Licensed Veterinary Technician

Zoetis, Inc; Richland Township (MI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoetis, Inc. is seeking a Licensed Veterinary Technician to provide animal research support at the Kalamazoo and Richland sites. Primary care involves companion animals with duties spanning clinical observations, anesthesia, and surgical support.

You will train staff, manage colony health records, handle regulatory paperwork, and perform diagnostic testing and data entry in EMR systems within a veterinary services team.

Qualifications

• Completion of a Veterinary Technician program and active LVT license in at least one state, with ability to become licensed in Michigan within the first year.
• 2+ years of industry or private practice experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Inventory control
• Medical case management
• Colony diet and weight management
• Colony preventive health management, scheduling and administration
• Daily detailed observations and recording in electronic medical records or study data
• Attendance at Veterinary Service meetings
• Participation in clinical rounds
• Regulatory paperwork as needed
• Dental and surgical procedures including pre-, peri-, and post-operative care and monitoring
• Anesthesia monitoring
• Training of animal care technicians for companion animal observations, husbandry and procedures
• Technical procedures include blood draws, urine collection, TPR, IV catheterization, fluid administration, hospitalization and ICU care, euthanasia and necropsy support, in-house testing
• Study-specific procedures including IVP administration, monitoring, surgical support, sedation or anesthesia, blood collection
• Lab and veterinary equipment maintenance
• Controlled substance inventory
• Zoetis site travel as needed for coverage

Skills

Licensed Veterinary Technician

Anesthesia monitoring

Clinical observations

Training staff

Record keeping

Education

Veterinary Technician program

Licensed to practice (state)

Tools

EMR systems

Laboratory equipment

Job description

Role Description

This position is responsible for providing animal research technician support in a Pharmaceutical research environment at the Zoetis Kalamazoo and Richland site(s). Primary species of responsibility are companion animals (canine/feline) but could include other species (rodent/poultry/bovine/swine/equine).

The Licensed Veterinary Technician will be in Animal Research Support, as a part of the Veterinary Services team. This role will support veterinary services and job duties may include:

• Inventory control
• Medical case management
• Colony diet and weight management
• Colony preventive health management, scheduling and administration
• Daily detailed observations and recording in electronic medical records or as raw study data
• Attendance at Veterinary Service meetings
• Attendance and participation in clinical rounds
• Working on miscellaneous projects for veterinary service
• Regulatory paperwork as needed
• Dental and surgical procedures including all pre-operative preparation, perioperative and post-operative care and monitoring on animals
• Anesthesia monitoring
• Training of animal care technicians for companion animal observations, husbandry and procedures
• Technical procedures include but are not limited to: blood draws on companion animal species, urine collection, TPR and triage examination, IV catheterization, fluid admiration, hospitalization and ICU care, euthanasia and necropsy support, diagnostic testing including in house bloodwork, fecal exams and urinalysis
• Study specific procedures may include but are not limited to: administration of IVP, monitoring of animals, surgical support for surgical models, sedation or anesthesia support for models, blood collection
• Lab and veterinary equipment maintenance
• Controlled substance inventory management

Requirements

• Completion of a Veterinary Technician program through a 2- or 4-year program, (LVT) licensed to practice in at least one state with the ability to become licensed in Michigan within the first year.
• Ability to wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as N95 respirators, ear/eye protection, etc.
• 2 plus years of industry or private practice experience is preferred.

Highly Desired Skills/Attributes

• Previous clinical experience in a research setting as an LVT.
• Experience in training veterinary technical staff.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Travel between sites may be required as needed for site coverage.

Work environment

May be required to work with zoonotic animal pathogens and chemicals. There may be handling of zoonotic organisms and working in both ABSL-2 facilities requiring showering in/out procedures.

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Zoetis is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status or any other protected classification. Disabled individuals are given an equal opportunity to use our online application system. We offer reasonable accommodations as an alternative if requested by an individual with a disability. Please contact Zoetis Colleague Services at [e-mail] to request an accommodation. Zoetis also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must possess or obtain authorization to work in the US for Zoetis. Zoetis retains sole and exclusive discretion to pursue sponsorship for the acquisition or maintenance of nonimmigrant status and employment eligibility, considering factors such as availability of qualified US workers. Individuals requiring sponsorship must disclose this fact. Please note that Zoetis seeks information related to job applications from candidates for jobs in the U.S. solely via the following: (1) our company website at www.Zoetis.com/careers site, or (2) via email to/from addresses using only the Zoetis domain of "@zoetis.com". In addition, Zoetis does not use Google Hangout for any recruitment related activities. Any solicitation or request for information related to job applications with Zoetis via any other means and/or utilizing email addresses with any other domain should be disregarded. In addition, Zoetis will never ask candidates to make any type of personal financial investment related to gaining employment with Zoetis.