Veterinary Technician Overnight

VCA Animal Hospitals; Oregon; On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading veterinary hospital is seeking a Certified Veterinary Technician for their Emergency and Intensive Care Department. You'll play a vital role on the overnight team, providing exceptional care and support while fostering a positive environment for clients and patients alike. Competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package await the right candidate committed to animal health and wellness.

Benefits

Continuing education allowance

Tuition support and sponsorships

Veterinary Technician license reimbursement

Free mental health sessions

Paid parental leave

Paid vacation, sick time, and holiday pay

401(k) with company match

Qualifications

• Certified (or eligible) Veterinary Technician in Oregon.
• Previous experience with companion animal nursing care.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform triage assessments and prioritize cases as they present.
• Manage the ER whiteboard system and coordinate timely interventions.
• Provide high quality nursing care to critically ill patients.

Skills

Companion animal nursing care

Diagnostic imaging

Triage assessments

Post-operative care

Effective communication

Adaptability

Education

Certified Veterinary Technician

Job description

VCA Northwest Veterinary Specialists is seeking a Certified Veterinary Technician for our Emergency and Intensive Care Department overnight team.

Compensation : $ 31 - $ 36 / hr

Required qualifications include Certified (or eligible) Veterinary Technician in Oregon. Previous experience with companion animal nursing care (dog/cat), diagnostic imaging, triage assessments, and post-operative care. Excellent communication skills necessary to interact effectively with coworkers, specialists, clients, and patients; ability to readily learn new procedures, must be adaptable.

Why We Want You!

As a member of the VCA NWVS team, you will support Emergency/CC doctor teams by creating a positive, low-stress atmosphere for our clients and patients. Your mission will be to win the confidence of every pet parent—by delivering an outstanding client experience—so we can provide exceptional care to every patient. You’ve worked hard for your credentials and we want you to use the knowledge that you’ve invested your time and talent in. The skills that you will be utilizing include, but are not limited to:

• Performing triage assessments and prioritizing cases as they present
• Manage the ER whiteboard system by assigning clinicians to cases as they present and coordinate timely interventions as needed
• Abide by appropriate hospital SOPS for infection control when handling patients, providing interventions/treatments, and processing/performing diagnostic testing.
• Communicate effectively with clients regarding the status of their pets and home care
• Placing intravenous catheters, performing laboratory diagnostics
• Performing abdominal and thoracic radiographs
• Assisting with examinations
• Inducing, maintaining, and monitoring anesthesia for ER procedures
• Recovering patients from anesthesia
• Performing nursing care of all patients presenting to the ER
• Run diagnostics on Point of Care machines correlate results with the clinical presentation of the patient and notify clinicians with results.
• Assisting the ER clinicians with providing instruction and demonstration of emergency medicine skills to veterinary students, interns, and residents in a clinical setting.
• Assist students with accomplishing the necessary student learning objectives
• Develop professional relationships with the CSR team to aid in providing outstanding customer service to all ER clients
• Enter charges for all triage patients and document treatment sheets
• Assist in providing clinical support to doctors and other technicians/nurses
• Provide restraint of patients without risk to patient, self, and others.
• Abide by appropriate hospital SOPS for infection control when handling patients, providing interventions/treatments, and processing/performing diagnostic testing.
• Provide high quality nursing care to critically ill patients based on attention to detail
• Utilize monitoring equipment and recognize trends
• Assist with clinical procedures and offer direction to others.
• Maintain a clean and organized work environment
• Participates in CE for the purpose of personal development and development of a critical care mindset
• Foster effective communication with both internal and external clients and referring hospitals.
• Induction, maintenance, monitoring anesthesia for ICU procedures
• Monitoring of anesthetic recovery and post procedure analgesia
• Teach Hospital, Pharmacy and ECC technical procedures and protocols
• Oversee the scheduling and flow of patient care and non-patient care responsibilities. Lead by example and support decisions made by teammates.
• Run diagnostics on Point of Care machines, correlate results with the clinical presentation of the patient and notify clinicians with results.

What makes VCA NWVS unique:

The hospital was built in 1999 as a 10,000 square foot facility but it quickly grew out of that building. Within 10 years the hospital added another 5,000 square feet. A year later an additional 5,000 square foot building was added to create the Imaging Center. In 2016, due to unprecedented growth, a third building with 7,000 square feet was added creating an entire medical complex encompassing many veterinary specialties. With the addition of Radiation Oncology, what started off as a small specialty center has grown into a large campus. The people and resources of VCA NWVS provides pets and clients with the most comprehensive veterinary care in the Portland-Vancouver metro region.

The unofficial motto of the city is “Keep Portland Weird”. It means that Portland is a unique, forward-thinking city with a laid-back sensibility and a wonderful view of the world. It is often referred to as the Greenest City in America and in 2012 was listed among the top ten places to live in the United States. Along with the “green culture” it has environmental sensibilities with tons of farmers markets, opportunities for having your own garden and a large backyard chicken raising community. This is an outdoors person’s dream with mountains, beach, and forest activities within minutes reach. The weather is mild thus ensuring year-round activities and the relatively low population practically guarantees you having the trails to yourself. The city has multiple neighborhoods with their own traits, but all are a pet lover’s paradise. Portland ranks first in the country with the most dog parks per capita and often voted “Pet Friendliest City in America.”

Why Join the VCA NWVS Team?

We are passionate about supporting Veterinary Technicians and are committed to your continuing education and personal career development. VCA is a community of dedicated professionals that will encourage you to explore everything a Veterinary Technician career has to offer. At VCA, we are committed to equity, inclusion, and diversity and strive to be a place where a talented mix of people want to come, stay, and do their best work. In addition, we support a work environment where you can focus on your career, happiness, and the patients you serve. Below are some of the many benefits of joining the VCA team!

• Access to the people and financial resources of a large veterinary community
• Leadership opportunities
• Opportunities to give back through strong Shelter partnerships and VCA Charities
• Continuing education allowance
• Tuition support and sponsorships
• Veterinary Technician license reimbursement
• Free mental health sessions and wellness subscriptions (Head Space)
• Competitive wage
• Life, long and short-term disability insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Paid vacation (2 weeks in 1st year), sick time, and holiday pay
• 401(k) (company match)

Apply Today! We value your time, and that is why we have a very quick and easy mobile-friendly application process. We look forward to speaking with you!

If you are a current associate, you need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.

Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development).We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com.

VCA Northwest Veterinary Specialists is seeking a Certified Veterinary Technician for our Emergency and Intensive Care Department overnight team.

Schedule : Sunday - Wednesday 8pm - 6am

Compensation : $ 31 - $ 36 / hr

Required qualifications include Certified (or eligible) Veterinary Technician in Oregon. Previous experience with companion animal nursing care (dog/cat), diagnostic imaging, triage assessments, and post-operative care. Excellent communication skills necessary to interact effectively with coworkers, specialists, clients, and patients; ability to readily learn new procedures, must be adaptable.

Why We Want You!

As a member of the VCA NWVS team, you will support Emergency/CC doctor teams by creating a positive, low-stress atmosphere for our clients and patients. Your mission will be to win the confidence of every pet parent—by delivering an outstanding client experience—so we can provide exceptional care to every patient. You’ve worked hard for your credentials and we want you to use the knowledge that you’ve invested your time and talent in. The skills that you will be utilizing include, but are not limited to:

• Performing triage assessments and prioritizing cases as they present
• Manage the ER whiteboard system by assigning clinicians to cases as they present and coordinate timely interventions as needed
• Abide by appropriate hospital SOPS for infection control when handling patients, providing interventions/treatments, and processing/performing diagnostic testing.
• Communicate effectively with clients regarding the status of their pets and home care
• Placing intravenous catheters, performing laboratory diagnostics
• Performing abdominal and thoracic radiographs
• Assisting with examinations
• Inducing, maintaining, and monitoring anesthesia for ER procedures
• Recovering patients from anesthesia
• Performing nursing care of all patients presenting to the ER
• Run diagnostics on Point of Care machines correlate results with the clinical presentation of the patient and notify clinicians with results.
• Assisting the ER clinicians with providing instruction and demonstration of emergency medicine skills to veterinary students, interns, and residents in a clinical setting.
• Assist students with accomplishing the necessary student learning objectives
• Develop professional relationships with the CSR team to aid in providing outstanding customer service to all ER clients
• Enter charges for all triage patients and document treatment sheets
• Assist in providing clinical support to doctors and other technicians/nurses
• Provide restraint of patients without risk to patient, self, and others.
• Abide by appropriate hospital SOPS for infection control when handling patients, providing interventions/treatments, and processing/performing diagnostic testing.
• Provide high quality nursing care to critically ill patients based on attention to detail
• Utilize monitoring equipment and recognize trends
• Assist with clinical procedures and offer direction to others.
• Maintain a clean and organized work environment
• Participates in CE for the purpose of personal development and development of a critical care mindset
• Foster effective communication with both internal and external clients and referring hospitals.
• Induction, maintenance, monitoring anesthesia for ICU procedures
• Monitoring of anesthetic recovery and post procedure analgesia
• Teach Hospital, Pharmacy and ECC technical procedures and protocols
• Oversee the scheduling and flow of patient care and non-patient care responsibilities. Lead by example and support decisions made by teammates.
• Model appropriate stress management in a tumultuous environment
• Run diagnostics on Point of Care machines, correlate results with the clinical presentation of the patient and notify clinicians with results.

What makes VCA NWVS unique:

The hospital was built in 1999 as a 10,000 square foot facility but it quickly grew out of that building. Within 10 years the hospital added another 5,000 square feet. A year later an additional 5,000 square foot building was added to create the Imaging Center. In 2016, due to unprecedented growth, a third building with 7,000 square feet was added creating an entire medical complex encompassing many veterinary specialties. With the addition of Radiation Oncology, what started off as a small specialty center has grown into a large campus. The people and resources of VCA NWVS provides pets and clients with the most comprehensive veterinary care in the Portland-Vancouver metro region.

The unofficial motto of the city is “Keep Portland Weird”. It means that Portland is a unique, forward-thinking city with a laid-back sensibility and a wonderful view of the world. It is often referred to as the Greenest City in America and in 2012 was listed among the top ten places to live in the United States. Along with the “green culture” it has environmental sensibilities with tons of farmers markets, opportunities for having your own garden and a large backyard chicken raising community. This is an outdoors person’s dream with mountains, beach, and forest activities within minutes reach. The weather is mild thus ensuring year-round activities and the relatively low population practically guarantees you having the trails to yourself. The city has multiple neighborhoods with their own traits, but all are a pet lover’s paradise. Portland ranks first in the country with the most dog parks per capita and often voted “Pet Friendliest City in America.”

Why Join the VCA NWVS Team?

We are passionate about supporting Veterinary Technicians and are committed to your continuing education and personal career development. VCA is a community of dedicated professionals that will encourage you to explore everything a Veterinary Technician career has to offer. At VCA, we are committed to equity, inclusion, and diversity and strive to be a place where a talented mix of people want to come, stay, and do their best work. In addition, we support a work environment where you can focus on your career, happiness, and the patients you serve. Below are some of the many benefits of joining the VCA team!

• Access to the people and financial resources of a large veterinary community
• Leadership opportunities
• Career development programs
• Opportunities to give back through strong Shelter partnerships and VCA Charities
• Continuing education allowance
• Tuition support and sponsorships
• Veterinary Technician license reimbursement
• Free mental health sessions and wellness subscriptions (Head Space)
• Referral bonuses
• Competitive wage
• Medical, dental & vision insurance
• Generous pet care discounts
• Life, long and short-term disability insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Paid vacation (2 weeks in 1st year), sick time, and holiday pay
• 401(k) (company match)

Apply Today! We value your time, and that is why we have a very quick and easy mobile-friendly application process. We look forward to speaking with you!

If you are a current associate, you need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.

Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development).We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com.

About the company

Founded in 1986, medical excellence and positive patient outcomes have remained our mission for over 30 years. 1000+ Animal hospitals across 47 states and 5 Canadian Provinces. 76 Specialty Care Hospitals and over 4,000 DVMs including over 600 specialists.

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