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Veterinary Technician

Access Medical Services LLC

Minneapolis, MN • On-site

$22 - $24/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 8 days ago

Job description

About us:

Access Veterinary Care is a veterinary clinic that focuses on providing affordable, accessible care for families in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the surrounding areas. Through community medicine that prioritizes quality, efficiency, and flexible care options, we believe that we can help reduce the burden of medical care and help keep animals with their families.
What we're looking for:

Access Veterinary Care is seeking a (L)VT who wants to practice in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. We are primarily an urgent care clinic providing affordable outpatient veterinary care, with strong opportunities for professional growth and skill development. Full-time and part-time positions are available.
As a veterinary technician at Access Veterinary Care, you’ll play a central role in patient care by assisting veterinarians with sick and injured patients, running laboratory diagnostics, monitoring anesthesia for sedated procedures, assisting with surgery, performing dental radiographs and prophylaxis, communicating with clients, and carrying out treatments under veterinary supervision.
We’re looking for technicians who want greater autonomy in case management. The ideal candidate enjoys client education, direct patient care, and practicing to the full extent of their training. Experienced technicians will have opportunities to learn and display advanced technical skills, including placing skin sutures, applying bandages and splints, performing thoracocentesis, and more.
Main Job Duties:

  • Patient Care
  • Perform restraint, diagnostics and treatments on sick or injured patients in collaboration with the DVM
  • Triage urgent care patients to identify patients in emergent need of medical intervention
  • Administer medications and treatments
  • Perform physical assessments and coordinate preventative care under the direct supervision of a DVM
  • Perform humane euthanasia under the direct supervision of a DVM
  • CPR
  • Surgery/Anesthesia
  • Perform anesthesia and assist in surgeries, both routine and emergency
  • Dental x-rays and prophylaxis
  • Intubation
  • IV fluid therapy with regular and syringe pump
  • Performing different local anesthetic blocks.
  • Client Education
  • Nutrition and wellness care
  • Informed anesthetic consent and procedure discharge
  • Medication side effects and compliance
  • Participate in team approach to educating clients on medical concerns and chronic disease management
  • Help develop client education tools
  • Oral health care
  • Laboratory
  • Run in-house diagnostics
  • Prep samples for referral laboratories
  • Patient sample collection
  • Use of safe sample handling techniques
  • Take digital x-rays
  • Pharmacy
  • Maintain in-house formulary
  • Coordinate prescription refills
  • Process online prescriptions
  • Fill prescriptions using the 5 rights
Preferred Qualifications:

  • 1-3 years working in veterinary medicine
  • LVT Preferred (or eligible for LVT)
  • Excellent verbal communication skills
  • Critical thinking
  • Self starter
  • High energy
Full-Time Benefits:

  • Dental insurance
  • Generous Employee discount
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement plan
  • Vision insurance
Hours and Pay:

Job Type: Full-Time or part-time
Pay: $22.00 - $24.00 per hour depending on qualifications
Expected hours: 40 per week for full time, 10-30 hours a week for part time
Schedule:
  • 10 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Weekends
  • Potential for evening hours and Sundays in the near future.
Work Location: In person