Veterinary Technician - Surgery Anesthesia

BluePearl Pet Hospital; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 27,552 - 55,104; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k and retirement planning

Paid time off and floating holidays

Continuing education allowance

Pet insurance discounts

Job summary

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Tampa, Florida, is seeking a skilled Veterinary Technician to join their Surgery Team. This role involves post-operative care, patient assessments, and anesthesia monitoring, requiring at least two years of veterinary experience.

The position offers a pay range of $20.00 - $40.00 per hour, along with a sign-on bonus of up to $1,000 and various benefits such as medical insurance and professional development opportunities.

Join us in providing exceptional care and improving pet lives with a dedicated team!

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years experience in a veterinary hospital.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• CVT certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform pre-anesthetic exams and review patient history.
• Induce, monitor, and recover patients from anesthesia.
• Administer nursing care and IV fluids to patients.

Skills

Post-operative client communication

Anesthesia monitoring

IV catheter placement

Patient assessment

Blood product administration

Job description

BluePearl Pet Hospital is hiring an exceptional Veterinary Technician to join our Surgery Team.

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.

Qualified applicants eligible for up to a $1,000 sign-on bonus.

A BluePearl Surgery Technician is responsible for some post-operative client communication and must be able to work independently while contributing to a larger team goal. Prefer to have a minimum of two or more years of experience in a veterinary hospital. A rotating on‑call schedule is required once training has been completed.

As a Surgery Veterinary Technician, You Will

• Review patient history, weight, and health status
• Perform pre‑anesthetic exams (vitals, bloodwork prep, radiographs)
• Provide nursing care to stable patients according to hospital standards of care and core values.
• Utilize their ability to place peripheral intravenous catheter in cephalic vein.
• Performs physical exam; accurately counts heart, pulse rate, capillary refill time, mucous membranes, temperature, respiratory rate and effort.
• Induce, monitor, and recover stable and unstable patients from anesthesia.
• Recognize, troubleshoot, and treat adverse anesthetic events with clinician support and approval.
• Place NG tubes and sampling catheters.
• Blood type and cross match patients in need of blood transfusion, and administer blood products using medical quality gold standard of care.
• Understands normal vital parameters and alerts doctor when abnormal.
• Able to set up intravenous fluids.
• Administers subcutaneous fluids.
• Can operate all brands of intravenous fluid pumps and can troubleshoot errors.
• Able to disconnect and connect patient from intravenous fluids aseptically.
• Ability to monitor patient response to fluid therapy including signs of overload.
• CVT (not required but preferred)

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 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.

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.