Veterinary Technician - Philadelphia, United States - Society Hill Veterinary Hospital

Description

Overview:

Society Hill Veterinary Hospital has an opportunity for a
Full-Time
Veterinary Technician **to join our team

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Location: 501 S 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19147

Compensation:
$18 - $23


Shift Details:
This is a full-time position. Currently we offer our full-time team a 5 day work week with Wednesdays and Sundays as dedicated days off. Our goal is to move to a rotating Saturday schedule at some point soon.


Office Hours:

• Monday 8:00am 5:00pm
• Tuesday 8:00am 4:00pm
• Wednesday Closed
• Thursday 8:00am 4:00pm
• Friday 8:00am 3:00pm
• Saturday 8:00am 4:00pm (future rotations)
• Sunday Closed

Skills:
We are looking for proficiency with restraint, venipuncture, IV catheter placement. Preferred experience in anesthetic monitoring and dental scaling and charting. We are willing to train the right person.

We are a 50-year-old practice, celebrating over 30-years of AAHA accreditation. We pride ourselves on education and team development.

You will enjoy working in our beautiful, well-equipped facility which includes in-house diagnostics, digital radiographs, ultrasounds, dental and laser surgeries.

Our clinic promotes personal and professional growth for our employees by providing a respectful, educational, and fun workplace environment.

We offer a variety of services including but not limited to Ultrasound, in-house laboratory testing, physical therapy (we offer acupuncture, laser therapy, underwater treadmill and more at the Whole Animal Gym one block away), Penn HIP, digital x-ray.

Come join our team


Benefits:


PTO

• Fulltime team members will be awarded additional PTO based on their years of service.
• The holiday PTO hours can be used at the team member's discretion to cover the actual holiday as observed by the hospital or other absences with approval from their Manager.

Annual review with wage evaluation/potential for raises

Dream Fund - Potential annual bonus awarded.


Medical, Vision and Dental plans available

FSA and HSA options available

Maternity Leave

401K starting on day 1. The company offers up to a 4% match

Health Advocate - Employee Assistance Program

• Includes five facetoface visits with a counselor per issue per rolling 12 months, without any cost to you
• 24 hour access
• Get help with depression, anxiety, family issues, substance abuse and more
• Learn strategies such as mindfulness to manage stress, anger and improve focus
• Locate childcare, eldercare, summer camps, special needs services and relocation support Easy access to legal/financial experts and information
• Work through relationship problems, divorce, grief and other life transitions
• Build coping skills to manage life's challenges and gain control of your life
• Explore webinars, courses and articles on a variety of wellbeing topics
• Visit the Personalized Legal Center, Financial Fitness Center and Mindfulness page

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ALL AT NO COST TO YOU

Optional Insurances Available

• Life Insurance AD&D
• Short Term Disability Insurance
• Long Term Disability Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accidental Insurance

Pet Benefits

Uniform Allowance - Full Time $150, Part Time $75

CE Benefits - Credentialed Veterinary Technician $500 plus 24 paid CE hours per year, Access to our online learning platform with RACE approved CE at your fingertips.

Scholarship Program for Veterinary Assistants that want to become credentialed

Internal Employee Rewards Program

• Reward your coworkers with points that are redeemable for gift cards.
• We do offer externships for Veterinary Technicians and Vet Students.

Responsibilities:


_ Major Duties:
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• Our Veterinary Technicians are responsible for inpatient medical care

- administer medications, assist or perform treatments, diagnostics & monitoring, place IV catheters, draw blood, run lab tests, administer IV fluids, cleaning, feeding, and walking patients as needed.

• Anesthesia/Surgery
• Our Veterinary Technician's prep, induction, maintenance, monitoring, recovery of patients, cleans/maintains/sterilize anesthesia equipment and surgical instruments.
• Dentistry
• Our Veterinary Technician's provide patient dental care, ultrasonic cleaning and polishing, assist doctor with dental surgery.
• Laboratory duties
• Our Veterinary Technicians are responsible for collecting, preparing, & running or submitting samples for requested tests; reading and recording results when indicated (fecals, Urines, Ear cytology etc) when requested by doctor.
• Preparing invoices, discharge instructions, and client informational tools
• Client communication for hospitalized patients give patient updates, discharge instructions, and provide follow up for certain hospital patients.
• Client medical demonstrations / education teach/educate clients on at home care procedures.
• Veterinary Technician appointments

- blood draws for therapeutic monitoring / screening tests, ban