Veterinary Assistant - Surgery
About The Position
BluePearl Pet Hospital is seeking an exceptional Veterinary Assistant for its Surgery Department. This role involves providing remarkable care for pets in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rewarding environment, working independently while contributing to a larger team goal. Responsibilities include post-operative client communication and patient care. A rotating on-call schedule is required after training. BluePearl is dedicated to enriching lives through remarkable pet care, fostering associate growth through skill-based leveling, talent development programs, and leadership workshops. As part of Mars Veterinary Health, it offers extensive career advancement opportunities and emphasizes continuous learning through annual continuing education allowances, free sessions, BluePearl University, and access to medical journals. The company values associate well-being, offering comprehensive benefits and a supportive, family-like culture. BluePearl is a national network of specialty and emergency pet hospitals, committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, providing advanced medical care with kindness as its foundation. Its mission is to enrich lives through remarkable care for pets, honoring the human-animal bond, and its vision is to transform veterinary care through specialty and emergency medicine.
Requirements
- Ability to work independently while contributing to a larger team goal.
- Commitment to a rotating on-call schedule once training has been completed.
Nice To Haves
- Minimum of two or more years of experience in a veterinary hospital.
Responsibilities
- Provide nursing care to stable patients according to hospital standards of care and core values.
- Utilize their ability to place peripheral intravenous catheter in cephalic vein.
- Performs physical exam; accurately counts heart, pulse rate, capillary refill time, mucous membranes, temperature, respiratory rate and effort.
- Understands normal vital parameters and alerts doctor when abnormal.
- Able to set up intravenous fluids.
- Administers subcutaneous fluids.
- Can operate all brands of intravenous fluid pumps and can troubleshoot errors.
- Able to disconnect and connect patients from intravenous fluids aseptically.
- Ability to monitor patient response to fluid therapy including signs of overload.
- Responsible for some post-operative client communication.
Benefits
- Trupanion pet insurance
- Discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food
- Skillset-based leveling and career advancement
- Talent development programs
- Leadership workshops
- Endless opportunities to advance in career as a member of Mars Veterinary Health
- Annual continuing education allowance
- Free continuing education sessions
- BluePearl University for training
- Access to over 2,000 medical journals
- Medical insurance options
- Dental insurance options
- Vision insurance options
- Life insurance options
- Parental leave benefits
- Flexible work schedules
- 401k and retirement planning
- Paid time off
- Floating holiday plans
- Regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips/tricks on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
