Veterinary Technician - Neurology
Veterinary Technician - Neurology
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Position at Pet Specialists of Austin
Veterinary Technician Neurology
Fulltime: MonThur 7:30am or 8am6pm with some flexibility to stay later as needed for surgeries. Oncall required.
Austin Texas
Pet Specialists of Austin is looking for aNeurology Veterinary Technician to join our team as part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare community.
At Pet Specialists of Austin a Thrive Pet Healthcare partner you will have the support tools and resources to elevate your skills. As a hospital deeply rooted in the local community you will experience the best of both worlds: a genuine local feel with the benefits of Thrives national resources.
About You
As a Veterinary Technician youll play an important role in pets lives by providing comprehensive care throughout their journey. Your lifechanging work will range from the handson care of facilitating outpatient treatments and performing laboratory tests to surgery assistance to support services including admitting and discharging patients.
Experience & Skills Requirements:
- Personal fondness for dogs and cats
- 2 years working in a veterinary setting; clinic or hospital
- Proven ability to pay strict attention to detail
- Proven level of comfort and acceptance of taking direction from superiors
- Experience with restraint
- Excellent communication skills; ability to express self clearly and professionally
- Solid client and patient relationship skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Enjoys and is able to work as part of a team as well as an individual contributor
- A positive attitude even when faced with adversity or under pressure
- The ability to lift objects and patients of up to 50 pounds
- The ability to follow directions with and without supervision
- Confidence in running anesthesia and understanding the anesthetic recovery process for basic and complex cases
Role Responsibilities:
Assist service leads and teammates in the successful daytoday operation of Pet Specialists of Austin. Perform technical and administrative functions while adhering to companywide practices protocols and procedures. Provide top quality care and customer service to all patients and clients. Demonstrate solid technical aptitude and take a proactive approach to assist service leads and teammates on varying tasks each day. Maintain patience and compassion at all times. Work with or under supervision of a doctor lead technician or an approved colleague until receiving the approval to work on various tasks independently. This process will be completed by getting your training manual signed off completed and approved. Our goal is for you to be an independent worker who values being part of a team
- A proactive team player who takes direction well and supports daytoday tasks as assigned by supervisors.
- Performs patient admission/discharge
- Including but not limited to client greeting history taking and vitals
- Assist doctors in the examination of patients
- Obtaining diagnostics (blood draws radiographs doppler blood pressures etc.)
- Restraint for examination
- Assist and/or perform radiographic setup and execution
- Perform blood draws and catheter placement
- Induce maintain and recover anesthesia to be adapted via training to the MRI suite and surgical suite.
- Provide handling and disposal of stocked items as well as cleaning of the treatment area
- Communicate clearly and compassionately with clients.
- Explain post procedure care and at home care instructions
- Discuss and explain longterm care of new diagnoses
- Provide basic animal husbandry and care for inhospital patients
- Perform daily weekly and monthly tasks as assigned by supervisor
- Be mindful of the overall cleanliness of the practice
About the Hospital
Pet Specialists of Austin is a 24 hour emergency and specialty referral hospitalthat invests heavily in our teams growth and development. Opened in 2021 we pride ourselves on providing the Austinarea with compassionate and quality emergency and specialty care including neurologysurgery internal medicine and oncology. We provide an emotionally intelligent work environment and strive to maintain a positive work/life balance.
Benefits our care in action
Thrive offers a suite of benefits to support team members emotional physical professional and financial wellbeing. In addition to our health and life insurance and short and long term disability plans we offer eligible team members:
- Competitive pay
- 401(k) with employer match
- Mental health resources including 24/7 access to Lyra Health
- Paid parental leave
- Purrental leave for when you adopt a pet
- Employersponsored childcare and elder care
- Personalized care for every familyforming journey
- Discretionary funds and FREE CE courses
- Pet perks and veterinary service discounts
- Student loan management tools and assistance
Provide your best care with more bridges and less barriers.
We listen to your needs and then meet them. Through training and free CE experiences your career development can flourish. And in our locally rooted nationally connected community youll be able to make connections access opportunities and find support with ease.
Support for you is as vital as the support you provide.
Youll Thrive With Us
At Thrive you have the opportunity to develop your career in a way that best suits your goals. Take advantage of our comprehensive learning and skillbuilding programs to enhance your expertise. 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
- Scholarship opportunities and tuition reimbursement
- Move into any specialty hospital type or environment across the nation.
- Leadership training for a thriving and long career in the veterinary profession.
About Thrive
Vetfounded and Austinborn Thrive Pet Healthcare has expanded to over 380 partner hospitals nationwide united by a mission to shape the future of pet wellbeing through medical excellence innovative technology and a connected community of teams and partners.
We bridge general practice urgent care specialty and emergency care and our locally rooted nationally connected hospitals benefit from Thrives extensive resources while maintaining their unique identities.
We believe that supporting our people is the key to helping pets thrive through every stage of life.
Join us where #WeThriveTogether. We provide customizable professional development opportunities a supportive work environment that values worklife rhythms and 24/7 mental health support.
At Thrive Pet Healthcare we are committed to creating a culture where everyone from any background can be heard respected and valued. We pledge to build an inclusive environment nurtured by respectful curiosity to support encourage and celebrate the diverse voices of our teams and the communities we serve.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
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