Veterinary Technician Assistant - Emergency
Full-Time, Permanent
About Coastal Care Veterinary Emergency & Referral Hospital
Coastal Care Veterinary Emergency and Referral Hospital is a ground-breaking specialty hospital located in beautiful Halifax, Nova Scotia. We are host to multiple specialists and departments including Internal Medicine, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Anesthesia, Neurology, Cardiology, Radiology, Emergency/ECC with a dedicated ICU, Surgery and Exotics. We have been expanding since opening and are constantly growing.
At Coastal Care, we strive to provide a collaborative and cohesive work environment. We encourage growth, innovation, and continued training. We practice in a rich and rewarding environment where patient care is optimized, and learning is continuous.
Overview
Coastal Care Veterinary Emergency and Referral Hospital is hiring an experienced Veterinary Technician Assistant with a passion for emergency medicine and critical care. We value our support staff and highlight our VTAs as being integral. They help take X-rays, assist in surgery, run most of our lab work, help prepare prescriptions as well as provide husbandry and TLC to our patients. This position is unique with a focus on patient care, diagnostics and procedures with less administrative duties.
We work collaboratively, so it’s important that we identify someone with a cheerful and amiable disposition that shares our enthusiasm for teamwork, with a focus on solutions. The ideal candidate must be computer literate and have solid analytical and medical skills. We like to work with energetic, motivated, and communicative individuals with a strong desire to make a positive difference in the lives of pets and their people. Come and join our diverse and professional team – we look forward to hearing from you!
Technical abilities and skills:
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate with multiple specialty departments
- Solid foundation of triage, common emergencies
- Strong desire to provide the highest level of care for outpatients/walk ins, stable ER and critical cases
- Driven to continually improve and evolve through CE, mentorship, and exposure to advanced ECC procedures.
- Thrives in high-demand settings with a proactive and dependable approach
- Eager to assist with complex ICU cases such as ventilator patients and unstable metabolic emergencies
- Setting up, assisting and cleaning after surgical procedures
- Ability to think and act in emergent situations and with trauma cases
- Comfort operating multiple different softwares, cloud based medical records and troubleshooting IT issues
- Proficiency with safe handling of canine, feline and exotic animal patients with and without sedatives, proper patient placement for exams and procedures
- Capability running a high volume of in house laboratory tests from routine CBC and chemistry panels with IDEXX, to blood gas panels with Heska EPOC and Radiometer, digital cytology, blood typing and crossmatching, manual PCV/TS, V-Check and more.
- Consistency and follow through on preparing samples for shipment to outside laboratories, arranging pickup
- Safely lift and handle large dogs
- Professional comportment and proficient medical charting
Requirements:
- Preference for Graduate from a Veterinary Assistant program
- Preference of minimum 2-3 years in clinical setting.
- Prior experience working within an ER an asset
- Able to perform moderately physically demanding work that requires lifting (up to 50 pounds), cleaning, and constant motion, night shifts
Email: Jennifer Sutton, VTA Manager [email protected]
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $20-$25 based on experience/skills +$2.50/hr shift differential after midnight
Expected hours: 36hr/week even mix of days and nights, every other weekend and includes fair share of holidays
Benefits:
- 100% employer paid Manulife for medical, dental and more
- Free Employee Family Assistance Program (Telus)
- Professional Services coverage for chiropractor, physiotherapy, massage etc
- RRSP matching
- Uniform allowance
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- PTO and Vacation
- Paid holidays beyond the standard NS requirements
- CE allowance and paid time to attend
- Wellness program, staff discount and Veterinary discount pricing through Hills, RC, PPVD portals
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.00-$25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Wellness program
Experience:
- veterinary assistance: 2 years (preferred)
Work Location: In person
