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Join The **VCA** **Vet Care** **Animal Hospital** **and Referral Center** Team!

**Location:** 8850 Holly Ave NE, unit K Albuquerque, NM 87122

At **VCA** **Vet Care** **Animal Hospital** **and Referral Center** , you can be the **Vet** **erinary** **Assistant** you have always wanted to be! We have a unique culture in our hospital that values each person’s individual skill and personality. There’s something special about you, and we are excited to learn more!

Compensation** **is** **dependent on education, experience, credentials, location, nature of practice,** **schedule** **,** **and** **additional** **responsibilities.

Our Internal Medicine Department is expanding! Come join our team!

Why We Want** **You!

As a member of the VCA team, you will support Technician and Doctor teams by creating a positive, low-stress atmosphere for our clients and patients. Your mission will be to win the confidence of every pet parent—by delivering an outstanding client experience—so we can provide exceptional care to every patient. You’ve worked hard for your credentials (CVT, RVT, LVT), and we want you to use the knowledge that you’ve invested your time and talent in. The skills that you will be utilizing include, but are not limited to:

The successful Internal Medicine candidate will be a believer in the possibilities of high-quality veterinary medicine and patient care—with the expertise and technical know-how to make them happen.

The skills that you will be utilizing include, but are not limited to:

+ Venipuncture

+ Catheter placement

+ Radiology

+ Anesthesia monitoring

+ Physical examinations and patient assessment

+ Laboratory work

+ Pharmacy

+ Patient recovery

+ Compassionate care for our hospitalized patients

Experience Requirements include:

+ PreviousEmergency or Specialty experience

+ Excellent problem-solving abilities

+ Strong attention to detail

+ Excellent interpersonal skills and focus on client care

+ Strong written and oral communication skills

+ Familiar with common disease processes

+ Strong medical math skills. (Including being able to calculate fluid rate, common CRI’s and multimodal drug infusion.)

+ Able to obtain Blood pressure, ECG, Sp02, and ETC02 and integrate clinical signs with disease processes toassistdoctors in early andappropriate interventionof patient care.

+ Administer medications, and treatments prescribed by a veterinarian

+ Experience in advanced imaging (preferred)

+ Experience in advanced procedures (preferred)

If you are a current associate, you need to apply through our internal career site. Please log in to Workday and click on the Career worklet on the landing page or search for Find Jobs.

Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts, and more!

The information in this position description** **indicates** **the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications** **required of** **associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

**We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement, please see our career page at ** vcacareers.com

If you are a current associate, you will need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.

Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com