Veterinary Technician - Anesthesia

BluePearl Holdings LLC; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 29,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Parental leave

Flexible work schedules

401k and retirement

PTO and floating holidays

Collaborative team culture

Job summary

BluePearl Pet Hospital is seeking an Anesthesia Veterinary Technician to support anesthesia plans, monitoring, and recovery for diverse veterinary cases. This role emphasizes accuracy in clinical procedures, patient safety, and collaborative care within a team that values continuous learning.

The position involves managing pre-op through post-op stages, escalating to doctors as needed, and contributing to a culture of high-quality, compassionate pet care within a larger veterinary health network.

Qualifications

• Assist in patient procedures using knowledge of anesthesia and analgesia
• Monitor anesthesia, troubleshoot complications, and intervene as needed
• Perform IV catheter placement and endotracheal intubation
• Conduct physical exams and monitor vital parameters
• Understand normal vitals and alert physician to abnormalities
• Set up IV fluids and CRIs
• Expand knowledge with advanced anesthetic skills and critical case management
• Operate infusion pumps and troubleshoot errors
• Handle medical math accurately
• Manage patient through pre-op, intra-op, and post-op stages

Responsibilities

• Assist in anesthesia planning tailored to each patient
• Monitor anesthesia and address complications promptly
• Place IV catheters and assist with intubation
• Perform physical assessments and track vitals
• Recognize abnormal vital signs and notify the doctor
• Set up fluids and administer CRI therapy
• Pursue advanced anesthesia skills and complex case management
• Operate IV fluid pumps and resolve pump errors
• Perform medical math for dosing and calculations
• Coordinate patient care from pre-op to recovery and discharge

Skills

Anesthesia protocols

IV catheter

Intubation

Vital signs

Analgesia management

Medical math

Patient care

Job description

BluePearl Pet Hospital is hiring an Anesthesia Veterinary Technician!

Pay:

$21.00 - $40.00 / hour

This pay band is a starting point and is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency leveling system.

Working here is not just a job but also a unique opportunity to challenge the status quo in veterinary medicine and develop every aspect of your potential to its limit. We believe in practicing both the science and the art of veterinary medicine in an environment that fosters out of the box thinking, collaboration, and communication among each other and the outside world and having fun while doing so.

As An Anesthesia Veterinary Technician, You Will

• 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.

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:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
• Parental leave benefits
• Flexible work schedules
• 401k and retirement planning
• Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans
• 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

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or sponsorship transfer. Applicants must possess unrestricted, current authorization to work in the U.S. and not require future sponsorship for an employment-based green card.

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 each applicant will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual or affectional preference, 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.