Veterinary Assistant - Iac Urgent Vets Queens,Ny 11369

IAC Urgent Vets aims to provide exceptional and affordable primary and urgent animal care. We are looking for assistants with experience in the veterinary field. Do you love animals? We do!

Responsibilities

• Greet clients and patients arriving for appointments and escort into an exam room, obtain weight and vital signs.
• Assist doctors with appointments (routine and emergency), surgery, dentistry, and euthanasia, under supervision from the doctor and the Lead Technician.
• Perform patient restraint, obtain and process laboratory samples, handle and dispense medications.
• Communicate with and educate clients, relay test results to doctor and clients, maintain and update client/patient records.
• Help prepare patients for surgical and dental procedures, assist doctor and/or technician in anesthetizing patients, and under supervision of the doctor and/or technician maintain patients safely under anesthesia while monitoring vital parameters, help monitor patients during recovery and prepare them for going home or transfer to an overnight care facility.
• Under supervision of the doctor and/or technician, perform in-hospital treatments for sick patients including giving injectable and oral medications as well as intravenous fluid therapy; keep patients clean, watered, and fed (when indicated and directed by doctor), safely walk canine patients when necessary for elimination.
• Keep hospital environment neat and clean; perform regular cleaning of environment based on necessity as well as based on a pre-determined maintenance schedule.
• Help in cases of after hour emergencies
• Keep accurate records and logs
• Provide clients with discharge forms and medications for animals that are discharge from hospital procedures.

Skills

• Proven experience as a Veterinary Assistant or similar position working with animals
• Experience in an administrative role is a plus
• Excellent communication skills
• Patient and caring personality
• Ability to follow instructions properly
• Comfortable being around animals (cats, dogs)
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the job (e.g. lift up to 40 lbs)
• Experience with Ezyvet and Vet Radar a plus!
• High school diploma; a certificate from a Veterinary Assistant program is a plus!

Why work at IAC Urgent Vets?

-Free wellness exams and core vaccines for staff pets as well as discounts on all of our services

-Weekly lunches

-Uniform allowance

-Competitive salary $16.00 - $23.00/ per hour

-PTO

-Work life balance

-Comprehensive benefits package with medical, dental,vision,401k and life insurance.

While your on-paper qualifications are of course important, we actively seek out vet assistants who thrive on delivering outstanding client and pet experiences.

We are making veterinary more accessible in NYC, join us!

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $16.00 - $23.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Continuing education credits
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Uniform allowance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Experience:

• Veterinary: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Queens, NY: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person