Must have experience as a veterinary technician at a previous veterinary practice (preferably small animal). Veterinary experience is required for this position. We do not train our nurses the basic veterinary technician skills such as blood draws, catheter placement, anesthetic monitoring, etc. We do require that anyone hiring for this position do a working interview to show us that these skills are in place. We do train how WE monitor anesthesia, how WE read records, how WE fill medications. We follow AAHA guidelines for canine vaccines and AAFP guidelines for feline vaccines (we suggest you read up on these protocols prior to your interview!). We do require our technicians to test "out" of certain tasks before you are authorized to perform them-for example, you may have monitored anesthesia for 20 years, but we will train you on how WE monitor anesthesia, you will take a written test and will assist with a "practical" before we ever schedule you to monitor anesthesia alone. This is ultimately for the safety of our patients, but also our way of ensuring you are comfortable with a task before being asked to do it. While we don't train what we deem "Basic Tasks" of a nurse, we do spend a lot of time "teaching". You will have CE courses, the doctors will show you things and help you to gain a better knowledge of why things are done. Client communication is key and we expect our nurses to educate our clients on important topics, such as vaccine protocols, heartworm testing and prevention, labwork/senior labwork, chronic drug monitoring, and intestinal parasite testing. We are always seeking talented, experienced and dedicated individuals to join our nursing team.
