Emergency Veterinary Assistant; Overnights - Redmond, WA

Emergency Veterinary Assistant (Overnights) - Redmond, WA

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VEG is a rapidly growing emergency company with hospital locations across the United States. Our mission is helping people and their pets when they need it most. We are revolutionizing emergency medicine with a "customer first" mentality and a true, employee-centric work environment.

• Treat each patient and customer with the highest level of compassion and care.
• Perform basic to intermediate veterinary technician care tasks, patient monitoring, and treatments.
• Use understanding of common diseases and conditions, physical assessment, and monitoring parameters to accurately triage incoming patients.
• Administer subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous medications and understand potential adverse effects of medications.
• Set up, monitor, and administer intravenous fluid therapy including constant rate infusions and blood transfusion therapy.
• Contribute as a team member to incoming outpatient care and ongoing inpatient care.
• Participate in giving and receiving patient rounds to ensure continuity of care.
• Be trained to properly perform all aspects of CPR as a RECOVER Certified Rescuer.
• Collect samples and perform diagnostic tests including in-house and point-of-care tests and diagnostic imaging.
• Assist in setting up, performing, monitoring sedation and surgical anesthesia with LVT or DVM supervision.
• Perform veterinary care tasks such as placing and maintaining urinary catheters and nasal oxygen tubes, and
• Set up, maintain, and troubleshoot oxygen cages and other oxygen administration techniques.
• Work alongside licensed veterinary technicians as a vital member of the veterinary care team.
• Obtain additional training along guided growth pathways offering roles in addition to direct veterinary technician care such as veterinary technician credentialing, trainer role, community outreach, and leadership.

• Administer, monitor, and maintain patients under general anesthesia with or without mechanical ventilation for patients with varied levels of risk.
• Perform advanced vascular access techniques including jugular catheter placement, sampling line placement, central line placement, intraosseous catheterization, and arterial catheterization.
• Perform advanced diagnostic techniques including ultrasonography and paracentesis.
• Participate in formulating treatment, anesthetic, and veterinary care plans.
• Obtain additional training along guided growth pathways offering roles in addition to direct veterinary technician care such as a trainer role, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.

• Industry-leading compensation: $20.00-$32.00 per hour
• We build our hospitals from scratch. You'll be using all of the latest equipment and technology.
• Generous employee pet discount
• Referral rewards - tell your friends why they should come work for VEG too!
• Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• 401K w/ company match
• Paid parental leave - up to 10 weeks of paid leave at 100% of regular salary
• Unlimited Continuing Education opportunities - we want to help you grow in your career!
• Flexible work schedules for a true work-life balance
• Growth potential
• Weekly groceries at the hospitals for staff enjoyment, plus contests and events
• We strive to keep work environment serious yet enjoyable

VEG celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. You ve found the equal opportunity employer you are looking for. We can t wait to meet you!

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Health Care Provider

• Veterinary Services