Emergency Veterinary Technician - Day

BluePearl Vet, LLC•Rockville, MD

71d•Onsite

About The Position

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Rockville, MD is seeking an experienced Veterinary Technician to join our skilled Emergency day team! This role involves inducing, monitoring, and recovering anesthesia, 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 and central line catheters, and mentoring coworkers. A passion for client communication and empathy is also important.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Mentoring and training other co-workers
Patience and empathy to address client concerns

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.
Perform additional relevant job responsibilities.