TES Veterinary Assistant - Inpatient

Job Summary

Are you ready for a fresh start? Love the thrill of emergency medicine, but prefer flexible hours? Find satisfaction in caring for veterinary patients when they need you most?

Look no further we have the job for you! is seeking applicants for a TES Inpatient Vet Assistant to work in the Intermediate Care (IMC), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and Emergency Room (ER) section of our .

The individual in this position will work directly with board-certified emergency and critical care veterinarians and rotating intern doctors to help facilitate qualify care and patient flow through the IMC, ICU, and ER.

This position is primarily for overnights or second shift. The scheduled hours for this position can be flexible based on the selected candidate’s availability with the potential option to work 8, 10, or 13 hour shifts based on preference.

Preferred hours can be discussed during interview.

Temporary Employment Services (TES), a unit of the Auburn University Department of Human Resources, is an in-house support center established to meet the temporary employment needs of the university.

TES provides qualified and dedicated temporary employees in a wide variety of occupations to meet the staffing needs throughout the campus.

Temporary employees are hired for a variety of reasons with the most common being :

• Assistance in the place of a regular employee who is absent for a specified period of time
• Additional assistance during periods of abnormal or peak workloads
• Assistance with special projects
• Seasonal work
• Emergencies

If you are looking for an employment opportunity, TES is a great way to showcase your professional skills and assist Auburn University while gaining valuable work experience within higher education.

AU students are not eligible for TES. Essential Functions

• Assists with administering treatments and monitoring patients admitted in IMC, ICU, or ER observes and records vital data, abnormal signs, body weight, food / water intake of animals, and collects and labels specimens and perform treatments and administer medications as prescribed by primary veterinarian.
• Performs and demonstrates veterinary care techniques and procedures related to emergency and critical care medicine.
• Assists veterinarians in the care of patients requiring advanced procedures and life-saving techniques including CPR, mechanical ventilation and dialysis.

Inspects facilities, equipment, and supplies daily, as well as observes health status of animals, environmental conditions, temperature, and sanitation.

Perform job duties with speed and accuracy and work as essential personnel, providing care for patients after hours, on weekends and holidays.

Assists with emergency triage and stabilization of patients presenting through the Emergency service.

• May be responsible for, or assist in, billing clients, inputting charges, and / or similar tasks.
• This position will work to provide care for patients after hours, on weekends, and holidays.

Minimum Qualifications High school diploma or equivalent

Desired Qualifications Experience working in a veterinary hospital environment.