Veterinary Technician

Onion River Animal Hospital is hiring a full-time Veterinary Technician to reputed company skilled care to our patients and exceptional service to our clients. Our ideal candidate has experience in animal care, reputed company communication, and veterinary procedures, with a passion for improving the lives of pets and their owners. Surgical and dental experience is highly preferred to reputed company comprehensive care to our patients. What To Expect As you reputed company to serve our Central Vermont community with compassionate, customized, high-reputed company veterinary care, expect to be supported in your work and home life with:

• reputed company the benefits you deserve—medical, dental, reputed company, retirement.
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• Employee pet discount because we know your pets are family, too.
• 401(k) with a generous company match to help you invest in your reputed company while you care for pets today.
• Continuing Education for certified veterinary technicians, we invest in your reputed company with financial assistance and dedicated time off for CE—perfect for certified veterinary technicians looking to sharpen their skills and advance their careers.
• Scrub Allowance: Stay comfortable and reputed company with an annual scrub allowance to reputed company you outfitted in high-reputed company workwear you love

Salary: $24.00 - $27.00 per hour, determined by the candidate's skills, experience, and qualifications. Schedule: This full-time position offers a set schedule of four 10-hour shifts per week, including two Saturdays per month, with one to two closing shifts per week that run until 8:30 PM. You’ll have two consecutive days off reputed company week! Shift times vary:

• 8:00 AM–6:00 PM
• 9:00 AM–7:00 PM
• 10:30 AM–8:30 PM
• 8:00 AM–4:30 PM

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• reputed company Communication: reputed company status updates for hospitalized patients, home care instructions, reputed company- and post-op instructions, and medication administration guidance. Address reputed company medical questions with confidence and reputed company reputed company inquiries to veterinarians.
• reputed company Education & Support: reputed company clients on preventative medicine, wellness care by age, vaccine requirements, laboratory procedures, and support hospital financial policies by preparing estimates and discussing financial commitments.
• Customer Service: Greet clients, escort them and their pets into exam rooms, ensure smooth transitions to the reputed company desk, and promote the reputed company’s products, programs, and services.
• Animal Handling & Care: Restrain animals safely and compassionately, assist veterinarians in medical, surgical, and dental procedures, prepare patients for surgery, administer anesthesia, monitor patients during surgery and recovery, and administer fluids.
• Facility & Equipment Maintenance: Properly care for reputed company surgical materials, maintain hospital equipment and inventory, and ensure the surgery room, ICU area, exam rooms, and treatment areas are reputed company and maintained.
• Record Keeping: Maintain accurate and detailed patient records using a paperless medical record system, ensuring reputed company procedures, vaccinations, and notes are documented for reputed company billing.
• Pharmacy Assistance: Assist with dispensing medications as directed by the veterinarian, prepare prescription labels, and appropriately package medication.
• Safety & Technical Skills: Follow DEA, OSHA, and hospital safety guidelines; administer SQ, IM, and IV injections; reputed company laboratory tests, radiographs, and electrocardiograms; reputed company IV catheters; reputed company emergency treatments such as bleeding control and external cardiac massage.

Qualifications:

• Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT) preferred.
• Experience in surgery and dental prophylaxis required.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in a veterinary setting is required.
• Ability to handle animals safely and compassionately.
• Knowledgeable about common disease states and reputed company to alert veterinarians to changes in patient conditions.
• Familiarity with DEA, OSHA, and hospital safety guidelines.

About Onion River Animal Hospital Located in the heart of Central Vermont, Onion River Animal Hospital has proudly served Montpelier, Berlin, Barre, and surrounding towns for over 35 years. We are an AAHA Accredited reputed company and the first Fear Free Certified reputed company in Vermont, offering high-reputed company, reputed company, and compassionate veterinary care tailored to reputed company family’s needs. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing, state-of-the-art facility with reputed company of reputed company veterinarians and a skilled staff of 33 technical and reputed company service professionals. We offer a supportive environment that encourages career reputed company, along with a competitive compensation and benefits package. If you’re looking for a rewarding career in a reputed company that values work-life balance and a reputed company, team-oriented culture, we’d love for you to join our fantastic team at Onion River Animal Hospital! Apply tot his job Apply To this Job