Veterinary Technician - Anesthesia

Mars Petcare; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 29,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Trupanion pet insurance

Associate discounts on pet treatments,

Annual continuing education allowance

BluePearl University access

Access to 2,000+ medical journals

Job summary

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Tampa, FL is hiring an Anesthesia Veterinary Technician to support safe anesthesia and analgesia for surgical and diagnostic procedures.

You will monitor anesthesia, prepare plans, perform IV catheterization and intubation, manage patient records, and assist with pre-op to recovery.

We offer a competency-based progression, comprehensive benefits, pet insurance, education allowances, and access to BluePearl University.

Responsibilities

• Assist in anesthesia-related procedures and tailor anesthetic plans.
• Monitor anesthesia, troubleshoot complications, and intervene as needed.
• Place IV catheters and perform endotracheal intubation.
• Perform physical exams and record vital signs accurately.
• Understand normal vital parameters and alert the doctor to abnormalities.
• Set up IV fluids and CRIs.
• Expand knowledge with advanced anesthetic skills such as epidurals and difficult airway management.
• Operate IV fluid pumps and troubleshoot errors.
• Comfortable with medical math.
• Manage the patient through pre-op to recovery and discharge.
• Handle appointments, histories, records, invoicing, and discharges.
• Aseptically connect/disconnect patients from IV fluids.
• Monitor response to fluid therapy and signs of overload.

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._