Relief Veterinary Technician - Emergency

Grass Valley Veterinary Hospital; Nashville (TN); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Grass Valley Veterinary Hospital is hiring Emergency Veterinary Technicians in Nashville, TN. Join our passionate team to provide exceptional care for critically ill pets. Enjoy competitive pay, extensive benefits, and the opportunity to advance your veterinary career in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible work schedules

Paid time off and floating holiday plans

Annual continuing education allowance

Trupanion pet insurance discounts

Qualifications

• Must have Veterinary Technician Credentialing (VTS preferred).
• Experience is critical in emergency care environments.
• Familiarity with common veterinary practices and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Perform physical exams and monitor vital signs.
• Administer medications and provide nursing care.
• Maintain anesthesia monitoring equipment.

Skills

Emergency care

Compassionate

Medical terminology

Vital signs assessment

Client communication

Education

Veterinary Technician Credential

Tools

Anesthesia monitoring equipment

Phlebotomy tools

Job description

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Nashville, TN is hiring experienced Emergency Veterinary Technicians to work during the day!

Schedule: This is a Day Shift position! Rotating Weekends & Holidays Required.

Pay: $21.00 - $41.00 / 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**

Experienced Emergency Technician wanted for our New Nashville hospital! We have immediate openings for mid shifts in our quickly growing Specialty and Emergency hospital in Nashville. These shifts qualify for our shift differential pay premium.

If you are one of those technicians that loves emergency cases, providing care and comfort to the critically ill or injured patient, we are the place for you! We are looking for a highly ambitious, self-motivated and compassionate candidate to join our amazing team. The successful candidate will work alongside our team of experienced technicians, assistants, ER doctors and specialists providing remarkable care for pets. The Nashville area is one of the most quickly growing and popular areas of the country to live! Music, food, history, professional sports teams, outdoor recreation, plenty of southern charm and no state income tax, makes us the place to be! Come see our clinics and meet our awesome team of professionals.

As an Emergency Veterinary Technician, you will:

• Performs physical exam; accurately counts heart, pulse rate, capillary refill time, mucous membranes, temperature, respiratory rate and effort.
• Understands normal vital parameters and alerts doctor when abnormal.
• Performs phlebotomy.
• Ability to place peripheral intravenous catheter in cephalic vein.
• Able to read and follow orders written on treatment sheet accurately and in a timely manner.
• Alerts veterinarian if a patient's status has changed and/or physical exam or monitoring parameters are outside of normal ranges.
• Calculates basic medical math.
• Understands classification of commonly used medications, associated side effects and appropriately monitors therapeutic response.
• Administers medications via appropriate routes and duration.
• Prepares medications and patient for discharge and communicates discharge instructions to client.
• Maintains solid grasp of common veterinary medical terms and abbreviations and can converse with other veterinary professionals in medical terms.
• Able to address client concerns and answer them appropriately during visits, updates, or after hospitalization, for their skill set. Quickly and competently facilitates incoming calls.
• Implement appropriate animal husbandry skills to decrease disease spread, injury and stress to patients.
• Provides nursing care to stable patients according to hospital standards of care and core values.
• Possesses a working knowledge of anesthesia/monitoring equipment and assist with patients assigned ASA I or II classifications.
• Remains current on R.E.C.O.V.E.R CPR guidelines and demonstrates proficiency in designated role as assigned by attending clinician and/or supervisor.

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 technicians 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 his/her career.
• In order 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:

• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
• Parental Leave Benefits.
• Flexible work schedules.
• 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.