Compassionate Veterinary Assistant

PETCO Animal Supplies Stores, Inc.; Allen (TX); Sur place; USD 28 000 - 36 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. is seeking a Veterinary Assistant to deliver high-quality medical care to Vetco Total Care hospital patients and provide exceptional customer service to their owners. The role focuses on supporting veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and clients in a busy hospital setting.

You will assist with exams, surgeries, anesthesia, laboratory work, and patient monitoring, while upholding Petco’s values and commitment to pets and people.

Responsabilités

• Greet clients and patients arriving for appointments and escort them into an exam room, obtain weight and vital signs and record the electronic medical record.
• Assist doctors with appointments (routine and emergency), surgery, dentistry, and euthanasia, under supervision from the veterinarian credentialed veterinary technician, HOM and HLOD.
• Perform patient restraint, obtain and process laboratory samples, handle and dispense medications at the direction of the veterinarian and help maintain the electronic medical record.
• Schedule appointments, provide client education, relay test results to doctor and clients, and maintain and update client/patient records.
• Help prepare patients for surgical and dental procedures and assist doctor and/or veterinary technician in anesthetizing patients. Under supervision of the veterinarian and/or veterinary technician, assistants will maintain patients safely under anesthesia while monitoring vital parameters, help monitor patients during recovery and prepare them for hospital discharge or transfer to an overnight care facility.
• Under supervision of the veterinarian and/or veterinary technician, perform in-hospital treatments for sick patients including giving injectable and oral medications as well as intravenous fluid therapy; keep patients clean, watered, and fed (when indicated and directed by doctor), safely walk canine patients when necessary for elimination.
• Under direction of the HOM/HLOD, assist in the training of new staff members and general dissemination of knowledge as required.

Description du poste

Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. is seeking a Veterinary Assistant to deliver high-quality medical care to Vetco Total Care hospital patients and provide exceptional customer service to their owners. The role focuses on supporting veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and clients in a busy hospital setting.

You will assist with exams, surgeries, anesthesia, laboratory work, and patient monitoring, while upholding Petco’s values and commitment to pets and people.