Emergency Veterinary Nursing Trainer

Emergency Veterinary Nursing Trainer

Requirements

• Credentialed as a veterinary technician (CVT, RVT, LVT, LVMT) in the location of the VEG practice with experience in emergency medicine
• A love for teaching and nurturing growth in fellow veterinary technicians and assistants
• Modeling the way towards a culture of learning
• Flexibility in your schedule to be able to work with VEGgies on various shifts
• The right attitude: Positive, upbeat, excited. Flexible to change (adapt and pivot)
• Ability to recognize and celebrate other VEGgies’ successes when you see it
• Ability to coordinate training projects with multiple teams
• Willingness to travel within local region to surrounding VEG Hospitals
• Willingness and eager to continue to grow as a credentialed veterinary technician through developing personal skills and knowledge

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with nursing leadership in your hospital to identify both individual and team training needs
• Continually assess Assistants and Credentialed Veterinary Technicians to determine competency of skills through in-person observations and content knowledge evaluations, leading to advancement in the VEG Cultivate level system
• Implement VEG training programs within your hospital and act as point person for these programs (i.e. New ER Nurse)
• Autonomously manage your time between on-the-floor mentoring and dedicated time in setting strategy to develop nursing care teams
• Facilitate in-person training for Assistants and Credentialed Veterinary Technicians at your hospital based on identified hospital needs
• Collaborating through your network and with your RND, you maximize opportunities for your hospital VEGgies, and those in your VEG community to expand educational outreach
• Work with Nursing Education to discuss program development, training objectives, and additional needs
• Provide educational opportunities for the nursing team, such as webinars, labs, workshops
• Engage in self-reflection and program evaluation practices to modify and enhance the assistant and technician leveling program
• Ensure all training content and activities are in alignment with VEGs culture, mission, and vision, and represents accurate, up-to-date emergency medicine and standards of care
• Divide time with roughly 70-80% of time providing direct training and 20-30% of time on administrative/organizational work
• Assist in developing curricular materials such as powerpoints, videos, simulations, and assessments to be implemented across the assistant and technician training program

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified as a Veterinary Technician Specialist in ECC is strongly preferred
• VTS in Internal Medicine and Anesthesia also preferred with requisite experience in ECC
• Previous experience in a training role or training veterinary technicians preferred
• Comfortable mentoring others and ability to give and receive feedback from colleagues and mentees