The Cornell University Hospital for Animals seeks a Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT II) to support a fast-paced, high-volume surgical service within a teaching hospital environment.
Requirements
- Perform the duties of a scrub nurse on various, complex orthopedic and soft tissue surgical procedures.
- Maintain surgical log records and ensure charges are accurate and complete.
- Assist the veterinarians in pre-operative examinations, treatments and procedures while regularly updating veterinarians with any changes in condition.
- Evaluate inventory and restock needed supplies in patient receiving, treatment, operating rooms & general supply areas.
- Instruct veterinary students, and occasionally residents, in techniques of small animal restraint and handling, patient monitoring, injections, specimen collection, blood tests, and bandaging techniques.
Benefits
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 13 additional holiday days with 2 additional floating holidays
- An award-winning employer provided benefits program
- Comprehensive health care options
- Access to wellness programs
- Employee discounts with local and national retail brands
- Generous retirement contributions
- Impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, Tuition Aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance program