Relief Veterinary Technician
About The Position
VetUrgency, a BluePearl Partner, is seeking a skilled Relief Registered Veterinary Technician to join its team in Frederick, Maryland. Pay is $24.50–$47.00 per hour, plus competitive shift differentials. The pay band depends on experience and advancement through the competency assessment tool; candidates with VTS credentialing may receive compensation commensurate with experience. Eligible night and weekend hours receive shift differentials, subject to a four-hour minimum. The technician supports urgent-care and minor-procedure work, including patient triage, monitoring, stabilization, diagnostics, medication administration, and client education. The role also includes supporting and mentoring team members in a collaborative work environment. BluePearl offers associate development and advancement opportunities, continuing education resources, and benefits for eligible full-time and part-time employees. Benefits include insurance options, paid leave, retirement savings, reimbursement programs, and other associate offerings.
Nice To Haves
- VTS credentialing; candidates with this credential are eligible for compensation commensurate with experience.
Responsibilities
- Assist in sedating, monitoring, and recovering patients for minor procedures, ensuring safe and effective anesthesia use.
- Triage urgent-care cases on arrival, assess patient stability, and obtain vital signs.
- Perform digital radiography using proper techniques, including accurate patient positioning.
- Recognize normal and abnormal vital signs and communicate findings to the veterinarian.
- Obtain and interpret vital signs, monitor patient trends, and alert the veterinarian to changes.
- Assist with stabilization of patients requiring urgent-care interventions, such as oxygen therapy, wound management, or fluid therapy.
- Calculate and administer medications via subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous routes.
- Perform phlebotomy and efficiently place intravenous catheters in peripheral veins.
- Assist with minor surgical procedures and wound-care management.
- Provide client education and discharge instructions with patience and empathy.
- Support and mentor fellow team members to foster a collaborative and positive work environment.
Benefits
- Trupanion pet insurance and associate discounts on pet treatments, procedures, and food.
- Annual continuing education allowance and free continuing education sessions.
- BluePearl University training and clinician access to more than 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 of $200 in BluePearl store credit for full-time associates.
- Referral Bonus Program.
- State licensure reimbursements.
- VTNE reimbursements.
- Additional benefits for pursuing and established VTS technicians.
- Continuing education reimbursement of $500 per year for CVT and $750 per year for VTS, with allowance rollover up to $1,500 for CVT and VTS associates.
- Annual CE stipend of $150 for non-credentialed, full-time paraprofessionals.
- Eight paid CE hours annually for full-time CVT associates and 12 paid CE hours annually for full-time VTS associates; paid CE hours can carry over up to 24 hours.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
