Veterinary Technician - Specialty Departments

Advanced Veterinary Care (AVC) is a brand new state-of-the-art urgent care and specialty hospital located in the beautiful and always growing city of Orlando, Florida. What sets AVC apart is that we are dedicated to providing innovative, compassionate care through a collaborative approach while promoting a positive work environment and advocating for employee well-being.

Advanced Veterinary Care is Central Florida’s newest, privately owned urgent care and specialty hospital opening early 2023. We are seeking someone who is a great communicator, able to prioritize tasks, is detail oriented, enjoys a fast-paced collaborative environment between the urgent care and specialty departments. We are looking for candidates that’s the “right fit” - ones that match our core values and help build a positive work environment.

Advanced Veterinary Care’s core values:

Compassion :
We approach every pet and their family with care and empathy.

Advancement :
We seek to improve the lives of pets and their families through the latest treatment, education, and meeting and exceeding the current standards of veterinary care.

Respect : to encompass the best interest for our patients, their families, and our employees. Communicating honestly and building trust.

Excellence :
Setting the standard for all aspects of patient care, client service, and collaborative medicine. Through dedication and teamwork, to provide the highest level of care for you and your pets.

Collaboration :
Teaching, learning, and consulting with team members and colleagues in our community. To establish and expand the use of best practices. Discussing solutions within and beyond the team to provide the best care and positive outcomes for our patients.

Specialty Technician Job Purpose:

• Increase efficiency of the doctor staff by providing care and support to patients, clients, and hospital staff.

• Provide excellent medical support and compassionate care for patients and clients.

• Act as a point of communication between clients and internal hospital staff regarding the status of patients in hospital.

As an Internal Medicine Veterinary Technician, you will:

• Review medical records, prep for internal medicine appointments and procedures. Other administrative tasks such as client callbacks, medications refills, preparing estimates, invoicing (although the service will have their own dedicated coordinator that will share much of the administrative tasks).
• Induce, maintain, and monitor patients under anesthesia.
• The internal medicine candidates will work alongside urgent care/hospitalization technicians and assistants in providing patient care for inpatients.
• Assist with procedures, cleaning, and maintenance of endoscopic and ultrasound equipment.
• The service will have dedicated technician appointments, the candidate should feel comfortable working independently with these appointments ((which may involve client education and demos for insulin administration, using feeding tubes, glucose (traditional or interstitial)) curves, SQ fluids.
• Perform diagnostic imaging including digital radiographs, CT scans and basic laboratory tasks (running blood work, prepping, and reviewing microscopic slides). Processing and packing samples for diagnostic lab (including digital cytology).

As a Surgery Veterinary Technician, you will:

• Provide nursing care to patients according to hospital standards of care and core values.
• Review medical records, develop anesthetic protocol and develop post operative treatment plan with our surgeon and discharge patients.
• Prepare patients for surgery including clipping, prepping and positioning for surgery.
• Intubating and monitoring of patients under general anesthesia.
• Perform diagnostic imaging including digital radiographs, CT scans and digital cytology.
• Basic knowledge of surgical packs, sterilization protocols and instrumentation.

Expectations / Requirements

• Prior veterinary experience is required. Previous experience working in a specialty/referral hospital preferred.
• Proficient in drug calculation and strong anesthetic skills.
• The candidate should be confident with phlebotomy, placing iv catheters, nasogastric tubes, radiographs, processing in house…