Emergency Technician or Assistant
At Wake Veterinary Medical Center our mission is to provide unparalleled and compassionate veterinary care by offering individualized client education, comprehensive preventive care, advanced technological services, specialty surgical services, and emergency interventions in order to provide your pets with the long and happy lives they deserve.
Wake Veterinary Medical Center has a current opening for full-time, experienced ER Veterinary Assistants/Technician to join our fast-paced emergency department.
These are 12 hour day shifts.
Job Description:
Follow prescribed patient treatments, which include various technical procedures such as intravenous catheter placement for both short and long-term vein access, venipuncture, IV injections, wound management, drug administration (IV, oral, subcutaneous), bandage care, blood transfusion administration, emergency intervention, ECG monitoring, and various another routine diagnostic testing's.
Must demonstrate the ability to:
Understand hospital treatment plans and present them in a clear manner to clients. Provide quick and accurate information regarding each patient and be proficient in entering data into the electronic medical record.
Work effectively as a member of a team and be an active participant in problem-solving.
Work effectively with computers and multiple software platforms “ EzyVet experience preferred.
Work independently and practice good judgment to ensure high-quality care for all patients, and request assistance when needed.
Essential Job Functions
Provide nursing care for critically ill hospitalized patients in conjunction with specialty and emergency veterinarians.
Participate in nurse rounds
Triage incoming patients presenting on emergency
Assess patient stability and obtain patient vital signs
Perform diagnostics, including in-hours laboratory testing and digital radiography, and treatments of emergency and hospitalized patients
Perform hourly patient assessment and monitoring
Observe patients and recognize changes in status
Place peripheral and central catheters
Perform venipuncture
Restrain patients for exams and treatments
Set up and administer IV and SQ fluids
Perform client communication and education including patient discharges
Maintain urinary catheters
Bandage removal and application
Perform suture and drain removal
Perform drug dose calculations for injectable medications and CRIs
Administer injectable medications (IV, IM, SQ)
Administer other medications (PO, OU, OD)
Maintain isolation protocols for infectious patients
Basic wound cleaning and care
Prep patients for anesthetized procedures
Prep equipment and supplies for anesthetized procedures
Administer injectable and inhalant anesthesia
Monitor patients while under anesthesia and maintain a monitoring log
Interpret vital readings during anesthesia
Monitor patients during recovery from anesthesia
Assist in CPCREstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Wake Veterinary Medical Center has a current opening for full-time, experienced ER Veterinary Assistants/Technician to join our fast-paced emergency department.
These are 12 hour day shifts.
Job Description:
Follow prescribed patient treatments, which include various technical procedures such as intravenous catheter placement for both short and long-term vein access, venipuncture, IV injections, wound management, drug administration (IV, oral, subcutaneous), bandage care, blood transfusion administration, emergency intervention, ECG monitoring, and various another routine diagnostic testing's.
Must demonstrate the ability to:
Understand hospital treatment plans and present them in a clear manner to clients. Provide quick and accurate information regarding each patient and be proficient in entering data into the electronic medical record.
Work effectively as a member of a team and be an active participant in problem-solving.
Work effectively with computers and multiple software platforms “ EzyVet experience preferred.
Work independently and practice good judgment to ensure high-quality care for all patients, and request assistance when needed.
Essential Job Functions
Provide nursing care for critically ill hospitalized patients in conjunction with specialty and emergency veterinarians.
Participate in nurse rounds
Triage incoming patients presenting on emergency
Assess patient stability and obtain patient vital signs
Perform diagnostics, including in-hours laboratory testing and digital radiography, and treatments of emergency and hospitalized patients
Perform hourly patient assessment and monitoring
Observe patients and recognize changes in status
Place peripheral and central catheters
Perform venipuncture
Restrain patients for exams and treatments
Set up and administer IV and SQ fluids
Perform client communication and education including patient discharges
Maintain urinary catheters
Bandage removal and application
Perform suture and drain removal
Perform drug dose calculations for injectable medications and CRIs
Administer injectable medications (IV, IM, SQ)
Administer other medications (PO, OU, OD)
Maintain isolation protocols for infectious patients
Basic wound cleaning and care
Prep patients for anesthetized procedures
Prep equipment and supplies for anesthetized procedures
Administer injectable and inhalant anesthesia
Monitor patients while under anesthesia and maintain a monitoring log
Interpret vital readings during anesthesia
Monitor patients during recovery from anesthesia
Assist in CPCREstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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