Part-Time Licensed Veterinary Technician
About The Position
BluePearl Pet Hospital in Queens, NY is seeking an experienced Part-Time Licensed Veterinary Technician to work on the weekends. This role involves inducing, monitoring, and recovering anesthesia in patients, triaging emergency cases, performing digital radiography, understanding normal patient vital signs, interpreting vital signs, initiating CPR for at-risk patients, calculating medical math and administering medications, performing phlebotomy, placing intravenous catheters, and placing and maintaining feeding tubes and central line catheters. The position also requires a passion for mentoring coworkers and patience and empathy when addressing client concerns.
Requirements
- Part-Time Licensed Veterinary Technician
- Experienced
- Weekend availability
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.
Benefits
- Trupanion pet insurance
- Discounts on pet treatments, procedures, and food
- 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 ($200/year in BluePearl store credit for full-time associates)
- Referral Bonus Program
- State licensure reimbursements
- VTNE reimbursements
- Additional VTS benefits – pursuing & established VTS technicians.
- Continuing Education allowance ($500/year reimbursement for CVT, $750/year for VTS, rollover up to $1,500 for CVT and VTS associates)
- Annual CE stipend ($150 for non-credentialed, full-time Paraprofessionals)
- Paid CE hours (8 hours for full-time CVT associates, 12 hours for full-time VTS associates, carry over up to 24 hours)
- Pro-rated amount of any CE benefit for newly hired associates
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
