On-Call Veterinary Surgery TechnicianAssistant
On-Call Veterinary Surgery TechnicianAssistant
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Job Description
Looking for Surgery Technicians/Assistants to cover oncall hours ALL SCHEDULED SHIFT HOURS WILL BE PAID! This is full time position/40 hours per week. Schedule options below.
2 x 14 hr shifts 1 x 12 hr shift 40hrs or 2 x 13 hr shifts 1 x 14 hr shift 40hrs
14 hr shift 5pm7:30am (mon to Fri only)
13 hr shift 6am 8pm (Sat & Sun only)
12 hrs shift 7pm7:30am (Sat & Sun only)
30 minute breaks at prearranged scheduled times for each shift.
Coverage of other oncall anesthesia staff when needed working as a team to cover all 7 nights and Saturday /Sunday daytime.
The Position:
The primary responsibility of the Oncall Surgery Assistant is to provide overnight out of hours support for emergent cases through the surgery department practicing the highest quality surgical support for the patients and team members. The position is primarily an oncall position and report to the hospital for emergent surgical/anesthetic cases. The Surgery Assistant needs to be able to appropriately handle critical and emergent cases with the team including the anesthetist surgeon and other oncall team members.
Some Responsibilities to include:
- Be able to arrive at the hospital within 1 (one) hour of initial call.
- Demonstrate and model advanced surgical technical skills for emergent cases including but not limited to set up and breakdown of surgical spaces equipment and instrumentation management identification and troubleshooting.
- Possess anticipatory skills for anesthetist surgeon and other team members.
- Providing the most appropriate perioperative patient care
- Handle arrest situations.
- Knowledge and ability to operate all equipment used in the surgery/anesthesia department.
WHO WE ARE:
Angell founded in 1915 is recognized internationally as a leader in animal medicine and has the reputation as one of the finest veterinary teaching hospitals in North America. Angell serves the greater Boston and scenic New England area as a primary care facility a 24hour emergency hospital and as a tertiary referral center.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate is reliable selfmotivated selfsufficient independent compassionate and able to work in a dynamic fastpaced team environment while maintaining a positive and enthusiastic attitude. Candidates should exhibit professional behavior possess exceptional customer service skills and ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing.
Minimum 3 years in surgical exclusive experience. Must be a Certified Veterinary Technician in order to be hired as a Technician.
WHY ANGELL
- You will never be bored at Angell as we anesthetize a wide and varied assortment of patients including orthopedic soft tissue (adrenalectomies) thoracic (pericardial windows lung lobectomies) cardiac (balloons pacemakers) and a variety of avian and exotic patients.
- Our full compensation package includes Blue Cross health insurance dental vision disability and life insurance 403(b) retirement plan free uniforms an annual shoe allowance paid holidays sick and vacation time free on site employee parking and employee discounts for pet health care pet food!
- We support our technicians with an annual $1500 stipend for national/international conferences in addition to $3000 tuition reimbursement program for job related courses. We provide our CVTs with 3 paid professional development days each year.
- We have a $10000 sign on bonus for new hire Certified Vet Technicians and experienced Assistants hired into our Anesthesia and Surgery service along with a very strong competitive salary so why not apply today
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
