Veterinary Technician-Neurology Lead
Veterinary Technician-Neurology Lead
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17-05-2025
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17-05-2025
Job Description
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Position at Veterinary Specialty Center of Seattle
Lead Veterinary Technician Neurology
Veterinary Specialty Center Seattle
Lynnwood WA
Full time
The Veterinary Specialty Center of Seattle a Thrive Pet Healthcare partner is an AAHA accredited 24hour Emergency/Critical Care and Specialty hospital that supports ECC Neurology Surgery Internal Medicine Cardiology Oncology and Radiology. We offer a collaborative approach to veterinary medicine and pride ourselves on providing compassionate medical care and exceptional customer service.
Being a large teaching hospital VSCS offers tons of opportunities for growth mentorship and development. We aregreatly investedin supporting the personal and career goalsofour team members ensuring that there is accessible support every step of the way.Wevalue honest and transparent communication at every level of the organization working diligently to ensure that every voice is heard.
Requirements for Role
- LVTWashington state preferred but not required and previous leadership experiencespecialty department experience preferred
Lead Responsibilities
- Ensure appropriate standards of patient care and client service are maintained
- Prepare and manage the schedules for the veterinary medical support team
- Ensure training and onboarding of veterinary medical support team
- Oversee KPIs and performance evaluation for veterinary medical support team
- Ensure efficient and effective workflow coordinate with other hospital departments
- Develop goals objectives and deadlines for the team and practice and clearly communicate to the team and ensure others know their role in achieving them
- Work with leadership team to achieve budget targets and goals
- Mentor and engage veterinary medical team to ensure productivity and high morale foster professional development and personal growth
- Represent the veterinary medical support team on the leadership team
- Lead in a manner that promotes strong employee satisfaction and retention
- Resolve routine personnel issues and problems and provide guidance in resolving interpersonal conflict
- Assists Hospital Staff Manager in creating corrective documents and follow up
- Model and mentor professionalism and accountability
- Foster a positive collaborative working environment and build team rapport
- Handle client complaints
- Identify opportunities to improve revenue client retention/satisfaction
- Oversee Department cleanliness and organization; equipment maintenance/repair; medical inventory management
- Identify medical or employment issues to leadership as needed
Technical Role Responsibilities Skills and Knowledge
- Support veterinarians and team to ensure quality veterinary care advocate for pets and educate clients.
- Assistinmaintainingrelevantaccurate and comprehensive medicalrecordsincluding relevant history taking.
- Assistingdoctors with neurological examinationswhiledemonstratingproper handling and restraint of patients with neurological disorders.
- Understanding the basic principles of seizure controlfamiliarity with the different medications used to treat epilepsyand be able to recognize/address seizure activity.
- Able to recognize changes in mentation and alert the DVM.
- Produce diagnosticthoracic and spinal radiographs.
- Aseptic preparationof surgical site and sterile opening of surgical instruments.
- Sterile preparation of cerebral spinal fluid tap site and aseptic technique for CSF samplecollection.
- Calculating and administering analgesic CRIunder the direction of DVM.
- Anesthetic induction and monitoring forMRIs and surgical procedureswith or without use of a mechanical ventilator.
- Catheter placement and maintenance: peripheral centralarterialand urinary.
- Ability to perform CPR according to RECOVER Initiative standards.
- Use safe restraining techniques follow standard protocols and sustain clean and organized treatment areas exam rooms and labs.
- Ability to work collaboratively and support fellow team members.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off including 8weeks of fullpaid parental leave purrental leave for the newest fur baby in your family and bereavement leave for humans and pets.
- Top quality medical dental and vision insurance including an FSA and HSA. Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions.
- Petperks including free exams and generous discounts on products and services at all Thrive Pet Healthcare locations.
- PTO for CE exclusively.
- Uniform allowance and license reimbursement.
*Compensation negotiable based on credentials and experience. The actual rate offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
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