Emergency Veterinary Technician

BluePearl Pet Hospital; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 29,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Pittsburgh is seeking an experienced Emergency Veterinary Technician to join our busy Emergency and Critical Care department. This role involves anesthesia induction/monitoring, triage of emergencies, and radiography, with a focus on monitoring vital signs and patient comfort.

You will perform phlebotomy, IV catheter placement, feeding tube care, and central line management, while mentoring coworkers and addressing client concerns.

Qualifications

• Experience as an Emergency Veterinary Technician is preferred.
• Ability to monitor anesthesia and use related equipment.
• Proficiency in triage, radiography, and patient vital signs interpretation.
• Comfort with phlebotomy, IV access, and critical care procedures.

Responsibilities

• Induce, monitor and recover anesthesia in emergency patients.
• Triage emergencies and record vitals (temp, HR, RR, BP).
• Perform digital radiography with proper patient positioning.
• Interpret vital signs and alert Veterinarian to changes.
• Identify arrest risk and initiate CPR.
• Compute medical math and administer medications as prescribed.
• Place IV catheters and perform phlebotomy.
• Place feeding tubes and manage central lines as needed.
• Mentor and train other staff.
• Provide empathetic client communication.

Skills

Anesthesia monitoring

Triaging emergencies

Digital radiography

Vital signs interpretation

CPR / arrest management

Phlebotomy

IV catheter placement

Feeding tubes placement

Mentoring others

Client empathy

Job description

If you are a current associate, you will need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.

BluePearl Pet Hospital** is hiring experienced Veterinary Technicians to work in our busy Emergency and Critical Care department.**

Check out why you should work for us HERE!

Pay: $21.10 - $40.60 / hour

This pay band is a starting point and is dependent on experience and advancement through our leveling system

** Candidates with VTS credentialing are eligible for compensation commensurate with experience **

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 = $4.50 Shift Differential
• Sat & Sun: 6pm to 8am = $6.00 Shift Differential
• Sat & Sun: 8am to 6pm = $4.50 Shift Differential

As an Emergency Veterinary Technician, you will:

• Induce, monitor and recover anesthesia in patients and use anesthesia/monitoring equipment.
• Triage emergency cases as they arrive at the hospital including obtaining vitals such as temperature heart rate, respiratory rate and 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 heart and respiratory rate, temperature, blood pressure and oxygen saturation.
• Obtain and interpret blood pressure and other vital signs and alert Veterinarian to changes and issues.
• Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR.
• Properly calculate medical math (including constant rate infusions) and administer medications via appropriate routes and duration.
• Are proficient at performing phlebotomy and placing intravenous catheters in all peripheral vessels.
• Place and maintain feeding tubes and central line catheters.
• Have a passion for mentoring and training other co-workers.
• Have patience and empathy to address client concerns.

Why BluePearl?

• Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
• We encourage you to grow with 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 to maintain a 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.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or sponsorship transfer. Applicants must possess unrestricted, current authorization to work in the U.S. and not require future sponsorship for an employment-based green card.