VEG ER for Pets · 4 months ago
Emergency Veterinary Nursing Trainer - Carle Place, NY
Carle Place, New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$34/hr - $60/hrVeterinary Emergency Group (VEG) is a rapidly growing emergency company dedicated to providing exceptional care for pets and their owners. The Emergency Veterinary Nursing Trainer will be responsible for coordinating training programs, assessing nursing staff competencies, and facilitating educational opportunities within the hospital to promote professional growth and patient-centered care.
Customer ServiceEmergency MedicineHealth CarePetVeterinary
Responsibilities
Coordinate with nursing leadership in your hospital to identify both individual and team training needs
Continually assess Assistants and Nurses to determine competency of skills through in-person observations and content knowledge evaluations, leading to advancement in the VEG Cultivate level system. This will be both through direct assessments and through creating a team of qualified individuals who can help with the volume of assessment
Implement VEG training programs within your hospital and act as point person for these programs (i.e. New ER Nurse)
Autonomously manage your time between on-the-floor mentoring and dedicated time in setting strategy to develop nursing care teams
Facilitate in-person training for Assistants and Nurses at your hospital based on identified hospital needs. This includes both providing direct 1:1 training to team members and setting up peer training opportunities within your team
Collaborating through your network and with your RND, you maximize opportunities for your hospital VEGgies, and those in your VEG community to expand educational outreach
Work with Nursing Education to discuss program development, training objectives, and additional needs
Provide educational opportunities for the nursing team, such as webinars, labs, workshops
Engage in self-reflection and program evaluation practices to modify and enhance the assistant and technician leveling program
Ensure all training content and activities are in alignment with VEGs culture, mission, and vision, and represents accurate, up-to-date emergency medicine and standards of care
Divide time with roughly 70-80% of time providing direct training and 20-30% of time on administrative/organizational work
Assist in developing curricular materials such as powerpoints, videos, simulations, and assessments to be implemented across the assistant and technician training program
Qualification
Required
Credentialed as a veterinary technician (CVT, RVT, LVT, LVMT) in the location of the VEG practice with experience in emergency medicine
A love for teaching and nurturing growth in fellow veterinary technicians and assistants
Modeling the way towards a culture of learning
Comfortable mentoring others and ability to give and receive feedback from colleagues and mentees
Flexibility in your schedule to be able to work with VEGgies on various shifts
The right attitude: Positive, upbeat, excited. Flexible to change (adapt and pivot)
Ability to recognize and celebrate other VEGgies' successes when you see it
Ability to coordinate training projects with multiple teams
Happy to help support newer VEG veterinarians in their skills training, as requested
Willingness to travel within local region to surrounding VEG Hospitals
Willingness and eager to continue to grow as a nurse through developing personal skills and knowledge
Preferred
Certified as a Veterinary Technician Specialist in ECC is strongly preferred
VTS in Internal Medicine and Anesthesia also preferred with requisite experience in ECC
Previous experience in a training role or training veterinary technicians preferred
Benefits
Generous employee pet discount
Referral rewards - tell your friends why they should come work for VEG too!
Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
401K w/ company match
Paid parental leave - up to 10 weeks of paid leave at 100% of regular salary
Unlimited Continuing Education opportunities - we want to help you grow in your career!
Flexible work schedules for a true work-life balance
Growth potential
Groceries sent to the hospitals weekly for the staff to enjoy, monthly and quarterly contests, quarterly hospital outings, company-wide retreats, etc!
Company
VEG ER for Pets
In 2014, VEG was born with a mission to help people and their pets when they need it most.
Founded in 2014
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$100M2021-09-22Series C· $100M
Leadership Team
Anna Foster, DVM
Chief of Staff to the CEO
David Bessler
Founder, CEO
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