Veterinary Technician - Surgery
About The Position
BluePearl Pet Hospital in Malvern, PA is hiring an Anesthesia Veterinary Technician! Are you a passionate technician looking to improve your skills in the veterinary field? Do you have a passion for anesthesia? Do you want an opportunity to work with some of the brightest veterinary professional in this industry? Working here is not just a job but also a unique opportunity to challenge the status quo in veterinary medicine and develop every aspect of your potential to its limit. We believe in practicing both the science and the art of veterinary medicine in an environment that fosters out of the box thinking, collaboration, and communication among each other and the outside world and having fun while doing so.
Requirements
- ANESTHESIA EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Nice To Haves
- Candidates with VTS credentialing are eligible for compensation commensurate with experience
Responsibilities
- Provide nursing care to stable patients according to hospital standards of care and core values
- Anesthesia capable for critical patients
- Ability to troubleshoot
- Place peripheral intravenous catheter in cephalic vein.
- 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
- Administer subcutaneous fluids
- 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)
- Comfortable with intubation, prepping patients for surgery
- Disconnect and connect patient 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.
- Annual continuing education allowance
- Free continuing education sessions
- BluePearl University for training
- Access to over 2,000 medical journals
- A regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips/tricks on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment.
- Lyra: Access to 12 mental health care sessions annually at no charge to you, and other well-being resources through Lyra- an online mental health support platform
- Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Parental Leave Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options
- Paid Time Off and Floating Holiday Plans
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Savings Account
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Annual Scrub Allowance: full-time associates receive $200/year in BluePearl store credit.
- Referral Bonus Program
- State licensure reimbursements
- VTNE reimbursements
- Additional VTS benefits – pursuing & established VTS technicians.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
