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Little Elm

    Veterinary Assistant - Little Elm, United States - Banfield

    Banfield
    Banfield Little Elm, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    The Veterinary Assistant supports the veterinarians and veterinary technicians in ensuring quality veterinary care for all pets, advocates for pets, educates clients on all aspects of pet health, and ensures a safe and effective hospital environment.

    Live and exemplify the Five Principles of Mars, Inc. within self and team.
    • Act as the extra eyes, ears and hands for the veterinarian and veterinary technician to ensure the best quality pet care and to maximize the veterinarian's and veterinary technician's productivity. Communicate with veterinarian, veterinary technicians and all other associates to maintain the flow of patients.
    • Provide professional, efficient and exceptional service at all times.

      This includes performing or preparing procedures that do not require veterinarian or veterinary technician assistance, completing preparatory work for other procedures, ensuring that clients and pets are comfortable in the hospital, and monitoring hospitalized or surgical pets as allowed in the state practice acts.

    • Educate clients about Optimum Wellness Plans, preventive care, pet health needs, hospital services and other issues.
    • Obtain relevant information and history from clients and maintain proper and complete medical charts.
    • Ensure the safety of pets, clients and associates by utilizing safe restraining techniques, following standard protocols, and maintaining clean, sterile and organized treatment areas, exam rooms and labs.
    • Assist with surgery as applicable.
    • Utilize technical skills to the fullest, within state practice acts and as outlined in the NAVTA guidelines for veterinary assistant skills and duties.
    • Mentor other paraprofessionals in the hospital.
    • Other job duties as assigned.
    Ability to work at a computer for long periods of time.
    • Ability to be confident around pets (i.e., dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, etc.)
    • Client needs and work volume may often require more than 40 hours per week to complete essential duties of this job. This position requires special hours including working weekends and evenings.
    • Must have mental processes for reasoning, remembering, mathematics and language ability (reading, writing, and speaking the English language) to perform the duties proficiently.
    • The noise level in the work environment is moderately high.
    • Requires sufficient ambulatory skills in order to perform duties while at hospital.
    • Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb as well as manipulate (lift, carry, move) up to 50 pounds.
    • Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm-hand-finger dexterity with the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard and operate equipment.
    • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
    ● Associate is routinely exposed to a variety of pets that may bite or scratch, and on occasion, exposed to anesthesia, radiation, biological hazards and medication/controlled substances
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