About the position
Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) is a rapidly growing emergency company with hospital locations across the United States. Our mission is helping people and their pets when they need it most. We are revolutionizing emergency medicine with a “customer first” mentality and a true, employee-centric work environment. At VEG, we want people and their pets to feel safe, secure, and valued; we want our employees to feel the same way. What we’re aiming to achieve on the customer side is equivalent in nature to what we want for our employees: to have the best experience possible. With the highest NPS score in our industry, we’re ready to ensure that VEG remains the place where the best and brightest in the emergency world not only want to work, but stay and grow. For our customers and their pets, we strive to find a way to say, “yes.” We do the same and more for our teams. In fact, VEG is one of this year’s nominees for INC Magazine’s Best Places to Work!
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with nursing leadership in your hospital to identify both individual and team training needs.
- Continually assess Assistants and Nurses to determine competency of skills through in-person observations and content knowledge evaluations.
- Implement VEG training programs within your hospital and act as point person for these programs.
- Autonomously manage your time between on-the-floor mentoring and dedicated time in setting strategy to develop nursing care teams.
- Facilitate in-person training for Assistants and Nurses at your hospital based on identified hospital needs.
- Collaborate through your network and with your RND to maximize opportunities for your hospital VEGgies.
- Work with Nursing Education to discuss program development, training objectives, and additional needs.
- Provide educational opportunities for the nursing team, such as webinars, labs, workshops.
- Engage in self-reflection and program evaluation practices to modify and enhance the assistant and technician leveling program.
- Ensure all training content and activities are in alignment with VEG's culture, mission, and vision.
- Divide time with roughly 70-80% of time providing direct training and 20-30% of time on administrative/organizational work.
- Assist in developing curricular materials such as powerpoints, videos, simulations, and assessments.
Requirements
- Credentialed as a veterinary technician (CVT, RVT, LVT, LVMT) in the location of the VEG practice with experience in emergency medicine.
- A love for teaching and nurturing growth in fellow veterinary technicians and assistants.
- Modeling the way towards a culture of learning.
- Certified as a Veterinary Technician Specialist in ECC is strongly preferred.
- Previous experience in a training role or training veterinary technicians preferred.
- Comfortable mentoring others and ability to give and receive feedback from colleagues and mentees.
- Flexibility in your schedule to be able to work with VEGgies on various shifts.
- The right attitude: Positive, upbeat, excited. Flexible to change.
- Ability to recognize and celebrate other VEGgies’ successes.
- Ability to coordinate training projects with multiple teams.
- Willingness to travel within local region to surrounding VEG Hospitals.
- Willingness and eager to continue to grow as a nurse through developing personal skills and knowledge.
Nice-to-haves
- Certified as a Veterinary Technician Specialist in ECC.
- VTS in Internal Medicine and Anesthesia also preferred.
Benefits
- Industry-leading compensation.
- Generous employee pet discount.
- Referral rewards.
- Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance.
- 401K with company match.
- Paid parental leave - up to 10 weeks of paid leave at 100% of regular salary.
- Unlimited Continuing Education opportunities.
- Flexible work schedules for a true work-life balance.
- Growth potential.
- Groceries sent to the hospitals weekly for the staff to enjoy.
- Monthly and quarterly contests, quarterly hospital outings, company-wide retreats.
