Veterinarian Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Ability to always demonstrate a positive attitude
• Ability to lift a minimum of 40 pounds from floor to table height
• Excessive walking and standing, frequent squatting
• Able to work at all clinic locations
• Incur risk of injury from animals
• Ability to work well under pressure and high levels of stress
• Exposure to controlled, chemo-therapeutic, teratogenic, and mutagenic drugs
• Exposure to radiation and anesthetic gases
• Two years' client service experience
• Exceptional interpersonal skills
• Computer proficient - Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook; typing skills

Nice To Haves

• A.A.S or B.S degree in Veterinary Technology, or similar field, and AVMA accredited a plus
• Current certification, license, or registration as a Veterinary Technician a plus

Responsibilities

• Assist other departments when needed
• Create and discuss medical plans with clients
• Perform client discharges
• Maintain composure and critical thinking in high stress situations
• Train on assessing pain, providing adequate analgesia, and understand multimodal pain control
• Perform complicated mathematical calculations (including, but not limited to CRIs and dilutions)
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of common veterinary drugs, their uses, and side effects (potentially multiple species)
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of common veterinary diseases
• Clean and maintain specialty department and hospital
• Knowledge of basic animal husbandry
• Understand and ensure sterility
• Ability to set-up, assist, and cleanup for surgical procedures
• Assist with diagnostics including, but not limited to phlebotomy and cystocentesis
• Demonstrate proper animal restraint
• Recognize and report all abnormal diagnostic results to DVM
• Provide effective and clear communication to clients if applicable
• Document all client communication within AERCMN record keeping systems
• Provide support for client's medical decisions free from judgment
• Demonstrate compassion and empathy
• Patient triage
• Field incoming department calls
• Order prescriptions through AERCMN pharmacy and outside pharmacies
• Take down payment and final payment from client
• Schedule appointments for your department