Veterinary Care Generalist - Rehabilitation

Duties & Responsibilities

• Learn to provide standard paramedical technical support
  • Collaborate with specialists, students, interns, residents, and faculty to provide nursing care and rehabilitation treatments for acute and chronic cases.
  • Assist with patient care in emergent and non-emergent situations using problem solving skills.
  • Perform rehabilitation, orthopedic, and neurologic exams under specialist direction.
  • Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot rehabilitation equipment (underwater treadmill, land treadmill, ultrasound, e stim, laser, etc.).
  • Perform and demonstrate rehabilitation modalities and identify abnormalities.
  • Admit and discharge patients.
  • Recognize abnormal physical findings, vital signs, respiratory distress, altered mentation, and signs of shock.
  • Identify cardiopulmonary arrest and initiate CPR; perform basic and advanced life support as directed.
  • Safely restrain and transport patients.
  • Complete patient monitoring and treatments per care plan.
  • Report abnormal findings to the veterinarian/specialist.
  • Document treatments, procedures, supplies, medications, charges, and detailed medical record notes.

• Learn to provide organizational support
  • Enter charges for supplies and procedures into the EMR.
  • Maintain rehabilitation treatment schedules.
  • Assist with scheduling and client communication.
  • Facilitate communication among clients, surgeons, students, receptionists, and other services.
  • Support patient admissions and discharges within the service.

• Learn to provide instruction
  • Orient, direct, and instruct students and clinicians.
  • Teach service procedures and problem solving skills related to patient care.

• Learn to maintain workspace and equipment
  • Perform routine cleaning and stocking; complete daily and weekly tasks.
  • Assist with documenting and troubleshooting equipment issues.
  • Provide paramedical technical support for clinical trials

• Other duties as assigned