Emergency Veterinary Assistant - Nanuet, Ny

WHO WE ARE

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) is a rapidly growing veterinary emergency company with hospital locations across the United States. Our mission is helping people and their pets when they need it most. We are changing the face of emergency veterinary medicine with a "customer first" mentality and a true employee-centric environment. We expect to see significant expansion across the country, with 40-70 locations by the end of 2023. This will allow our VEGgies to pursue a strong career growth trajectory.

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 possible experience. With the highest NPS score in our industry according to our customers, 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.

FOCUS

To provide nursing care with a patient centered approach in performing treatments, making patient assessments, and caring for a patient towards healing. This role will promote learning and growth as an emergency veterinary assistant and encourage individuals to obtain further education and credentialing to pursue a lifelong career as a veterinary nurse. Veterinary assistants are a vital member of the nursing care team along with veterinary nurses and carry out patient treatment plans in coordination with the veterinary team.

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*

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

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

• Aid in managing patient care workload to ensure the patients are receiving uncompromised care.
• 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.
• Perform advanced diagnostic techniques including ultrasonography and paracentesis,
• 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.
• Coach and guide veterinary assistants and veterinary nurses to perform clinical tasks to maintain standards of care and encourage growth.
• Perform advanced vascular access techniques including jugular catheter placement, sampling line placement, central line placement, intraosseous catheterization, and arterial catheterization.
• Collaborate and share knowledge with teammates to ensure optimal patient care.
• Participate in formulating treatment, anesthetic, and nursing care plans.

Requirements:

WHAT YOU NEED

• Provide information in person & over the phone communicating clearly, appropriately & professionally.
• Basic computer skills to use practice management, electronic medical record, and collaboration software.
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Fine motor skills adequate for utilizing hospital equipment necessary daily such as syringes, electric clippers, computers, surgery instruments, monitors, diagnostic equipment, etc.
• >1 year of experience in a veterinary assistant role or completion of the VEG clinical training program. Experience in emergency or specialty medicine preferred.
• 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.
• Properly communicates information to all personnel including management, medical staff & customers.
• Ability to read, speak and hear sufficiently to understand, complete tasks instructed in all forms of communication, written, verbal, or other.

Pay, Perks, and Such:

Emergency is all we do, so we do it best! We offer:

• Flexible‌ ‌work‌ ‌schedules‌ ‌for‌ ‌a‌ ‌true‌ ‌work-life‌ ‌balance‌ ‌ ‌
• Industry-leading‌ ‌compensation‌ ‌($21.50 - $35.50/hour)
• Paid‌ ‌parental‌ ‌leave‌ ‌-‌ ‌10‌ ‌weeks‌ ‌of‌ ‌paid‌ ‌leave‌ ‌at‌ ‌100%‌ ‌of‌ ‌regular‌ ‌salary‌ ‌
• Groceries‌ ‌sent‌ ‌to the hospitals weekly for the staff to enjoy,‌ ‌monthly‌ ‌and‌ ‌quarterly‌ ‌contests,‌ ‌quarterly‌ ‌hospital‌ ‌outings,‌ ‌annual‌ ‌company-wide‌ ‌retreat,‌ ‌etc!‌ ‌
• Unlimited‌ ‌Continuing Education opportunities - we want to help you grow in your career!
• Growth‌ potential‌ ‌ ‌
• Health‌, Vision, and Dental ‌Insurance‌ ‌ ‌
• Something new every day - you'll never be bored in emergency medicine
• Lastly, because while our work is serious, we believe that it should also be fun!
• 401K‌ ‌w/‌ ‌company‌ ‌match‌ ‌ ‌

*WHERE ALLOWED BY LAW*

VEG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)