Veterinary Technician - Emergency & Critical Care

The role

You will assist the hospital in delivering care to patients and perform duties according to WRAH Technician Protocols. This includes monitoring vital signs, providing diagnostic and surgical care, and performing laboratory procedures.

What you will do

• Monitor and appropriately document patient vital signs and activity
• Provide support to all veterinarians and assist other departments as requested
• Provide comfort, diagnostic, surgical and nursing care to all patients including critical care patients
• Obtain and prepare samples for diagnostic testing including blood draws, arterial blood gas sampling, urinary catheter sampling and free catch urine
• Perform various laboratory procedures including blood typing, cross matching, and slide agglutination testing
• Take and process abdominal, thoracic, appendicular, spinal, and skull radiograph
• Properly use and maintain medical equipment
• Provide professional client communication

Required qualifications

• Registered Veterinary Technician required
• Strong desire to learn and apply knowledge/skills learned to daily work life
• Ability to communicate effectively both written and oral
• Ability to demonstrate technical procedures as outlined in the technician protocols
• Demonstrate reliability and follow-through with all work-related tasks / projects
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• Ability to speak, read, and write English proficiently

Nice to have

• Experience working in an ER setting
• Additional fluency in other languages

Benefits

• Discount on veterinary care and pet insurance options
• Mental health support with Talkspace
• Uniform allowance
• Learning and growth opportunities
• Continuing education support for licensed team members
• 401k retirement plan options with company match
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance options
• Basic life insurance provided
• Voluntary insurance options available for full-time team members
• 6 weeks paid parental leave for full-time team members
• Paid time off for full-time team members

Before you apply

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

About the company

Veritas Veterinary Partners specializes in supporting Specialty and Emergency care hospitals. Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital provides an internal community that supports work-life balance, employee learning and engagement and personal and career development.