CARE | Charlotte Animal Referral & Emergency is an independently owned 24-hour Emergency and Specialty Referral Hospital in Charlotte, NC that offers its employees a fun company culture, supportive work environment, excellent benefits, and opportunities for growth! Board-certified specialty services offered include internal medicine, cardiology, neurology, surgery, oncology, and ophthalmology. Our advanced diagnostic services include ultrasonography and echocardiography, electroencephalography, endoscopy, rapid-scan CT imaging, high field MRI, and cardio cath lab, in addition to many others.

Charlotte Animal Referral & Emergency is seeking experienced veterinary technicians for our busy surgery department. Surgical Technicians are responsible for facilitating client consultations, maintaining daily charting/charges for emergency transfers or hospitalized patients, facilitating daily surgeries from admission to discharge of that patient. Efficiency and attention to detail and imperative. At CARE, surgery technicians work side by side with 3 board-certified surgeons in state-of-the-art facilities using advanced equipment such as CT, MRI, endoscopy, arthroscopy, ultrasound, and fluoroscopy!

• High School degree or equivalent
• Minimum of 2 years of veterinary technician experience is required
• RVT preferred, but not required
• Venipuncture
• Peripheral intravenous catheter placement
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to lift up to 40 lbs. unassisted
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Emotionally intelligent
• Critical thinking skills
• The ability to safely restrain patients for extended periods of time
• Proficiency with technology, including electronic medical record systems, automated lab analyzers, digital radiology, etc.

Shifts Available:

• (4) 10-hour daytime shifts Monday - Friday (one weekday off per week!)
• Rotating On-Call Schedule for Holidays and Weekends
• Overtime available

Neurology Veterinary Technician Responsibilities include:

• Record keeping in regards to physical and neurological exam findings, treatments, diagnostic results, preparing estimates and consent forms, and treatment sheets.
• Client communication/education such as counseling on seizure logs and medications, home physical therapy, bladder expression, and daily updates of hospitalized patients.
• Performing call backs for patient updates and troubleshooting clients concerns
• Calling in prescriptions and managing refill requests
• Proper handling and shipment of samples acquired such as CSF analysis, serum testing, or therapeutic drug monitoring
• Phlebotomy, IV catheter placement, arterial catheter placement.
• Knowledge of procedures:
  • CSF collection
  • CT scan
  • MRI
  • Electrodiagnostics
  • Neurosurgery
  • Distraction/Stabilization
  • Hemilaminectomy
  • Ventral slot
  • Craniotomy
  • Muscle/Nerve Biopsy
  • Spinal Fractures
• Anesthesia and Surgical duties
• Proper setup and maintenance of monitoring equipment, pre, intra, and post operatively.
• Preparation of anesthetic monitoring forms, and proper handling and documentation of controlled substances.
• Ability to calculate and set up constant rate infusions.
• Providing compassionate customer service to our clients

Benefits include:

• An initial 80-hours of PTO (increases with tenor)
• Company Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401k with Company Match
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• $1,500/yr HRA
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Discount
• $750/yr CE Allowance
• Uniform Allowance
• Referral Program
• Tuition Reimbursement

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