Veterinary Assistant ER

VCA Animal Hospitals • Full-time • Downers Grove, Illinois, United States • USD $18 - USD $28 / hour • 2w ago

VCA Arboretum View Animal Hospital has opportunities available for experienced Veterinary Assistants to join our fast-paced, AAHA-accredited, 24-hour emergency, specialty referral, and general practice.!

Location :2551 Warrenville Rd, Downers Grove, IL 60515

Compensation : $ 18 - $ 28 / hr

Schedule : FT

Position overview:

Veterinary Assistants will primarily work alongside our ER and ICU technicians to assist in providing patient care. Veterinary Assistants must be motivated and dedicated workers with a strong work ethic, excellent client communication skills and well demonstrated professionalism. This position does require candidates to be able to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment, multi-task and demonstrate attention to detail while handling heavy caseloads. Specialties include: Oncology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Emergency and Critical Care. We are currently hiring for: Emergency/Critical Care

The Emergency and Critical Care position(s) is full time position. Schedules are offered in three 12 hour shifts per week, or four 10 hour shifts per week. Schedule does include some weekends and holidays. Schedules for ER are on a rotating schedule, with required weekend shifts every other weekend.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Requirements:

Dependable attendance is required
Telephone and computer skills are necessary
Client communication and education
Husbandry
Efficiency – organize daily duties and procedures to best utilize staff’s time.
Flexibility – working to ensure that the job is done properly
Medical records – charges, medical history, medications, laboratory reports, etc.
Radiology – x-ray technique and safety
Assisting technicians in diagnostics
Pharmacy – familiarity with drugs, creating labels, filling prescriptions

Why Join Us?

We are passionate about supporting our associates and are committed to your continuing education and personal career development. At VCA we are committed to equity, inclusion, and diversity, and strive to be a place where a talented mix of people want to come, stay, and do their best work. We support a work environment where you can focus on your career, your happiness, and the patients you serve. Compensation is negotiable based on education, experience, and other relevant credentials. The pay range for this position is $20 to $24/ hour.

If you are a current associate, you will need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.

Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com

If you are a current associate, you will need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.

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