Emergency Veterinary Assistant - Overnights

MedVet Medical & Cancer Centers for Pets; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health Benefits

Vision and Dental

HSA, FSA, and Independent Care Savings

401k with Employer Match

PTO

Shift Differentials and On-call Pay

UniformAllowance

Employee Pet Discounts and Pet Ins

Elective Short-Term Disability, Life,&

Job summary

MedVet Medical & Cancer Centers for Pets in Cincinnati, OH seeks an Emergency Veterinary Assistant to join a fast-paced ER team. Schedule includes Thursday and Friday nights (7p–7:30a) and alternating Saturdays and Sundays (7p–7:30a).

The role supports the ER with rounds, triage, client communication, and nursing care. The ideal candidate has prior veterinary emergency experience, strong calculation skills, and demonstrates flexibility and calm under pressure.

Qualifications

• Prior veterinary experience required.
• Proficient in drug calculations and unit conversions.
• Flexible with work hours.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Record and deliver organized rounds, discuss cases and gather information as necessary.
• Evaluate incoming patients and prioritize based on assessment.
• Partner with patient care team regarding treatment plans, client communication and nursing care concerns.
• Provide client education including home care instructions, medications, and general wellness updates on hospitalized patients.
• Assist DVM with patient assessment, treatment and procedures.
• Provide monitoring and nursing care to hospitalized patients.
• Induce and monitor general anesthesia and sedation procedures.
• Perform in-house laboratory testing and prepare samples for outside laboratory testing.

Skills

Emergency care

Drug calculations

Communication skills

Flexibility

Job description

MedVetis a fast-growing Emergency and Specialty provider with practices nationwide. We help our patients receive advanced medical treatments and innovations. Things like chemotherapy and radiation, cardiac ablations, treatments for glaucoma, physical rehabilitation,dermatologyand so much more! We are looking for collaborative and driven people to join our clinical team.

We thrive on people living out our core values of Teamwork, Leadership and Compassion to get their job done. Use your passion to drive theMedVetexperience for our clients and patients, as well as your teammates.

We arelooking for:

Emergency Veterinary Assistant

Proposed work schedule: Thursday and Friday from 7p-730a and every other Saturday and Sunday from 7p-7:30a

Never a dull moment in the ER! Are you someone who likes to be constantly moving from one thing to another? OurEmergencyteam is the perfect place for technicians who thrive in a fast-paced environment, can shift gears quickly and handle the stress of critical situations with ease. Every day is different andthere’snever the same case twice!

Whatyou’lldo:

• Record and deliver organized rounds,discusscasesandgatheradditionalinformation as necessary
• Evaluating incoming patients and prioritizing based on assessment
• Partner withpatient care teamregardingtreatment plans, clientcommunicationand nursing care concerns
• Provide client education including, but not limited to home care instructions, medications (indications, adverse reactions)and general wellness updates on hospitalized patients
• Assist DVM with patient assessment,treatmentand procedures
• Provide monitoring and nursing care to hospitalized patients
• Induce andmonitorgeneral anesthesiaandsedation procedures
• Perform in-house laboratory testingandprepare samples for outside laboratory testing

Whoyou are:

• Prior veterinary experiencerequired;previousemergency experience desired
• Proficient in calculations (drugs, constant rate infusions, unit conversions, etc.)
• Flexibility with work hours and able to workadditionalhours when necessary
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Perks and Benefits include:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits
• Vision and Dental
• HSA, FSA, and Independent Care Spending
• 401k with Employer Match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Shift Differentialsand On-call Pay
• UniformAllowance
• Employee Pet Discountsand Pet Insurance
• Elective Short-Term Disability, Life and Accident Insurance and companypaidLong Term Disability
• Continuing Education Opportunities and Assistance Program
• Strong career growth and personal development opportunities

Come as you are.MedVetis an equal opportunity employer. We are also a drug-free organization, therefore employment with MedVetis dependent upon the passing of a drug screen and background check.