Veterinary Assistant - Surfside Animal Hospital

Veterinary Assistant - Surfside Animal Hospital

Bring your skills to Pet Vet and earn a sign-on bonus of up to $1,500.00 based on your experience!

Pet Vet Care Centers' Surfside Animal Hospital is currently seeking Veterinary Assistant to join their team!

At Pet Vet Care Centers, our mission is to improve the lives of animals and people — providing exceptional and compassionate care at every stage — for all the moments that matter.

Because life is better with pets.

Surfside Animal Hospital
has been a trusted resource for Oceanside and the greater North San Diego County community since 2010, building a strong reputation for quality, professional care delivered with a genuine compassionate touch. The hospital offers a full range of services for cats, dogs, and exotic pets including birds, rabbits, reptiles, and rodents — and goes above and beyond with same-day urgent care appointments during regular business hours, ensuring pets are never left waiting in their most stressful moments.

• Join a unique general practice that offers a highly sought-after alternative workweek schedule of four 10-hour shifts, providing greater work-life balance while maintaining full-time hours.

• Provide compassionate care to all patients
• Greet patients and their owners as they arrive and show them to an examining room, taking the patient's weight and other vital signs upon arrival
• Triage patients, perform physical exams, treatments, and administer medication as directed by the licensed veterinary technicians (LVT's).
• Calm and soothe anxious patients
• Assist doctors and technicians with the administration of medications or with patient restraint
• Perform laboratory tests and take radiographs
• Operate and maintain hospital equipment, including EKG, fluid pump, syringe pump, scales, anesthetic monitors, and machines, etc.
• Fill prescriptions, calculate and administer medications, maintain proper documentation, logging, and security of controlled drugs.
• Feed patients as prescribed by the attending doctor or as the client has requested; record appetites; recognize and report any unusual conditions or abnormal behaviors
• Communicate in a positive manner with clients and ensure that they feel comfortable leaving their pet(s)
• Educate clients about insurance, wellness, and medicinal plans
• Maintain the cleanliness of the hospital each day; clean equipment, kennels, and facilities using chemicals and supplies; ensure the safe use of chemicals; complete laundry
• Bath and care for patients who stay overnight; ensure that every animal released is clean and properly groomed prior to their release
• Adhere to the hospital's safety and wellness regulations
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions
• Maintain accurate medical records
• Show up for work regularly; full-time presence at work is essential for every shift
• Promote hospital products and services and support the organization
• Respond respectfully with urgency to directions given by Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or Licensed Veterinary Technicians (LVT).
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Manager; may have other assigned duties if working in a specialty area (i.e., dentistry, surgery, emergency, radiology, cardiology, neurology, internal medicine, etc.)

• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older to be considered for this position
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Must be a seasoned veterinary assistant, with ability to place catheters, draw blood, perform radiology, familiarity with running labs and pharmacy.
• Must be comfortable doing intake/TPR in rooms.

• Need to be sharp.
• Preferably bilingual (speaks Spanish).

• Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 7:30AM to 6:30PM

We care…