Licensed Veterinary Technician; LVT

Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT) at NVA General Practice. This role involves assisting the veterinarians in the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery; in-patient and out-patient care; technician examinations; laboratory duties; treatments; drug dosages and dispensing; surgery duties; dentistry; medical record notation and maintenance; housekeeping duties throughout the facility; administrative duties; inventory; OSHA awareness and compliance; exceptional customer service and maintaining a practical knowledge of the hospital's procedures, services and policies.

The expected manner of every team member is to maintain a professional demeanor at all times, use appropriate medical terminology, and support practice ownership, management and fellow team members at all times.

• Bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, standing/walking on tile floor up to 10 hours a day; typing, writing, balancing, twisting, squatting and rotating throughout the day.
• Moving animals from cage to cage, floor to floor, room to room. Restraining animals up to 200 pounds intermittently; lifting animals up to 50 pounds and lifting animals over 50 pounds with help.
• Maintain an alertness level to stay safe from possible danger; resilience after disappointment or constructive feedback; compassion; following ethical guidelines; keen observation for patient care; strong reading/writing/record-keeping skills; ability to negotiate with difficult people and solve problems; ability to make rational and effective decisions.
• Maintain a team-oriented attitude, offer and seek assistance when needed, keep a positive professional outlook, and avoid gossip or negative observations that could affect the team.
• Attend staff meetings and participate in hospital functions such as open houses, community events and special events. Be prepared to present topics at occasional staff meetings.

• Admit patients for in-patient or out-patient procedures; perform technician exams according to hospital procedure; fill prescriptions written and authorized by a DVM; take vital signs and prepare vaccines.
• Collect lab samples (urine via free catch or cystocentesis, phlebotomy, feces, skin scrapings, etc.); prepare samples to send out or perform in-house tests; maintain the laboratory log and equipment.
• Perform all patient treatments ordered by the attending DVM (medicating, TPR, close observation and charting, monitor intensive care patients, take and develop x-rays, use IV pumps, monitors, dental machines, intra-oral radiology and anesthesia machines).
• Induce anesthesia and intubate, monitor anesthesia, assess anesthetic risk and communicate clearly to DVM; prepare patient for surgery using hospital procedure; assist surgeon; calculate drug dosages related to surgery/treatment/anesthesia/critical care/emergency; keep thorough surgery logs/sheets/anesthesia records.
• Maintain all surgical equipment, surgery packs, surgical inventory, cold trays and the surgery prep room and surgery suite.
• Clean, scale and polish teeth with dental machine and hand instruments; hospitalization procedures; injections and fluid therapy.

• Be well versed in hospital software, medical record charting, surgical monitoring charts, dental charts, hospitalized patient charts; keep thorough, legible and professional notes in each.
• Record TPRs, medical history, patient status, procedures, treatments, findings, lab results, surgical notes, pre-surgical findings, anesthetic risk, medications given or dispensed and discharge/homecare instructions.
• Thoroughly record conversations with clients including all recommendations, declined recommendations or treatments.

• Noise exposure from barking dogs and machinery.
• Risk of being bitten or scratched.
• Exposure to various risks including toxoplasmosis, anesthesia gases, chemotherapy drugs, radiation, OSHA-listed chemicals, rabies and euthanasia drugs, and compassion fatigue.

• Administrative duties:
  Filing, chart retrieval, invoicing, faxing, copying, generating reports from software, answering phones, scheduling, and stocking the lobby.
• Housekeeping:
  Keep treatment, surgery and exam rooms clean; maintain equipment; ensure cages, surfaces and floors meet hospital standards; keep the surgery suite sanitary and stocked.
• Inventory:
  Maintain/monitor and reconcile controlled drugs; manage inventory, monitor expiration dates, stock shelves, and process orders.
• OSHA & SDSs:
  Follow Right to Know OSHA requirements; know the location of SDSs and accident/injury logs and emergency numbers; ensure proper labeling.
• Miscellaneous:
  Learn veterinary software, prepare referral forms, X-rays for shipment, maintain X-ray badges, monitor building and grounds, notify management of repairs, and communicate client satisfaction concerns to management.

• Maintain license and membership in professional societies.
• Attend continuing education for technicians and…