Veterinary Technician - Emergency

BluePearl Vet, LLC; Mesquite (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

BluePearl Vet Hospital is seeking an Emergency Veterinary Technician at our East Dallas, TX location. You'll play a vital role in patient care, assisting with anesthesia, triaging patients, and performing medical procedures. We foster a supportive team environment and offer numerous opportunities for professional development and continuing education, ensuring our technicians can advance their careers while fulfilling their passion for animal health.

Benefits

Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options

Parental leave benefits

Flexible work schedules

Paid time off and floating holiday plans

Access to a licensed social worker for guidance

Opportunities for career advancement and training

Trupanion pet insurance discounts

Qualifications

• Experience as a Veterinary Technician, preferably in an emergency setting.
• Proficient in veterinary medical procedures and techniques.
• Ability to handle emergencies and client communications with empathy.

Responsibilities

• Induce, monitor, and recover anesthesia in patients.
• Triage emergency cases and obtain vital signs.
• Perform digital radiography and administer medications.

Skills

Anesthesia monitoring

Triage

Digital radiography

CPR

Phlebotomy

Mathematical calculation

Patient vital signs assessment

Job description

BluePearl Pet Hospitalis hiring an experienced Veterinary Technician to join our team at our East Dallas, TX location!

Position:Veterinary Technician with our Emergency department.

Pay: Dependent on local veterinary licensing, experience, and advancement through our competency assessment tool.

As an Emergency Veterinary Technician, you will:

• Induce, monitor and recover anesthesia in patients and use anesthesia/monitoring equipment.

• Triage emergency cases as they arrive at the hospital including obtaining vitals such as temperatureheart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure.

• Perform digital radiography using proper technique including proper positioning of patients.

• Have a complete understanding of normal ranges of patient vital signs, including but not limited to heartand respiratory rate, temperature, blood pressure and oxygen saturation.

• Obtain and interpret blood pressure and other vital signs and alert Veterinarian to changes and issues.

• Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR.

• Properly calculate medical math (including constant rate infusions) and administer medications via appropriate routes and duration.

• Are proficient at performing phlebotomy and placing intravenous catheters in all peripheral vessels.

• Place and maintain feeding tubes and central line catheters.

• Have patience and empathy to address client concerns.

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 technicians 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 his/her career.

• In order 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:

• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options.

• Parental leave benefits.

• Flexible work schedules.

• 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 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.