Surgery Vet Technician - Part-Time, Advanced Anesthesia

BluePearl; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 34,000 - 68,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pet insurance (Trupanion)

Associate discounts for pet treatments

Annual CE allowance

BluePearl University access

Career development programs

Leadership workshops

Disability insurance

Paid time off

401(k) retirement plan

Annual scrub allowance

Referral bonus program

State licensure reimbursements

VTNE reimbursements

Job summary

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Rockville, MD is seeking a skilled Part-time Veterinary Technician to join our Surgery team. The role involves assisting in procedures, monitoring anesthesia, IV catheter placement, endotracheal intubation, and patient discharge planning, with opportunities to expand advanced anesthetic skills.

We offer pay of $25.00 - $49.00 per hour based on experience and our competency assessment tool, along with benefits like pet insurance, CE allowances, and leadership development

Responsibilities

• Assist in patient procedures using knowledge of anesthesia and analgesia related protocols and procedures, including formulating anesthetic plans tailored to individual patient needs.
• Monitor anesthesia, trouble shoot anesthetic complications, and make appropriate interventions.
• Intravenous catheter placement, endotracheal intubation, and anesthetic equipment use and maintenance.
• Perform physical exam; accurately counts heart, pulse rate, capillary refill time, mucous membranes, temperature, respiratory rate and effort.
• Understand normal vital parameters and alerts doctor when abnormal.
• Set up intravenous fluids and CRI's.
• Continuous expansion of knowledge and skillset: advanced anesthetic skills including epidurals, difficult airway intubation, and critical case management.
• Operate all brands of intravenous fluid pumps and can troubleshoot errors.
• Comfortable with medical math.
• Ability to take patient through entire procedure from start to finish (pre-op, monitoring, post-op, and recovery)
• Manage appointments, obtain histories, medical record keeping, invoicing, patient discharges, etc.
• Disconnect and connect patients from intravenous fluids aseptically.
• Monitor patient response to fluid therapy including signs of overload.

Job description

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Rockville, MD is seeking a skilled Part-time Veterinary Technician to join our Surgery team. The role involves assisting in procedures, monitoring anesthesia, IV catheter placement, endotracheal intubation, and patient discharge planning, with opportunities to expand advanced anesthetic skills.

We offer pay of $25.00 - $49.00 per hour based on experience and our competency assessment tool, along with benefits like pet insurance, CE allowances, and leadership development