Veterinary Technician Or Assistant

You will provide support to the doctors by assisting with in-patient/out-patient care, laboratory duties, patient treatments, medication dispensing, surgical and dentistry assisting, medical record notation and maintenance, housekeeping duties, inventory, OSHA awareness and compliance, delivering extraordinary customer service and maintaining a practical knowledge of the hospital's procedures, services and policies.

We are open to full-time and part-time applicants!

Responsibilities:

• Admit patients for in-patient or out-patient procedures
• Perform patient treatments ordered by the attending DVM
• Correctly fill prescriptions written and authorized by a DVM
• Collect and prepare patient samples for laboratory tests, maintain laboratory logs and equipment
• Assist with anesthetic procedures, monitoring, and surgical record-keeping according to protocol
• Maintain hospital sanitation, supplies, medical instruments, and office equipment

Qualifications:

• Experience working in a Veterinary setting
• A calm, compassionate, and reassuring demeanor with the ability to deal with the public and assist distraught clients
• Good organization skills
• Moving animals from cage to cage, floor to floor, room to room.
• Ability to maintain an alertness level to ensure patient safety
• Ability to be prepared and willing to offer assistance and ask for assistance when needed
• Attend mandatory staff meetings and hospital functions