What are the responsibilities and job description for the Emergency Critical Care Veterinary Technician position at tuskegee?
The Veterinary Technician - Emergency and Critical Care will provide hands-on nursing care and clinical support to faculty veterinarians, small animal rotating interns, and veterinary students. The role includes direct patient care, emergency triage, medication administration, monitoring hospitalized patients, teaching assistance, client communication, and accurate completion of treatment sheets and medical records. This position is ideal for a seasoned technician who is comfortable with after-hours patient care and who values working in a university clinical teaching environment. Technicians with experience in overnight emergency or critical care are strongly encouraged to apply.The successful candidate will join a board-certified emergency and critical care specialist and a team of four licensed veterinary technicians (three serving in the Small Animal Teaching Hospital), three small-animal veterinary assistants, and four small-animal rotating interns across various service areas. A central goal of this recruitment is to expand the technical staff team so that nursing coverage can be shared across shifts and the hospital can provide consistent 24-hour care for small-animal patients. The Emergency and Critical Care service is supported by diagnostic imaging, including radiography, ultrasound, and computed tomography, as well as a full-service diagnostic laboratory covering clinical pathology, parasitology, microbiology, histopathology, and necropsy. Additional clinical units in the Small Animal Teaching Hospital include internal medicine, community practice, surgery, dentistry, and dermatology.