Emergency Veterinary Assistant - Clearwater, FL

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG)•Clearwater, FL

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 part of the nursing team, working alongside licensed veterinary technicians and veterinarians in an emergency hospital. The role includes nursing care, patient monitoring and treatment, triage, diagnostic testing, medication administration, and support for sedation and anesthesia under licensed staff supervision. Veterinary Assistants may perform additional advanced duties where permitted by law, including anesthesia management, advanced vascular access and diagnostic techniques, and participation in treatment and care planning. VEG also offers guided growth pathways into areas such as credentialing, training, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.

Requirements

Passion for working with animals and people.
Motivation and willingness to learn new techniques.
Team-oriented, honest, and respectful approach to working with 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 pitch in wherever and whenever needed with a positive attitude.
Ability to accomplish assigned tasks 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.
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 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 veterinary technician credentialing, training, coordination of care, community outreach, or leadership.