We're looking for experienced veterinary assistants to join our team as Patient Care Assistants. As a Patient Care Assistant, you will work alongside veterinarians and technicians to provide excellent care for our patients, and have the opportunity to grow and expand your skillset in a premier veterinary hospital.
Requirements
- Ability to take notes while in exam rooms with veterinarians and clients
- Ability to Master AMC Veterinary Assistant skills Levels I-IV
- Ability to cross reference medical record systems and follow treatment plans
- Specialized handling and restraint of painful, debilitated, and compensated patients of all species
- Perform treatments as pertains to a NYS non-licensed technician
- Assist in patient monitoring, supportive therapies, treatments, and procedures related to the department
- Monitor patients' vital signs using multiparameter monitoring equipment
- Recognize changes in patients' status & react appropriately
- Attend DVM and LVT rounds, fundamental to understanding patient’s disease processes
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, demanding environment, handling multiple tasks with competing deadlines while paying close attention to details
- Demonstrated ability to provide quality patient care, technical services, and client communication
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team, in a fast past environment, demonstrating a high level of initiative
- Must be proficient in-patient handling and monitoring, supportive therapy, treatments, and procedures
- Must have animal handling experience, and be able to restrain all species
- Must be able to lift 50 pounds
- Must have ability to remain composed in stressful and emergency situations
- Must exhibit good organizational, multi-tasking, and communication skills
- Must be able to follow detailed protocols
- Seeks to enhance & develop skills & knowledge
- Must neatly and correctly fill out paperwork as necessary
- Must be flexible and accommodate shift work in a hospital that is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Generous Sign-on bonus
- Generous paid time off
- Tuition assistance
- 50% discount on veterinary care
- 403b matching
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
