Emergency Credentialed Veterinary Technician; Per Diem - Overland Park, KS

Emergency Credentialed Veterinary Technician (Per Diem) - Overland Park, KS

Join VEG ER for Pets> as an Emergency Credentialed Veterinary Technician. This role is per diem and located in Overland Park, KS.

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.

Apply a patient‑centered approach while performing treatments, making patient assessments, and all other aspects of patient care. This role promotes learning and growth as an emergency veterinary technician, providing opportunities for advancement toward a Veterinary Technician Specialist certification and participating in the coordination of care.

You are a credentialed veterinary technician. You are passionate, motivated, a team player, honest, respectful, and love working with animals and people. You are comfortable adapting to new scenarios, willing to learn new techniques, and think outside the box. You have excellent interpersonal capabilities, a positive attitude, and strong communication skills with peers, customers, and the team.

• 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.
• Set‑up, monitor, and administer intravenous fluid therapy, including constant rate infusions and blood transfusion therapy.
• Contribute 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.
• Perform nursing care tasks such as placing and/or maintaining urinary catheters, nasoenteral tubes, nasal oxygen tubes, chest and abdominal tubes.
• Set up, maintain, and troubleshoot oxygen cages and other oxygen administration techniques.

• 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.
• Conduct treatments using clinical decision‑making skills according to protocolized plans.
• Aid in managing patient care workload to ensure uncompromised care.
• Coach and guide veterinary assistants and veterinary nurses to maintain standards of care and encourage growth.
• Collaborate and share knowledge with teammates to ensure optimal patient care.
• Obtain additional training along guided growth pathways offering roles in addition to direct nursing care such as VTS certification, trainer role, coordination of care, community outreach, and leadership.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Credentialed as a veterinary technician (CVT, RVT, LVT, LVMT) in the location of the VEG practiceli>
• Veterinary technician specialist (VTS) certification is an additional consideration.
• Basic computer skills to use practice management, electronic medical record, and collaboration software.
• 1+ years of experience in a veterinary technician role; experience in emergency or specialty medicine preferred.
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and electronic) with the team and with customers.
• Fine motor skills adequate for utilizing hospital equipment necessary daily such as syringes, electric clippers, computers, surgery instruments, monitors, diagnostic equipment, etc.
• Ability to stand for prolonged hours, kneel,…