Emergency Veterinary Assistant – Per Diem
| Company | Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG ER) |
|---|---|
| Location | Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad, Junior |
Requirements
- Excellent interpersonal capabilities across a diverse group
- Ability to accomplish assigned tasks for all areas involved
- Excellent communication skills with peers, customers, and team
- Comfortable adapting to new scenarios
- Willing to learn new techniques
- Team player that is honest and respectful to peers
- Passionate and motivated
- Love working with animals and people
Responsibilities
- Treat each patient and customer with the highest level of compassion & care
- Perform basic to intermediate nursing care tasks, patient monitoring, and treatments
- Use understanding of common diseases and conditions, physical assessment, and monitoring parameters to accurately triage incoming patients
- Administer subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous medications and understand potential adverse effects of medications
- Set-up, monitor, and administer intravenous fluid therapy including constant rate infusions and blood transfusion therapy
- Contribute as a team member to incoming outpatient care and ongoing inpatient care
- Participate in giving and receiving patient rounds to ensure continuity of care
- Be trained to properly perform all aspects of CPR as a RECOVER Certified Rescuer
- Collect samples and perform diagnostic tests including in-house & point-of-care tests and diagnostic imaging
- Assist in setting-up, performing, monitoring sedation and surgical anesthesia with LVT or DVM supervision
- Perform nursing care tasks such as placing and maintaining urinary catheters and nasal oxygen tubes
- Set up, maintain, and troubleshoot oxygen cages and other oxygen administration techniques
- Work alongside veterinary nurses as a vital member of the nursing care team
- Obtain additional training along guided growth pathways offering roles in addition to direct nursing care such as veterinary technician credentialing, trainer role, community outreach, and leadership
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.