Veterinary Assistant - Internal Medicine

BluePearl Pet Hospital; New York (NY); On-site; USD 31,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pet insurance

Discounts for pet treatments and food

CE allowance

Continuing education sessions

Lyra therapy sessions

Job summary

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Brooklyn, NY is seeking a detail-oriented Veterinary Assistant to join our Internal Medicine team, where a wide variety of cases and complex long-term diseases are managed.

You will assist in medical and endoscopic procedures, prepare medications, and help explain hospital estimates to clients while supporting compassionate patient care. Schedule: Weekdays, 4x10s. Pay: $22.50–$32.50 per hour, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented, multitasking, and team-focused

Responsibilities

• Calmly and gently handle patients per safety protocols and core values
• Identify abnormal pathology
• Explain hospital estimates clearly to clients
• Address client concerns with patience and empathy
• Educate clients on Internal Medicine care
• Prepare medications and discharge directions for patients
• Support the Internal Medicine team in all aspects of care for patients

Skills

Patient handling

Safety protocols

Team player

Endoscopy support

Job description

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Brooklyn, NY is seeking a detail-oriented, multitasking, and team-focused Veterinary Assistant to join our Internal Medicine team.

The Internal Medical Service attends to a wide variety of cases and manages complex long-term disease processes. Assistants in this service will assist their team in all medical and endoscopic procedures associated with maintaining and stabilizing their patients.

Schedule: Week days, 4x10s

Pay: $22.50 - $32.50 / hour

This pay band is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency assessment tool.

As a Veterinary Assistant, You Will

• Calmly and gently approach and handle our patients according to safety protocols and our core values
• Identify abnormal pathology
• Understand our hospital estimates and can clearly present and explain them to our clients
• Have patience and empathy to address client concerns
• Educate clients in the areas of Internal Medicine and can provide exceptional care for our patients
• Prepare medications and our patients/clients for discharge with concise directions for our clients
• Support your Internal Medicine team in all aspects of care for your patients

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 associates 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 their career.
• 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:

• Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Parental Leave Benefits
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options
• Paid Time Off and Floating Holiday Plans
• Regional Social Worker + 12 Free Therapy Sessions through Lyra
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Savings Account
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Annual Scrub Allowance: full-time associates receive $200/year in BluePearl store credit.
• Referral Bonus Program
• State licensure reimbursements
• VTNE reimbursements
• Additional VTS benefits – pursuing & established VTS technicians.

Our Continuing Education Plan includes $500/year reimbursement for CVT and $750/year for VTS. The Continuing Education allowance can roll over up to $1,500 for CVT and VTS associates. Non-Credentialed, full-time Paraprofessionals are eligible for an annual CE stipend of $150. Full-time CVT associates also receive 8 hours of CE paid hours each year. Full-time VTS associates receive 12 hours of CE paid each year. Paid CE hours can be carried over year to year up to a maximum of 24 hours. Newly hired associates will receive a pro-rated amount of any CE benefit for which they are eligible.

BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and you will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.