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Veterinary Technician - Emergency/ICU

Horton Animal Hospital - Discovery

Overland Park (KS)

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USD 30,000 - 50,000

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Job summary

A well-known veterinary hospital in Overland Park is seeking a dedicated Patient Care/ICU Veterinary Technician. This role involves caring for pets in critical conditions, providing support to both animals and their owners, and working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. The position requires a veterinary technician license and skills like teamwork and critical thinking, offering opportunities for career advancement and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401k and retirement planning
Flexible work schedules
Annual continuing education allowance
Pet insurance discounts
Paid time off

Qualifications

  • Experience in providing nursing care for stable to critical patients.
  • Ability to place IV catheters and draw blood.
  • Familiarity with medical treatments and patient care.

Responsibilities

  • Provide Nursing Care for stable to critical patients.
  • Identify patients at risk and initiate CPR.
  • Work with skilled technicians and assistants in providing care.

Skills

Patient Advocacy
Medical Math
Teamwork
Critical Thinking

Education

Veterinary Technician License

Job description

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Overland Park, KS, is hiring a Patient Care/ICU Veterinary Technician!

  • Are you committed and passionate about enriching lives through remarkable care for pets?
  • Do you thrive in fast -paced, dynamic, and rewarding work environment?
  • Are you a team player who enjoys working together on a team to provide quality care for pets?


We are hiring an exceptional Veterinary Technician to join our team. If you enjoy patient care and working in a fast-paced, challenging, interesting, and collaborative environment, apply today!

Shifts: We currently have day and overnight shifts available. Flexibility to work weekends and rotating holidays is preferred at this time.

As a n Patient Care/ ICU Technician, you will:

  • Provide Nursing Care for stable to critical patients
  • Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR
  • Place IVC's , draw blood from multiple sites, give medications through various routes, etc.
  • Watch for patient trends on an hourly basis
  • Advocate for your patients needs
  • Know medical math
  • 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.
  • Feel gratification of nursing 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.

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