Veterinary Technician

Assist in training and supervision of Technician student interns and new Technicians.
- Provide staff leadership for tasks in a professional and personable way.
- Promote a positive attitude and demonstrate a commitment to the vision/mission of the practice.
- Make suggestions for how to improve practice protocols.

**Patient Care**
- Review the appointment schedule and plan for procedures.
- Assess patient status, review patient plan, perform hospitalized patient’s treatments according to the veterinarian’s orders and document such activity.
- Monitor patients for vomit, blood, urine and faces in the cage, and clean patients and cages as needed. Note incidents in the medical record.
- Monitor changes in patients’ conditions. Alert the veterinarian to significant changes.
- Know common disease states and alert the veterinarian when symptoms change or when concerns arise with hospitalized patients.
- Use technical skills to assist the veterinarian with out-patient care
- Anticipate what the veterinarian will need for appointments and do everything you can to set up and assist the veterinarian.
- Manage emergency patient care and alert the veterinarian as soon as possible.
- Be able to recognize signs and degrees of pain and discomfort.
- Understand methods used to control pain.
- Recognize patients with potentially contagious diseases and follow isolation procedures.
- Be familiar with zoonotic diseases.
- Safely and humanely restrain patients.
- Perform common outpatient procedures (i.e. nail trim, ear clean, anal gland expression, etc.)
- Assist with humane euthanasia as requested.
- Administer injectable, topical and oral medications to patient.
- Perform venepuncture and place IV catheters and administer IV fluids using an IV pump according to the veterinarian’s orders.
- Properly implant microchips and test their functionality.
- Perform routine dental scaling, polishing and fluoride. Recognize and bring to the veterinarian’s attention any abnormalities. Perform dental charting and document the procedure in the medical record.

**La**b**o**ra**t**o**r**y Procedures**
- Perform radiographs, including dental, and evaluate for proper positioning and exposure.
- Be proficient in conducting contrast imaging studies. Adhere to radiographic safety standards.
- Clean and maintain ultrasound and laboratory equipment.
- Know how to use common diagnostic equipment (i.e. ECG, BP, sPO2, IOP, i-Stat, Alpha Trak, refractometer, centrifuge, etc.)
- Perform and document in-house lab tests, including blood smears, PCV/TP, urinalysis with sediments, faecal tests, skin/ear cytology, including ELISA snap tests.

**Anaesthesia and Surgical Assistance**
- Operate, interpret and maintain vital signs equipment and other general surgical equipment (vital signs monitor, surgical table, electrosurgical units, suction, etc.)
- Operate and maintain anaesthetic machines with closed
- and open-circuit anaesthetic systems. Maintain oxygen supply and assure use of scavenger system.
- Knowledge of fluid therapies for inoperative use (i.e. Hypertonic saline, plasma, whole blood) and properly calculate volumes and rates.
- Properly maintain a patient airway using endotracheal intubation.
- Monitor and maintain anesthetized patients by observation/manual parameters and by use of vital signs equipment.
- Perform standard surgical field preparation and patient positioning.
- Knowledge and maintenance of standard surgical instruments.
- Knowledge of a variety of surgical procedures and ability to anticipate what supplies and equipment is needed for surgical set-up.
- Assist the veterinarian in surgery as directed.
- Resuscitate and care for neonatal patients.
- Monitor and assure safety of patients during post-operative recovery.
- Perform extubating.
- Operate and maintain autoclave.
- Properly clean, prepare and sterilize surgical equipment.
- Maintain accurate surgery log.
- Perform post-operative client update calls upon patient recovery.

**Management and Regulatory Tasks**
- Perform laboratory, treatment and surgical inventory maintenance as requested.
- Receive deliveries. Check the content of deliveries against invoices and immediately notes package shortage or damaged shipment as necessary. When applicable ensure the appropriate MSDS information is present in the MSDS Binder for every product received

onto the premises.
- Ensure that working areas are stocked with medical supplies at all times.
- Maintain radiology log to comply with International Animal Care standards and/or state laws.
- Maintain cleanliness and organisation in the treatment area, surgery suite, imaging, cages and runs.
- Complete closing checklist for laboratory, treatment, imaging and surgery daily.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ﷼3,800.00 - ﷼4,000.00 per month