Emergency Veterinary Assistant - South Tampa, FL

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG)•Tampa, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

VEG is hiring an Emergency Veterinary Assistant to help provide emergency care to pets and their people. The role works as part of the nursing care team alongside licensed veterinary technicians, delivering compassionate patient and customer care in a fast-paced emergency setting. Veterinary Assistants may also receive training through guided growth pathways, with opportunities to develop in areas such as veterinary technician credentialing, training, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.

Requirements

Passion and motivation, a willingness to learn, and a team-oriented approach.
Honesty and respect toward peers.
Enjoy working with animals and people.
Ability to adapt to new scenarios, learn new techniques, and think outside the box.
Excellent interpersonal capabilities across a diverse group.
Willingness to help wherever and whenever needed with a positive attitude.
Ability to complete assigned tasks across areas of work and recognize when to ask for assistance.
Excellent communication skills with peers, customers, and team members.

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 transfusions.
Contribute to incoming outpatient care and ongoing inpatient care as a team member.
Participate in 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.
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.
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.