Veterinary Technician � Inpatient Nursing � 1st shift

COVE Animal HealthMiddletown, CT
Onsite

About The Position

Are you a Veterinary Technician ready to apply your full range of skills and be a valued member of a collaborative, supportive team? At Pieper Veterinary, we’re looking for passionate professionals who take pride in their work and are committed to making a difference for pets and their families. Join us at Pieper Memorial Veterinary Center, a VECCS Level I Facility in Middletown, CT, where your expertise, compassion, and teamwork will be recognized and celebrated. Our vision is simple: to make the community—and the animals and people in it—happier and healthier. If that resonates with you, we invite you to explore a career with us.

Requirements

  • At least 1 year or more of experience in a busy hospital, focusing on nursing care.
  • Knowledge with Anesthesia and monitoring.
  • Phlebotomy.
  • Knowledge of the procedures used for scheduling patients, receiving, treating, ordering medical supplies, and requesting laboratory tests.
  • Knowledge of the use, care, and storage of veterinary instruments, materials, and equipment.
  • Knowledge of sterilization techniques to sterilize various instruments and materials.
  • Knowledge of the instruments, materials, and standardized procedures used in the full variety of treatments to make preparations and provide “tableside” assistance.
  • Knowledge of principles and processes for providing client and personal services. This includes client needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of client satisfaction.
  • Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
  • Ability to work independently on assigned tasks as well as to accept direction on given assignments.
  • Must be 18 years or older to apply.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience with CPR, EzyVet, and SmartFlow is a plus, but not required.
  • Associates degree in Veterinary Technology is a plus.
  • CVT license is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Apply your full range of skills as a Veterinary Technician.
  • Provide nursing care in a busy hospital environment.
  • Perform restraint, venipuncture, IV catheter placement, and anesthesia.
  • Assist with CPR.
  • Schedule patients, receive patients, treat patients, order medical supplies, and request laboratory tests.
  • Use, care for, and store veterinary instruments, materials, and equipment.
  • Sterilize various instruments and materials.
  • Provide assistance during treatments.
  • Provide client and personal services, including client needs assessment, meeting quality standards, and evaluating client satisfaction.
  • Work independently on assigned tasks and accept direction on given assignments.

Benefits

  • Numerous in-house CE opportunities
  • Mentoring available to support and achieve VTS goals
  • Supportive culture with social events & team building
  • Competitive paid time off & holidays
  • Career Growth & Training Opportunities
  • Mental Health Focused Services
  • 401(k) plan with strong employer match
  • Employee pet care discount
  • Annual uniform allowance
  • Team Building
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