Surgical Veterinary Assistant - Hands-On Care & Growth

BluePearl Pet Hospital; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 38,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pet insurance

Education allowance

Paid time off

401k retirement plan

Job summary

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Stone Oak, TX is hiring an exceptional Veterinary Assistant to join our Surgery Department. Pay: $18.45 - 27.00 / hour.

This pay band is a starting point and is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency leveling system. A BluePearl Surgery Assistant will be responsible for some post-operative client communication and must be able to work independently while contributing to a larger team goal.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years of experience in a veterinary hospital.
• Ability to work independently while supporting a team.
• Willingness to participate in rotating on-call schedule after training.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to stable patients per hospital standards.
• Place peripheral intravenous catheter in cephalic vein.
• Perform physical exams; monitor heart rate, pulses, mucous membranes, temp and resp rate.
• Alert doctors when vital signs are abnormal.
• Set up intravenous fluids for patients.
• Administer subcutaneous fluids.
• Operate IV fluid pumps and troubleshoot errors.
• Disconnect/connect patients from IV fluids aseptically.
• Monitor patient response to fluids and watch for overload.

Skills

Nursing care

IV catheter placement

Vital signs

Fluid therapy

Patient monitoring

Tools

IV pumps

Job description

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Stone Oak, TX is hiring an exceptional Veterinary Assistant to join our Surgery Department. Pay: $18.45 - 27.00 / hour.

This pay band is a starting point and is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency leveling system. A BluePearl Surgery Assistant will be responsible for some post-operative client communication and must be able to work independently while contributing to a larger team goal.