Veterinary Technician, RVT

At Apex Veterinary Specialists Ophthalmology, our mission keeps us focused on what is important – helping people and pets live their best lives. We strongly believe that embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion into our culture and talent processes gives our employees a sense of belonging. We respect, train, and provide an independent and gratifying work environment for our technical staff. Here, our team members are ALL an integral part of providing high-quality medicine and customer service. Our RVT team is among the best in Colorado and our team approach to client service and patient care is one of our strengths. We are an outpatient surgical center.

We are currently looking for the right RVT to join our team. The skillset required is, quick-learning, self-motivated, critical thinking, must care about cleanliness and attention to detail, able to receive and provide feedback, enjoys working with people as well as animals, comfortable with computers and electronic medical records, enjoys being busy, responsible, honest, and conducts themselves in a professional manner.

Requirements

Technical skills should include but are not limited to:

• Anesthesia drug knowledge and plan preparation
• Anesthesia experience: induction, maintenance, monitoring, and recovery
• Confident in setting up, running, and monitoring anesthesia
• Venipuncture and phlebotomy
• Administration of Medications PO, SQ, IM, IV
• Proficient in medical math
• Provide high-quality nursing care to pre-op and post-op patients
• Well-developed animal handling and restraint skills
• Work directly with owners from check-in to check out
• Superb communication skills with both clients and other staff
• Must thrive in a team environment
• Prepares the treatment area for procedures, including preparation and sterilization of surgical instruments and supplies
• Proper Use of Laboratory Tools for internal and external testing, such as PCV, BG, PT/PTT, In-hospital CBC and Chemistries
• Overall cleanliness of facilities and takes pride in this

Benefits:

• Health Care Plan (Medical with HSA optional, Dental & Vision)
• 401K
• Short Term Disability
• Paid Time Off (Vacation & Public Holidays) - for eligible positions only
• Discounted Veterinary Care (within our scope of practice)
• CE allowance - for eligible positions
• Opportunity to make an impact in your community by helping animals and their caretakers while working alongside a great team of people

Qualifications:

• Completion of an accredited veterinary school (preferred)
• Current CVT/RVT license (Required)
• Veterinary Anesthesia Experience: 1 years (Required)
• Veterinary Technician Experience: 1 year (Required)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $ $35.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Continuing education credits
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Health savings