Veterinary Technician - Critical Care

AAVMP; Levittown (PA); On-site; USD 46,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pet insurance (Trupanion)

Discounts on pet treatments and food

Annual continuing education allowance

401k/retirement plan

Paid time off and floating holidays

Access to literature/journals

Job summary

BluePearl Pet Hospital Levittown, PA is seeking a skilled ICU/Critical Care Veterinary Technician to join our team. You will triage, monitor ventilated patients, place catheters, and support lifesaving care for critically ill pets.

The position offers a sign-on bonus up to $5,000 based on experience, and a pay range of $22.15–$44.91 per hour with competitive shift differentials. Work schedule is 3x12s or 4x10s, with nights and weekends options.

Responsibilities

• Triage and obtain patient history.
• Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR.
• Place IVCs and advanced catheters (Jugular, Central Lines, PICC).
• Monitor and care for ventilated patients.
• Collaborate with other technicians and assistants to provide advanced veterinary care.
• Mentor and train coworkers.
• Nurse critically ill patients back to health for reunion with their owners.

Job description

**This position is offering up to a $5,000 sign-on based on experience and credentials**

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Levittown, PA is for a skilled and compassionate Veterinary Technician to join our ICU/Critical Care team!

Schedule

Back-end of the week; 3x12s or 4x10s

Pay

$22.15 - $44.91 / hour + competitive shift differentials

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

We also offer competitive shift differentials for eligible hours worked for nights and weekends. Shift differentials are based on a 4-hour minimum. For example:

• Mon - Fri: 6pm to 8am = +$3.50 Shift Differential
• Sat & Sun: 8am to 6pm = +$3.50 Shift Differential
• Sat & Sun: 6pm to 8am = +$5.50 Shift Differential

As an ICU/Critical Care Technician, you will:

• Triage and obtain patient history.
• Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR
• Place IVC's and advanced catheters like Jugular catheters, Central Lines or PICC lines.
• Monitor and care for Ventilator Cases.
• Work along side other skilled technicians and assistants in providing excellent, advanced medicine to your patients.
• Have a passion for mentoring and training other co-workers.
• Nurse critically ill patients back to health and reunite them with their pet parents.

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
• A regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips/tricks on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment
• 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.

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.