Emergency Veterinary Assistant - Willow Grove, PA

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG)•Upper Moreland Township, PA

3d•$19 - $44

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 as a member of the nursing care team, working alongside licensed veterinary technicians. The role includes basic to intermediate nursing care, patient monitoring and treatment, triage, medication administration, fluid therapy, diagnostic testing, and support for sedation and surgical anesthesia under LVT or DVM supervision. Assistants may also perform additional advanced duties where permitted by law. VEG offers guided growth pathways that can include veterinary technician credentialing, training, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.

Requirements

Passion and motivation.
Values learning and works as a team player who is honest and respectful toward peers.
Enjoys working with animals and people.
Comfortable adapting to new scenarios, willing to learn new techniques, and able to think outside the box.
Excellent interpersonal capabilities across a diverse group.
Willing to pitch in wherever and whenever needed with a positive attitude.
Ability to accomplish assigned tasks across the areas involved 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.
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 support continuity of care.
Become trained 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, which may include veterinary technician credentialing, training, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.
Where permitted by law, administer, monitor, and maintain patients under general anesthesia, with or without mechanical ventilation, including 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.

Benefits

Industry-leading compensation of $18.50–$44 per hour.
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.
Weekly groceries at hospitals for staff, monthly and quarterly contests, quarterly hospital outings, and company-wide retreats.