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VCA Northview Animal Hospital is seeking an enthusiastic veterinary technician to join our General Medicine and Surgery team full time!

Do you thrive in an environment that promotes and encourages growth and development? At VCA we strongly believe in training and development for all employees! Our team is collaborative, supportive, and progressive and we want to give you the opportunity to expand your skills and follow your dreams at our General Practice & Urgent Care hospital.

What Makes VCA Northview Unique?

We are a multi-specialty and general medicine practice, with a small family feel. We have built a culture of support, and kindness and truly work together as a team. Our hospital departments include Surgery, Internal Medicine, the full circle support of General Practice and Wellness care, as well as Rehabilitation patients.

Please take a moment to view our hospital video below and learn a bit more of VCA Northview is the right choice for you!

VCA Northview Recruitment v2.0.mp4 - pCloud (https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZC4eRVZxPbRBiEE2ofdloGkl3IQLkjfifaV)

Surgery Veterinary Technician Duties:

• Technician skill utilization

• Ensure patients are provided gold standard medical care

• Anesthesia monitoring and recovery

• Hands Free Radiology (Associate safety is a top priority) and Digital Radiographs

• Working collaboratively with team members of all hospital services

• Understanding of wellness, preventative care, and common pharmaceuticals

• Providing compassionate care for all patients embracing Fear Free adaptations

• Strong client educator

• Familiar with EMR

• Patient intake and medical record preparation for surgical procedure

• Surgery suite set up and turnover

• Premedication and induction of anesthesia

• Sterile prep of surgical site

• Anesthetic monitoring throughout procedure

• Ensuring surgeon has necessary surgical instruments and equipment

• Recovery of patient

• All recordkeeping associated with anesthetic procedures through the point of transfer to another department.

The surgery technician shares on-call responsibility with other team members. This person will also be involved with cleaning and sterilization of surgical suites, surgical packs and equipment, maintenance and quality control of anesthetic equipment, and other housekeeping responsibilities.

Potential Schedule: Full-time Mon-Friday, shift times may vary but typically will be working four 10 hour shifts or three 12 hour shifts.

The Culture at VCA Northview

We are passionate about our team’s health and wellness and continue to foster a culture where asking questions is welcome, and training is the expectation. We are committed to equity, inclusion, and diversity , and strive to be a place where a talented mix of people want to come, stay, and do their best work. We support a work environment where you can focus on your career, your happiness, and the patients you serve while supporting a work-life balance.

We not only work hard, we play hard too. We love a pot luck lunch! We celebrate the holidays with fun things such as personalized Valentines and holiday themed hidden objects that are stashed throughout the hospital with treats and surprises. We practice leaving notes of kindness, go on Starbucks runs (!), ice cream magically appears in the freezer from time-to-time, and have you seen our Vet Tech Week?

Our jobs can be stressful. We expect professionalism while appreciating a good sense of humor. You’ll regularly hear knock-knock or “dad” jokes being exchanged in our treatment room. This is a small sampling of the gratitude we show one another, being the most compassionate, dedicated veterinary medical professionals around.

The Benefits Continue to Grow!

• Leadership opportunities (career growth potential)

• Generous pay differential for overnight hours

• Hefty discounts to VetGirl , and Fear Free Certification

• Free NAVTA membership

• Up to $1000 CE allowance for CVT/RVT

• Licensure tuition support and scholarship opportunities

• CVT license reimbursement

• Free wellness subscriptions (Head Space)

• Referral bonuses

• Competitive wage

• VTS career path financial support

• Medical, dental & vision insurance

• Life, long and short term disability insurance

• Paid parental leave

• Infertility Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick time

• 401(k)

• Free access to Plumbs, and educational platforms such as Vetfolio

Why You Should Consider Us

This role is suited for the experienced licensed or license eligible technician. The associate will cross-train and work with both the General Medical and Surgery teams.

Candidates must be positive and motivated. The hospital team meets frequently, and your ideas and suggestions are encouraged to help us continue to grow. Our team takes pride in fostering an atmosphere of mutual respect and recognition while being adaptable, goal driven and engaged. We work hard to protect our culture and assure we hire associates that are going to have the determination to rise above obstacles, wear multiple hats and work as a team.

Ready to grow with a collaborative and supportive team?

We look forward to getting to know you!

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com

If you are a current associate, you need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Career worklet on the landing page or search for Find Jobs.

Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com