Companion Animal Welfare Alliance / PawPrints Spay/Neuter Clinic
Registered Veterinary Technician
Chico, CA
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Part time
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Assist with spays/neuters of stray & feral cats
About Companion Animal Welfare Alliance / PawPrints Spay/Neuter Clinic
PawPrints Spay/Neuter Clinic is under the 501c3 umbrella of Companion Animal Welfare Alliance. Our focus at our Clinic is spaying/neutering as many free-roaming cats as possible. We only alter cats, so no dogs, and most of our cats are in traps.
Description
- Must have competency in the skills required for veterinary technician licensure.
- General animal husbandry and/or specific veterinary experience is required.
- Employees must be able to respond calmly and quickly to frequent auditory signals, warnings, or communication from other staff, animals or medical equipment.
- Must be able to make independent, common sense decisions and solve complex problems.
- Perform multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
- Perform physical duties include repetitive standing, walking, bending, twisting, and some lifting up to 50lbs.
- Must be able to grasp, hold and manipulate objects.
- Must be able to observe abnormal behaviors and physical problems in patients.
- Technicians must be able to operate and maintain equipment pertinent to carrying out their duties, including but not limited to anesthesia equipment.
- Technicians must be able to perform, teach and supervise all the duties of a Veterinarian Assistant as described in the Veterinarian Assistant Job Description.
- Assist in training and supervision of Technician student interns and new Technicians.
- Promote a positive attitude and demonstrate a commitment to the vision/mission of the practice.
- Make suggestions for how to improve practice protocols.
- Assess patient status, review patient plan, perform hospitalized patient’s treatments according to the veterinarian’s orders and document such activity.
- Monitor patients for vomit, blood, urine and feces in the cage. Note incidents in the medical record.
- Monitor changes in patients’ conditions. Alert the veterinarian to significant changes.
- Know common disease states and alert the veterinarian when symptoms change or when concerns arise with hospitalized patients.
- Anticipate what the veterinarian will need for surgeries and do everything you can to set up and assist the doctor.
- Manage emergency patient care and alert the veterinarian as soon as possible.
- Be able to recognize signs and degrees of pain and discomfort.
- Understand the medications and methods used to control pain.
- Perform emergency procedures including initiation of treatment, control of hemorrhage, establishing an airway by intubation and providing ventilation with oxygen, performing external cardiac massage, applying temporary bandages or splints and clipping and cleaning wounds.
- Recognize patients with potentially contagious diseases and follow isolation procedures.
- Be familiar with zoonotic diseases.
- Safely and humanely restrain patients.
- Perform common outpatient procedures (i.e. nail trims, ear cleanings, etc.)
- Assist with humane euthanasia as requested.
- Properly calculate medication volumes and rates of administration.
- Administer injectable, topical and oral medications to patient.
- Perform venipuncture and place IV catheters and administer IV fluids according to the veterinarian’s orders.
- Properly implant microchips and test their functionality.
- Be skilled in applying a variety of bandages.
- Recognize and bring to the veterinarian’s attention any abnormalities.
- Understand aseptic principles and apply them at all times to surgical patients, instruments, equipment and rooms.
- Knowledge of various anesthetic agents and their use in different patients.
- Operate, interpret and maintain vital signs equipment and other general surgical equipment (vital signs monitor, surgical table, electrosurgical units, suction, etc.)
- Operate and maintain anesthetic machines with closed- and open-circuit anesthetic systems.
- Maintain oxygen supply and assure use of scavenger system.
- Knowledge of commonly used analgesics and resuscitative medications.
- Properly calculate emergency medication volumes.
- Administer injectable and gas anesthesia according to standard practice protocols.
Salary
$35 - $35 per hour