Veterinary Assistant, Surgery

$19 - $25/hr. | Austin Veterinary Emergency & Specialty | Austin, TX

At Austin Veterinary Emergency & Specialty (AVES), we have recently expanded—adding new doctors, enhancing our services, and growing our departments—now operating in our brand-new, state-of-the-art 45,000 sq. ft. hospital. As part of this continued growth, we’re hiring for multiple positions across departments. We’re seeking highly skilled, self-motivated, and team-oriented professionals who are passionate about delivering exceptional care in advanced veterinary medicine.

• $19 -$25/hr based on experience

• 401(k) with matching
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) / Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Life and Disability insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program and Discounts (including Pet Discount)
• Professional development and tuition assistance
• Uniform stipend
• Retirement plan

• Full Time, Days: TBD

Veterinary Assistants are required to assist the practitioners and Licensed Veterinary Technicians to the fullest possible extent, to help improve the quality of care given to the patients of Austin Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Center and to aid in achieving greater efficiency by relieving them of technical work and administrative detail. This position requires flexibility to assist in many areas while timely managing major responsibilities.

• Assist in pack prep with cleaning and sterilizing instruments.
• Wrapping and organizing surgical instruments
• Assist with surgery laundry.
• Prepare lab samples for outgoing laboratories.
• Convey information in an accurate and professional way
• Invoicing/preparing estimates.
• Admitting/Discharging patients
• Assist Technicians when transporting patients to CT or procedure, radiology or recovery. Help with moving the patient and attaching monitors to the patient.
• Assist doctors in exam rooms by escorting clients to exam rooms, obtaining patient’s history from clients and recording it on patient’s medical record, obtaining and recording patient’s temperature and weight, assist doctor with patient’s examination.
• Help with end of day duties.
• Assist in keeping patients clean and dry at all times
• Clean the radiology suite (between patients and daily cleaning of the floor, and areas around the table, shelf, and computer). Hair should be vacuumed from behind the radiology table weekly at a minimum.
• Help Technicians and Doctors with outpatients or patients being discharged. This may include patient restraint, assisting with bandage changes, checking hygiene of a patient before it leaves or assisting clients with a patient.

• Restrain for various procedures, treatments, and exams.
• Assist Technicians with placing a patient under anesthesia. This includes, but is not limited to: patient restraint, hooking up monitoring equipment, vacuuming during prep/shave of patient, and sterile prep.
• Recognize the limits of your knowledge. If you are not absolutely confident that you know the answer to a client’s question, do not answer it. Ask another staff member for help.
• Prepare appointments for next day with necessary records.
• Make notes in patient files or the computer record of all relevant phone or in[1]person conversations with clients. Initial all entries.
• Help maintain anesthesia machines and monitors.
• Access digital radiographs utilizing Qlink software.
• Operate portable and stationery digital radiography units.
• Accurately record, maintain and review medical records by recording daily treatment plans (including nights, weekends and holidays), all diagnostics,patient progress notes and recording services or goods on the medical record with attached fees for invoicing.
• Communicate patient…