Part-time Veterinary Technician

BluePearl Vet, LLC•Rockville, MD

12d•$25 - $49•Onsite

About The Position

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Rockville, Maryland, is hiring an experienced part-time Veterinary Technician for its Emergency team. The role includes emergency patient triage and care, anesthesia monitoring and recovery, diagnostic imaging, medication administration, vascular access, and patient monitoring. The technician will also mentor and train coworkers and address client concerns with patience and empathy. Pay is $24.50–$49.00 per hour, depending on experience and advancement through a competency assessment tool, plus competitive shift differentials for eligible night and weekend hours. Differentials require a four-hour minimum: Monday through Friday, 6 p.m. to 8 a.m., +$4.00 per hour; Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., +$4.00 per hour; and Saturday and Sunday, 6 p.m. to 8 a.m., +$5.50 per hour. BluePearl describes its workplace as offering advanced medicine, ongoing professional development, growth pathways, leading-edge resources, collaboration, learning, and a focus on exceptional patient care. The position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or sponsorship transfer. Applicants must have unrestricted, current authorization to work in the United States and must not require future employment-based green-card sponsorship.

Requirements

Experience as a Veterinary Technician; the posting describes the candidate as experienced.
Proficiency in anesthesia induction, monitoring, and recovery, including use of anesthesia and monitoring equipment.
Ability to triage emergency cases and obtain patient vital signs.
Ability to perform digital radiography and position patients properly.
Knowledge of normal patient vital-sign ranges, including oxygen saturation.
Ability to obtain and interpret vital signs and alert the veterinarian to changes or issues.
Ability to identify patients at risk of arrest and initiate CPR.
Ability to calculate medical math, including constant rate infusions, and administer medications using appropriate routes and durations.
Proficiency in phlebotomy and placing intravenous catheters in peripheral vessels.
Ability to place and maintain feeding tubes and central line catheters.
Patience and empathy when addressing client concerns.
Unrestricted, current authorization to work in the United States; applicants must not require current or future employment-based green-card sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Passion for mentoring and training coworkers.

Responsibilities

Induce, monitor, and recover patients from anesthesia using anesthesia and monitoring equipment.
Triage emergency cases on arrival, including obtaining temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure.
Perform digital radiography using proper technique and patient positioning.
Know normal ranges for patient vital signs, including heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation.
Obtain and interpret blood pressure and other vital signs, and alert the veterinarian to changes or issues.
Identify patients at risk of arrest and initiate CPR.
Calculate medical math, including constant rate infusions, and administer medications using appropriate routes and durations.
Perform phlebotomy and place intravenous catheters in peripheral vessels.
Place and maintain feeding tubes and central line catheters.
Mentor and train coworkers.
Address client concerns with patience and empathy.
Perform additional relevant job responsibilities.