Veterinary Technician - Hospital Floater, CVES

Are you an experienced Licensed Veterinary Technician looking for a team that works together and loves to support each other? Do you enjoy seeing a variety of cases, virtually guaranteeing no two days are the same? Do you want an opportunity to utilize your full skill set while simultaneously learning new and advanced techniques? Nashville Veterinary Specialists + Animal Emergency is searching for a Veterinary Technician to join our GROWING team as a Hospital Floater!

WHY WORK WITH US? Join a team of veterinary professionals you can easily build relationships with and feels like a family- we support and encourage each other and love to celebrate wins, big or small. We pride ourselves on a welcoming learning environment where team members feel safe to advance their skills and seek guidance from each other while practicing quality medicine and patient care. 

WHAT WE OFFER: Competitive Salary, Paid Time Off, Insurance (Medical, Dental, & Vision), Short/Long term disability and life insurance, 401(k) Retirement plan, State of the art newly renovated and expanded hospital, discounted pet products and services for personal pets, C.E. Allowance, Continuing Education Sponsorship Program via VetBloom and Penn Foster, Licensure Renewal and Out of State Licensure transfer reimbursement, Uniform Allowance, Cell phone discount, YMCA Corporate Memberships, Team building and Volunteer events, Career Development, excellent opportunities for advancement, and MORE!

WHO ARE WE?

NVS-Clarksville is a veterinary specialty and emergency hospital established in 2020. Clarksville was recently named Tennessee’s fastest-growing city and is located approximately 45 minutes northwest of Nashville.  We are in a recently renovated 8500-square-foot hospital with digital radiography, computed tomography (CT), ultrasound, endoscopy, a full on-site laboratory, and more. In addition to emergency services, our specialty services include surgery and internal medicine.  Our primary focus is to honor the human-animal bond in all we do, focusing on patient care, client experience, and the health of our team while maintaining a healthy business. We believe we can never stop improving and strive to improve in all we do. Not only do we focus on patient care, but core to our hospital culture is also a focus on the health of our team, our community, and the environment. We are committed to sustainable environmental practices. We have a comprehensive recycling and composting program.

Job Summary: Assist doctors, veterinary technicians, veterinary assistants, and clients service representatives with carrying out treatments, diagnostics, and procedures as needed. This role wears multiple hats and must be available to assist in several aspects of the hospital if and when needed. This would include Specialty Departments and ER/ICU.
 

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Should default to assigned primary service based on individual department needs in down times or times of unspecific need. Will be determined by the Anesthesiologist or Hospital Manager.
2. Should assist Specialty departments and ER/ICU staff with patient treatments, diagnostics, and procedures. This includes restraining, sedation, general anesthesia, administration of chemotherapy, assisting with radiographs, assisting with blood work, preparing for procedures/surgeries/endoscopies/diagnostic imaging (MRI/CT/ultrasounds), communicating with clients, performing discharges, seeing appointments, and any other duties they need assistance with.

• Obtain appropriate medical information, vitals, and weight
• Maintain medical records
• Review estimates with clients
• Input physical findings and/or doctor’s notes into software programs (ezyVet, SmartFlow, etc.)
• Filling prescriptions and calling prescriptions into pharmacies
• Facilitating patient visitations
• General maintenance of equipment
• Hospital stocking
• Contribute to general cleaning, laundry, dishes, sweeping/mopping, changing trash, cleaning cages, etc.
• Become Anesthesia trained and required to participate in Weekday/Weekend Anesthesia on-call
• Required to participate in Weekend Specialty signup if not on Anesthesia on-call list  

Qualifications: 

• LVMT CVT, LVT, RVT, or VTS licensure and at least 3+ years of veterinary hospital experience; Must have specialty experience in surgery and internal medicine.
• Must have a reasonably in-depth understanding of veterinary medicine and basic disease processes
• Must have broad technical abilities 
• Must have exemplary customer services skills
• Adaptable to work with different departments and people regularly
• Possesses a calm demeanor in stressful situations and high emotional intelligence
• Proactive in identifying the needs of each speciality department on a daily, weekly basis

Physical/Environmental Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of each of these jobs. While performing the duties of any of these positions, the employee is frequently required to bend, stand, stoop, walk, sit, talk, and listen; may be required to walk or stand for long periods of time; will use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel; will reach with hands and arms. The employee is often required to lift and carry animals weighing fifty pounds or more; handle dogs weighing up to 150 pounds.