Description

Are you a night owl and love providing the best patient care possible? Are you an experienced Vet Tech looking to get in to a specialty practice? And looking for a 4 day work week? SVSS may be the place for YOU!

About Southwest Veterinary Surgical Service (SVSS):

Southwest Veterinary Surgical Service, P.C. is a privately owned specialty referral surgical practice whose board-certified surgeons has over eighty years of combined surgical expertise and is dedicated to providing our patients with the highest quality surgical care with an emphasis on pain management and prevention. We are an extension of veterinary practices throughout the communities we serve, working in conjunction with primary care veterinarians to provide comprehensive patient care and exceptional client service.

SVSS is an organization that has a reputation for outstanding leadership, innovation, and expertise. Our employees use their creativity and talent to invent new solutions, meet new demands, and offer the most effective services/products in the industry. With your active involvement, creativity, and support, SVSS will continue to achieve its goals.

SVSS offers competitive pay, excellent benefits, employee retirement plan, employee discounts, a fun work environment, excellent company culture and much more!

Overnight Veterinary Technician Job Description:

Overnight Veterinary Technicians must have a broad knowledge of animal science, medicine, and husbandry, including a basic knowledge of pharmacology and sufficient mathematical skills to ensure the administration of accurate drug and fluid doses. They must be able to successfully restrain animals, complete clinical laboratory tests, use multiple radiology techniques, administer and monitor animals under anesthesia, and assist in surgery. Overnight Veterinary Technicians must also deliver compassionate patient care and customer service.

At SVSS, our Overnight Veterinary Technicians are primarily dedicated to providing exceptional postoperative patient care for our hospitalized patients recovering from a variety of specialty surgical procedures. Daily duties include post-surgical diagnostic lab tests, pain assessment/management, changing wound dressings as needed, placing catheters, managing drains, taking radiographs (x-rays) and other functions.

Other duties may include operating and maintaining surgical equipment, administering fluids, giving intravenous or intramuscular injections, drawing blood, updating patient charts and charges, filling prescriptions, assisting on-call staff with emergency surgery, and advising pet owners on post-operative care and medication dosages.

Techs must also be aware of the risks inherent in working with animals and take proper safety precautions to minimize the potential for injury from bites, scratches, or kicks.

Requirements

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to lift or carry pets or objects weighing up to 50 pounds without assistance. Have the physical strength and ability to stand, walk, sit, kneel, stoop, repeated bending, pushing, pulling, full use of hands/fingers, and reach above shoulders for an entire shift when needed. Must effectively be able to read, speak, and write in English. Hearing, vision and speech at a functional level are required to meet the essential functions of the job. On occasion patients may bleed, urinate, defecate, vomit, or secrete other glandular fluids on your person, shoes, or uniform.

Working/Environmental Conditions:

There is exposure to barking dogs and cleaning chemicals. This is an emotional environment due to death or illness of pets. Flexible work hours and occasional travel within the Phoenix metro area is required.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Minimum 2 - 3 years’ experience in clinic setting *CVT preferred but not required

- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, decision making, customer service, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, systems thinking, teamwork, initiative, and detail-oriented

- Ability to orient and train as needed

- Proficiency with computers

- Know and use basic medical abbreviations and medical terminology

- Ability to read, write and speak the English language fluently

- Must be able to work well with others and in stressful situations

- Proper restraint of animals

- Draw blood

- TPR

- IV catheter placement

- Knowledge and application of medical math

- Anesthesia monitoring

- Radiograph knowledge and safety

- General animal anatomy

- Pain Management with animals

- Ability to work in a fast past with different personality types

- OR etiquette

- Aseptic technique

- Strong Interpersonal and Communication Skills

- Exceptional Customer Service Skills

- Availability to travel in the Phoenix metro area based on business need

- Ability to deescalate tense situations and resolve conflict

*** This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other duties as required to meet the ongoing business needs of SVSS ***

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.