Veterinary Assistant, Best Friends Veterinary Care

Suveto; Nesconset (NY); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Best Friends Veterinary Care is seeking a Veterinary Assistant to support veterinarians and technicians in a busy hospital. You will help with patient handling, diagnostic setup, nursing care, and discharge processes while ensuring professional client service.

Responsibilities include monitoring patient husbandry, performing basic nursing tasks, and assisting in emergency procedures with a focus on accurate medical record documentation and adherence to hospital policies.

Qualifications

• Experience with animal handling and basic nursing care.
• Strong communication with clients and team.
• Ability to document observations clearly in records.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the veterinarian and technician in various hospital areas and deliver professional client service.
• Monitor and document all husbandry requirements for patients (cleanliness, nutrition, bedding, therapy, exercise, comfort).
• Perform assistant-level assessments (pain scoring, vital signs) and document observations in medical records.
• Assist with patient handling, diagnostic setup, nursing care, and admit/discharge under supervision.
• Assist with emergency procedures such as triage support, patient transport, and CPR where directed.
• Transport patients within and into/out of the hospital.
• Assist with cleaning equipment, sterilizing instruments, and maintaining clean surgical suites.
• Perform basic in-house lab tests and prepare lab reports; maintain lab area cleanliness.
• Communicate patient status or concerns with doctors and technicians; provide aftercare per owner wishes.
• Follow OSHA and hospital policies; keep areas clean, organized, and restocked.
• Document legibly and keep accurate patient records; perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Animal handling

Client service

Basic nursing care

Job description

Veterinary Assistant, Best Friends Veterinary Care

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Job Description

• Provide support to the veterinarian and veterinary technician as directed in various areas of the hospital; provide professional and efficient client service.
• Provide, monitor, and document all husbandry requirements for patients such as cleanliness, nutrition, necessary and appropriate bedding, physical therapy, exercise, comfort and support.
• Perform assistant level assessments such as pain scoring or vital signs, treatments ordered veterinarian or directed by technician such as oral meds, document observations legibly in patient medical records.
• Assist with patient handling, diagnostic test/imaging set up, nursing care and admit/discharge of patients as directed by veterinarian or veterinary technician.
• Assist with emergency department procedures as directed by veterinarian or veterinary technician such as support for patient triage, transport of patient and CPR assistance.
• Transport patients within the hospital and into/out of the hospital.
• Assist with cleaning surgical & other medical equipment, packing/sterilizing instruments, properly cleaning surgical suites,
• Perform basic in-house laboratory tests such as snap tests, pcv/ts, urine sg, running analyzers, set up of other tests as deemed appropriate by veterinarian or technician, complete forms for laboratory, file lab reports and clean-up laboratory area.
• Communicate with doctors and technicians regarding patient status, trends, or concerns.
• Provide after care for patients according to owner wishes.
• Communicate any patient or client concerns to appropriate personnel.
• Follow all OSHA and hospital policies, keep all areas clean, organized, and restocked.
• Document legibly and keep accurate patient medical records in accordance with hospital policy.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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