt to new scenarios and think outside the box.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with peers, customers, and the team.
Willingness to help wherever and whenever needed with a positive attitude.
Ability to complete assigned tasks across involved 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.
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 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 a member of the nursing care team.
Where permitted by law, administer, monitor, and maintain patients under general anesthesia, with or without mechanical ventilation, across 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 opportunities such as veterinary technician credentialing, training, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.

Benefits

Industry-leading compensation of $20-$49.
Generous 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.
Weekly groceries for hospital staff, monthly and quarterly contests, quarterly hospital outings, and company-wide retreats.