Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT/CVT)

At UVC, we treat URGENT, non-life threatening illnesses which is different than an emergency room whose focus is on life-threatening emergencies. At UVC, your scheduled urgent arrival time guarantees your pet will be evaluated by a veterinarian today. Most of our diagnostic results return within hours. RAPID test results allows our team to efficiently provide gold standard medical recommendations regarding your pets medical needs. We then develop and discuss medical plan options for your pet including an estimate of costs. Medications may be administered on-site and/or sent home directly from our on-site pharmacy. You will be provided written discharge instructions including, follow-up recommendations with your RDVM, so you can refer back to them later. We focus on meeting your pet's urgent care needs with CONVENIENCE to you. We understand having a sick loved one is stressful. Therefore, we offer convenient no-charge patient drop-off services. There is no charge for us safely housing (food/water/walks/TLC) your pet with us so you can resume your day with less worry. We will contact you throughout the visit to discuss each step of your pet's care. We kindly request all clients return before 8:30 PM to complete the patient discharge process.

Job description

Job Overview:

We are looking for a skilled Registered Veterinary Technician to join our team. Come join an awesome team who were recently WON The BEST of BALTIMORE VETERINARY HOSPITAL in 2024! The ideal candidate will have a strong background in animal handling, medical knowledge, client communication, and technical skills.

**The salary ranges based on Certification, Degrees, Experience, Attitude, Ability in Utilizing Full Extent of RVT License, Leadership Skills, Phone Interview, On-site Interview, Performance on Written Skills Quiz, and References. **

Education and Experience Requirements:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• 2 yrs working as a veterinary technician
• RVT or CVT license
• Out of state licensing must become registered in Maryland within 2 months of hire.
• 1 yrs working in a veterinary emergency or specialty medicine practice as a RVT, 3 years experience in a general practice as a RVT

Preferred Experience:

• 3-5 yrs working in a veterinary emergency or specialty medicine practice as a RVT, 5-7 years experience in a general practice working as a RVT
• Bachelors degree

Physical Requirements:

• Can sit, walk, and/or stand for 9 hrs or more a day
• Interest and ability to work well in fast-paced environment
• Tolerate stress and work well under pressure
• Can safely lift minimum of 40 lbs
• Ability to work UVC scheduled shifts
• Have transportation to punctually arrive to work

Personal Attributes:

• Organized
• Multitasker
• Punctual
• Dependable
• Compassionate
• Team Player
• Confident
• Accurate
• Growth mindset
• Excellent customer service
• Exceptional communication skills

Knowledge: Must Possess Understanding and Proper Execution of...

• Standard medical abbreviations
• Have knowledge of new legal standards for RVTs,
• Maintain all ethical and medical standards in veterinary medicine
• Able to correctly recognize urgent care disease processes and relay to the medical team
• Ability to consistently and safely intubate, induce, and manage patients under sedation and anesthetic events in healthy and ill patients,
• Have knowledge of normal vitals (ECG, TPR, BP, CO2, SPO2)
• Maintain surgical & anesthesia records per legal specifications
• Perform radiographs using appropriate techniques & positioning to ensure minimizing exposure to radiation while providing high-quality diagnostic radiographic images in an efficient, safe manner
• Perform venipuncture: IVC placement, cephalic, saphenous, intraosseous, and jugular
• Aware of correct medication dose ranges, calculations, administration methods, safe handling, and safe use of all medications used in veterinary urgent care medicine, ability to validate coworkers’ doses and calculations
• Administration of oral, SQ, IM, IV and IO medications, including knowledge of compatibility of various drug combinations
• Proper handling, administration, and logging (in CUBEX) of controlled substances
• Ability to safely perform tissue handling with strict aseptic technique
• Correctly able to communicate medical conditions with proper medical terminology to veterinarians and relay information to peer and clients in a safe, effective, professional standard as well as ensure written documentation is accurate, professionally written, and can be read by veterinary and non-veterinary professionals
• Perform medical procedures under the direction of a veterinarian within the scope of your RVT license
• Safely obtain cystocentesis on dogs and cats
• Must have independent knowledge of appropriate collection methods and test requirements or ability to independently, consistently, and accurately determine diagnostics needs
• Accurately and efficiently utilize in-house laboratory equipment. Must have independent knowledge of how to trouble shoot errors and train peers in correctly utilizing laboratory equipment to minimize errors, maximize hospital resources, and maximize efficiency.
• Able to read and interpret slide agglutinations, platelet counts, manual CBC, urinalysis, ear cytology, centrifuged fecal analysis, preparation and submission of digital cytology slides, and recognition of spurious laboratory results indicating the need for confirmatory testing using these procedures,
• Should have knowledge of normal and abnormal laboratory parameters (hct, WBC, ALT, BUN, Crea, Lactate, Blood gases, coagulation profiles, etc) and basic knowledge of and interpretation of these parameters.
• Understand urgent care illnesses, diagnostic recommendations, treatment options, and outcomes
• Ability to independently, accurately, and efficiently triage various levels of patients
• Obtain and record accurate and thorough patient histories. Ability to foresee and ask relevant questions regarding patient history.

• Correctly obtain patient vital signs: blood pressure (Doppler and oscillometric), ECG, capnography, pulse oximetry, ability to recognize various anesthetic planes and adjust anesthesia accordingly
• Ability to assist and train others in appropriate veterinary care, techniques, and methods
• Ability to independently recognize potentially infectious disease and rapid adaptation to contain diseases from transmission
• Perform safe animal restraint utilizing some fear-free techniques and/or sedation
• Ability to properly initiate and facilitate basic and advanced life support based on legal standards utilizing RECOVER initiative standards
• Create medical records to uphold the standards outlined by the Maryland Veterinary Board.
• Assisting veterinarians during procedures while predicting their needs to provide exceptional patient care
• Assist training externs, interns, and students who have interest in or who are in the process of completing their RVT.
• Ability to perform extensive client communication and documentation of interactions
• Fill and/or call-in medication prescriptions per veterinarian’s directions
• Create & review medically complete discharges with clients
• Consistently communicate with clients
• Adequately induce sedation and/or anesthesia and
• Ability to perform AFAST and/or TFAST

Employee Benefits:

• Opportunity to utilize RVT credentials to maximum ability in supportive environment which treats a variety of exciting cases
• Become part of the Best of Baltimore Veterinarian Hospital Team- Voted #1 in Baltimore in 2024!
• Generous continuing education budget
• Paid time-off for continuing education events
• Health, Dental, and Vision benefits
• Competitive salary
• Flexible paid time off for sickness, vacation time, personal time
• 401K with 5% matching
• Reimbursement for credentialing
• Reimbursement for licensure fees
• Generous pet healthcare benefits
• Paid parental leave
• Yearly scrub allowance
• Team building events
• State of the Art Technology (AI programs utilized to ensure high quality care and documentation)
• VetGirl membership
• CPR RECOVER Training
• Fear Free certification available
• Abdominal ultrasound training available (must be approved)
• Quarterly on-site team CE events
• International opportunities in community veterinary health. Travel to Caribbean islands
• Community outreach events
• Supportive Management and Ownership Team- Private Ownership, No Corporate entity- Direct contact and discussions with owners to make the biggest impact in patient care
• Become part of rapidly growing privately owned urgent care facility
• Independently Owned Practice –Woman and Veteran Owned
• On-site hospital funded EV charging station
• Generous on-site parking
• Additional credentialing available. Requires approval based on relevancy to position at UVC. (ie Certified Veterinary Practice Manager).