Emergency Veterinary Assistant — Fast-Paced Care

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG); Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry-leading compensation

Latest equipment and technology

Pet discount

Referral rewards

Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance

401K with company match

Paid parental leave

Continuing Education opportunities

Flexible work schedules

Growth opportunities

Staff groceries program

Job summary

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) in Alpharetta, GA is seeking dedicated veterinary nurses and assistants to join our emergency team. You’ll deliver compassionate care, monitor patients, assist in anesthesia, and collaborate with licensed veterinary technicians to support critical cases.

Join VEG to grow your skills in a fast-paced ER, with industry-leading compensation, strong benefits, and opportunities for advancement within a supportive, team-driven culture.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates compassion and empathy in patient care.
• Works well in a team and communicates clearly with colleagues.
• Possesses strong interpersonal skills with clients and staff.

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, and
• 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.
• Veterinary Assistants can additionally (where permitted by law):
• Administer, monitor, and maintain patients under general anesthesia with or without mechanical ventilation for patients with varied levels of risk.
• Perform advanced vascular access techniques including jugular catheter placement, sampling line placement, central line placement, intraosseous catheterization, and arterial catheterization.
• Perform advanced diagnostic techniques including ultrasonography and paracentesis,
• Participate in formulating treatment, anesthetic, and nursing care plans.
• Obtain additional training along guided growth pathways offering roles in addition to direct nursing care such as a trainer role, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.

Skills

Compassionate care

Team player

Communication skills

Job description

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) in Alpharetta, GA is seeking dedicated veterinary nurses and assistants to join our emergency team. You’ll deliver compassionate care, monitor patients, assist in anesthesia, and collaborate with licensed veterinary technicians to support critical cases.

Join VEG to grow your skills in a fast-paced ER, with industry-leading compensation, strong benefits, and opportunities for advancement within a supportive, team-driven culture.