Veterinary Specialty Technician - Internal Medicine

Advanced Veterinary Care • Orlando, FL

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Advanced Veterinary Care (AVC) is a new state-of-the-art urgent care and specialty hospital in Orlando, Florida, opening early 2023. We are dedicated to providing innovative, compassionate care through a collaborative approach, promoting a positive work environment, and advocating for employee well-being. We are seeking a candidate who is a great communicator, able to prioritize tasks, detail-oriented, and enjoys a fast-paced collaborative environment between the urgent care and specialty departments. The ideal candidate will align with our core values: Compassion, Advancement, Respect, Excellence, and Collaboration.

Requirements

• Prior veterinary experience is required.
• Proficient in drug calculation and strong anesthetic skills.
• Confident with phlebotomy, placing IV catheters, nasogastric tubes, radiographs, and processing in-house labs.
• Comfortable with standard anesthetic protocols, induction, maintenance, and monitoring of anesthesia.
• Display competency in general knowledge and nursing skills required to care for patients.
• Must be comfortable to work on their feet, able to kneel, bend to work with surgery patients.
• Able to lift patients and inventory up to 40 pounds.
• Some on-call responsibilities.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience working in a specialty/referral hospital preferred.
• Licensed (CVT) technicians at a level 3 & above preferred.

Responsibilities

• Increase efficiency of the doctor staff by providing care and support to patients, clients, and hospital staff.
• Provide excellent medical support and compassionate care for patients and clients.
• Act as a point of communication between clients and internal hospital staff regarding the status of patients in hospital.
• Review medical records, prep for internal medicine appointments and procedures.
• Perform administrative tasks such as client callbacks, medication refills, preparing estimates, and invoicing.
• Induce, maintain, and monitor patients under anesthesia.
• Work alongside urgent care/hospitalization technicians and assistants in providing patient care for inpatients.
• Assist with procedures, cleaning, and maintenance of endoscopic and ultrasound equipment.
• Work independently with dedicated technician appointments, which may involve client education and demonstrations for insulin administration, using feeding tubes, glucose curves, and SQ fluids.
• Perform diagnostic imaging including digital radiographs, CT scans, and basic laboratory tasks (running blood work, prepping, and reviewing microscopic slides).
• Process and pack samples for diagnostic lab (including digital cytology).
• Help with cleaning the procedure room, instruments, and the setting up and breakdown of the procedure room.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits plan reviewed yearly with employee surveys.
• Benefits advisor for employees (for health care, retirement, or general financial planning).
• Access to mental healthcare, mindfulness, and self-care resources (through our employee assistance program).
• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Voluntary insurance benefits such as life, disability, health savings accounts.
• 401K and 401k matching retirement planning.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Competitive paid time off.
• Commensurate salary with experience/credentials.
• Employee discounts (including pet insurance premiums, products, and services).
• Education resources (atDOVE, VetGirl, VIN and major veterinary journals).
• Support of professional development and allowance for CE (for licensed staff).
• Technician license reimbursement.
• Uniform allowance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed