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BluePearl** **Specialty + Emergency** **Pet Hospital in Avondale, AZ** **is seeking a knowledgeable and skilled** **Veterinary** **Assistant** **to join their fast-paced emergency department.

+ Are you committed and passionate about enriching lives through remarkable care for pets?

+ Do you thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rewarding work environment?

+ Are you a team player who enjoys working together on a team to provide quality care for pets?

If you answered "yes" to these questions, then we want to hear from you.

Our Veterinary Assistants triage emergency cases as they come in and assist DVM with crafting and going overestimates as needed. In addition, they perform diagnostics (radiographs, labwork, etc), setting patients up in ICU or Inpatient ward, discharging patients, and handling client communication.

As an Emergency Veterinary Assistant, you will:

+ Triage emergency cases as they arrive at the hospital including obtaining vitals such as temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure.

+ Assist the doctor with creating patient treatment plans and thoroughly explaining them to owners.

+ Perform digital radiography using proper technique including proper positioning of patients.

+ Have a complete understanding of normal ranges of patient vital signs, including but not limited to heart and respiratory rate, temperature, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation.

+ Obtain and interpret blood pressure and other vital signs and alert the Veterinarian to changes and issues

+ Assist with phlebotomy and intravenous catheters.

+ Identify patients at risk for arrest and assist with CPR.

+ Patience and empathy to address client concerns

Why BluePearl?

+ Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.

+ We encourage you to grow with us. Our associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in their career.

+ To transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.

We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following:

+ Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options.

+ Parental leave benefits

+ Flexible work schedules

+ 401k and retirement planning

+ Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans

+ A regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips/tricks on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment

+ We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets.

BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and you will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace