Emergency Veterinary Assistant- Georgetown, Dc

WHO WE ARE

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) is a rapidly growing emergency company with hospital locations across the United States. Our mission is helping people and their pets when they need it most. We are revolutionizing emergency medicine with a "customer first" mentality and a true, employee-centric work environment. We expect to see significant expansion across the country, growing from 40 to ~60 locations by the end of 2023.

TALENT + CULTURE AT VEG

At VEG, we want people and their pets to feel safe, secure, and valued; we want our employees to feel the same way. What we're aiming to achieve on the customer side is equivalent in nature to what we want for our employees: to have the best experience possible. With the highest NPS score in our industry, we're ready to ensure that VEG is always the place where the best and brightest in the emergency world not only want to work, but stay and grow. For our customers and their pets, we strive to find a way to say, "yes." We do the same and more for our teams. In fact, VEG is one of this year's nominees for INC Magazine's Best Places to Work!

WHO WE NEED

You are passionate and motivated. You value learning and are a team player that is honest and respectful to your peers. You love what you do. You love working with animals and people. You are comfortable adapting to new scenarios, willing to learn new techniques, and think outside the box. You have excellent interpersonal capabilities across a diverse group. You're happy to pitch in wherever and whenever you are needed, with a positive attitude. You demonstrate the ability to accomplish assigned tasks for all areas involved, knowing when to ask for assistance. You display excellent communication skills to your peers, customers, and team.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO DO

• Use understanding of common diseases and conditions, physical assessment, and monitoring parameters to accurately triage incoming patients.
• Set-up, monitor, and administer intravenous fluid therapy including constant rate infusions and blood transfusion therapy.
• Be trained to properly perform all aspects of CPR as a RECOVER Certified Rescuer.
• Administer subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous medications and understand potential adverse effects of medications.
• Treat each patient and customer with the highest level of compassion & care.
• 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.
• 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.
• Perform basic to intermediate nursing care tasks, patient monitoring, and treatments.
• Perform nursing care tasks such as maintaining nasoenteral, chest, and abdominal tubes.
• Collect samples and perform diagnostic tests including in-house & point-of-care tests and diagnostic imaging.
• Set up, maintain, and troubleshoot oxygen cages and other oxygen administration techniques.
• Participate in giving and receiving patient rounds to ensure continuity of care.
• Work alongside veterinary nurses as a vital member of the nursing care team.
• Contribute as a team member to incoming outpatient care and ongoing inpatient care.

Veterinary assistants can additionally perform (where allowed by law):

• Perform advanced vascular access techniques including jugular catheter placement, sampling line placement, central line placement, intraosseous catheterization, and arterial catheterization.
• Obtain additional training along guided growth pathways offering roles in addition to direct nursing care such as a trainer role, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.
• Administer, monitor, and maintain patients under general anesthesia with or without mechanical ventilation for patients with varied levels of risk.
• Conduct treatments using clinical decision-making skills according to protocolized plans.
• Aid in managing patient care workload to ensure the patients are receiving uncompromised care.
• Participate in formulating treatment, anesthetic, and nursing care plans.
• Coach and guide veterinary assistants and veterinary nurses to perform clinical tasks to maintain standards of care and encourage growth.
• Collaborate and share knowledge with teammates to ensure optimal patient care.
• Perform advanced diagnostic techniques including ultrasonography and paracentesis,

WHAT YOU NEED

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to stand for prolonged hours, kneel, work on the floor as well as ability to lift up to 25 kg on own and able to support up to 40 kg with assistance.
• Provide information in person & over the phone communicating clearly, appropriately & professionally.
• Ability to read, speak and hear sufficiently to understand, complete tasks instructed in all forms of communication, written, verbal, or other.
• Basic computer skills to use practice management, electronic medical record, and collaboration software.
• More than 2 years of experience in a veterinary assistant role or completion of the VEG clinical training program. Experience in emergency or specialty medicine preferred.
• Fine motor skills adequate for utilizing hospital equipment necessary daily such as syringes, electric clippers, computers, surgery instruments, monitors, diagnostic equipment, etc.
• Properly communicates information to all personnel including management, medical staff & customers.

BENEFITS

• Paid‌ ‌parental‌ ‌leave‌ ‌-‌ ‌10‌ ‌weeks‌ ‌of‌ ‌paid‌ ‌leave‌ ‌at‌ ‌100%‌ ‌of‌ ‌regular‌ ‌salary‌ ‌
• Growth‌ and relocation ‌potential‌ ‌ ‌
• Flexible‌ ‌work‌ ‌schedules‌ ‌for‌ ‌a‌ ‌true‌ ‌work-life‌ ‌balance‌ ‌ ‌
• Unlimited‌ ‌Continuing Education opportunities - we want to help you grow in your career!
• Generous employee pet discount
• Something new every day - you'll never be bored in emergency medicine
• We build our hospitals from scratch. You'll be using all of the latest equipment and technology.
• Groceries‌ sent‌ ‌to the hospitals weekly for the staff to enjoy,‌ ‌monthly‌ ‌and‌ ‌quarterly‌ ‌contests,‌ ‌quarterly‌ ‌hospital‌ ‌outings,‌ ‌annual‌ company-wide‌ ‌retreat,‌ ‌etc!‌ ‌
• Health‌, Vision, and Dental ‌Insurance‌ ‌ ‌
• 401K‌ ‌w/‌ ‌company‌ ‌match‌ ‌ ‌
• Lastly, because while our work is serious, we believe that it should also be fun!
• Industry-leading‌ ‌compensation‌ ‌
• Referral rewards - tell your friends why they should come work for VEG too!

VEG celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. You've found the equal opportunity employer you are looking for. We can't wait to meet you!