Certified Veterinary Assistant

Michigan Road Animal Hospital at 96th Street; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

401k with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

Michigan Road Animal Hospital at 96th Street in Indianapolis seeks an experienced, registered veterinary technician (RVT) to join a compassionate team. Indiana licensed or eligible candidates with a positive attitude and quick-learning ability are encouraged to apply.

The role offers a supportive, high-standard hospital culture and opportunities to advance clinical skills. The hospital provides competitive wages, a benefits package, a 401k plan with employer match, and paid time off.

Qualifications

• Indiana State Licensed Veterinary Technician or eligible.
• Minimum of one-year experience preferred.
• Excellent client communication and patient-care skills required.
• Pleasant professional attitude and ability to learn quickly.
• Self-motivated, team player, thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support veterinarians to ensure high-quality care for dogs and cats.
• Obtain health histories and maintain medical charts.
• Administer injections, venipuncture, and IV catheters.
• Maintain clean, sterile treatment areas and labs.
• Assist with dentistry, radiography, anesthesia, and surgery prep.
• Perform routine laboratory tests and assist with emergency care.
• Counsel clients and provide compassionate nursing care.
• Mentor and support fellow team members.

Skills

Indiana licensed RVT

Client communication

Patient-care skills

Team player

Job description

Are you a rockstar RVT looking for positive work culture and a new home – as well as amazing clients and patients to serve? Michigan Road Animal Hospital at 96th Street is looking for YOU! We are looking for an experienced, registered veterinary technician to join our growing team! We are a group of dedicated, compassionate and knowledgeable veterinary professionals who pledge to provide the highest level of care for dogs and cats in Indianapolis and surrounding areas.

Our AAHA certified companion animal hospital offers a positive work culture, focusing on high standards of patient care with state of the art equipment in a beautiful facility, built in 2008. Competitive wages, benefits package, 401k as well as other generous benefits available.

Qualifications: Indiana State Licensed (or eligible) Veterinary Technician with a minimum of one-year experience preferred.The right candidate must possess a pleasant professional attitude as well as a strong desire to learn. They must be self-motivated, a team player, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. Candidates should be comfortable multi-tasking and possess the ability to think and act both quickly and independently. Excellent client communication and patient-care skills are required.

Responsibilities: Selected candidate will routinely have the opportunity to utilize all of their training and advance their skill set in areas such as:

• Supporting our veterinarians to ensure quality veterinary care, advocating for our patients, and educating our clients.
• Obtaining relevant health history and information from clients and maintaining medical charts.
• Administration of injections, as well as performing venipunctures, and setting IV catheters.
• Use safe restraining techniques, follow standard protocols, and sustain clean, sterile, organized treatment areas, exam rooms, and labs.
• Dentistry skills including cleaning, probing, charting teeth as well as oral radiology. Assisting the veterinarian in oral surgery.
• Utilizing multiple radiographic techniques; positioning knowledge.
• Familiarity and proper use of cold laser therapy techniques.
• Taking vital signs of patients, under minimal supervision.
• Preparing patients, medications, and equipment for surgery, as well as sedation and anesthesia preparation. In addition, monitoring of patient’s pre, during and post-procedure during recovery.
• Assisting the veterinarian during surgical procedures – handing instruments, materials to the Doctor.
• Performs routine laboratory tests and prepares samples for reference lab.
• Assisting with emergent or specialized patient care.
• Provide counseling for clients and deliver compassionate nursing care.
• Be willing to guide, mentor, and support fellow team members.

Pay is commensurate with skill level and experience.

Benefits and EEO Statement: NVA/Ethos offers a comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, vision, a 401k with employer match, and paid time off (including sick time) for all eligible employees. The team can provide more information about compensation and benefits for your specific location during the process. For positions based in Colorado, NVA/Ethos provides eligible employees with paid sick and safe leave and public health emergency leave in accordance with the requirements of Colorado's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.

NVA/Ethos is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.

National Veterinary Associates (NVA) is a leading North American pet health care company with nearly 1,300 locations spanning general practice veterinary hospitals, Ethos emergency and specialty hospitals, and pet resorts and equine veterinary care. With approximately 40,000 team members, we care for pets and support pet families in communities across the United States and Canada. Our purpose is to give pets and the people who love them more quality years together, and our mission is to make care more personal, easy and accessible while advancing medicine and care across every stage of life. Across NVA, we support our teams with the resources, expertise and opportunities they need to deliver exceptional care and help shape the future of veterinary and pet care.

Purpose: Give pets and the people who love them more quality years together

Mission: Transform the pet family experience to be personal, easy and accessible, while advancing medicine and care across every stage of life.

Values: Care Deeply, Do What’s Right, One Team, Own It, Shape What’s Next

One NVA: Bringing General Practice & Ethos Together

NVA is built to make care personal, easy and accessible, while advancing medicine across every stage of a pet’s life.

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