Emergency Veterinary Assistant Clifton, NJ

Overview

Emergency Veterinary Assistant (Full Time) – Clifton, NJ. VEG is a rapidly growing emergency company with hospital locations across the United States. Our mission is helping people and their pets when they need it most, with a customer-first, employee-centric work environment.

VEG is committed to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to provide a supportive workplace where the best and brightest in the emergency field can grow and stay with the company.

• Treat each patient and customer with the highest level of compassion and care.
• Perform basic to intermediate nursing care tasks, patient monitoring, and treatments.
• Use understanding of common diseases and conditions, physical assessment, and monitoring parameters to triage incoming patients.
• Administer subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous medications and understand potential adverse effects.
• Set up, monitor, and administer intravenous fluid therapy including constant rate infusions and blood transfusion therapy.
• Contribute as a team member to ongoing outpatient and inpatient care.
• Participate in patient rounds to ensure continuity of care.
• Be trained to properly perform CPR as a RECOVER Certified Rescuer.
• Collect samples and perform diagnostic tests including in-house/point-of-care tests and diagnostic imaging.
• Assist in setting up, performing, and monitoring sedation and surgical anesthesia with supervision.
• Perform nursing care tasks such as placing and maintaining urinary catheters and nasal oxygen tubes, and related procedures.
• Set up, maintain, and troubleshoot oxygen cages and other oxygen delivery methods.
• Work alongside licensed veterinary technicians as a key member of the nursing care team.
• Obtain additional training along guided growth pathways offering roles beyond direct nursing care (e.g., veterinary technician credentialing, trainer roles, community outreach, leadership).

Veterinary Assistants can additionally (where permitted by law):

• Administer, monitor, and maintain patients under general anesthesia with or without mechanical ventilation.
• Perform advanced vascular access techniques including jugular catheter placement, sampling line placement, central line placement, intraosseous catheterization, and arterial catheterization.
• Perform advanced diagnostic techniques including ultrasonography and paracentesis.
• Participate in formulating treatment, anesthetic, and nursing care plans.
• Obtain additional training along guided growth pathways offering roles such as trainer, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.

• Industry-leading compensation
• Exposure to the latest equipment and technology
• Generous employee pet discount
• Referral rewards
• Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• 401K with company match
• Paid parental leave up to 10 weeks
• Unlimited Continuing Education opportunities
• Flexible work schedules for work-life balance
• Growth potential

VEG celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We look forward to meeting you.