ER & Critical Care Vet Assistant – Nights & Weekends

CSU Veterinary Health; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 53,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

CSU Veterinary Health in Fort Collins, CO seeks a Veterinary Assistant III in Emergency and Critical Care to provide advanced nursing care for high-risk patients. The role requires triage, stabilization, and collaboration with clinicians, interns, residents, and clients to guide diagnostics and treatment.

The successful candidate will mentor students and technicians, support protocol adherence, and help manage unit operations while delivering compassionate, high-quality care during emergencies.

Qualifications

• Advanced emergency and critical care nursing skills.
• Ability to perform and support complex monitoring and procedures under clinician direction.
• Strong patient assessment and advocacy during high-stress situations.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced emergency and critical care nursing support including triage, assessment, stabilization, treatment, monitoring, and restraint of high-risk and critically ill patients.
• Perform and support complex monitoring and treatment procedures under clinician direction, including advanced catheterization, ventilation support, CPR, emergency anesthesia, dialysis support, and specialty equipment operation and troubleshooting.
• Monitor severely compromised patients, identify critical changes in condition, recommend and implement adjustments to patient management, and advocate for patient safety and welfare.
• Collaborate with clinicians, students, interns, residents, referring veterinarians, and clients to support diagnosis, treatment planning, and ongoing patient care through assessment, diagnostics, and interpretation of results.
• Teach, mentor, and provide clinical instruction to veterinary students, technicians, interns, and residents, including advanced procedures, nursing care, and pathophysiology.
• Serve as a lead technical resource within Critical Care Services by guiding staff, assisting with training, supporting protocol adherence, and contributing to unit leadership and operational improvements.
• Communicate effectively with clients and hospital teams to provide triage, medical updates, coordination of care, and support during emotionally challenging situations.
• Support unit operations by prioritizing cases, documenting treatments, entering charges, maintaining equipment and supplies, enforcing policies and regulations, and providing after-hours emergency support.

Skills

Emergency nursing

Critical care nursing

Monitoring

Catheterization

CPR

Education

HS Diploma or GED

Job description

CSU Veterinary Health in Fort Collins, CO seeks a Veterinary Assistant III in Emergency and Critical Care to provide advanced nursing care for high-risk patients. The role requires triage, stabilization, and collaboration with clinicians, interns, residents, and clients to guide diagnostics and treatment.

The successful candidate will mentor students and technicians, support protocol adherence, and help manage unit operations while delivering compassionate, high-quality care during emergencies.