Registered Veterinary Technician - Clayton Animal Hospital

About Clayton Animal Hospital

Clayton Animal Hospital is a fullservice compassionate veterinary facility in Clayton Ohio designed to accommodate your pets from their first vaccine visit through their senior days. Our facilities bring together compassion cuttingedge technology and preventative medicine for your cat dog and exotic pet.

Hours of operation:
MonFri: 8am6pm
Sat: 8am12pm

Pay range:
RVT/CVT/LVT $18 to $22 p/hr depending on experience
Veterinary Assistant/noncredentialed technicians $14 to $16 p/hr depending on experience

Benefits Offered for our fulltime team members

• Paid time off
• Health insurance; dental insurance; vision insurance
• Retirement benefits or accounts
• Bonus incentive
• Flexible work schedules
• Career and professional development
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Program

Position Purpose
The Credentialed Veterinary Technician performs a critical role in providing high quality care for patients. Credentialed Technicians are key partners to the veterinarians providing the appropriate support to ensure each client interaction and procedure is seamless and successful. Credentialed Technicians apply their professional skills in anesthesia surgery dentistry laboratory testing patient nursing and client education.

Credentialed Technician Competencies

• Patience & Compassion: Remaining professional while still making teammates clients and patients feel as comfortable as possible regardless of the situation or challenges presented. Responding quickly and calmly to crisis while maintaining a high standard of patient care.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: Carefully coordinating actions with veterinarians and practice team members. Providing feedback appropriately and in a timely manner. Quickly incorporating feedback to ensure positive results. Sharing ideas and being open to other’s ideas.
• Communicating: Conveying instructions to clients and teammates to ensure successful patient care.
• Active Listening: Following the instructions of veterinarians and sometimes patient owners. Picking up on the needs of veterinarians and teammates based on prior experiences and feedback.
• Organization Skills: Clear tracking of lab specimens medications patient instructions workflow and other jobrelated items while managing multiple patients and clients.
• Client Satisfaction: Ensuring all activities and interactions result in the highest level of client satisfaction.

Essential Responsibilities

• Assist veterinarians in the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery and other tasks as needed.
• Assist veterinarians in outpatient exams by taking histories vital signs and weights as well as providing client education.
• Prepare patients for surgery and monitor vital signs of the patient during surgery.
• Obtain blood stool and other samples; perform inhospital laboratory testing and prepare specimens for outside laboratories.

• Take develop and maintain radiographs following proper safety procedures.

• Provide basic animal handling and restrain animals during exams.
• Administer and monitor medications anesthesia vaccines and treatments at the discretion of the veterinarian.

• Clean and straighten exam rooms treatment and lab areas; restock exam rooms with supplies. Assist other team members to keep the public areas of the practice clean; clean and maintain all medical equipment.
• Demonstrate warmth courtesy and professionalism in all interactions with clients; exercise compassion and care in all interactions with patients.
• Communicate with veterinarians and practice team members including client discussions patient plans client concerns etc.

• Any other duties as assigned.

Requirements/Qualifications

• State license to work as a certified/licensed/registered veterinary technician in state of desired employment
• Ability to lift patients and carry equipment up to 25 pounds; ability to lift patients or carry equipment over 25 pounds with assistance
• Practice OSHA safety techniques including proper PPE
• Basic computer skills familiarity with MS office applications etc.
• Basic math and ability to calculate medication dosages
• Strong communication skills to ensure patient safety