Emergency Veterinary Assistant - Fort Worth, TX (Camp Bowie)

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG)•Fort Worth, TX

3d•Onsite

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 supports compassionate emergency and inpatient care as part of the nursing care team, working alongside licensed veterinary technicians and veterinarians. The role includes patient monitoring, nursing tasks, triage support, medication and fluid therapy, diagnostic testing, and assistance with sedation and anesthesia. Where permitted by law, Veterinary Assistants may also perform specified advanced clinical tasks. VEG offers guided growth pathways that can include veterinary technician credentialing, training, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.

Requirements

Be passionate and motivated, value learning, and work as an honest and respectful team player.
Enjoy working with animals and people.
Adapt to new scenarios, be willing to learn new techniques, and think outside the box.
Have strong interpersonal capabilities across a diverse group.
Be willing to help wherever and whenever needed with a positive attitude.
Be able to accomplish assigned tasks across areas of work 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 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.
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.
Pursue additional training through guided growth pathways, including veterinary technician credentialing, trainer roles, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.