Veterinary Technician - ICU Overnights

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 27,552 - 55,104; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Trupanion pet insurance

Annual continuing education allowance

Flexible work schedules

401k and retirement planning

Paid time off

Support from a licensed social worker

Job summary

A leading veterinary care provider in Tampa is hiring a Critical Care Veterinary Technician to join their team. This full-time position requires a passion for patient care and flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays. Responsibilities include triaging patients, initiating CPR, and monitoring ventilator cases. The hospital offers competitive pay, opportunities for career advancement, and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Join a culture dedicated to enriching the lives of pets and their owners.

Qualifications

• Experience in veterinary technology and critical care.
• Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays as required.
• Unrestricted current authorization to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Triage and obtain patient history.
• Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR.
• Monitor and care for ventilator cases.

Skills

Patient care

CPR initiation

IVC placement

Ventilator case monitoring

Mentoring

Job description

BluePearl Pet Hospital is hiring a Critical Care Veterinary Technician!

Pay: $20.00 - $40.00 / hour

This pay band is a starting point and is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency leveling system.

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! This is a full-time position that requires flexibility to work nights and weekends and holidays.

As a ICU/Critical Care Technician, you will:

• Triage and obtain patient history
• Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR
• Place IVCs and advanced catheters like jugular catheters, central lines or PICC lines
• Monitor and care for ventilator cases
• Work alongside 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; flexible work schedules; 401k and retirement planning; paid time off and floating holiday plans; a regional licensed social worker for support; a family-like culture in our hospitals; a culture of leading 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 affectionate preference, 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.