Specialty Floater - Veterinary Technician / Veterinary Assistant

Position Overview:

Carolina Veterinary Specialists is looking for a qualified Veterinary Technician (or assistant) to join our Specialty departments at the Matthews clinic. The schedule is a 5-day work week from 8am to 4pm. You will work with all the Specialty services when there is a need. 

What is Specialty Floater?

A specialty floater would be a team player willing to work with all departments. The departments would include Surgery, Neurology, Internal medicine, Cardiology, Medical Oncology and Radiation Oncology. A floater would work with the teams and be part of the team they are working with. You will assist both the Doctors and support staff in their day to day functions. You would be training in all aspects of each service.

What does the Specialty Floater do?

The Specialty Floater technician/assistant assists our board-certified Doctors with all aspects of day to day function. It would including seeing routine and sick appointments, performing diagnostics, completing blood work for patients, accurate and precise venipuncture skills, patient examination and restraint, administering and monitoring anesthesia in the pre-, peri-, and post-operative periods, discharging patients from the hospital, and client communications.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Take accurate history for patients
• Client Communication according to hospital policy
• Oversee and approve as necessary, appointment schedule and emergency add-on patients
• Ability to perform safe, accurate drug calculations
• Appropriately restrain patients for examinations, procedures and blood draws
• Proactive role in patient hospitalization and treatment procedures
• Properly prep and scrub patients for sterile procedures
• Maintain anesthesia for all procedures requiring it
• Monitor patient parameters and notify doctor of potential concerns
• Particular ability to provide patient and compassionate nursing care for debilitated patients
• Set up constant rate infusions (CRI)
• Acquisition of imaging including radiographs and computed tomography (CT)
• Set up and assist with endoscopic procedures.
• Maintain the efficiency of the service by utilizing time management skills to recognize and complete tasks in a timely manner
• Ability to be particularly compassionate and patient with clients experiencing grief

What you can expect working at Carolina Veterinary Specialists:

• Competitive pay and excellent benefits including: multiple medical/dental/vision plan options to fit your coverage and cost needs, short- and long-term disability, life and supplemental insurances, legal plans, 401k with match, uniform provisions & continuing education allowance, pet care discounts reciprocal nationwide, Employee Assistance Program, PennFoster tuition assistance, and more!
• Our hospital is a collaborative environment where teams work together and feel like family.
• No glass ceilings! We want to build our staff up, helping them achieve new heights in their career through growth areas such as advanced skills wet labs, in-house topic rounds, and leadership development.

What does this job require?

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills as well as a keen attention to detail. The Specialty Floater will be able to work well as part of a team and will demonstrate a shared sense of responsibility among the different services within the hospital. They will also possess the following qualifications:

• At least 1+ year of experience as a technician or assistant
• Ability to work both independently with little supervision as well as part of a team
• Strong work ethic and good organizational and multi-tasking skills
• Capability to lift 50 pounds

Additional Desired Competencies:

• Working knowledge of standard veterinary medications
• Strong technical skills including phlebotomy, catheter placement, general laboratory, anesthesia and pharmacology skills
• Knowledge of normal patient parameters
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Ability to administer and knowledge of medication and fluid therapies
• Knowledge of critical nursing care and steps to take in the event of patient compromise
• Ability to administer safe and appropriate fluid therapy
• Ability to monitor anesthesia safely
• Credential technician preferred

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Additional Information:

The list of essential functions and additional functions, as outlined in this job description, is intended to be representative of the tasks performed within this position. The omission of any job function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a required assignment for the position.