Veterinary Technician

VCA Worth Animal Hospital is growing its team and seeking a Certified Veterinary Technician!

Location:  7727 W 111th St, Palos Hills, IL 60465

Schedule: Full-Time 4/10s with rotating Saturdays. Not looking for full-time? we are happy to chat with you about part-time opps!

Compensation: $ 18 - $ 23 / hr and starting range is determined by license, skill set, and years of experience in the field.

Overall Responsibility: Our goal is to offer caring veterinary services that promote the well-being and happiness of our animal patients. We achieve this by relying on our committed and compassionate team, who are dependable, adaptable, detail-oriented, and skilled at multitasking. Our Certified Veterinary Technicians are dedicated to providing compassionate care to all of our patients.

• Assist doctors with exams, treatments and procedures.
• Venipuncture and IVC placementAdminister SQ fluids, medications, etc.
• Work in conjunction with all technical staff across the hospital to ensure hospitalized patients are receiving the best possible care and communicating frequently with the team.
• Recognize subtle change in clinical status.
• Discharge instructions with clients.
• Complete estimates, basic record keeping.
• Inducing, maintaining, and monitoring anesthesia for procedures.
• Recovering patients from anesthesia.
• Performing nursing care of all patients.
• Utilize monitoring equipment and recognize trends.
• Dentistry and dental radiographs.
• Pharmacy.
• Processing laboratory samples in-house and preparing laboratory samples for outside labs.
• Diagnostic Imaging.

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Benefits of Joining VCA Worth Animal Hospital:

If you are a current associate, you 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.