Emergency Veterinary Assistant (Overnight) - Pikesville, MD

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG)•Pikesville, MD

3d•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 performs basic to intermediate nursing care, patient monitoring and treatments, helps triage incoming patients, and contributes to outpatient and inpatient care. The assistant works alongside licensed veterinary technicians and participates in patient rounds to support continuity of care. The position includes administering medications and intravenous fluid therapy, collecting samples, performing diagnostic tests and imaging, and assisting with sedation and surgical anesthesia under LVT or DVM supervision. It also involves CPR training and performing nursing tasks such as urinary catheter and nasal oxygen tube placement, as well as maintaining and troubleshooting oxygen equipment. Where permitted by law, Veterinary Assistants may take on advanced anesthesia, vascular access, diagnostic, and care-planning duties. VEG offers guided growth pathways that may include veterinary technician credentialing, training, care coordination, community outreach, and leadership. The posting identifies the position as overnight and lists Pikesville, Maryland, as the location.

Requirements

Passion and motivation for the work.
Value learning and be willing to learn new techniques.
Be a team player who is honest and respectful toward peers.
Enjoy working with animals and people.
Adapt to new scenarios and think outside the box.
Have strong interpersonal capabilities across a diverse group.
Be willing to pitch in wherever and whenever needed with a positive attitude.
Be able to accomplish assigned tasks across involved areas and know when to ask for assistance.
Demonstrate 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 transfusions.
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.