Emergency Veterinary Technician

BluePearl Pet Hospital•Pittsburgh, PA

51d•$21 - $41•Onsite

About The Position

BluePearl Pet Hospital is hiring experienced Veterinary Technicians to work in our busy Emergency and Critical Care department. This role involves inducing, monitoring, and recovering anesthesia in patients, triaging emergency cases, performing digital radiography, and understanding normal patient vital signs. The technician will also be responsible for obtaining and interpreting vital signs, identifying patients at risk for arrest and initiating CPR, calculating medical math, administering medications, performing phlebotomy, placing intravenous catheters, and placing and maintaining feeding tubes and central line catheters. A passion for mentoring and training co-workers, along with patience and empathy to address client concerns, is also essential.

Requirements

Experienced Veterinary Technicians
Unrestricted, current authorization to work in the U.S. and not require future sponsorship for an employment-based green card.

Nice To Haves

VTS credentialing

Responsibilities

Induce, monitor and recover anesthesia in patients and use anesthesia/monitoring equipment.
Triage emergency cases as they arrive at the hospital including obtaining vitals such as temperature heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure.
Perform digital radiography using proper technique including proper positioning of patients.
Have a complete understanding of normal ranges of patient vital signs, including but not limited to heart and respiratory rate, temperature, blood pressure and oxygen saturation.
Obtain and interpret blood pressure and other vital signs and alert Veterinarian to changes and issues.
Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR.
Properly calculate medical math (including constant rate infusions) and administer medications via appropriate routes and duration.
Are proficient at performing phlebotomy and placing intravenous catheters in all peripheral vessels.
Place and maintain feeding tubes and central line catheters.
Have a passion for mentoring and training other co-workers.
Have patience and empathy to address client concerns.