Job Description

About the Company: We are looking for the right person to join our Emergency & Critical Care Team! If you love working with people and have always wanted to contribute to a Veterinary Health Care Team, apply with us today! At Apex Vets, we believe in and adhere to our four principles:

• Care: We care for each other and care for our patients. We've got each other's backs.
• Collaboration: We share our opinions and work with one another so we can achieve a common goal.
• Continuous Improvement: We ask questions and challenge one another to teach, learn, and grow.
• Collective Responsibility: When we "win," we do so as a team. When we lose, no one person is at fault. We win and lose together, and although we may not always win, we will always work together as a team.

About the Role: Are you an experienced Veterinary Nurse with an interest in working in an Emergency & Critical Care Department? Are you interested in exploring a new opportunity utilizing your knowledge and skills to help improve the lives of pets? Do you thrive when required to multitask? Apex Vets will empower you to do just that. The Emergency & Critical Care Nurse is responsible for providing outstanding patient care and exceptional client service while working with doctors to address patient care needs. Thrive in an environment that encourages education and continues to grow within the profession, with opportunities to be a mentor to newer team members.

Responsibilities:

• Triage of stable and critical animals.
• Obtaining patient vitals.
• Communicate effectively with clients regarding patient history, treatment estimates, admitting, and discharging of patients.
• Restrain animals for examinations, procedures and treatments.
• Prepare prescriptions as ordered by the doctor: Appropriate container, labeling, directions, and warnings.
• Prepare and administer medications and treatments as prescribed by the doctor.
• Perform venipuncture.
• Place IV catheters.
• Perform laboratory procedures and prepare specimens being sent to outside laboratories.
• Perform radiography.
• Perform suture and staple removal.
• Provide basic care: feeding, bathing, and nail trims.
• Maintain cleanliness and order in work areas. Perform basic kennel duties as required.
• Basic inventory and stocking duties as required.
• Perform CPR and administer emergency drugs under DVM guidance.
• Ensure that all charges are entered for procedures and treatments you perform.
• Communicate effectively and efficiently with doctors and clients regarding their patients' needs.
• Knowledge of drug calculations.
• Computer entry skills (invoicing, prescriptions, MRE's).

Qualifications: High School Diploma or equivalent. Veterinary technician experience is required. Licensure is required. Basic customer service skills required. Basic computer skills are necessary.

Special Position Requirements: Weekend and holiday shifts are a requirement for this position.

Physical Effort: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to bend, stand, stoop, walk, talk, and listen; may require extended periods of time on your feet. Required to lift up to forty pounds. Employees will be expected to acquire assistance with lifting or carrying animals or materials over 40 pounds.

Work Requirements:

• Radiation exposure (x-ray)
• Hazards associated with infected animals, controlled substances, and possible exposure to contagious diseases.
• Exposures to unpleasant odors and noises
• Exposure to potentially aggressive patients, bites, scratches, and animal wastes
• Exposure to aggressive patients, bites, scratches, and animal wastes

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Night shift

Experience:

• Emergency medicine: 2 years (Preferred)
• Veterinary experience: 2 years (Preferred)

Shift availability: Day Shift, Night Shift, Overnight Shift

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