Emergency Veterinary Assistant; Part Time - West Nashville, TN

Emergency Veterinary Assistant (Part Time) - West Nashville, TN

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.

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're ready to ensure that VEG remains the place where the best and brightest in the emergency world not only want to work, but stay and grow.

Responsibilities:

• Treat each patient and customer with the highest level of compassion & 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 & 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 veterinary nurses as a vital member of the nursing care team.

Requirements:

• Passionate and motivated individual who values learning and is a team player.
• Excellent interpersonal capabilities across a diverse group.
• Ability to adapt to new scenarios, learn new techniques, and think outside the box.
• Comfortable working with animals and people.

What We Offer:

• Industry-leading compensation.
• Generous employee pet discount.
• Referral rewards.
• Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance.
• 401K w/ company match.
• Paid parental leave.
• Unlimited Continuing Education opportunities.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Growth potential.

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