Registered Veterinary Technician

Petco•Torrance, CA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The position of Registered Veterinary Technician at Petco's Vetco Total Care full-service hospital involves providing excellent veterinary care to patients and phenomenal customer care to their owners. This role represents Petco's mission and values, focusing on putting pets' needs first, fostering fun, and committing to shared goals as part of the "One Petco team." The Veterinary Technician is crucial for the efficient day-to-day operation of the hospital, contributing to a high-quality standard of care and ensuring a cohesive, well-trained, and motivated technical team. The role aims to create an optimal environment for employee retention, patient well-being, and customer satisfaction. Petco, with over 60 years of experience, operates more than 1,500 stores, 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, and hundreds of preventive care clinics, employing over 29,000 individuals. The company also founded Petco Love, which supports animal welfare groups and has facilitated approximately 7 million animal adoptions.

Requirements

College or college-equivalent education (completed) as required in becoming a Credentialed Veterinary Technician in the state in which the hospital is located.
At least 1-year previous experience as a Veterinary Technician or working in a veterinary practice.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Compassionate and sympathetic and be able to maintain a professional attitude and demeanor during emotional and stressful situations.
Telephone and computer skills.
A team player willing to learn new techniques and treatments, offer creative ideas, and accept change.

Responsibilities

Greet clients and patients arriving for appointments or walk-ins and escort into an exam room, obtain weight and vital signs (temperature, pulse, respirations, pain score, body condition score), record all in the electronic medical record, and begin documentation of the patient visit in the electronic medical record by obtaining and recording a thorough patient history.
Assist veterinarian with appointments (routine and emergency), surgery, dentistry, and euthanasia's, taking direct supervision from the veterinarian(s) and the Hospital Office Manager or Hospital Leader on Duty.
Perform patient restraint, obtain and process laboratory samples, handle and dispense medications at the direction of the veterinarian, and maintain the electronic medical record.
Schedule appointments, communicate with and educate clients, relay test results to doctor and clients, maintain and update inventory as well as client/patient records, and manage accounts receivable.
Prepare patients for surgical and dental procedures, safely support induction and monitoring of anesthetized patients including checking and recording vital parameters (under direction of the veterinarian), monitor patients during recovery, and prepare them for discharge to owner or transfer to an overnight care facility as needed.
Provide in-hospital treatments for sick patients including giving injectable and oral medications as well as intravenous therapies; keep patients clean, watered, and fed (when indicated and directed by veterinarian), and safely walk canine patients when necessary for elimination.
Participate in the training of new staff members and general dissemination of knowledge as required.
Keep hospital environment neat and clean; perform regular cleaning of environment based on necessity as well as based on a pre-determined maintenance schedule.
Perform additional duties as assigned.
Provide backup phone and front desk support as needed.