Veterinary Assistant

The **Wisconsin Veterinary Referral Center (WVRC) i**s a 24/7 Emergency and Specialty Animal Hospital, dedicated to providing patients, clients, and referring veterinarians with the highest quality emergency and specialty veterinary medical care. **WVRC Waukesha**, WI is hiring a full-time experienced Veterinary Assistant to join our outstanding Oncology department! WVRC offers a warm, friendly atmosphere where our main goal is to provide compassionate care to our patients and clients as well as offering outstanding customer service! The successful candidate will work closely with our board-certified Oncologists and Certified Technicians to provide high-quality care to patients going through various stages of cancer diagnosis and treatment. **Position Overview:** Provide support to the veterinarian and veterinary technician as directed within the Oncology Department; provide professional and efficient client service. You would be a good fit for this position if you have: - Strong communication skills, verbal and written - Organizational skills - Proactive thinking and the right attitude! **Compensation:** Starting at $16.50/hr & up depending on experience and knowledge. **Schedule:** - 4/10 hours shifts each week – no weekends - Some holiday shifts required **Benefits:** - Generous paid time off - CE allowance - Annual scrub allowance - Personal pet discount - 401(k) - Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance - Life insurance - Employee Referral program **Primary Responsibilities:** - Obtain patient vitals and report any abnormalities to a CVT and/or Veterinarian(s). - Collect diagnostic samples, imaging, and non-laboratory diagnostics (BP, EKG, SPO2) for analysis while understanding normal parameter markers to help facilitate in next steps of diagnostic preparation and communication to CVTs and/or Veterinarian(s). - Assist in placement and maintenance of intravenous catheters. - Assist CVTs and/or Veterinarians in all aspects during chemotherapy administration and procedures from developing sedation protocols, administration of medications and induction agents, intubation, surgical prep; Assist in surgical procedure as needed, recovery care of patients post anesthetic episodes, proper medical documentation of recovery and work closely with CVT during recovery process. - Setup, Assist, and Clean up following all daily procedures and operations such as biopsies, CT, Tube Placements, and other diagnostic/anesthetic procedures, while also understanding the proper materials and equipment needed for each procedure. - Restraining patients accurately and safely for diagnostic imaging, such as but not limited to, direct digital radiology, ultrasonography, and venipuncture. - Assist in the collection and proper handling of certain samples such as biopsies, and how to submit them to outside laboratories. - Assist in the conduction of appointments whether new patients or recheck appointments and understanding the process of the appointments and the difference between the two types. - Practice professional and empathetic communication. - Properly discharge patients by filling all required medications, ensuring patients are clean and comfortable, removing intravenous catheters, approving final invoices, and reviewing discharges with pet owners. - Communicate between clients and other team members when obtaining and relaying medical histories in a professional, medical manner, with proper medical terminology. - Help to restock supplies throughout the day to ensure proficiencies and efficiencies. - Assist in weekly inventory checks and notifying inventory manager of items that need replenishing. - Able to understand and function within the electronic practice management software to locate and pull previous medical records and to start initial records for each appointment. - Understand and be able to perform proper medical record documentation in accordance with hospital policy and the board of veterinary medical standards. - Conduct yourself in a pr…