Anesthesia Veterinary Tech Specialist — Lead in Critical Care

BluePearl Pet Hospital; Langhorne (Bucks County); On-site; USD 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Education allowance

BluePearl University access

Paid time off

Flexible schedules

Job summary

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Langhorne, PA is seeking an Anesthesia Veterinary Technician Specialist to join our team. If you are passionate about anesthesia and improving your skills, this is a unique opportunity to work with leading veterinary professionals.

We value collaboration, ongoing learning, and development. We offer an education allowance, access to BluePearl University and literature, health insurance, paid time off, flexible schedules, and a commitment to a supportive, family-like

Qualifications

• Qualified veterinary technician with anesthesia experience.
• Ability to provide nursing care and monitor anesthesia for surgical patients.
• Comfortable with critical patients and troubleshooting equipment.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to stable patients according to hospital standards of care and core values
• Anesthesia capable for critical patients
• Ability to troubleshoot
• Place peripheral intravenous catheter in cephalic vein.
• Perform physical exam; accurately counts heart, pulse rate, capillary refill time, mucous membranes, temperature, respiratory rate and effort.
• Understand normal vital parameters and alerts doctor when abnormal.
• Set up intravenous fluids
• Administer subcutaneous fluids
• Operate all brands of intravenous fluid pumps and can troubleshoot errors.
• Comfortable with medical math
• Ability to take patient through entire procedure from start to finish (pre-op, monitoring, post-op, and recovery)
• Comfortable with intubation, prepping patients for surgery
• Disconnect and connect patient from intravenous fluids aseptically.
• Monitor patient response to fluid therapy including signs of overload.

Skills

Anesthesia

Veterinary nursing

Critical care

IV catheter

Medical math

Tools

Anesthesia machines

Vital sign monitors

Job description

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Langhorne, PA is seeking an Anesthesia Veterinary Technician Specialist to join our team. If you are passionate about anesthesia and improving your skills, this is a unique opportunity to work with leading veterinary professionals.

We value collaboration, ongoing learning, and development. We offer an education allowance, access to BluePearl University and literature, health insurance, paid time off, flexible schedules, and a commitment to a supportive, family-like