Veterinary Technician Assistant

Description

If you are or want to be an amazing Vet Tech Assistant who wants to make great money working for one of the largest privately owned, single location veterinary hospitals in the country, keep reading!

Benefits:

• Generous Salary
• Multiple Free CE Opportunities and CE Allowance
• Ownership Thinking Bonuses
• Employee Volunteer Program (we pay you to volunteer)
• Financial Hardship Loans (we help when you need it most)
• Quarterly Employee Social Events (bowling, zoo, baseball game, fall festival, etc.)
• On-site Bistro (fresh salads, sandwiches, snacks, drinks, and incidentals)
• Holiday Pay
• Generous Overtime Opportunities
• Generous Employee Referral Bonuses
• Birthday and Anniversary Bonuses
• Regular Lunchtime Food Truck Visits
• 401k Match Up to 6% (unheard of in the veterinary industry)
• Health Insurance (domestic partnerships included)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Free Telehealth Services
• Life Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Free Pet Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• License Fee Reimbursement
• Free Employee Assistance Program (financial, legal, and mental health services)
• Free Premium Scrubs/uniform

Please note: Starting wage may be higher than listed depending on your experience.

Veterinary Specialty Center will be the largest single-location, privately-owned veterinary hospital in the country by 2022!

We currently have positions available in:

• Cardiology
• Oncology (medical and radiation)
• Emergency and Critical Care
• Imaging
• Surgery/Anesthesia
• Neurology
• Internal Medicine
• Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine

Join the fastest growing veterinary hospital and work alongside the most incredible team you could imagine; working side by side to provide unsurpassed patient care that is second to none. Veterinary Specialty Center was founded almost 50 years ago and has continued to be the industry leader in providing cutting edge medicine in a kind and comforting environment.

Our hospital is a VECCS Level I facility and is one of only a few practices in the world to achieve LEVEL ONE Trauma Center Certification through ACVECC's Veterinary Committee on Trauma (VetCOT). We also believe in reinvesting in our team and referral community by offering the largest annual all-day free CE event in the midwest on the topics that matter most. Additionally, we uniquely offer high-flow oxygen, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, hemodialysis, plasmapheresis, apheresis, brand new imaging modalities, and immunotherapy.

Veterinary Specialty Center is the first veterinary hospital to become a Certified B-corporation in the country. This voluntary assessment and accreditation further our commitment to making life better for our employees, their families, our patients, our clients, our communities, and our environment. To learn more, visit the B-Corp website at www.bcorporation.net.

Job Description for Technician Assistant
We are expanding in several departments and are in need of additional veterinary assistants. We offer the opportunity to learn and grow with our hospital. Some responsibilities of veterinary assistants include:

• Perform basic lab work
• Clean, sterilize and maintain kennels, exam rooms, cages and surgical equipment
• Walking patients
• Comfortably restrain pets during examinations and procedures
• Perform some clerical duties including:
• Medical record entry
• Presenting patient care plans (PCP’s) with clients
• Checking clients in and out of the hospital 

Assist Certified Veterinary Technicians (CVT) with treatments on patients including:

• PEG Tube feedings
• Cryotherapy
• Passive range of motion
• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy * Placement and maintenance of IV catheters
• Assisting with monitoring and recovery of surgical patients
• Post-operative patient care and discharging
• Assist specialist with appointments

Requirements

Experience with animals is preferred.

Job Type: Full-time, Part-Time

Salary: starting from $18/hour