Veterinary Technician/Assistant Our Family Vet Our Family Vet is a busy veterinary practice that has served the Bullard, Tyler, and Jacksonville area for over 20 years. Our Family Vet is looking for prospective team members by hiring individuals that enjoy the human-animal bond, enjoying helping people with their pets and participating in teamwork to provide quality veterinary medicine to our clients. Our Family Vet is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Clinical Care team.
Duties and Responsibilities: - Checks patient medical records for past histories, enters in computer and files.
- Takes medical histories and vital signs of patients.
- Properly restrain and monitors animals.
- Preps animals for exams
- Prepping and taking X-rays
- Maintains client educational material and knowledgably communicates this information to clients.
- Maintains cleanliness of the facility and equipment.
- Takes, processes and logs authorized prescription refills in-house.
- Monitoring hospital patients and logging vital signs.
- Administering medications to patients as ordered by the veterinarian.
- Collects and performs diagnostic testing such as drawing blood, fecals, snap test.
- Assist doctor with exams, treatments, and client education.
- Using and maintaining lab equipment
- Assisting the doctor during exams, treatments, and anesthesia procedures.
- Other duties as assigned.
Availability: Week Days, Weekend Rotation
Travel: Must be willing to travel between Bullard and Jacksonville facilities as scheduled/needed.
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The employee must be able to multi-task. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Strong communication skills, compassion, listening skills and must be able to read and write.
- High standards of customer service
- Physical stamina to stand, bend stoop, twist for increased amounts of time.
- Lift up to 40lbs and 100lbs with assistance.
- Critical thinking, problem solving/decision making, time management and organization skills. Education/Experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. We are open and willing to train the right candidate.
Benefits: - Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Short-term disability
- Life insurance
- 401k with match
- Employee assistance program
- Paid time off
- Continuing education
- And more!