Veterinary Assistant

Veterinary Assistant at Pet Vet Care Centers

Pet Vet Care Centers is looking for a Veterinary Assistant to join our team. Our mission is to improve the lives of animals and people by providing exceptional and compassionate care at every stage. We believe that 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.

The veterinary assistant provides support to the veterinarians and technicians in their daily tasks, including:

• Cleaning and maintaining equipment
• Feeding, exercising and grooming patients
• Preparing and sanitizing surgery suites
• Restraining and handling patients
• Clerical and administrative work
• Delivering quality care for all patients and providing exceptional service

• Provide compassionate care to all patients
• Greet patients and their owners, take weight and vital signs
• Triage patients, perform physical exams, treatments, and administer medication as directed by licensed veterinary technicians (LVTs)
• Calm and soothe anxious patients
• Assist doctors and technicians with medication administration or patient restraint
• Perform laboratory tests and take radiographs
• Operate and maintain hospital equipment, including EKG, fluid pump, syringe pump, scales, anesthetic monitors, and machines
• Fill prescriptions, calculate and administer medications, maintain documentation, logging, and security of controlled drugs
• Feed patients as prescribed, record appetites, and report abnormal conditions or behaviors
• Communicate positively with clients, ensuring they feel comfortable leaving their pet(s)
• Educate clients about insurance, wellness, and medicinal plans
• Maintain cleanliness of the hospital, clean equipment, kennels, facilities, and complete laundry
• Bath and care for overnight patients, ensuring they are groomed before release
• Adhere to safety and wellness regulations
• Follow 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, services and support the organization
• Respond respectfully with urgency to directions from DVM or LVTs
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Manager; may include specialty areas such as dentistry, surgery, emergency, radiology, cardiology, neurology, internal medicine

• High school diploma or equivalent
• One or more years’ experience in a veterinary environment, successfully performing all duties of this position
• Equivalent combination of education, certification, training, and/or experience may be considered
• Maintains current knowledge in the field and seeks continuing education and skill improvement
• Ability to restrain animals, fill prescriptions, and monitor sedation procedures
• Comfortable working with sick animals, hazardous materials, cleaning chemicals, gas anesthetics, zoonotic diseases, and unpleasant odors
• Knowledge of hospital procedures, policies, and services; client and patient treatment protocols; hospital computer systems; and standard procedures, records, and terminology used in a veterinary hospital
• Must be flexible with scheduling; able to work some weekends and holidays
• Depending on functional area, tasks may involve extended periods at a keyboard or workstation and/or standing, walking, kneeling, crouching, or crawling
• Job requires lifting, cleaning, and constant motion; may involve climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling
• Periodic performance of moderately physically demanding work, usually involving lifting or carrying moderately heavy animals (up to 50 lbs)

• Ability to draw blood from a cat, manage cystoscopy, blood pressures, humane restraint
• Surgical assistance experience
• Care and compassion – desire to build rapport, provide personal assistance, and emotional support
• Animal restraint and safety – sound judgment and precautionary steps when handling patients
• Communication – effective and appropriate methods of interacting with others
• Team orientation – cooperative with team to accomplish goals
• Dependabi…