Large Animal Clinic Ambulatory Patient Care Technician; ANML HEALTH TCHN VMTH

Overview

#CA-PS Want to be part of the most innovative veterinary team in the country? We are looking for a Large Animal Ambulatory Patient Care technician to work alongside our world leading faculty clinicians and technicians, helping them teach the next generation of veterinarians while also serving the animals and pet owners of our community.

As Part Of The Top Ranked UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital Team, Our Technicians Are Provided With The Following Benefits:

• Vacation – earn three weeks per year
• 14 paid Holidays annually
• Sick Leave – eligible to earn up to 8 hours per month (no maximum)
• Competitive pay
• Shift Differentials
• $650 Continuing Education annual allowance
• 40 hours Paid CE annually (pro-rated based on appointment %)
• $100 monthly stipend for RVTs
• Wellness and on-site Employee Assistance Program
• Scrubs provided and laundered at no cost to the employee

Under supervision of the Large Animal Manager provide technical support for the LAC and Ambulatory services. Receive, handle, lead, lunge & restrain patients. Patients are primarily equines, but may include llamas, alpacas & other large domestic farm animals. Lead horses while jogging/walking for gait evaluation. Perform aseptic preparation of joints & areas for local nerve blocks or joint injections. Place IV catheters, collect samples & perform diagnostic testing, administer medical treatments, monitor patients, maintain accurate medical records & capture and document charges.

Maintain supplies & equipment, restock service trucks, clean & disinfect work areas & equipment. Perform all duties in a way that does not result in actual or potential exposure of patients or personnel to infectious disease agents. Instruct students.

• Must possess a Veterinary Assistant Controlled Substance Permit (VACSP) or obtain within 3 months of date of hire.
• Required to hold a valid California driver's license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies/procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program
• No educational requirement.
• Experience handling, restraining, and working with horses and other livestock (healthy, sick, sedated, fractious) of all types and temperaments to ensure safety and effectiveness & anticipate potential problem horses & dangerous situations.
• Experience with medications, drugs, and fluids commonly used in horses and livestock and performing mathematical calculations to calculate doses.
• Experience with equine and livestock, husbandry, anatomy, behavior, and basic physiology to identify and describe abnormal physical signs and appearances.
• Experience monitoring patient vital signs and administering PO, IV, SQ, and IM medications.
• Oral and written communication and interpersonal skills to interact with a diverse group of people to include clients, veterinarians, students and staff.
• Skill to recognize and handle difficult/unpleasant situations and/or individuals and using problem solving skills and work effectively to achieve timely progress on multiple simultaneous projects while maintaining a high level of productivity.

• Current CA Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) license.
• Experience using VMACS, following VMTH patient care SOPs, safety and Infectious Disease Control protocols.
• Experience with endoscopic procedures setup, use, sample collection, image capture, processing/disinfection etc.
• Experience providing treatments on patients with life threatening illness or injury based upon clinician's orders, and ability to provide technical assistance to clinician during life threatening situations including skill to perform CPR on neonatal large animal patients.

• 80% - Technical Support for Large Animal Clinic Ambulatory Service & Patient Care
• 15% - Stock Field Service Headquarters
• 5% - Infection Disease Control and Sanitation

The Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) is a unit that provides clinical case material in support of the teaching programs throughout the School of Veterinary Medicine on a 24-hour basis. Its primary objectives are to train professional (veterinary) students,…