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Veterinary Practice Partners · 3 months ago

Licensed Veterinary Technician

Pooler Veterinary Hospital is a family-oriented veterinary practice seeking a full-time Licensed Veterinary Technician to provide skilled care to patients and exceptional service to clients. The role involves client communication, animal handling, and maintaining accurate patient records while supporting the hospital's commitment to high standards of veterinary medicine.

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Responsibilities

Client Communication: Provide status updates for hospitalized patients, home care instructions, pre- and post-op instructions, and medication administration guidance. Address client medical questions with confidence and direct complex inquiries to veterinarians
Client Education & Support: Educate clients on preventative medicine, wellness care by age, vaccine requirements, laboratory procedures, and support hospital financial policies by preparing estimates and discussing financial commitments
Customer Service: Greet clients, escort them and their pets into exam rooms, ensure smooth transitions to the front desk, and promote the practice’s products, programs, and services
Animal Handling & Care: Restrain animals safely and compassionately, assist veterinarians in medical, surgical, and dental procedures, prepare patients for surgery, administer anesthesia, monitor patients during surgery and recovery, and administer fluids
Facility & Equipment Maintenance: Properly care for all surgical materials, maintain hospital equipment and inventory, and ensure the surgery room, ICU area, exam rooms, and treatment areas are prepared and maintained
Record Keeping: Maintain accurate and detailed patient records using a paperless medical record system, ensuring all procedures, vaccinations, and notes are documented for proper billing
Pharmacy Assistance: Assist with dispensing medications as directed by the veterinarian, prepare prescription labels, and appropriately package medication
Safety & Technical Skills: Follow DEA, OSHA, and hospital safety guidelines; administer SQ, IM, and IV injections; perform laboratory tests, radiographs, and electrocardiograms; place IV catheters; perform emergency treatments such as bleeding control and external cardiac massage

Qualification

Licensed Veterinary TechnicianAnimal HandlingDisease StatesSafety Guidelines FamiliarityClient CommunicationCustomer ServiceRecord KeepingPharmacy AssistanceTechnical Skills

Required

Licensed as a Veterinary Technician (LVT)
Ability to handle animals safely and compassionately
Knowledgeable about common disease states and able to alert veterinarians to changes in patient conditions
Familiarity with DEA, OSHA, and hospital safety guidelines

Preferred

Also open to new graduates from an accredited vet tech program

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Retirement
Employee pet discount
Paid time off
Paid holidays
PTO
Continuing education for our licensed veterinary technicians

Company

Veterinary Practice Partners

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Veterinary Practice Partners partners with veterinarians and their teams to enhance their ability to provide companion animal care.

H1B Sponsorship

Veterinary Practice Partners has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2024 (1)
2022 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$10M
Key Investors
Audax Private EquityPamlico CapitalDeerfield
2021-12-06Private Equity
2016-08-01Private Equity
2011-01-01Series Unknown· $10M

Leadership Team

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John McDonough
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
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Christopher Laws
Chief Financial Officer
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