Night ICU Vet Tech - Large Animal Care

Virginia Tech; Blacksburg (VA); On-site; USD 39,772 - 48,611; Full time

Job summary

Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, seeks a licensed veterinary technician to provide comprehensive nursing care across services in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital's Large Animal Clinic. You will support faculty, residents, interns, and senior students in patient care, animal handling, and use of specialized diagnostic equipment.

The role requires flexibility for days, weekends, and holidays, and the ability to assist in other areas as directed by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Must be a Licensed Veterinary Technician.
• Ability to communicate effectively, work cooperatively within a team setting, and understand and follow directions in the workplace.
• Receive and convey information and instructions to senior veterinary students, clinical faculty, and technical staff.
• Recognize needs and establish priorities with care and concern for large animal patients.
• Be able to make sound emergency decisions concerning the health and safety of both humans and animals.
• Administer drugs and pharmaceuticals by all acceptable routes of administration to large animals.
• Knowledge of large animal anatomy, physiology, and etiology; CPR and animal restraint methods.
• Have considerable experience handling large farm animals.
• Proficiency in operation, maintenance, and application of medical equipment such as IV pumps, heart monitors, centrifuges, ultrasounds, lasers, endoscopes, hoists, slings, nebulizers, and glucometers.
• Must be able to safely move and handle 75 pounds.
• Ability to work for long periods standing, sitting, walking, reaching, bending, and pushing/pulling.
• Must be able to tolerate rabies prophylaxis.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic and intensive nursing care to patients in the Large Animal Clinic.
• Assist clinical faculty, residents, interns, and students with patient care and equipment use.
• Adapt to varying shifts, including days, weekends, and holidays, and assist other areas as directed by supervisor.

Skills

Licensed Veterinary Technician

Effective communication

Team collaboration

Instruction to students/faculty

Prioritizing patient care

Emergency decision making

Administer drugs to large animals

Large animal anatomy/physiology/etiol.

CPR and animal restraint

Experience with large farm animals

Operate medical equipment (IV pumps,监)

Able to move 75 pounds

Stamina for long shifts

Rabies prophylaxis tolerance

Tools

ezyVet

Vet Radar

Job description

Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, seeks a licensed veterinary technician to provide comprehensive nursing care across services in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital's Large Animal Clinic. You will support faculty, residents, interns, and senior students in patient care, animal handling, and use of specialized diagnostic equipment.

The role requires flexibility for days, weekends, and holidays, and the ability to assist in other areas as directed by the supervisor.