Employment Opportunities

• Sterilization surgery for up to 20- 40 animals per day
• Coordination of the Society’s medical staff and walk-in vaccination clinic
• Examination, treatment, or referral of certain animals brought to the clinic in accordance with HSSBV policy
• Euthanasia of certain animals in accordance with HSSBV policies and procedures
• Provide oversight to ordering, inventorying and budgeting medical and surgical supplies
• Ensure compliance with veterinary medical standards, practices, and procedures.
• Provide support to management personnel to ensure an effective work environment

Reports to: Lead Technician/Supervisor

FLSA Status: Nonexempt, Hourly Position

General Function:

The Registered Veterinary Technician supports the doctors in ensuring quality care for all pets, advocates for pets, educates clients on the aspects of pet health and ensures a safe and effective clinic environment. The veterinary staff must build positive, professional relationships with clients and staff members.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ability to administer vaccines, medications, etc via intravenous, intramuscular, or oral route as indicated.
• Performs a variety of diagnostic laboratory tests (i.e.: parvovirus, feline leukemia, skin scrapings, ear cytology, etc.)
• Checks in animals / conducts pre-operation examinations, including weigh-ins, tranquilizing, etc.
• Prepare animals for surgery, including anesthetizing, intubation, cleaning incision site, etc.
• Performs euthanasia ensuring written euthanasia policies are adhered to while implementing euthanasia in a timely manner and to the highest procedural level.
• Clean up surgery and examination rooms at the end of the day.
• Conducts routine vaccination appointments and counsels owners on basic pet care.
• Performs suture removals and nail trimmings.
• Transports Patients from cage to prep and surgery tables and back to cage while adhering to procedural guidelines.
• Operates heart monitor/ pulse ox consistently on each patient during surgery.
• Observes patients during recovery and assists with their release to owners, as needed.
• Renders emergency treatment to animals in need of emergency care.
• Provide professional, efficient and exceptional service at all times. Includes performing procedures that do not require doctor assistance, completing preparatory work for other procedures, ensuring that clients and pets are comfortable in the clinic, and monitoring surgical patients.
• Be able to communicate effectively and thoroughly with clients about their pets’ medical care. This includes communicating doctor recommendations as well as communicating surgery discharge instructions.
• Educate clients about preventive care, pet health needs, any diagnosis and treatment, and HSSBV services.
• Obtain relevant information and history from clients and maintain proper and complete medical records.
• Ensure the safety of pets, clients, and staff members by utilizing safe restraining techniques, following standard protocols and maintaining clean, organized treatment areas, exam rooms and labs.
• Follow OSHA standards. Be able to find Material Safety data Sheets quickly.
• Be reasonably familiar with breeds and coat colors.
• Perform other duties as assigned.