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Licensed Veterinary Technician- Emergency Small Animal ER Lead
Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital
Snohomish, WA
Licensed Veterinary Technician- Emergency Small Animal ER Lead
Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital
Snohomish, WA
Full-time
**$2500 sign-on bonus**
More than a word, care is present in everything you do. At Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital, a Thrive Pet Healthcare partner, we take action to empower your best care for pets, their families, and yourself.
We are a community of 400 clinics forming an extraordinary network of unparalleled resources and people. Through outstanding learning and career options, comprehensive benefits, and abundant support, you’ll be nurtured and appreciated for who you are and what you bring to the table. We come together in both the joys and heartaches of our profession to lift each other up through laughter and empathy.
And, we have plenty of fun along the way!
Who we are:
At Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital, we offer primary care and 24/7 emergency services for dogs, cats, horses, and some small ruminants. We are a large multi-departmental hospital with 20 Doctors and 85 Support Staff Members. Our integrative medicine department provides rehabilitation services for small animals and acupuncture and chiropractic for both large and small animals. We also serve as the primary specialty referral center for horses in the region with both board-certified internal medicine and surgery specialists. We are proud to be AAHA certified.
Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital has been serving Snohomish and surrounding areas since 1963, offering extensive resources to the veterinary community of the Pacific Northwest.
Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital is looking to add a full-time, experienced Small Animal ER Lead Licensed Veterinary Technician to their team!
Schedule: Sunday - Wednesday 8am - 7pm
As a Small Animal ER Lead, you’ll play an important role in pets’ lives by providing care for our precious patients. Your life-changing work will range from the hands-on care of facilitating outpatient treatments and performing laboratory tests, to support services including admitting and discharging patients. Not only will you help provide exceptional care for our patients, but you will also lead your team with encouragement and confidence to continue to perform at the highest level.
Role Responsibilities:
- Support veterinarians to ensure quality veterinary care, advocate for pets, and educate clients.
- With each hospital function, assist veterinarians and the medical team to maximize productivity and maintain positive patient flow.
- Communicate with clients about individualized pet health concerns and offer guidance on Thrive Membership options, medications, and additional treatments.
- Assist in maintaining relevant, comprehensive medical records with the support of practice systems.
- Obtain relevant health history and information from clients and maintain medical charts.
- Use safe restraining techniques, follow standard protocols, and sustain clean, sterile, organized treatment areas, exam rooms, and labs.
- Be willing to guide, mentor, and support fellow team members.
Experience & Skill Requirements:
LVT preferred-not required
Emergency experience is required (2+ years)*.
Proficient in safe, minimal-stress patient handling and restraint, including fear-free techniques.
Expertise in patient care including:
o Triage and patient assessment procedures, including history and physical exam
o Administer prescribed treatment and medications, including all modes of administration techniques
o Advanced placement and maintenance of peripheral and central IV catheters; management of IV fluid therapy
o Administer and monitor blood/component transfusion
o Observe, assess, monitor, and report symptoms and condition of patients
o Provide proficient and advanced nursing care including ensuring patient comfort, cleanliness, nutrition, and thermoregulation, including care of recumbent patients
o Advanced knowledge and skills for pain assessment and management
o Set up, placement, maintenance, and monitoring of indwelling urinary catheters and collection systems; calculate urine output
o Advanced skilled emergency response including performing CPR
· Set up for and assist with advanced procedures
· Advanced knowledge of administration and monitor sedation and anesthetic procedures
· Advanced knowledge in diagnostic specimen collection and processing, operation, and troubleshooting of hospital lab equipment
· Advanced skill in venipuncture, blood type, and crossmatching
· Proficient navigation of PIMS
· Advanced proficiency in pharmacy skills: medication dose calculation, fill and label prescriptions
o Reconstitute/dilute drugs
o Calculate CRIs, % solutions
o Controlled substance documentation
· Advanced knowledge of all surgical procedures and recovery procedures
· Advanced knowledge in anesthetic procedures of critical and advanced care patients
· Proficient in aseptic and sterile technique
· Consistently make useful recommendations relevant to high-risk patient needs and treatment
· Provide leadership in emergency situation/treatment
· Advanced knowledge and skill with diagnostic imaging including:
o Safely obtain diagnostic radiographs using proper technique and positioning, including extremities, spine, special orthopedic, and contrast studies
o Proficient operation of ultrasound machine, identify structures and presence/absence of fluid; protect probe
o Advanced operation of and care for endoscope and other diagnostic equipment
· Advance knowledge and skill in training and education of all team members
Qualifications:
· 1-2 years’ experience working as a veterinary technician / assistant
· Possess Level 2 skills, duties, and knowledge base
· Preferred: prior experience as a lead / supervisor, in a management position
· Availability to work all shifts, including nights and weekends
· Ability to meet essential job function attributes including:
o Ability to routinely lift 40+ pounds; ³ 50 pounds with assistance
o Frequent / extended standing, kneeling, bending, crouching, reaching - often in awkward positions
o Exposure to all types of hazard situations/chemicals, including chemotherapeutic agents, anesthetic and sterilant gases, radiant energy, infectious diseases, potentially irritant cleaning solutions, potentially aggressive animals
· Satisfy state and national credentialing requirements as needed
You’ll Grow with Us:
Here, you can grow your career as best fits you through access to comprehensive learning and skillset programs. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:
- Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
- Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
- A program to designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital
- Earn your AVMA-CVTEA Accreditation and become a Vet Tech through our fully accredited distance learning program for veterinary technicians
- Scholarship opportunities and tuition reimbursement
- And, with so many locations nationwide, you can find and move into any specialty, hospital type, or environment. Join us and provide your best care at a clinic that is deeply rooted within its community and bolstered by the resources of Thrive Pet Healthcare.
Benefits – our care in action:
We provide benefits spread comprehensively across your mental, physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing designed to meet your needs as a unique individual. Some key benefits include:
- Paid time off including 8-weeks of full-pay parental leave, bereavement to grieve both humans and pets, and time off for new pet adoptions
- quality medical, dental, and vision insurance plus health savings account and flexible spending account
- Pet perks including free exams, discounts on products and services, and more at all Thrive Pet Healthcare locations
- Generously subsidized backup and ongoing care support for children, adults, and pets
- Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions
- 401k with employer contribution and no waiting period
- Continuing education and development support through our library of free CE courses and paid time off to complete
- Scholarship opportunities and student loan support program
- and so much more!
At Thrive Pet Healthcare, we celebrate and embrace the uniqueness and diversity of all of our team members, pet parents, and pets. We strive to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where all team members belong and feel empowered.
Compensation negotiable based on credentials and experience with an hourly pay rate starting at $28 - $36 per hour. The actual rate offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and licensure.
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