Overnight Emergency Veterinary Technician

Emergency Veterinary Technician (Overnight)

Veterinary Technician (RVT) 

Seeking a compassionate, skilled, upbeat Veterinary Technician (RVT)  to join our tight-knit team.

Hiring bonus of $2500.00 for successful candidate! Weekend shift differential and overnight shift differential.

Why PETS Referral Center?

We are a growing Specialty and Emergency Veterinary Hospital located in Berkeley. PETS is a talented and collaborative team who enjoys working together to provide excellent patient care and client service. We have a long history of providing excellent service to our community.

Who are we looking for?

Please have a positive personality, be capable of effective communication, enjoy working in a fast-paced team environment, multi-task like a pro, and have a well-rounded skill set and solid knowledge base. As we are a 24-hour emergency hospital please be willing to work outside of the boring 9am-5pm weekday schedule. We prefer someone with at least one year of experience working as a technician in a veterinary hospital.

Responsibilities include:

• Assisting Veterinarians and other staff members
• Restraining animals safely using stress-free handling techniques
• Working collaboratively and positively with all coworkers
• Provide nursing care to hospitalized patients and medical care to outpatients
• Successfully use all in house laboratory equipment to provide accurate results
• Safely and effectively take digital radiographs
• Be able to calculate drug dosages
• Giving medications via all prescribed routes: PO, SC, IM, IV
• Proficiency with catheterization (venous, urinary)
• Possess or develop advanced emergency skills
• Comfortable with all aspects of emergency medicine
• Effectively care for and communicate with clients

Benefits:

We are committed to your well-being and offer a comprehensive compensation package. These include:

• Competitive salary
• 3 day work week schedule
• Shift differentials for weekends $2.00/hr, overnights $4.00/hr
• Short Term Disability paid for by employer
• Complimentary Life Insurance $25,000; with options to purchase additional voluntary benefits for self or family
• Company Sponsored Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K with 100% company match up to 3% and 50% company match up to 5%, eligible after 6 months of employment
• Kaiser/United Healthcare Insurance Plans with multiple options
• Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account options
• United Healthcare Dental Insurance; includes a 100% paid premium option for team members
• United Healthcare Vision Insurance options
• Long Term Disability options
• Progyny-Fertility and Family Building Support (up to $10,000)
• Team Member Discounts for Pet Care
• Paid PTO

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $26.00 - $39.00 per hour

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