Veterinary Assistant - Urgent Care

Nashville Veterinary Specialists and Animal Emergency•Nashville, TN

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Veterinary Assistant - Urgent Care Are you an experienced Veterinary Assistant looking for a team that works together and loves to support each other? Do you enjoy seeing a variety of cases, virtually guaranteeing no two days are the same? Do you want an opportunity to utilize your full skill set while simultaneously learning new and advanced techniques? Nashville Veterinary Specialists + Animal Emergency is searching for Veterinary Technicians to join our GROWING team! A veterinary assistant plays a vital daily role in our hospital, truly acting as a frontline member in the assessment and medical care of our patients. Our veterinary assistants also play a critical role with client communication - without communicating clearly and effectively the medical and dietary needs of our patients after they return home, we cannot reasonably expect good outcomes for our patients or their families. The following is a list of some of the many duties provided by our veterinary assistant staff members:

Requirements

Skills in veterinary triage, diagnostics, and nursing
Training is provided, but the candidate must have 1+ years of animal-related experience.
Must have strong veterinary medical knowledge and understanding of common disease processes and pharmacology
Must be able to perform quick and efficient diagnostics, treatment, and procedures
Must be exemplary in customer service, critical thinking, team-oriented attitude

Responsibilities

Obtains history and puts history into electronic patient care system (EzyVet)
Assists veterinarian and Veterinary Technician in all aspects of care
Restraint for physical examination, discussing estimate and plan with clients, carrying out diagnostics, procedures, and medication administration
Patient diagnostics, procedures and treatment may include: IV catheter placement, blood work, urinalysis, radiographs, sedation, medication administration (SQ, IM, IV routes of administration), medication dose calculation, knowledge of medication adverse effects
Discharges patients including filling medication prescriptions, ensuring diagnostics and medications are complete, educating clients on at-home care, going over discharge instructions with clients
Set-up/tear-down patient beds for patients
Laundry
Cleaning (sweeping, mopping, dishes, etc)
Changing bedding and cleaning cages
General hospital care (Clean/scoop lawn, empty trash receptacle, replace bags, etc)