What are the responsibilities and job description for the Veterinary Technician - Surgery position at Thrive Pet Healthcare?
Description
Veterinary Technician - Surgery
Salt Lake City, UT
More than a word, care is present in everything you do. At Advanced Veterinary Care, a Thrive Pet Healthcare partner, we take action to empower your best care for pets, their families, and yourself.
We are a community of 400 clinics forming an extraordinary network of unparalleled resources and people. Through outstanding learning and career options, comprehensive benefits, and abundant support, you’ll be nurtured and appreciated for who you are and what you bring to the table. We come together in both the joys and heartaches of our profession to lift each other up through laughter and empathy.
And, we have plenty of fun along the way!
Who Weare
At Advanced Veterinary Care our goal is to exceed our client's expectations ineach and everyservice we perform. It is a place where pets are treated like family members with state-of-the-art care in a clean, caring, and friendly environment. You will be expected to practice the best medicine, be proactive, and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment while providing compassionate, Fear Free care. We invest in our employees with many opportunities for growth and development!
Provide your best care with more bridges and less barriers.
Advanced Veterinary Care is looking for a Surgery Veterinary Technician to join us as part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare community.
As a Veterinary Technician you’ll play an important role in pets’ lives by providing end-to-end care for our precious patients. Your life-changing work will range from the hands-on care of facilitating outpatient treatments and performing laboratory tests, to support services including admitting and discharging patients.
Role Responsibilities
Skills
Here, you can grow your career as best fits you through access to comprehensive learning and skillset programs. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:
Benefits – Our Care In Action
We provide benefits spread comprehensively across your mental, physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing designed to meet your needs as a unique individual. Some key benefits include:
Pay Range: $18–$22/hour, dependent upon experience
At Thrive Pet Healthcare, we celebrate and embrace the uniqueness and diversity of all of our team members, pet parents, and pets. We strive to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where all team members belong and feel empowered.
Veterinary Technician - Surgery
Salt Lake City, UT
More than a word, care is present in everything you do. At Advanced Veterinary Care, a Thrive Pet Healthcare partner, we take action to empower your best care for pets, their families, and yourself.
We are a community of 400 clinics forming an extraordinary network of unparalleled resources and people. Through outstanding learning and career options, comprehensive benefits, and abundant support, you’ll be nurtured and appreciated for who you are and what you bring to the table. We come together in both the joys and heartaches of our profession to lift each other up through laughter and empathy.
And, we have plenty of fun along the way!
Who Weare
At Advanced Veterinary Care our goal is to exceed our client's expectations ineach and everyservice we perform. It is a place where pets are treated like family members with state-of-the-art care in a clean, caring, and friendly environment. You will be expected to practice the best medicine, be proactive, and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment while providing compassionate, Fear Free care. We invest in our employees with many opportunities for growth and development!
Provide your best care with more bridges and less barriers.
Advanced Veterinary Care is looking for a Surgery Veterinary Technician to join us as part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare community.
As a Veterinary Technician you’ll play an important role in pets’ lives by providing end-to-end care for our precious patients. Your life-changing work will range from the hands-on care of facilitating outpatient treatments and performing laboratory tests, to support services including admitting and discharging patients.
Role Responsibilities
- Support veterinarians to ensure quality veterinary care, advocate for pets, taking technician phone calls and educate clients.
- Make sure daily check off sheet has been completed
- Knowing and controlling the overall flow of incoming and outgoing patients
- Communicate with clients about individualized pet health concerns and offer guidance on Thrive Membership options, medications, and additional treatments.
- Hourly treatments and checks on patients including ward patients
- Relay any info and help next tech make updated estimate/deposit sheet
- Use safe restraining techniques, follow standard protocols, and sustain clean, sterile, organized treatment areas, exam rooms, and labs.
- Be willing to guide, mentor, and support fellow team members.
- Basic veterinary technician skill setincluding phlebotomy, IVC placement, restraint, preparing estimates, and basic math skills.
- 1-2 years of veterinary technician experience
- An Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree from an AVMA-accredited veterinary technology program preferred; or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Skills
Here, you can grow your career as best fits you through access to comprehensive learning and skillset programs. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:
- Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
- Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
- A program to designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital
- Earn your AVMA-CVTEA Accreditation and become a Vet Tech through our fully accredited distance learning program for veterinary technicians
- Scholarship opportunities and tuition reimbursement
Benefits – Our Care In Action
We provide benefits spread comprehensively across your mental, physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing designed to meet your needs as a unique individual. Some key benefits include:
- Paid time offincluding 8-weeks of full-pay parental leave, bereavement to grieve both humans and pets, and time off for new pet adoptions
- Top quality medical, dental, and vision insuranceplus health savings account and flexible spending account
- Pet perksincluding free exams, discounts on products and services, and more at all Thrive Pet Healthcare locations
- Generously subsidizedbackup and ongoing care supportfor children, adults, and pets
- Mental health benefitsincluding coaching and therapy sessions
- 401k with employer contributionand no waiting period
- Continuing educationanddevelopment supportthrough our library offree CE coursesand paid time off to complete
- Scholarship opportunitiesandstudent loan support program
Pay Range: $18–$22/hour, dependent upon experience
At Thrive Pet Healthcare, we celebrate and embrace the uniqueness and diversity of all of our team members, pet parents, and pets. We strive to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where all team members belong and feel empowered.
Salary : $18 - $22
