Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) CSU Spur Veterinary Hospital

As a Registered Veterinary Technician with Humane Colorado's Community Veterinary Services team, you will use your advanced technical skills to provide high quality, affordable veterinary care for pets and the people who love them. Based at our innovative Veterinary Hospital at CSU Spur in Denver, you will partner with veterinarians to perform surgery, dentistry, anesthesia monitoring, diagnostics, and patient care for and every client you support directly advances our mission to end pet homelessness and animal suffering. This is more than a traditional RVT role. At CSU Spur, your work is part of an inspiring public veterinary hospital where surgeries and procedures are visible to visitors, creating opportunities to educate and inspire the next generation of veterinary professionals. If you are an experienced Registered Veterinary Technician who thrives in surgery, anesthesia, dentistry, and collaborative medicine and wants your expertise to make a lasting impact on animals, people, and our community, we would love to meet you. 

Purpose of Position: Assist veterinarians in providing medical care and treatment for animals, and exceptional customer service to patrons. This position works directly with underserved community members and their pets to provide high quality, affordable veterinary care.

Responsibilities

• Assist team and veterinarians in the performance of surgical procedures. 
• Perform medical treatments and diagnostics at the direction of team and veterinarians.
• Provide first line, exceptional customer service to all patrons.
• Ensure a smooth and timely flow of office calls from check-in to discharge.
• Accurately review discharge patient instructions with clients and distribute educational materials as recommended by doctor.
• Thoroughly record conversations with clients including all recommendations, declined recommendations or treatments.
• Collect required laboratory samples and accurately process them for in-house or reference lab submission.
• Take and process all radiographs, including dental radiographs.
• Medicate, vaccinate, and treat animals as prescribed by veterinarian.
• Induce anesthesia and intubate, monitor anesthesia, prepare patient for surgery, and keep thorough surgery logs and anesthesia sheets.
• Independently work through anesthesia complications, specifically in critical anesthesia patients. 
• Assist veterinarians in surgical and medical procedures, including dentistry.
• Utilize proper animal handling and restraint.
• Perform medical and surgical patron call-backs as directed by veterinarian.
• Fill client prescriptions and maintain drug logs as required.
• Use and maintain medical equipment.
• Perform accurate data entry into hospital software system to update client and animal records.
• Clean and maintain work areas.
• List needed inventory items on want list before the last one is taken, stock all areas of hospital as needed, monitor items for expiration dates.
• Maintain professional and courteous demeanor in challenging/stressful situations.
• Contribute to and lead initiatives to improve processes and procedures.

CSU Spur Additional Responsibilities

• Ability to effectively communicate with various audiences about veterinary work being done in real time, in an on view setting and with an emphasis on education. 
• Work in partnership with CSU education facilitator to assure accuracy of content. 
• Oversee technical aspects of equipment needed to fulfill educational partnership with CSU and alert management to issues as needed.

People Care

People are the key to fulfilling our mission. Making internal and external patrons and their needs a primary focus is expected in all situations. This position interacts with and collaborates with employees at all levels of the organization. Communication occurs through face to face, telephone, and electronic interactions and may also include contact with the general public and business partners. Communication and contact must be clear, understandable, cooperative, professional, and respectful in all circumstances. Employees are expected to actively support a positive team environment, directly address conflict, and appropriately express concerns.

Competencies

Competencies are work behaviors and expectations necessary for successful job performance. They encompass knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and actions. Additional definitions for competencies may be obtained from Human Resources.

Organizational Key Competencies

• Job Knowledge
• Excellence
• Adapting to Change / Agility
• Dependability
• People Care

Position Core Competencies

• Analytical Thinking
• Conflict Management

Supervisory or Managerial Responsibility

• Volunteers

Travel

• This position may require travel to different work sites

Shift Details: Four ten hour shifts

Full-Time Benefits – Please visit our website for a comprehensive list of all offered benefits.

• Benefits (medical, dental, and vision)
• 401(k) with matching
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life and Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Sick Time
• Sabbatical
• Holiday Pay
• Employee discounts
• Discounted Pet Insurance
• RVTs are eligible for student loan reimbursement
• CE allowance 
• and more!

Compensation: Starting at $28.47-$30.38 per hour (Compensation base range is $25.47 - $27.38 + $3 per hour Registered Veterinary Technician differential. Starting pay commensurate with market, experience, and equity) 

Work Conditions and Physical Requirements

Handle and restrain animals of various sizes, weights, and temperaments. Subject to animal bites or scratches. Work performed in high noise level areas. Exposure to cleaning chemicals, fumes, dust, animal dander, and feces. Exposure to radiation in association with performing radiology procedures. Physical efforts require constant bending, stooping, standing, climbing stairs, and walking. Repetitive motion associated with medical and surgical care. Frequent lifting of animals and objects up to 40 pounds with reasonable accommodation.

Position Qualifications 

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Working knowledge of current veterinary practices 
• Strong interpersonal communication skills 
• Demonstrated success in customer service
• Ability to work in a team environment
• High attention to detail
• Strong desire to serve under-resourced communities with respect and compassion

Required

• Education: Associate’s degree in veterinary technology or equivalent experience
• Work Experience: Completion of a veterinary technician internship or comparable experience
• Special Training, Certification or Licensure: Current registration or ability to register as a Veterinary Technician through the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies

Desired

• Experience with EzyVet veterinary software  

Posting will remain open until filled, with a minimum posting period of 5 days.