Certified Veterinary Technician

Excellent Opportunity to Work With a Great Team of Professionals!

Offering a $3,500 Sign- On Bonus

Do you love making a difference for animals and their owners? This is your opportunity to be challenged with interesting and diverse cases!

WVRC is looking for an experienced Certified Veterinary Technician at our Grafton location, working with the Emergency and Critical Care Department.

Benefits of working at WVRC by Ethos :

• Competitive compensation based on skill- level. Starting at $20 / hr & up! (Higher rate for CVT)
• Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, Short & Long- Term Disability and Life Insurance, 401k, association dues, CE allowance, pet benefit, uniform allowance, and more.
• We work in a caring and supportive environment in a geographic location that offers an outstanding quality of life
• Additional benefits and support for VTS candidates.
• Take advantage of our flexible work schedules and excellent shift differential pay

Responsibilities :

• Perform all Essential duties of a Certified Veterinary Technician
• Monitor and appropriately document patient vital signs and activity
• Provide support to all veterinarians and assist other departments as requested
• Provide comfort, diagnostic, surgical and nursing care to all patients including critical care patients
• Perform basic, emergent and critical care anesthetic monitoring
• Obtain and prepare samples for diagnostic testing including but not limited to blood draws, arterial blood gas sampling, cystocentesis, urinary catheter sampling and free catch urine
• Perform various laboratory procedures including but not limited to blood typing, cross matching and slide agglutination testing
• Accurately take and process abdominal, thoracic, appendicular, spinal, and skull radiograph while following appropriate radiation safety protocols
• Properly use and maintain medical equipment
• Provide professional client communication
• Demonstrates an ability and awareness to keep hospital areas clean and neat, maintain a safe and clean work environment
• Required to maintain client and patient confidentiality
• Meet or exceed performance standards for work quality and productivity
• Meet or exceed WVRC expectations for attendance and punctuality

Skills and Experience :

• A strong desire to learn and apply knowledge / skills learned to daily work life
• Ability to communicate effectively both written and oral
• Ability to demonstrate technical procedures as outlined in the technician protocols
• Demonstrate reliability and follow-through with all work-related tasks / projects

WVRC recognizes the complex nature of support needed for both clients and staff members in the animal care industry. As a hospital focused on continuous learning, development, and quality of life betterment, we have added a full time Social Worker to our staff.

The primary focus of this role is to help our clients with their grieving process and assist our employees with their emotional well-being.