Registered Veterinary Technician 700 sign on bonus!

Founders Green Animal Hospital•Denver, CO

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Founders Green Animal Hospital is hiring a full-time Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) to provide skilled patient care and exceptional client service. The role involves communicating with clients, educating them about pet health and treatment, assisting with medical, surgical, and dental procedures, and maintaining accurate patient records and a safe, prepared hospital environment. The hospital welcomes new graduates from an accredited veterinary technician program. Salary is $29–$32 per hour, based on experience and skill set. The schedule is 8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, with rotating Saturdays from 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. A $700 sign-on bonus is offered. Founders Green Animal Hospital is a state-of-the-art animal hospital in Denver, Colorado. The hospital emphasizes high-quality veterinary care, client communication, and compassionate service. It offers a collaborative team environment, varied cases, and opportunities for learning and professional growth.

Requirements

Registered as a Veterinary Technician (RVT); new graduates from an accredited veterinary technician program are also welcome.
Ability to handle animals safely and compassionately.
Knowledge of common disease states and ability to alert veterinarians to changes in patient conditions.
Familiarity with DEA, OSHA, and hospital safety guidelines.

Responsibilities

Provide status updates for hospitalized patients and explain home-care, pre- and post-operative, and medication-administration instructions.
Answer client medical questions and refer complex inquiries to veterinarians.
Educate clients about preventative medicine, age-appropriate wellness care, vaccine requirements, and laboratory procedures.
Prepare estimates and discuss financial commitments in support of hospital financial policies.
Greet clients, escort clients and pets to exam rooms, ensure smooth transitions to the front desk, and promote hospital products, programs, and services.
Safely and compassionately restrain animals and assist veterinarians with medical, surgical, and dental procedures.
Prepare patients for surgery, administer anesthesia, monitor patients during surgery and recovery, and administer fluids.
Care for surgical materials, maintain hospital equipment and inventory, and prepare and maintain the surgery room, ICU area, exam rooms, and treatment areas.
Maintain accurate patient records in a paperless medical record system, documenting procedures, vaccinations, and notes for proper billing.
Assist with veterinarian-directed medication dispensing, prepare prescription labels, and package medications appropriately.
Follow DEA, OSHA, and hospital safety guidelines.
Administer subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous injections; perform laboratory tests, radiographs, and electrocardiograms; place IV catheters; and provide emergency treatments such as bleeding control and external cardiac massage.