Ethos Veterinary Health
Veterinary Technician Student Opportunity
Emergency, Critical Care - Grafton, WI - Temporary
Wisconsin Veterinary Referral Center (WVRC) Grafton, is an energetic, fast paced Emergency and Critical Care hospital with an opportunity to welcome a Veterinary Technician student extern OR full time employee to join our team!
We are looking for a motivated Veterinary Technician student that is seeking a challenging position dedicated to quality patient care for our Grafton WI location. Ideal candidate will be willing and able to function as an assistant within our emergency team.
Do you love making a difference for animals and their owners? This is your opportunity to be challenged with interesting and diverse cases!
Position Available:
Veterinary Technician Extern OR full time Veterinary Technician
Responsibilities:
Promote company vision, mission statement and purpose. Plays a positive and active role in fostering team relationships, leads by example and communicates effectively. Must be flexible, cooperative, dependable, responsible, and have good time-management skills. This position requires you to be self motivated and be able to differentiate between major and minor issues as they relate to clients and patients. Candidate must be flexible with scheduling and be able to work evenings, nights, weekends and holidays. Experience is preferred but not required.
Key Functions:
- Responsible for maintaining a clean, healthy environment for the patients, clients and staff
- Responsible for maintaining a stocked hospital
- Responsible for assisting the doctors and technicians when needed with both inpatients and outpatients
- Prepare patients for procedures (clipping, scrubbing, positioning on table, connecting to monitoring equipment, etc).
- Maintain equipment and inventory, including cleaning, wrapping, sterilizing and organizing.
- Proper handling, completion of paperwork, and submission of laboratory samples.
- Produce quality radiographs safely and efficiently.
- Assist and restrain patients for special procedures.
- Willingness and ability to work with a rotating staff of nurses and clinicians.
- All other duties and responsibilities of a technician assistant
Qualifications:
- proper animal handling and restraint
- basic understanding of medical terminology and abbreviations
- work well under pressure and during high levels of stress
- excellent communication skills
- multitask
- exhibit compassion
- flexible work hours
- works well individually and in a team setting
- ability to lift a minimum of 35 pounds
- currently enrolled in an accredited veterinary technician program
To be discussed during interview, we will work around your class schedule!
NVA Compassion-First is now Ethos Veterinary Health
We are excited to announce Ethos Veterinary Health as our new name. Ethos is the new, industry-leading community of legacy Ethos Veterinary Health, Compassion-First Pet Hospitals, SAGE Veterinary Centers, and legacy NVA Specialty and Emergency hospitals. This powerful new community brings together a dynamic network of ~145 hospitals, an unmatched team of experts, cutting-edge technology, and an unwavering commitment to the advancement of the animal health profession and better patient outcomes.
Our commitments to the industry, the profession, our teammates, and our patients, will not change, and in fact will be stronger than ever, as we forge new ground as this new dynamic community.
Ethos Veterinary Health offers a comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, vision, a 401k with employer match, and paid time off (including sick time) for all eligible employees. The team can provide more information about compensation and benefits for your specific location during the process. For positions based in Colorado, Ethos Veterinary Health provides eligible employees with paid sick and safe leave and public health emergency leave in accordance with the requirements of Colorado's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.
Ethos Veterinary Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.
