Veterinary Technician, Per Diem

Ethos Veterinary Health; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 27,552 - 44,083; Part time

Job summary

Ethos Veterinary Health is seeking a Per Diem Veterinary Technician in Honolulu, Hawaii. This role involves triaging patients, supporting veterinarians in diagnostics and treatments, and processing laboratory samples.

The ideal candidate will possess strong communication and organizational skills, with at least two years of experience in a veterinary setting. Ethos is committed to providing high-quality patient care and maintaining strong client relationships.

Qualifications

• 2 years’ experience as a veterinary assistant/technician in a general practice.
• 1 year experience in a specialty practice is a plus.
• Credentialed technician preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Triaging incoming patients and managing clients throughout their visit.
• Partner with DVM’s in patient assessment, diagnostics, treatments, and procedures.
• Obtain and process laboratory samples and utilize radiology imaging.
• Execute, monitor, and recover from sedation and anesthetic events.
• Provide outstanding client care to maintain long-term relationships.

Skills

Verbal and written communication skills

Organizational and time management skills

Ability to maintain composure in high-performance culture

Mathematical abilities for medication calculations

Job description

Per Diem Veterinary Technician

Compensation range: $20 - $32 / hr

We currently have a Per Diem opportunity for an experienced Veterinary Technician.

Veterinary Emergency + Referral Center of Hawaii (VERC)

VERC is an advanced 24-hour veterinary emergency and specialty hospital. Our dedicated board-certified specialists and highly-trained emergency professionals provide a collaborative approach to veterinary medicine. Supported by our modern, state-of-the-art facility, we offer a full in-house laboratory, ultrasound, CT, MRI and electrochemotherapy.

At VERC, our mission is to provide the highest standard of emergency and specialty medicine, offering the most comprehensive and progressive patient care on the Hawaiian Islands.

About the Job

As a Veterinary Technician, your duties would include, but not limited to:

• Triaging incoming patients and managing clients throughout their visit.
• Partner with DVM’s in patient assessment, diagnostics, treatments, and procedures, and catheter placement.
• Obtain and process laboratory samples such as blood, urine, free fluid, and fine needle aspirates.
• Utilize different modalities of radiology imaging for patient assessment.
• Executing, monitoring, and recovering all assigned sedation and anesthetic events.
• Provide outstanding client care to maintain long-term relationship with clients.

About You

• Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adapt to different communication styles.
• Work history demonstrating strong organizational and time management skills as well as a strong sense of personal accountability.
• Ability to maintain professional composure and a positive attitude in a high-performance culture with ever changing demands.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and compute rate, ratio and percent to accurately calculate volumes and rates of medications and other treatments.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2 years’ experience as a veterinary assistant/technician in a progressive general practice and/or 1 year in a specialty practice.
• Credentialed technician preferred but not required.

Ethos is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ethos does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, competence, merit, and business need.