Emergency Veterinary Assistant — Flexible Hours & Growth

veterinaryemergencygroupst; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 25,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pet discount

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K with match

Paid parental leave

Continuing education

Job summary

VEG is a rapidly growing emergency company with hospital locations across the United States. We are dedicated to compassionate care for people and their pets, and we empower teams to make a difference in urgent situations.

As a nursing-care team member, you will triage patients, monitor and treat, assist with anesthesia under supervision, and collaborate with licensed technicians. We offer industry-leading pay, generous benefits, and ongoing education.

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.

Job description

VEG is a rapidly growing emergency company with hospital locations across the United States. We are dedicated to compassionate care for people and their pets, and we empower teams to make a difference in urgent situations.

As a nursing-care team member, you will triage patients, monitor and treat, assist with anesthesia under supervision, and collaborate with licensed technicians. We offer industry-leading pay, generous benefits, and ongoing education.