Licensed Veterinary Technician - Critical Care

BluePearl•New York City, NY

2d•$30 - $51•Onsite

About The Position

BluePearl Pet Hospital is seeking a skilled and compassionate Licensed Veterinary Technician to join our Critical Care team in Midtown, NY! You'll play a key role in monitoring unstable patients, managing ventilators, and providing advanced nursing care in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment. We’re looking for techs with strong critical thinking, multitasking skills, and a passion for intensive patient care This position offers a sign-on bonus of up to $10,000 Schedule: Sun, Mon, Wed Pay: $30.00 - $51.00 / hour + competitive shift differentials This pay band is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency assessment tool. We offer competitive shift differential pay for eligible hours worked for nights and weekends. Shift differentials are based on a 4-hour minimum. For example: Mon – Fri: 6pm to 8am = +$4.50/hr . Shift Differential Sat & Sun: 8am to 6pm = +$4.50/hr. Shift Differential Sat & Sun: 6pm to 8am = +$8.00/hr. Shift Differential

Requirements

Licensed Veterinary Technician
strong critical thinking
multitasking skills
a passion for intensive patient care

Responsibilities

Induce, monitor and recover anesthesia in patients and use anesthesia/monitoring equipment on all ASA level patients.
Triage emergency cases as they arrive at the hospital including obtaining vitals such as temperature heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure.
Help our specialists provide nursing care to critically ill patients.
Learn and utilize mechanical ventilation and hi-flow therapy.
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.

Benefits

Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
Our associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience.
We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops.
As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in their career.
We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.
Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
Parental Leave Benefits
Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options
Paid Time Off and Floating Holiday Plans
Health Savings Account
Flexible Savings Account
401(k) Retirement Plan
Annual Scrub Allowance: full-time associates receive $200/year in BluePearl store credit.
Referral Bonus Program
State licensure reimbursements
VTNE reimbursements
Additional VTS benefits – pursuing & established VTS technicians.
Our Continuing Education Plan includes $500/year reimbursement for CVT and $750/year for VTS. The Continuing Education allowance can roll over up to $1,500 for CVT and VTS associates.
Non-Credentialed, full-time Paraprofessionals are eligible for an annual CE stipend of $150.
Full-time CVT associates also receive 8 hours of CE paid hours each year.
Full-time VTS associates receive 12 hours of CE paid each year.
Paid CE hours can be carried over year to year up to a maximum of 24 hours.