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Experienced Veterinary Assistant for Urgent Care

Minter Veterinary Hospital

Experienced Veterinary Assistant for Urgent Care

Gig Harbor, WA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    BoosterPet Assistants Wanted

    BoosterPet is looking for passionate and experienced Veterinary Assistants to share our vision of providing healthy work spaces. With your help, we are creating an environment that cares and respects you financially and emotionally and supports your health and well being. Through this environment, each of us has the ability to perform at our best and can provide the best care and service for every pet.

    We are looking for those that are self-motivated, driven to succeed and are passionate about elevating veterinary medicine through collaboration, innovation, and providing excellent service. Our model offers services consisting of store-front wellness clinics, mobile wellness clinics, virtual care, and urgent care.

    This position will primarily be responsible for serving our pet community with urgent care needs. Urgent Care is ideal for pets who need to be seen by a veterinarian and their condition is not life-threatening and doesn’t require an overnight hospitalization. It’s similar to when you would choose a human urgent care over the emergency room.

    Responsibilities Included But Not Limited To.....

    Play an active role in the BoosterPet medical team to provide quality medical care, model BoosterPet’s core values

    Ability to triage and complete vitals on behalf of our DVMs

    Be tech savvy

    Support BoosterPet urgent care services and wellness as needed

    Complete detailed medical records with through medical history. Ensure medical records are accurate within the practice management system

    Educate animal owners

    Liaising with veterinarians and veterinary technicians to ensure continuity of patient care

    Follow all safety protocols to ensure safety of pets, clients, and team members

    Administering medications and vaccines prescribed by a veterinarian

    Maintain medication clerk licensure

    Obtains and verifies medications

    performing phlebotomy duties, and providing intramuscular (IM), intravenous (IV) and subcutaneous (SQ) injections

    Restrain pets in a manner that allows necessary work to be performed, minimizes stress to pets, and ensures the safety of pets and people

    Assist at front desk/kiosk and greet clients/patients upon entry

    Answer phones and make appointments as needed

    Administering first aid for emergencies

    Help technicians induce/monitor and recover anesthetic patients

    Performing laboratory work and diagnostic imaging

    Maintains safe, secure, healthy, and humane environment by sterilizing and wrapping instruments, sanitizing operating areas, verifying shelf life of medications, maintaining equipment and complying with legal regulations

    Train new employees on standards of operations

    Other duties as assigned by managers

    Requirements Experience is required. Medication Clerk license preferred, will help you obtain if not currently licensed You are willing to go with the flow to help a growing company succeed in both conventional and novel ways.

    BoosterPet Perks We care about your whole self at BoosterPet. We know that you invest your time, effort, and passion to this career, and we want to support you in balancing a fulfilling life. As a full-time BoosterPet Veterinary Assistant, we care for you through:

    Paid medical

    Health Savings Account with annual practice-paid funding of $750 to supplement health care expenses

    Veterinary Pet Discount

    We are excited to hear from you and look forward to celebrating your experience and elevating your career!

    BoosterPet supports and values the uniqueness of all individuals and promotes a work environment where diversity is embraced. BoosterPet is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, or protected veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. BoosterPet follows all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every BoosterPet location.

    While the salary for a specific position will fall within this range, there are a number of factors also taken into consideration. Those factors include: education, experience, and an associate's tenure