Internal Medicine Veterinary Assistant - Hagyard Equine Medical Institute

Pet Vet Care Centers' Hagyard Equine Medical Institute is currently seeking an Internal Medicine 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.

We deliver the Ultimate Care Experience — every pet, every client, every time. That starts with a Culture of Care that supports our team members as much as the pets and clients we serve.

With more than 420 locally led hospitals and over 11,000 team members nationwide
, we offer:

• Local autonomy with national support
• Career mobility and development opportunities
• A collaborative, inclusive environment where your wellbeing comes first

You care for pets. We care for you.

Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Kentucky, is the oldest and largest equine hospital in the world! Our McGee Internal Medicine Center sees over 500+ equine neonates a year. This department is a high-paced, action-packed critical care unit in the heart of the world’s equine capital. Not only will you be exposed to Internal Medicine cases, but also variety of others such as reproductive, ophthalmologic, post-surgical, and neurologic cases.

As a bonus, 3 of our 4 medicine barns are temperature-controlled, so don’t worry about the weather!

This position is truly one of a kind, with three shifts to choose from and endless networking opportunities you’ll love what we do as much as we do! As an Internal Medicine Veterinary Assistant
, you will perform a variety of equine health care duties to assist veterinarians and clients in an in-clinic hospital setting.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Participate and review significant changes in patient’s status in mandatory daily rounds with incoming and outgoing shifts.
• Administers treatments ordered by the veterinarian and according to treatment sheets including oral, IM, IV, SQ and topical medications including fluid therapy and intravenous nutritional support.
• Assisting veterinarians with all procedures including endoscopy, ultrasound, reproductive exams and uterine lavage, radiographs, and joint lavage, IV catheter placement, NGT placement and refluxing.
• Prepares medications, fluids and supplies for patients.
• Monitors patient behavior and status by taking temperature, pulse, respiration, and documenting other vital signs and observations.
• Monitors, identifies problems and makes corrections as required with patient catheter sites, fluid lines, bandages, etc…
• Notifies shift supervisor, and when appropriate, the veterinarian of any significant changes with the patient.
• Collects medical history of patient and accurately documents the chart including supplies, medications, lab work, and procedures.
• Ensures hospital policies, work plans, infectious disease protocols and patient rights are followed at all times.
• Holds/restrains horses for examinations and treatments.
• Assists with admission and discharge, hay, feed and watering, euthanasia, disposal of patients, milking mares, feeding foals via naso-gastric tubes, monitoring and set-up of oxygen therapy, nebulization of patients, blood transfusion procedures and plasma administration, assisting with dystocias and C-sections, and adhering to strict infectious disease protocols.
• Collects samples as directed, i.e. blood, urine, fecal, etc.
• Bandages patients and implement any therapeutic requirements as directed.
• Greets and communicates with clients as specified by the shift supervisor and/or veterinarian. Assists with stocking and maintaining appropriate inventory levels in assigned area per shift.
• Launders, folds and replaces foal…