Location: Orrington,ME, USA
Joining a clinic with its own unique identity is like a cross-country car ride with your ears flapping in the breeze. Kindred Spirits Veterinary Clinic is looking to add a compassionate skilled Veterinary Technician or Veterinary Assistant to join our team.
At our Rarebreed clinic, you can help reimagine the veterinary experience in your community. Our attentive environment means we strive to make each visit as easy and comfortable as possible for our pet patients and their human families. It's the kind of freedom that feels like running at the speed of light into a 5-story pile of leaves - and that's just the beginning. As part of our team, you'll work with the latest technology, gain access to state-of-the-art training facilities, and collaborate with a positive team to deliver the highest quality of care to the pet patients we all love.
Kindred Spirits Veterinary Clinic has been named Best Veterinary Clinic in the Bangor Area for 12 years running! Our clinic offers some of the newest technologies, including ultrasound, DR, slit-lamp, TonoVet and cold laser. Kindred Spirits sees cats, dogs, and exotics and offers a wide range of services including wellness care, digital radiology, internal medicine, surgery, ophthalmology, and telemedicine.
Kindred Spirits Veterinary Clinic is located in Orrington, Maine. There's plenty to do; hiking, kayaking, lots of outdoor activities and an active music/arts community. The city of Bangor and the International Airport are just minutes away. Bangor's historic downtown is full of new shops, boutiques and award-winning restaurants. The Bangor Waterfront is now a major regional event center with premier concerts and events. And, Bar Harbor, Maine, home of the world-renowned Acadia National Park is about an hour's drive away!
Veterinary Technician/Veterinary Assistant
Kindred Spirits Veterinary Clinic in Orrington, ME
WHAT YOU'LL DO
* Provides compassionate care to patients and clients
* Keeps accurate medical records in accordance with hospital policy
* Prepares and maintains the exam rooms and treatment areas
* Performs physical assessments and records observations
* Prepares estimates for procedures and discusses financial commitments with clients
* Stock pharmacy and working with controlled substances as needed
* Explain necessary follow-up and home care instructions
* Stocks clinic treatment area and exams rooms and informs inventory manager when supplies need to be ordered
* Assists the Veterinarian in medical, surgical, and dental procedures; prepares patients for surgery; administers anesthesia; monitors patients during surgery and recovery; administers fluids
* Cares for all surgical materials; keeps the operating room properly stocked and prepared for surgery
BENEFITS
We're passionate about helping you reach your greatest pet-ential - both at work and at home. As a result, our total compensation package is as outstanding and rewarding as the world's longest belly rub and ear massage combined:
* Great pay with competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
* 401K with 100% company match of up to 3%, and a 50% match for the 4thand 5th%
* Generous paid time off to help you achieve your purr-fect balance
* Employee Ruff-erral Program
* Company-paid life insurance, AD&D, and short-term disability (long-term disability available)
* Accident and critical illness insurance
* Bonding leave enhanced maternity benefit
* Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Saving Account (HSA)
* Continuing education yearly allowance for skills development
* Certification and license fees reimbursement (eligible employees only)
* Commuter benefits, uniform allowance, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
* Free monthly wellness meetings focused on ways to reduce stress and anxiety, led by the medical director
* Free quarterly financial wellness classes to provide guidance in areas such as student loan debt, budgeting, improving credit scores, mortgages, and refinancing
Plus, special benefits to utilize for your own pet:
* Pet Care: Discounts on veterinary services and products
* Pet Diagnostics: Discounts on reference lab testing
* Pet Food: Discounts on Purina pet foods
REQUIREMENTS
* High school diploma or equivalent
* Veterinary Technician License (LVT) or Certification (CVT) is preferred but not required
* Must have a positive attitude and be a team player
* Be comfortable working with dogs, cats, and exotic companion animals
Rarebreed Veterinary Partners is a purpose-driven team that places talent first by supporting professionals to thrive in our industry and empowering hospital teams to provide exceptional care for pets and their owners. We pride ourselves on going the extra mile to create exceptional work experiences for our hospital teams. We focus on providing our hospitals with the best culture, tools, and support to allow the staff to focus on what they love most: caring for our animal companions.
Joining our fun and team-first atmosphere comes with a level of support that's hard to find anywhere else. Everything we do is with purpose - down to the way we invest in our people and create long-overdue change in the industry. We're hyper-focused on supporting our professionals, so they can focus on bringing the gold standard of medicine to our patients and their families. When it all comes together with the joy of working with pets, our career opportunities are as exhilarating as climbing a toy mountain of a gazillion new squeaky balls.
Employment will require the successful completion of references and background check.
Rarebreed Veterinary Partners provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.
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