Overnight ER Veterinary Technician

BluePearl Vet, LLC•Conshohocken, PA

13d•$22 - $44•Onsite

About The Position

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Conshohocken, PA is hiring for a compassionate and skilled Veterinary Technician to join our Overnight Emergency team! This role involves providing critical care to emergency patients, including anesthesia monitoring, triage, radiography, vital sign interpretation, CPR, medication administration, and catheter placement. The position also requires mentoring skills and empathy towards clients.

Requirements

Compassionate and skilled Veterinary Technician
Ability to work overnight shifts (Thurs-Sat, 7pm-7am)
Experience with anesthesia induction, monitoring, and recovery
Proficiency in triaging emergency cases and obtaining vital signs
Experience with digital radiography and patient positioning
Understanding of normal patient vital sign ranges
Ability to interpret vital signs and alert veterinarians to changes
Skill in initiating CPR
Proficiency in medical math calculations, including CRIs
Ability to administer medications via appropriate routes and duration
Proficiency in phlebotomy and placing intravenous catheters
Experience placing and maintaining feeding tubes and central line catheters

Nice To Haves

VTS credentialing
Passion for mentoring and training other co-workers
Patience and empathy to address client concerns

Responsibilities

Induce, monitor and recover anesthesia in patients and use anesthesia/monitoring equipment.
Triage emergency cases as they arrive at the hospital including obtaining vitals such as temperature heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure.
Perform digital radiography using proper technique including proper positioning of patients.
Have a complete understanding of normal ranges of patient vital signs, including but not limited to heart and respiratory rate, temperature, blood pressure and oxygen saturation.
Obtain and interpret blood pressure and other vital signs and alert Veterinarian to changes and issues.
Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR.
Properly calculate medical math (including constant rate infusions) and administer medications via appropriate routes and duration.
Are proficient at performing phlebotomy and placing intravenous catheters in all peripheral vessels.
Place and maintain feeding tubes and central line catheters.
Have a passion for mentoring and training other co-workers.
Have patience and empathy to address client concerns.