Role

Full-time Veterinary Assistant

Location

Sound Equine Veterinary Hospital
5065 NE Lincoln Rd., Poulsbo, WA, US

Description

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Veterinary Assistant

We are a busy field service and surgical referral center focused on equine and farm animal patients. We have high tech equipment to perform radiographs, ultrasounds, arthroscopy, and endoscopy in the field and in hospital. We practice high quality equine and farm animal medicine, including emergency services, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

This position mainly focuses on riding around with our veterinarians and assisting them in everyday appointments such as: restraint, vaccines, dentals, joint injections, radiographs, lameness exams, etc. It will occasionally require you to stay in hospital and handle front desk work along with in-patient care and general custodial responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Proactively assist veterinarians with patient care using appropriate protection and safety measures, including (but not limited to) preparing treatment area for patient examination, assisting with and/or performing diagnostic imaging and treatment, assisting with unloading from and onto trailers, inventory and restocking of all equipment used during appointments in trucks and treatment
Collect and organize equipment for daily appointments, including restocking of veterinarian vehicle and treatment rooms
Assist with lameness exams, amongst others, which involves trotting a patient in the round pen or in the provided by area from the client
Help maintain the cleanliness of the practice, including but not limited to disinfecting surfaces, cleaning treatment and surgery areas, cleaning drains, stocking feeding stalls, and emptying trash
Perform routine laboratory tests, documenting results and communicating with veterinarians
Assist with preparation of surgical packs, tables, carts, medications, drapes, etc.
Track procedures performed and medications used during appointments, to assist the veterinarian with invoicing and restocking
Perform post-surgical and post-treatment cleaning procedures
Complete billing in our HVMS.
Assist with driving to and from appointments.
Set-up for procedures which can include aseptic technique either in the field for minor procedures or in the sterile surgery suit
Assist during any surgical procedures which includes but is not limited to restraint of the patient during anesthetization, assisting with transporting anesthetized or sedated patients, recording of vitals during procedure, and assisting with ensuring the DVM has proper surgical equipment and lighting available using aseptic techniques.
Ability to restrain for examination and treatment of horses up to 1300 pounds
Is available on scheduled days and times to be on call in case of an emergency which can include weekends and holidays
Other duties as requested

The ideal candidate for this position:

is self-motivated
able to maintain a positive attitude at work
is able to move and walk around for long periods of time, especially for barn days
create effective working relationship with clinicians, coworkers, students, and clients
communicate effectively, demonstrate critical thinking, and professionalism
desire to learn and develop their skills and capabilities
strong working knowledge of veterinary medicine
highly organized
can quickly adapt to a changing environment
has critical thinking and analytical skills

Pay Range

$17—$22 USD

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