Certified Veterinary Technician - Surgery
About The Position
BluePearl Pet Hospital in Northfield, IL is excited to announce an opening for a Veterinary Technician to join our team! We are looking for an experienced technician with a strong work ethic who is dedicated to their chosen profession and is passionate about providing the highest quality of care for their patients. You will be able to advance and fully utilize your technical skills. Our hospital also provides an encouraging environment that will support your continued professional growth in Emergency and Specialty Medicine. If you have been looking for a way to recharge your veterinary career, don’t wait and apply today!
Requirements
- Strong work ethic
- Dedicated to their chosen profession
- Passionate about providing the highest quality of care for their patients
- Experienced technician
- Medical math skills
Nice To Haves
- Advance and fully utilize technical skills
- Continued professional growth in Emergency and Specialty Medicine
Responsibilities
- Assist in patient procedures using knowledge of anesthesia and analgesia related protocols and procedures, including formulating anesthetic plans tailored to individual patient needs.
- Monitor anesthesia, trouble shoot anesthetic complications, and make appropriate interventions.
- Intravenous catheter placement, endotracheal intubation, and anesthetic equipment use and maintenance.
- Perform physical exam; accurately counts heart, pulse rate, capillary refill time, mucous membranes, temperature, respiratory rate and effort.
- Understand normal vital parameters and alerts doctor when abnormal.
- Set up intravenous fluids and CRI’s.
- Continuous expansion of knowledge and skillset: advanced anesthetic skills including epidurals, difficult airway intubation, and critical case management.
- Operate all brands of intravenous fluid pumps and can troubleshoot errors.
- Comfortable with medical math.
- Ability to take patient through entire procedure from start to finish (pre-op, monitoring, post-op, and recovery)
- Manage appointments, obtain histories, medical record keeping, invoicing, patient discharges, etc.
- Disconnect and connect patients from intravenous fluids aseptically.
- Monitor patient response to fluid therapy including signs of overload.
Benefits
- Trupanion pet insurance
- Discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options
- Parental leave benefits
- Flexible work schedules
- Paid time off
- Floating holiday plans
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
