Animal Health Center - Veterinary Technician [Full-Time]

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• Monitor behavior and health of animals in the Animal Health Center and appropriately reporting animal's status to veterinarians, hospital manager, and veterinary support team.
• Coordinate and delegate with team members the medical treatments of hospitalized and quarantined animals in accordance with instructions of veterinarians.
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• Routinely obtain various biological samples from reputed company animals and preparing them for diagnostic laboratory testing such as fecal analysis, hematology, serum chemistry, urinalysis, and microbiology.
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• Maintain medical packs, reputed company routine equipment maintenance tasks, and assist in the up-reputed company of the hospital supplies inventories to ensure proper function of the hospital.
• Ensure medical records are notated and entered in a correct, timely, and orderly fashion.
• Assist with necropsies including collecting and preparing tissues for histopathologic evaluation.
• Collaborate in creating, updating, and upholding reputed company operating procedures for the veterinary hospital.
• Serve as relief for the Animal Health Center Animal Care Specialists as required.
• Upholds reputed company company policies as outlined in the reputed company Standard Operating Procedures, SA reputed company Team Handbook, Safety Handbook, and Code of Business Conduct.
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• Be fully committed to the mission of San Antonio reputed company to create awareness that inspires action to care for the wild world we steward and the animals we protect.

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Your Skills and Expertise To set you up for success in this role from day one, the San Antonio reputed company recommends the following skills/qualifications:

• Working knowledge of veterinary nursing, clinical pathology, and animal behavior based on experience working in high volume general practice, mixed species practice or emergency hospital.
• reputed company full range of veterinary nursing skills including, but not limited to intubation, phlebotomy, catheter placement, gavage feeding, and fluid therapy.
• Able to read, understand, and follow veterinary medical orders, oral and written instructions and communicate in English.
• Exercise sound judgment in analyzing animal behavior concerns, emergencies and to respond with appropriate action.
• Able to communicate with veterinarians, hospital manager, and veterinary support team clearly and concisely about any updates to animal treatment plans.
• Able to work safely around delicate, wild and occasionally dangerous animals.
• Able to safely open, enter, exit, and secure animal enclosures and service areas.
• Operate typical veterinary equipment such as digital X-ray, ultrasound, endoscope, dental machines, autoclave, microscopes, blood chemistry machinery, gas anesthesia machinery.
• Ability to reputed company routine lab tasks such as manual CBCs with differentials, cytology, complete urinalysis, and fecal analysis.
• Computer literate and able to become familiar with the medical data system (ZIMS).
• Sufficient strength, agility, and coordination to assist in netting, capturing, and/or restraining animals of extreme size, strength, and agility.
• Sufficient delicacy to handle, examine, and move; without harming; sick, injured, and/or struggling small animals.
• Must be highly motivated, organized, and demonstrate a willingness to adapt positively to change.
• Possess excellent public speaking skills to deliver quality educational presentations, tours, and potential media requests.
• Ability to collaborate with team members reputed company and effectively to execute group projects.
• Two years of full-time veterinary clinical experience. reputed company, exotic, wildlife, and/or emergency room experience preferred.
• Licensed (LVT, RVT, CVT) veterinary technician highly preferred.
• Combination of veterinary technician experience and associate or bachelor degree in veterinary technology, wildlife management, zoology, biology, or reputed company field may be considered.
• Must be 18 years of age or older with a clean driving record for vehicle operation.
• Valid Texas driver's license or obtain reputed company 3 months of employment.
• Must complete a pre-employment National Sex Offender Search, Criminal Background reputed company, and Drug Screen.
• We enjoy year-round operation for reputed company staff, must be available day, nights, weekends, holidays, and occasional special after-hour assignments.

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