Emergency Veterinary Technician

Marsveterinary; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 44,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pet insurance

Discounts on pet treatments

Continuing education allowance

Paid time off

401k plan

Parental leave

Flexible schedules

Job summary

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Langhorne, PA seeks a knowledgeable Veterinary Technician for our Emergency + ICU team. Schedule: 3x12 or 4x10 hour shifts; Pay: $21.00-$43.00/hour plus shift differentials. Responsibilities include inducing and monitoring anesthesia, triaging emergencies, radiography, and IV access.

We offer growth, learning resources, and comprehensive benefits. We value patient care, client communication, and mentoring teammates in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Ability to monitor anesthesia and use monitoring devices.
• Experience reading vitals and triaging emergency cases.
• Proficiency in placing IV catheters and performing phlebotomy.

Responsibilities

• Induce, monitor and recover anesthesia and use monitoring equipment.
• Triage emergencies and monitor vitals.
• Perform digital radiography with correct technique and patient positioning.
• Interpret vital signs and alert Veterinarian to changes.
• Place IV catheters and perform phlebotomy.
• Mentor and train other staff.
• Provide compassionate communication to clients.

Skills

Anesthesia monitoring

Vital signs

Radiography

Phlebotomy

IV catheter

CPR

Job description

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Langhorne, PA is seeking a knowledgeable and skilled Veterinary Technician to join our compassionate Emergency + ICU team!

Schedule: 3x12 OR 4x10 hour shifts

Pay: $21.00 - $43.00 / hour + competitive shift differentials

This pay band is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency assessment tool.

We also offer competitive shift differential pay for eligible hours worked for nights and weekends. Shift differentials are based on a 4-hour minimum. For example:

• Mon – Fri: 6pm to 8am = $3.50 Shift Differential
• Sat & Sun: 8am to 6pm = $3.50 Shift Differential
• Sat & Sun: 6pm to 8am = $5.00 Shift Differential

As an Emergency Veterinary Technician, you will:

• Induce,monitorand recover anesthesia in patients and use anesthesia/monitoring equipment.
• Triage emergency cases as they arrive at the hospital including obtaining vitals such as temperatureheart rate, respiratoryrateand blood pressure.
• Perform digital radiography using proper technique including proper positioning of patients.
• Have a complete understanding of normal ranges of patient vital signs, including but not limited to heartand respiratory rate, temperature, bloodpressureand oxygen saturation.
• Obtain and interpret blood pressure and other vital signs and alert Veterinarian to changes and issues.
• Identifypatients at riskforarrest and initiate CPR.
• Properly calculate medical math (including constant rate infusions) and administer medications viaappropriate routesand duration.
• Are proficient at performing phlebotomy and placing intravenous catheters in all peripheral vessels.
• Place andmaintainfeeding tubes and central line catheters.
• Havea passion for mentoring and training other co-workers.
• Have patience and empathy to address client concerns.

Why BluePearl?

• Our passion is pets. We offerTrupanionpet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
• We encourage you togrowwith us. Our associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in their careers.
• To transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.
• We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following:
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
• Parental leave benefits
• Flexible work schedules
• 401k and retirement planning
• Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans
• A regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips/tricks on how tomaintaina healthy lifestyle while working in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment
• We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets

BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and you will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.