Veterinary Technician

**Veterinary Technician** **Salary: $20.00 - $28.00 per hour, determined by the candidate's skills, experience, and qualifications.** **Schedule:** four days per week 7:50a-5:30p Mon-Friday and rotating Saturdays 8a-12p. Sanagree at Cane Bay Animal Hospital is hiring a full-time Veterinary Technician to provide skilled care to our patients and exceptional service to our clients. Our ideal candidate has experience in animal care, client communication, and veterinary procedures, with a passion for improving the lives of pets and their owners. **What to Expect as a Vet Tech with** **Sanagree at Cane Bay Animal Hospital** - A comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance - Paid time off and a 401(k) plan for full-time employees - Professional development opportunities **Key Responsibilities:** - Support veterinarians with patient care, exams, surgery, anesthesia, and recovery. - Safely handle and restrain animals with compassion. - Communicate clearly with clients, including care instructions and status updates - Perform technical duties such as lab work, radiographs, injections, and IV catheter placement. - Maintain accurate medical records and assist with medication dispensing. - Help keep exam rooms, treatment areas, and equipment clean, stocked, and ready. - Follow hospital, safety, and regulatory guidelines at all times. **Qualifications:** - Ability to handle animals safely and compassionately. - Knowledgeable about common disease states and able to alert veterinarians to changes in patient conditions. - Familiarity with DEA, OSHA, and hospital safety guidelines. **Key Responsibilities:** - **Client Communication:** Provide status updates for hospitalized patients, home care instructions, pre- and post-op instructions, and medication administration guidance. Address client medical questions with confidence and direct complex inquiries to veterinarians. - **Client Education & Support:** Educate clients on preventative medicine, wellness care by age, vaccine requirements, laboratory procedures, and support hospital financial policies by preparing estimates and discussing financial commitments. - **Customer Service:** Greet clients, escort them and their pets into exam rooms, ensure smooth transitions to the front desk, and promote the practice’s products, programs, and services. - **Animal Handling & Care:** Restrain animals safely and compassionately, assist veterinarians in medical, surgical, and dental procedures, prepare patients for surgery, administer anesthesia, monitor patients during surgery and recovery, and administer fluids. - **Facility & Equipment Maintenance:** Properly care for all surgical materials, maintain hospital equipment and inventory, and ensure the surgery room, ICU area, exam rooms, and treatment areas are prepared and maintained. - **Record Keeping:** Maintain accurate and detailed patient records using a paperless medical record system, ensuring all procedures, vaccinations, and notes are documented for proper billing. - **Pharmacy Assistance:** Assist with dispensing medications as directed by the veterinarian, prepare prescription labels, and appropriately package medication. - **Safety & Technical Skills:** Follow DEA, OSHA, and hospital safety guidelines; administer SQ, IM, and IV injections; perform laboratory tests, radiographs, and electrocardiograms; place IV catheters; perform emergency treatments such as bleeding control and external cardiac massage. **Qualifications:** - One year of Veterinary Technician experience. - Ability to handle animals safely and compassionately. - Knowledgeable about common disease states and able to alert veterinarians to changes in patient conditions. - Familiarity with DEA, OSHA, and hospital safety guidelines. **About** **Sangaree Animal Hospital at Cane Bay:** At Sangaree Animal Hospital, we’re committed to providing our doctors and medical team with the tools, technology, and support they need to deliver exceptional care.…