Licensed Veterinary Technician - Anesthesia

Licensed Veterinary Technician - Anesthesia

Job Posting Number:
S13360P

Department:
Vet Med-VTH Sm Animal Anesthes

Posting Date:
03/10/2025

Proposed Starting Date:
04/13/2025

Location of Vacancy:
Athens Area

Full/Part Time:
Full Time

Employment Type:

Employee

Benefits Eligibility:
Benefits Eligible

Retirement Plan:
TRS

FLSA:
Non-Exempt

FTE: 1.00

The primary purpose and function of the Licensed Veterinary Technician is to support veterinarians in ensuring quality veterinary care, advocating for pets, and educating clients. For Anesthesia, the LVT assists the senior veterinary and veterinary technician students with anesthetic management for a variety of surgical and diagnostic procedures. Performing and teaching competent catheter (venous, arterial, urinary) placement, regional anesthetic nerve blocks, and intubation skills in a variety of species.

Ensuring the successful recovery of post anesthesia patients. Accurate maintenance of controlled drug log and anesthesia patient records. Maintenance and care of anesthesia related equipment. Stocking and maintenance of assigned crash cart.

• Requires technical knowledge in the field acquired through an apprenticeship, a 2-year degree, or professional certificate.
• Please contact your Human Resources office for an evaluation of education/experience in lieu of the required minimum qualifications.

• Licensed Veterinary Technician with experience in a surgery based hospital setting.

• Work in a fast‑paced environment while demonstrating excellent customer service, high degree of confidentiality, openness to teaching, and providing consultation to a variety of stakeholders.
• Knowledge and familiarity of capnography, pulse oximetry, and blood pressure management for anesthetized patients in a variety of large and small animals/species.
• Basic knowledge of the pharmacological effects of a variety of anesthetic and pain management agents.
• Performing and teaching competent catheter (venous, arterial, urinary) placement, regional anesthetic nerve blocks, and intubation skills in a variety of species.
• Licensed as a Veterinary Technician in the state of Georgia.

• Lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions, deal with problems with concrete variables and draw appropriate/accurate conclusions.
• Sit, stand, stoop, bend, and walk intermittently during the day on hard floor surfaces.
• Dealing with stressful situations.
• Manual dexterity sufficient to accurately work with small, delicate pieces of equipment or large heavy objects/containers/machinery.
• Wear all protective gear including mask, gloves, gown, hairnet, safety goggles, etc.
• Work for long periods of time with arms extended.

• Assist the senior veterinary and veterinary technician students with anesthetic management for a variety of surgical and diagnostic procedures with both large and small animal.
• Use of a variety of anesthetic and pain management agents.
• Performing and teaching competent catheter (venous, arterial, urinary) placement, regional anesthetic nerve blocks, and intubation skills in a variety of species.
• Ensuring the successful recovery of post anesthesia patients.
• Accurate maintenance of controlled drug log and anesthesia patient records.
• Appropriate and legal handling of controlled substances.
• Ensuring the proper charges for anesthesia cases, as well as submitting and checking lab work and imaging results through the hospital computer system.
• Emergency/after hours duty is needed on a rotating basis.
• Collection of blood, urine by expression, cystocentesis or catheterization.
• Collection and preparation of tissue, cellular, or microbiological samples by skin scraping, impressions.
• Routine laboratory test procedures.
• Radiology including settings, positioning, processing, and safety.
• Intravenous and arterial catheterization.
• Administration and application of treatments, drugs, fluids, medications, and immunological agents by oral, parenteral, and injectable routes.
• Maintenance and care of anesthesia related equipment.
• Stocking, cleaning, and maintenance…