Veterinary Technician Assistant - Specialty

Nashville Veterinary Specialists and Animal Emergency; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Paid Time Off

Insurance (Medical, Dental, & Vision)

401(k) Retirement plan

C.E. Allowance

Job summary

Nashville Veterinary Specialists + Animal Emergency (NVS) is seeking Veterinary Technician Assistants to join our thriving specialty departments. This role supports frontline patient care, assists with diagnostic tests, and helps with client communication to ensure high-quality veterinary medicine.

The ideal candidate is eager to learn, works well in a team, and enjoys a dynamic environment where no two days are the same.

Qualifications

• No prior veterinary experience required; training provided.
• Interest in learning across specialty areas.
• Comfort with animal handling and basic medical care.

Responsibilities

• Restrain patients for exams and procedures for specialty and emergency service patients.
• Assist ER and specialty staff during advanced diagnostic tests and therapies such as CT/MRI, endoscopy, chemotherapy, surgical prep, and monitoring.
• Work with ICU staff to set up patient beds for in-p-patients.
• Obtain patient medical histories and vital parameters (temperature, pulse, respiratory rate).
• Support patient discharge instructions and follow-up needs.

Job description

Position: Veterinary Technician Assistant - Specialty

Location: Nashville, TN

Job Id:214

# of Openings:1

Veterinary Technician Assistant - Specialty

Are you fresh or new to Veterinary Medicine and looking for a team that works together and loves to support each other? Would you like the ability to be around a variety of cases, virtually guaranteeing no two days are the same? Do you want an opportunity to learn more about veterinary medicine while simultaneously having the ability to make a direct impact on patient care?

Nashville Veterinary Specialists + Animal Emergency (NVS) is searching for Veterinary Technician Assistants to join our thriving specialty departments!

A veterinary technician assistant (VTA) plays a vital daily role in our hospital, as our VTA staff members are (in many cases) our frontline medical staff regarding the assessment and medical/nursing care of our patients. In general, our VTA staff is responsible for general patient care and comfort, but they also are very important regarding the diagnostic evaluation of our patients as well as their medical care. Our VTA staff also plays an important role in basic client communication regarding the medical needs of their canine and feline family members. This list includes many (but not all!) of the many vital patient and client care duties provided by our VTA staff:

• Restrain patients for physical examinations/procedures for specialty and emergency service patients. Such procedures include orthopedic/neurological examinations, blood/urine collection, radiographs, and ultrasound.
• Assist ER and specialty technicians and clinicians during the performance of more advanced diagnostic tests and therapies such as CT/MRI scanning, endoscopy, chemotherapy administration, surgical prep, and anesthetized/sedated patient monitoring.
• Work with ICU technicians in setting up patient beds for in-patients.
• Assisting technicians with obtaining patient medical histories.
• Obtaining patient vital parameters (i.e. temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate).
• For certain specialty departments, assist with patient drop-off, hospital admission, and hospital discharge, including review of patient discharge instructions and medication and follow-up requirements.
• Assist specialty technicians with daily appointment flow.
• Stock supplies and instruments (i.e. catheters, scrub, syringes, IV fluid bags, fluid lines, bandage material, etc.).
• General maintenance and cleaning of medical equipment (i.e. surgical instruments, endoscopes, autoclave).
• Performance of basic in-house diagnostic testing, such as PCV/TS, blood glucose, lactate, urine specific gravity, and cytology sample preparation.
• Submission of laboratory samples to diagnostic laboratories (on-site and send-out).
• Walking and feeding patients (hospitalized and outpatient) along with all aspects of general nursing care.
• Maintaining laundry and cleanliness of play/elimination yard

WHY WORK WITH US?

Join a team of veterinary professionals you can easily build relationships with and feels like a family- we support and encourage each other and love to celebrate wins, big or small. We pride ourselves on a welcoming learning environment where team members feel safe to advance their skills and seek guidance from each other while practicing quality medicine and patient care.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Competitive Salary
• Paid Time Off
• Insurance (Medical, Dental, & Vision)
• Short/Long term disability and life insurance
• 401(k) Retirement plan
• State of the art newly renovated and expanded hospital
• discounted pet products and services for personal pets
• C.E. Allowance
• Continuing Education Sponsorship Program via VetBloom and Penn Foster
• Licensure Renewal and Out of State Licensure transfer reimbursement
• Uniform Allowance
• Cell phone discount
• YMCA Corporate Memberships
• Team building and Volunteer events
• Career Development
• excellent opportunities for advancement
• and MORE!

WHO ARE WE?

NVS is a 24/7 veterinary specialty and emergency hospital. We are located in a recently expanded 24,000 square foot hospital with digital radiography, computed tomography (CT), on-site magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, endoscopy, access to an on-site commercial laboratory, and more. Our primary focus is to honor the human-animal bond in all we do, focusing on patient care, client experience, and the health of our team. We believe we can never stop improving and strive to improve in all we do. Not only do we focus on patient care, but core to our hospital culture is also a focus on the health of our team, our community, and the environment. We are committed to sustainable environmental practices. We have a comprehensive recycling and composting program as well as a 5,000-gallon rainwater collection system, roof-mounted photovoltaic solar panel system, skylights, and an energy recovery system for heating and air.

Physical/Environmental Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of each of these jobs. While performing the duties of any of these positions, the employee is frequently required to bend, stand, stoop, walk, sit, talk, and listen; may be required to walk or stand for long periods of time; will use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel; will reach with hands and arms. The employee is often required to lift and carry animals weighing fifty pounds or more; handle dogs weighing up to 150 pounds.