We are a group of enthusiastic pet heroes who go beyond expectations at providing a personalized experience for all patient-guests and their parents. We currently provide dermatology, internal medicine, medical oncology, ophthalmology, neurology, surgery, urgent care, and emergency services. Our quality of care and diverse specialty offerings makes VRCCO's team the leaders in advanced pet care for Central Oregon.
At the Veterinary Referral Center of Central Oregon, we believe that teamwork, superior patient care, education, and fun are the secret to a wonderful career. From day one we have known our staff has to come first to make this happen. Come see the difference for yourself and be a hero with us.
Veterinary Referral Center of Central Oregon is seeking a full time surgery assistant who aligns with our values. This hero will work primarily under the surgery department.
The Physical Rehabilitation Assistant works in a team environment to provide care to in/ out patients from multiple services. The Physical Rehabilitation Assistant uses clinical knowledge and the Veterinary Referral Center of Central Oregon's SOP to treat patients in accordance with the primary surgeon's orders. This is done in a calm, organized, and efficient manner working closely with the primary veterinarian and is under the supervision of the department doctors. This position is responsible for ensuring patients' treatments are completed in a safe and timely manner. Lead aftercare to patients regarding post discharge. It requires attention to detail, strong communication skills, providing assistance to patients in strengthening and exercise routines, knowledge of anatomy, help with cleaning hydro tank and monitoring chemicals, assisting with prescribed modalities. the ability to triage medical situations and the ability to take direction from others.
Essential Functions:
Maintenance of hospital
- Disinfect kennels, treatment tables, and other surfaces
- Disinfect and keep exam rooms orderly
- Clean, sterilize, and maintain medical equipment and instruments
- Launder towels, blankets and surgical gowns
- Sweep and mop as needed
- Stock necessary supplies in accordance with our inventory system
- Remove garbage and recyclable materials
Patient Care
- Restrain patients for exams and medical treatments in a safe manner for both the patient and staff
- Walk, feed, and bathe patients
- Triage patients and admit to the hospital
- Performing medical treatments under the supervision of a CVT/Doctor.
- Medical Record Keeping
- Obtain vital signs
- Monitor patients for pain and discomfort and relay changing demeanor to assistants/doctors
- IV catheterization and venipuncture
- Obtain blood pressures via doppler and oscillometric
- Provide other medical treatments per VRCCO's Standard Operating Protocols (SOPs)
Client Communications
- Obtain and write histories from owners
- Provide nursing updates as needed
- Provide client call backs to receive or relay information about the patient
- Provide treatment plans and financial updates
- Review discharge summaries and provide client education
- Assist CSR with telephone inquiries, scheduling appointments and taking payments as necessary
Laboratory
- Collect and handle laboratory samples (feces, urine, cystocentesis, cerebrospinal fluid, blood, biopsy, and cytology samples)
- Perform in-house laboratory tests
- Store and package laboratory samples for outside submission
Radiology
- Assist technicians in requesting, positioning patients, and taking radiographs and CT scans
- Restrain patients for ultrasounds
Surgery/Anesthesia Prep
- Assist CVT in inducing anesthesia by restraining the patient and holding the patient for intubation.
- Attach cardiac and respiratory monitoring equipment
- Understand and maintain aseptic technique for the patient, instruments and procedure area
- Clip and prepare surgical sites
- Be able to set up and check anesthesia machine for a patient
Other
Education & Experience:
- Technical knowledge in a clinical setting acquired through apprenticeship, degree pursuit, or professional certification.
- Preferred: hands on experience working in veterinary general practice, urgent care or emergency department
Knowledge, skills, and abilities and/ or competencies:
- Calm and reassuring in stressful situations
- Medical math - calculating basic formulas for weight conversions, medication dose conversions
- Knowledge of feline and canine anatomy
- Patient restraint
- Customer service and people skills
Physical demands:
- Lift and carry up to 40 lbs,
- Team lift and carry up to 150 lbs
- Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions, deal with problems with concrete variables and draw appropriate/accurate conclusions.
- Sit, stand, stoop, bend and walk intermittently during the day on hard floor surfaces.
- Manual dexterity sufficient to accurately work with small, delicate pieces of equipment or large heavy objects/containers/machinery.
- Wear all protective gear including mask, gloves, gown, hairnet, safety goggles etc.
- Work for long periods of time with arms extended.
- Work within an environment that has high levels of animal sounds, bodily fluids that need disposal, and open wound management.
- The above duties are not an exclusive list. As the assistant's knowledge base and skill set grow, training will be provided for more advanced duties.
EEO Statement:
VRCCO believes that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to our One Team success. All employment decisions are based on merit, experience, ability, performance, and business needs.
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