Surgery Veterinary Technician

BluePearl Pet Hospital•Rockville, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Rockville, MD is seeking a skilled Licensed Veterinary Technician to join our thriving Surgery department! This role involves assisting in patient procedures, monitoring anesthesia, performing physical exams, managing appointments, and providing comprehensive patient care from pre-op to recovery. The position offers opportunities for continuous learning and skill expansion in advanced anesthetic techniques and critical case management.

Requirements

Licensed Veterinary Technician
Unrestricted, current authorization to work in the U.S.
Ability to work a 4x10 hour week day shift schedule.
Comfortable with medical math.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a surgery department.
Advanced anesthetic skills including epidurals, difficult airway intubation, and critical case management.
Experience operating all brands of intravenous fluid pumps and troubleshooting errors.

Responsibilities

Assist in patient procedures using knowledge of anesthesia and analgesia related protocols and procedures, including formulating anesthetic plans tailored to individual patient needs.
Monitor anesthesia, trouble shoot anesthetic complications, and make appropriate interventions.
Intravenous catheter placement, endotracheal intubation, and anesthetic equipment use and maintenance.
Perform physical exam; accurately counts heart, pulse rate, capillary refill time, mucous membranes, temperature, respiratory rate and effort.
Understand normal vital parameters and alerts doctor when abnormal.
Set up intravenous fluids and CRI’s.
Continuous expansion of knowledge and skillset: advanced anesthetic skills including epidurals, difficult airway intubation, and critical case management.
Operate all brands of intravenous fluid pumps and can troubleshoot errors.
Comfortable with medical math.
Ability to take patient through entire procedure from start to finish (pre-op, monitoring, post-op, and recovery)
Manage appointments, obtain histories, medical record keeping, invoicing, patient discharges, etc.
Disconnect and connect patients from intravenous fluids aseptically.
Monitor patient response to fluid therapy including signs of overload.