Veterinary Technician

Veterinary Technician

• Part Time

The Pet Dental Clinic

Queen Creek, AZ

More than a word, care, is present in everything you do. At The Pet Dental Clinic, 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 we are

At The Pet Dental Clinic, you'll feel the warmth and openness of a small clinic, while having the opportunity and support of a united network.

The Pet Dental Clinic invests heavily in our team's growth and development. We provide an emotionally intelligent work environment and strive to maintain a positive work/life balance.

Our team is highly motivated, compassionate, and dedicated to excellent customer service and high-quality medicine.

Provide your best care with more bridges and less barriers.

The Pet Dental Clinic is looking to add a part-time Veterinary Technician.

Schedule: Staggered schedule Monday through Thursday, 8 am to 5 pm on Fridays.

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.

Our Veterinary Technicians hired for this position will be tasked with animal handling, pre-and post-operative patient care, anesthesia monitoring and understanding, dental radiographs, and professional dental cleaning including ultrasonic scaling, polishing, and use of hand instruments for subgingival scaling and perioceutic application.

Role Responsibilities:

• Obtain patient history and updates from clients and maintain accurate and complete patient medical records

• Prepare and maintain waiting room, exam rooms, treatment rooms, and surgical rooms

• Review patient instructions with clients and distribute educational materials

• Restrain patient for examination with the veterinarian.

• Obtain blood samples-cephalic/saphenous/jugular and process/submit lab work both in house and to outside labs

• Place IV catheters and assist with surgical equipment monitoring (anesthesia, ventilator, fluid pump, etc.)

• The ability to calculate medication dosages and print emergency instructions

• Administer medications that the veterinarian has prescribed.

• Assist in inventory control of medical supplies, report hospital inventory needs to the manager

• Anesthesia: induction, maintenance, monitoring and recovery.

• Dentistry skills: ultrasonic scaling, hand scaling, curetting, polishing, and general knowledge of the oral cavity, charting, AVDS abbreviations.

• Radiology skills: full mouth intraoral radiographs, ability to use digital DR and CR systems.

• Calm, comfort and properly handle animals before, during and after procedures.

• Clean, brush, remove bandages and walk patients during their visit and before they go home.

• Clean and sterilize the animal enclosures in order to prevent the spread of communicable diseases and provide a pleasant environment for the clinic's patients.

• Clean, wrap, and sterilize surgical instruments and surgical supplies (gowns, towels, etc.) in order to prevent postoperative infections.

• Have a positive and compassionate attitude with excellent skills in written and verbal communication.

• Maintain professional and courteous demeanor in challenging/stressful situations

• Work well independently and as a team member.

• Be honest, reliable and a strong leader.

• Provide CSR support when needed with greeting and checking in clients, taking phone calls, scheduling appointments, and maintaining client communications.

• Clerical duties such as filing, copying, and faxing, and checking your work email

Experience & Skills Requirements:

• 2 years of continuous veterinary technician/assistant experience (direct animal/patient care required)

• LVT, RVT, CVT is preferred!

• Pre-and post-operative patient care, anesthesia monitoring and understanding, dental radiographs and professional dental cleaning to include ultrasonic scaling, polishing and use of hand instruments for subgingival scaling

• Desire to practice empathetic, gold standard medicine benefiting our patients

• Team oriented with an ability to collaborate and support each other

• Are paw-sitive, kind and provide trustworthy communication to the patients, team members and clients.

• Have the desire to constantly grow and advance as a veterinary technician!

You'll Grow with Us

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

• And, with so many locations nationwide, you can find and move into any specialty, hospital type, or environment. Join us and provide your best care at a clinic that is deeply rooted within its community and bolstered by the resources of Thrive Pet Healthcare.

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:

• Quality medical, dental, and vision insurance plus health savings account and flexible spending account

• Pet perks including free exams, discounts on products and services, and more at all Thrive Pet Healthcare locations

• Generously subsidized backup and ongoing care support for children, adults, and pets

• Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions

• 401k with employer contribution and no waiting period

• Continuing education and development support through our library of free CE courses and paid time off to complete

• Scholarship opportunities and student loan support program

and so much more!

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.

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