Veterinary Assistant-Critical Care
Description
Thrive Pet Healthcare Specialists
Veterinary Assistant - Critical Care
Full-time
More than a word, care is present in everything you do. At Thrive Pet Healthcare Specialists- Hoffman Estates, we take action to empower your best care for pets, their families, and yourself.
Thrive Pet Healthcare is united by our mission to create the future of pet well-being through medical excellence, innovative technology, and a connected community of teams and partners. We exist to nurture both pets and people through meaningful relationships and exceptional veterinary care.
Our Support Office teams power that mission by supporting our hospitals through operational excellence, innovative programs, people-centered culture, and forward-thinking business solutions — all while having plenty of fun along the way.
We nurture pets & people through meaningful relationships and exceptional pet care—and we are united by a shared set of values.
- Service – delivering exceptional service
- Empathy – leading with care
- Accountability – achieve meaningful outcomes
- Joy – be a source of light
- Exploration – learn to fuel growth
- Team – connect for success
Role Responsibilities:
- Ensure patients receive quality care
- Help provide oversight/care to both stable and unstable patients
- Assists nurses with patient restraint (canine and feline), including fractious patients
- Help obtain patient diagnostics- fill appropriate specimen tubes
- Print cage cards and collars
- Enter diagnostic requests and run appropriate diagnostics
- Help manage recheck appointments
- Set up and assist with radiographs
- Set up and maintain oxygen kennels
- Set up for procedures
- Stock ICU area
- Restock CPR cart
- Clean (tables, cages, isolation ward, sweep/mop floors, empty garbage, laundry, etc.)
Experience & Skills Requirements:
- Veterinary Assistant experience required--ER experience highly preferred
- Basic accurate and professional medical record-keeping: searching for patients, creating appointments, updating clinical records
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic medications and uses for both injectable and oral medications
- Ability to obtain patient vitals – recognize abnormalities in pulse, respirations, temperature, and capillary refill time
- Basic understanding of venipuncture and IV catheter placement
- Demonstrate ability to perform and assist with CPR
- Set up IV fluid therapy and understand basic differences in types of fluids
You’ll Grow With Us
Here, you can grow your career as best fits you through access to comprehensive learning and skillset programs. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:
- Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
- Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
- A program designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital
- Earn your AVMA-CVTEA Accreditation and become a Vet Tech through our fully accredited distance-learning program for veterinary technicians
- Scholarship opportunities and tuition reimbursement
And, with so many locations nationwide, you can find and move into any specialty, hospital type, or environment. Join us and provide your best care at a clinic that is deeply rooted within its community and bolstered by the resources of Thrive Pet Healthcare.
Benefits – our care in action
We provide benefits spread comprehensively across your mental, physical, emotional, and financial well-being designed to meet your needs as a unique individual. Some key benefits include:
- Competitive compensation-$20-25/hr
- Paid time off including 8 weeks of full-pay parental leave, bereavement to grieve both humans and pets, and time off for new pet adoptions
- Top-quality medical, dental, and vision insurance plus health savings account and flexible spending account
- Pet perks including free exams, discounts on products and services, and more at all Thrive Pet Healthcare locations
- Generously subsidized backup and ongoing care support for children, adults, and pets
- Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions
- 401k with employer contribution and no waiting period
- Continuing education and development support through our library of free CE courses and paid time off to complete
- Scholarship opportunities and student loan support program
and so much more!
Compensation negotiable based on credentials and experience with an hourly pay rate starting at $20-25 hour. The actual rate offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Thrive Pet Healthcare is one of the first veterinary services offering a comprehensive continuum of care for pets’ primary, specialty, and acute needs. Through a nationwide community of over 360 veterinary providers, and an industry-leading membership program, Thrive Pet Healthcare provides personalized, accessible care through every stage of a pet’s life and health. Founded by veterinarians, the organization provides industry-first benefits for practice staff while elevating privately held veterinary hospitals with innovative service and technology solutions. By focusing on the needs of care providers and professional collaboration, Thrive Pet Healthcare is supporting the well-being of the industry and raising the national bar for veterinary excellence.