Description
$10,000 Signing Bonus
$30.00 to $40.00 per hour – Pay Range
Veterinary Technician (Full-time/Part-time)
Guardian Veterinary Specialists-Brewster, NY
About Us:
Guardian Veterinary Specialists is an independently owned, 24-hour veterinary emergency and specialty hospital, offering day, swing, overnight, weekend shifts. We are committed to providing the highest quality care to our patients and exceptional service to our clients. Join a dedicated team that practices advanced medicine and compassionate care in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Position Overview:
We are currently seeking Veterinary Technicians to join our team on both a full-time and part-time basis. You will work with a talented and supportive group, delivering top-notch care to our patients.
We adhere to our core principles of respect, collaboration, caring and integrity. Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. Exciting opportunity to join a hospital where we practice compassionate patient care. Pay commensurate with experience and skill level.
The culture of Guardian Veterinary is team oriented and is geared to our team members being who they are with our full support. Guardian Veterinary has growth and learning opportunities. We support your growth by investing in you and your future by providing CE, career advancement opportunities as Guardian Veterinary grows; mentorship & training; ability to learn from notable talented professionals.
Qualified applicants for this role:
Shift and Schedule: 3- or 4-day work week. Weekends, holidays and on calls required.
Perform nursing care tasks, patient monitoring, and treatments.
Use understanding of common diseases and conditions, physical assessment, and monitoring parameters to accurately triage incoming patients.
Administer subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous medications and understand potential adverse effects of medications
Set-up, monitor, and administer intravenous fluid therapy including constant rate infusions and blood transfusion therapy.
Contribute to incoming outpatient care and ongoing inpatient care.
Collect samples and perform in house diagnostic tests
Perform nursing care tasks such as placing and/or maintaining urinary catheters, nasoenteral tubes, nasal oxygen tubes, chest and abdominal tubes.
Administer, monitor, and maintain patients under general anesthesia
Perform vascular access techniques including jugular catheter placement, sampling line placement, central line placement.
Participate in formulating treatment, anesthetic, and nursing care plans.
Conduct treatments according to protocolized plans.
Aid in managing patient care workload to ensure the patients are receiving uncompromised care.
Organize work area and exercise time management skills to maximize personal efficiency within the practice.
Prioritize tasks and handle multiple tasks in a calm manor
Client Communication
Additional duties as assigned based on position/department
Veterinary Technicians Must:
Must have NYS Veterinary Technician’s license
Some experience working in a veterinary hospital preferred
Must have reliable transportation
Able to perform moderately physically demanding work, that requires lifting (up to 50 pounds)
Flexibility and the ability to accommodate shift work in a hospital that is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Have great people skills
Communicate well in person, over email, and on the phone
Love of animals and a passion to help and heal, first and foremost
Good work ethic
Competitive wages with overnight differential
401(k) with employer contribution
Health, Dental and vision insurance
Employee pet health care discounts
Paid time off
Parental leave
Referral program
Hourly pay range is $30 to $40 per hour
For those NOT local to NY and NOT licensed as Veterinary Technicians in NY we would cover the cost for those Veterinary Technicians to get their license to practice in NY
JOIN US
If you’re ready to work at the forefront of veterinary medicine and be part of a passionate, expert-driven team, Guardian Veterinary Specialists is the place for you.
