Licensed Veterinary Technician - Weekend ER
About The Position
BluePearl Pet Hospital is hiring experienced Veterinary Technicians to work in its busy Emergency and Critical Care department. This fast-paced role gives technicians the opportunity to use and expand their skills while working alongside veterinary professionals. The position includes weekend work and offers shift differential pay for eligible hours worked on nights and weekends. The listed pay range is $30.00–$42.50 per hour, with starting pay dependent on experience and advancement through a competency assessment. Candidates with VTS credentialing may receive compensation commensurate with experience. The role involves emergency triage, patient monitoring and treatment, anesthesia support, diagnostic imaging, and communication with veterinarians and clients. Technicians are also expected to mentor and train coworkers and to address client concerns with patience and empathy. BluePearl offers opportunities for skill development and career advancement, continuing education resources, and associate benefits. Applicants must have unrestricted, current authorization to work in the United States and must not require future employment-based green-card sponsorship. The position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or sponsorship transfer.
Requirements
- Experience as a Veterinary Technician is required; the posting specifies that BluePearl is hiring experienced technicians.
- Unrestricted, current authorization to work in the United States, without requiring future employment-based green-card sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- VTS credentialing; candidates with this credential are eligible for compensation commensurate with experience.
Responsibilities
- Induce, monitor, and recover patients from anesthesia using anesthesia and monitoring equipment.
- Triage emergency cases upon arrival, including obtaining vital signs such as temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure.
- Perform digital radiography using proper technique and patient positioning.
- Understand normal patient vital-sign ranges, including heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation.
- Obtain and interpret blood pressure and other vital signs, and alert the veterinarian to changes or issues.
- Identify patients at risk of arrest and initiate CPR.
- Calculate medical math, including constant rate infusions, and administer medications by appropriate routes and for appropriate durations.
- Perform phlebotomy and place intravenous catheters in peripheral vessels.
- Place and maintain feeding tubes and central line catheters.
- Mentor and train coworkers.
- Address client concerns with patience and empathy.
Benefits
- Trupanion pet insurance and associate discounts on pet treatments, procedures, and food.
- Technician skill-leveling and advancement opportunities, talent development programs, and leadership workshops.
- Annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, BluePearl University training, and access to more than 2,000 medical journals for clinicians.
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
- Parental leave benefits.
- Flexible work schedules.
- Paid time off and floating holiday plans.
- Access to a regional licensed social worker for guidance and support related to maintaining a healthy lifestyle in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment.
- Shift differential pay for eligible night and weekend hours.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
