Veterinary Assistant - Surgery

BluePearl Pet Hospital is hiring an exceptional Veterinary Assistant to join our Surgery Department.

Are you committed and passionate about enriching lives through remarkable care for pets?

Do you thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rewarding work environment?

Are you a team player who enjoys working together on a team to provide quality care for pets?

Pay : $17.00-$25.00 / hourly

A BluePearl Surgery Assistant will be responsible for some post-operative client communication and must be able to work independently while contributing to a larger team goal. Prefer to have a minimum of two or more years of experience in a veterinary hospital.

As a Surgery Veterinary Assistant, you will :

Outpatient Assistant

Assist in admitting patients to the hospital for surgical procedures; restrain for IV catheter placement and enter vitalsinto practice software

Facilitate new consults and recheck exams; speak to clients, obtain patient history, restrain for diagnostics including blood draws, radiographs, and bandage changes

Discharge post-op patients from the hospital, answer client calls and address questions while serving as a liaison between doctor and pet owner

Clean / stock common use areas

Launder patient bedding

Understand basic pharmacology of commonly used oral medications including handling, labelling, and dispensing.

Submit diagnostic samples to both in-house and reference laboratories

Calculate basic medical math

Maintain solid grasp of common veterinary medical terms and abbreviations

Operating Room Assistant

Gather supplies to assist technician with induction and sterile prep of patients undergoing surgical procedures; attach ECG leads and prepare fluids, warming devices and monitoring equipment

Transport patients to and from the operating suite with technicians

Properly identify and pass instruments and equipment needed during surgical procedures while maintaining sterility

Clean, disinfect, and perform closing procedures in surgical suites - maintain sterile environment while adhering to hospital protocols on infection prevention

Assist with cleaning, sterilizing, and packing medical instruments – use of autoclave and gas sterilizer machines

Set-up for post anesthetic recovery and transfer of patients to recovery ward

Maintain knowledge of and ability to perform surgical scrub for simple / elective orthopedic procedures and bothcritical and non-critical soft tissue surgeries

Demonstrate knowledge of basic anatomy and physiology as it relates to a varietyof surgical procedures

​ Why BluePearl ?

Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.

We encourage you to grow with us. Our associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in their career.

To transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.

We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following :

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options.

Parental leave benefits

Flexible work schedules

401k and retirement planning

Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans

A regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips / tricks on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment

We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets.

BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and you will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance , and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.