Registered Veterinary Technician
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This Registered Veterinary Technician role supports hospital operations by providing dedicated quality veterinary care and exceptional service to patients and clients. Responsibilities include conducting examinations, assisting during surgery, providing nursing care, and maintaining medical records.
Responsibilities
- Determine animal requirements by conducting examinations and interviews, reviewing care plans and records, completing laboratory tests and studies, and diagnostic imaging
- Care for patients by taking vital signs, collecting samples, administering medications, drugs, and vaccines, and bandaging and wrapping wounds
- Support patient examinations and operations by assembling required supplies and instruments, securing and bringing patients to examination rooms, and restraining patients; aids as directed by the veterinarian
- Provide excellent pet care by applying full knowledge of anatomy, physiology, disease processes, pharmacology, specialized equipment usage, and specialized drug administration
- Obtain and verify medications
- Ensure that patients have food and water, clean patients' rooms, cages, and equipment; observe patients for clinical signs of disease
- Fill prescriptions and administer medications, including proper documentation, logging, and security of controlled drugs
- Maintain a safe, secure, healthy, and humane environment by sterilizing and wrapping instruments, sanitizing and disinfecting holding and operating areas, storing sterile supplies, verifying shelf life, following standards and procedures, and in compliance with applicable legal regulations
- Maintain medical records by documenting patients' conditions, reactions, and changes; update the database in an accurate and timely manner
- Communicate with the pet owner about the status of the patient, as directed by the veterinarian
Requirements
- Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT), Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT), Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT), or Licensed Veterinary Medical Technician (LVMT) required
- 3 or more years of surgery and/or dental experience
Qualifications
- 3 or more years of surgery and/or dental experience
Nice to Have
- 5 or more years of surgery and/or dental experience
Benefits
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About PetVet Care Centers
PetVet Care Centers is an organization with over 420 locally led veterinary hospitals and 11,000+ team members nationwide, focused on providing exceptional and compassionate animal care.