Licensed Veterinary Technician - Critical Care

Grass Valley Veterinary Hospital; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading veterinary hospital is seeking a skilled and compassionate Licensed Veterinary Technician to join their Critical Care team in Denver. The position offers competitive pay, a sign-on bonus, and a focus on advanced patient care in a fast-paced environment. Opportunities for professional growth and development are supported through their extensive continuing education programs.

Benefits

Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options

Paid Time Off and Floating Holiday Plans

401(k) Retirement Plan

Annual Scrub Allowance: $200/year in store credit

Continuing Education reimbursement up to $1,500

Qualifications

• Strong critical thinking and multitasking skills.
• Passion for intensive patient care and managing emergency situations.

Responsibilities

• Monitor unstable patients and manage ventilators in a critical care setting.
• Triage emergency cases and perform essential medical procedures.
• Mentor and train co-workers while addressing client concerns.

Skills

Critical thinking

Multitasking

Patient care

Job description

BluePearl Pet Hospital is seeking a skilled and compassionate Licensed Veterinary Technician to join our Critical Care team in Midtown, NY!

**This position offers a sign-on bonus of up to $10,000**

Schedule: Sun-Tues 8a-8p; can be flexible to a 3 or 4 day work week

Pay: $30.00 - $51.00 / hour + competitive shift differentials

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

We 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/hr. Shift Differential
• Sat & Sun: 8am to 6pm = +$4.50/hr. Shift Differential
• Sat & Sun: 6pm to 8am = +$8.00/hr. Shift Differential

You'll play a key role in monitoring unstable patients, managing ventilators, and providing advanced nursing care in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment. We're looking for techs with strong critical thinking, multitasking skills, and a passion for intensive patient care . If you thrive under pressure and want to grow in emergency and critical care, apply today!

As a Critical Care Veterinary Technician, you will:

• Induce, monitor and recover anesthesia in patients and use anesthesia/monitoring equipment on all ASA level patients.
• Triage emergency cases as they arrive at the hospital including obtaining vitals such as temperature heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure.
• Help our specialists provide nursing care to critically ill patients.
• Learn and utilize mechanical ventilation and hi-flow therapy.
• 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 career.
• 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:

• Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Parental Leave Benefits
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options
• Paid Time Off and Floating Holiday Plans
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Savings Account
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Annual Scrub Allowance: full-time associates receive $200/year in BluePearl store credit.
• Referral Bonus Program
• State licensure reimbursements
• VTNE reimbursements
• Additional VTS benefits - pursuing & established VTS technicians.

Our Continuing Education Plan includes $500/year reimbursement for CVT and $750/year for VTS. The Continuing Education allowance can roll over up to $1,500 for CVT and VTS associates. Non-Credentialed, full-time Paraprofessionals are eligible for an annual CE stipend of $150. Full-time CVT associates also receive 8 hours of CE paid hours each year. Full-time VTS associates receive 12 hours of CE paid each year. Paid CE hours can be carried over year to year up to a maximum of 24 hours. Newly hired associates will receive a pro-rated amount of any CE benefit for which they are eligible.

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.