Emergency Vet Assistant — Growth & Flexible Hours

VEG ER for Pets; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry-leading compensation

Pet discount

401K with company match

Flexible schedules

Continued CE opportunities

Team environment

Job summary

VEG, an emergency veterinary company, is seeking passionate nurses to join our fast-paced hospitals across the United States. You will provide high-level nursing care, triage, administer meds, and support anesthesia under supervision.

Join VEG to work with a talented team, access leading technology, and enjoy comprehensive benefits, annual CE opportunities, and a strong commitment to work-life balance. We celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive workplace where every team member can

Qualifications

• Experience in veterinary nursing or animal healthcare preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to learn and adapt in a fast-paced emergency setting.

Responsibilities

• Treat each patient and customer with the highest level of compassion and care.
• Perform basic to intermediate nursing care tasks, patient monitoring, and treatments.
• Use understanding of common diseases and conditions, physical assessment, and monitoring parameters to accurately triage incoming patients.
• Administer subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous medications and understand potential adverse effects of medications.
• Set-up, monitor, and administer intravenous fluid therapy including constant rate infusions and blood transfusion therapy.
• Contribute as a team member to incoming outpatient care and ongoing inpatient care.
• Participate in giving and receiving patient rounds to ensure continuity of care.
• Be trained to properly perform all aspects of CPR as a RECOVER Certified Rescuer.
• Collect samples and perform diagnostic tests including in-house and point-of-care tests and diagnostic imaging.
• Assist in setting-up, performing, monitoring sedation and surgical anesthesia with LVT or DVM supervision.
• Perform nursing care tasks such as placing and maintaining urinary catheters and nasal oxygen tubes.
• Set up, maintain, and troubleshoot oxygen cages and other oxygen administration techniques.
• Work alongside licensed veterinary technicians as a vital member of the nursing care team.
• Obtain additional training along guided growth pathways offering roles in addition to direct nursing care such as veterinary technician credentialing, trainer role, community outreach, and leadership.

Job description

VEG, an emergency veterinary company, is seeking passionate nurses to join our fast-paced hospitals across the United States. You will provide high-level nursing care, triage, administer meds, and support anesthesia under supervision.

Join VEG to work with a talented team, access leading technology, and enjoy comprehensive benefits, annual CE opportunities, and a strong commitment to work-life balance. We celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive workplace where every team member can