Emergency Veterinary Technician - Weekend

BluePearl Vet, LLC•Durham, NC

1d•$20 - $41•Onsite

About The Position

BluePearl Pet Hospital is hiring an experienced Weekend Veterinary Technician to work in our busy Emergency 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 calculating medical math, administering medications, performing phlebotomy, placing intravenous catheters, and maintaining feeding tubes and central line catheters. A passion for mentoring and training coworkers, along with patience and empathy for clients, is also essential.

Requirements

Experienced Weekend Veterinary Technician
VTS credentialing (eligible for compensation commensurate with experience)

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.