Emergency Veterinary Assistant; Relief - Franklin, TN

Emergency Veterinary Assistant (Relief) - Franklin, TN

Apply for the Emergency Veterinary Assistant (Relief) role at VEG ER for Pets
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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. We are revolutionizing emergency medicine with a “customer first” mentality and a true, employee‑centric work environment.

At VEG, we want people and their pets to feel safe, secure, and valued; we want our employees to feel the same way. With the highest NPS score in our industry, we are recognized as one of the best places to work. VEG is one of this year’s nominees for INC Magazine’s Best Places to Work.

You are passionate and motivated, value learning and are a team player who is honest and respectful to your peers. You love working with animals and people, adapt to new scenarios, and have a positive attitude. You demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to accomplish assigned tasks and ask for assistance when needed.

• 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 accurately triage incoming patients.
• Administer subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous medications and understand potential adverse effects of medications.
• Set up, monitor, and administer intravenous fluid therapy including constant‑rate infusions and blood transfusion therapy.
• Contribute as a team member to incoming outpatient care and ongoing inpatient care.
• Participate in giving and receiving patient rounds to ensure continuity of care.
• Be trained to properly perform all aspects of CPR as a RECOVER Certified Rescuer.
• Collect samples and perform diagnostic tests including in‑house and point‑of‑care tests and diagnostic imaging.
• Assist in setting up, performing, monitoring sedation and surgical anesthesia with LVT or DVM supervision.
• Perform nursing care tasks such as placing and maintaining urinary catheters and nasal oxygen tubes.
• Set up, maintain, and troubleshoot oxygen cages and other oxygen administration techniques.
• Work alongside licensed veterinary technicians as a vital member of the nursing care team.
• Obtain additional training along guided growth pathways offering roles such as veterinary technician credentialing, trainer role, community outreach, and leadership.

Veterinary Assistants can additionally (where permitted by law):

• Administer, monitor, and maintain patients under general anesthesia with or without mechanical ventilation for patients with varied levels of risk.
• 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 beyond direct nursing care such as a trainer role, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.

• Industry‑leading compensation
• State‑of‑the‑art equipment and technology
• Generous employee pet discount
• Referral rewards
• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid parental leave – up to 10 weeks at 100% of salary
• Unlimited continuing education opportunities
• Flexible work schedules
• Growth potential
• Weekly grocery deliveries, contests, outings, and retreats
• Fun workplace culture

VEG celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an equal opportunity employer.

Entry level

Full‑time

Health Care Provider

Veterinary Services

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