Veterinary Assistant
About The Position
Northridge Animal Medical Center, or NAMC is a well-established small animal general practice. We’re proud to offer our clients a full-service facility where our mission is to provide progressive, compassionate and affordable veterinary care. Our team is highly trained and prepared to offer our clients the most complete and innovative veterinary care for their pets, such as wellness care, urgent care, general surgery, orthopedic procedures, dentistry, acupuncture, chiropractic care and more! Our facility maintains cutting edge equipment such as a complete IDEXX in-house lab, digital imaging for both whole body and dental, cold therapy laser and more! We aim to maintain a friendly and cohesive working environment with top quality medicine, where the team feels more like family and our clients feel more like friends! Whether you’re looking to just be a master of your role or trying to grow into that next career move, you’ll have opportunities through a variety of virtual and hands on, interactive training and continuing development.
Requirements
- An experienced Veterinary Technician Assistant with a minimum of 1-year experience preferred.
- Compassionate and calm team player.
- Multi-tasker and strong communication skills.
- Must be able to properly restrain pets
- Self-starter with the desire to continue to advance your knowledge and skillset.
Nice To Haves
- Proficient in sample collection, obtaining medical histories, processing laboratory tests and radiographs, and anesthesia monitoring are a bonus!
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
Responsibilities
- Pet restraint
- Triage incoming patients
- Collection and analysis of lab samples
- Diagnostic imaging
- Management and nursing care of medical and hospitalized cases with varying degrees of stability
- Administration of medications
- Effective communication of treatment plans with clients
- Surgical preparation and assistance
- Anesthetic management
Benefits
- Comprehensive Benefits (health, dental, vision, liability, 401k & 401K matching program, life & supplemental insurance, HSA, & FSA)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Vacation and Sick Time for ALL Employees
- Paid Bereavement Program
- Paid Parental Leave Program
- Competitive Compensation
- Continuing Education Allowance (applicable to licensed employees)
- Tuition Assistance Program
- Access to a CVA/CVT/CVPM Partnership through Penn Foster
- Career Development Opportunities
- Referral Bonus Program for most positions!
- Additional Benefits May Also Be Available (i.e. Personal Pet Discounts, Holiday Pay, Uniform Allowance, Bonuses etc)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
