ICU Veterinary Technician

$28/hr-$34/hr

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Preferred: Active CO state CVT license (Or willingness to transfer license to CO)
• Preferred: College AS/BS/BA
• Preferred: Minimum 2 years critical care experience
• Experience: Minimum 3 years ER/ICU experience required*

JOB SUMMARY

We are looking for a Veterinary Technician to join our ICU department. Come work at a hospital that is focused on patient care, communication, and education! EVS is a privately owned specialty and emergency hospital with Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Exotics, and Radiology. An ideal candidate will have a focus on gold-standard medicine and patient care, the technical skills to facilitate them, and the desire to learn and grow within their practice. The Veterinary Tech will be mostly responsible for tasks related to intensive patient care within the hospital and will need to complete tasks with exemplary precision and confidence, but will also need knowledge of ER-related tasks such as triage and outpatient care.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Partnering with DVM’s in patient assessment, diagnostics, treatments, and procedures
• Obtaining and processing laboratory samples such as blood, urine, free fluid, and fine needle aspirates.
• Pre and post-operative patient care
• Perform all types of restraint, venipuncture for all types of blood work. Administer SQ fluids, medications, etc. per doctors’ orders.
• Monitoring and treatments of hospitalized patients
• Documenting of medications, procedures and administering treatments of patients while hospitalized
• Managing multiple critical/intensive care patients

• Excellent and effective multitasking
• Have and utilize specialized, high level patient care knowledge
• Anesthesia
• Performing advanced medical calculations, including setup and administration of multiple CRI’s on a single patient
• Advanced animal husbandry
• BLS/ALS CPR
• Complete estimates, basic record keeping, and update patient charges

GENERAL JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Comfort and interest working with animals of all types, including exotic species such as snakes, lizards, rabbits, guinea pigs, birds, ferrets, and turtles.
• Commitment to doing the best job possible at all times and under all circumstances
• Confidence in working independently and making appropriate, informed decisions
• Prioritization of safety and care in the operation of all equipment and handling of all patients
• Adaptability to new environments, situations, practices, and challenges
• Excellent communication to clients, teammates, supervisors, subordinates, and any other hospital staff.