Overnight Veterinary Assistant
Who we are::
We are building something special at Newberg Veterinary Hospital, and this is your chance to be part of it! We're looking for Overnight Full and part-time veterinary technicians who bring creative ideas, critical thinking abilities, and a willingness to be the best.If this sounds like the team you’ve been looking for but thought didn’t exist, then Newberg Veterinary Hospital may be the place for you!
Newberg Veterinary Hospital is on the hunt for an experienced or licensed veterinary technician to add to their fantastic team. At Newberg Veterinary Hospital, we have a structure that makes for consistent, quality medical care, but no one has more fun in this adrenaline-filled, challenging job than we do! If this veterinary technician job sounds like the outlet you wished for but didn't believe existed – believe it. We're real and want to talk to you about your dream job with us! We also offer awesome benefits to support a healthy and rewarding work environment, including:
Financial Benefits:
- A flexible approach to compensation that will reflect your skillset and future performance
- 401(k) matching & Roth Retirement Savings Plan
- Flexible Spending Account
- 529 Savings Plan
- Tuition Support Program
- Referral bonus program
Wellness Benefits:
- Health Insurance, including medical, dental, and vision
- Supplemental insurance, including accident, critical illness, hospital, short and longterm disability, legal plan, and employee, spouse, and child-dependent life insurance
- All US-based, benefits-eligible employees with a minimum of one year of service may receive up to three weeks of full pay for the birth or adoption of a child (full-time only)
- Sick Time / Paid Time Off
- Free/discounted lab work for all employee pets
- Pet discounts on services and products
- Pet food discount program
Workplace Benefits:
- Quarterly Team Rewards Bonus Program
- Professional development opportunities
- Continuing education allowance
- Uniform allowance
Lifestyle Benefits:
- Six paid holidays
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee discount program
Our Overnight veterinary technicians and tech assistants should be ready to:
- Let your passion for pets and veterinary care shine.
- Overnight shifts from 10PM-6AM
- Grow and learn. Then learn and grow some more!
- Animal Restraint: Developing skills for restraint of patients for diagnostic procedures (i.e. ultrasonography, radiology), sample collection, assist with medical procedures. Develop skills to restrain fractious and anxious patients in a safe and humane manner.
- Animal Husbandry: Has a love of animals and can optimize their comfort in a safe and hygienic environment during treatment and hospitalization. Employee understand that ensuring patient hygiene includes cleaning kennels and they will come in to contact with urine, feces, and other bodily fluids.
- Client Communication and Relationships: Must treat clients and patients in a friendly and compassionate demeanor while respecting and maintaining professional boundaries.
- Facility Management: Ensure treatment rooms, kennels, surgical and dental suites, exam rooms, and any other areas of the hospital are kept clean and tidy. Ensure supplies are restocked, laundry is maintained, and order is unpacked.
- Computer Software knowledge: Develop proficiency in Avimark and Microsoft applications.
- Must demonstrate consistent attendance and punctuality.
- Medical Records Management: Employee must understand that record keeping is vital to proper patient care and ensures all notations are being entered into the medical record.
- Act as a liaison between Veterinarian and Veterinary Technicians to ensure continuity of patient care.
- Comply with hospital standards, rules, regulations, and policies.
- Instrument reprocessing: Understand aseptic techniques including cleaning, folding, and wrapping of all surgical materials, and instruments.
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. .
- Develop an understanding of basic veterinary topics including vaccinations, basic lab tests, common diseases, parasite prevention and treatment as well as common pet behavior.
- Maintain equipment used to complete job assignments and keeping such equipment and tools in good working condition.
- Obtaining patient history (including, but not limited to, collecting prior veterinary records, vaccine histories, etc.)
- Answer phones as required.
- Attendance of all scheduled staff meetings and employee evaluations
- Be empathetic to our clients, coworkers, and yourself.
- Be willing to be part of a workplace where truly appreciating each other is more than some motivational poster on the wall.
- Grow as a professional and encourage the growth of others.
What’s in it for you:
- Employee benefits that strengthen both the body and the mind
- Opportunity to use your veterinary skills to better your community
- A clinic culture that celebrates your unique awesomeness!
- Mentoring and support as you grow and advance your career – The more you know,
- the better off we all are!
Think you're the veterinary technician we've been looking for? Let's find you the perfect
place in our Come join our team! We look forward to your contributions toward a
meaningful mission where you will make a difference in the lives of pets and their owners!
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values of Newberg Veterinary Hospital and Vetcor. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning
environment for all employees. Every team member enriches our diversity by exposing us to
various ways to understand and engage with the world. That's why we're committed to a workplace culture where employees are comfortable being their authentic selves, feel a
complete sense of belonging, and are empowered to reach their highest potential.