Overnight Licensed Veterinary Technician - ICU

BluePearl Specialty and Emergency Pet Hospital

$62K — $106K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Licensed Veterinary Technician certification required
  • Minimum of 5 years' experience in critical care preferred
  • Proficient in anesthesia monitoring and emergency triage
  • Strong understanding of medical math and medication administration
  • Experience in phlebotomy and intravenous catheter placement
  • Ability to identify critical patient needs and initiate CPR
  • Passion for mentoring and training junior staff

Responsibilities

  • Induce, monitor, and recover anesthesia in patients
  • Triage incoming emergency cases and assess vital signs
  • Perform digital radiography with proper patient positioning
  • Obtain and interpret vital signs, alerting Veterinarians to issues
  • Identify at-risk patients and initiate appropriate emergency care
  • Administer medications accurately via specified routes
  • Maintain feeding tubes and central catheters in patients

Benefits

  • Eligible for up to a $20k sign-on bonus
  • Competitive hourly pay with shift differentials
  • Annual continuing education allowance and free CE sessions
  • Trupanion pet insurance and discounts for treatments
  • Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options
  • Paid Time Off and Floating Holiday Plans
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match
  • Annual Scrub Allowance of $200 per year
  • Referrals Bonus Program and licensure reimbursements
Full Job Description
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BluePearl Pet Hospital - Brooklyn is seeking skilled Licensed Veterinary Technicians to join our fast-paced ICU + Critical Care team. You'll work alongside top veterinary professionals, handling diverse, life-saving cases that enhance your skills and impact pets' lives.

**This position is eligible for up to a $20k sign-on bonus**

Schedule: Thurs-Sat + EO Wed, 7pm - 7am

Pay: $30.00 - $51.00 / hour + competitive hourly shift differentials

This pay band is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency assessment tool. Candidates with VTS credentialing are eligible for compensation commensurate with experience.

We offer competitive shift differential pay for eligible hours worked for nights and weekends. Shift differentials are based on a 4-hour minimum. For example:
  • Mon - Fri: 6pm to 8am = +$4.50/hr. Shift Differential
  • Sat & Sun: 8am to 6pm = +$4.50/hr. Shift Differential
  • Sat & Sun: 6pm to 8am = +$8.00/hr. Shift Differential


As an ICU Technician, you will:

  • Induce, monitor and recover anesthesia in patients and use anesthesia/monitoring equipment.
  • Triage emergency cases as they arrive at the hospital including obtaining vitals such as temperature heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure.
  • 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 Veterinarian to changes and issues.
  • Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR.
  • Properly calculate medical math (including constant rate infusions) and administer medications via appropriate routes and duration.
  • Are proficient at performing phlebotomy and placing intravenous catheters in all peripheral vessels.
  • Place and maintain feeding tubes and central line catheters.
  • Have a passion for mentoring and training other co-workers.
  • Have 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:
  • Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • Parental Leave Benefits
  • Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options
  • Paid Time Off and Floating Holiday Plans
  • Health Savings Account
  • Flexible Savings Account
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Annual Scrub Allowance: full-time associates receive $200/year in BluePearl store credit.
  • Referral Bonus Program
  • State licensure reimbursements
  • VTNE reimbursements
  • Additional VTS benefits - pursuing & established VTS technicians.


Our Continuing Education Plan includes $500/year reimbursement for CVT and $750/year for VTS. The Continuing Education allowance can roll over up to $1,500 for CVT and VTS associates. Non-Credentialed, full-time Paraprofessionals are eligible for an annual CE stipend of $150. Full-time CVT associates also receive 8 hours of CE paid hours each year. Full-time VTS associates receive 12 hours of CE paid each year. Paid CE hours can be carried over year to year up to a maximum of 24 hours. Newly hired associates will receive a pro-rated amount of any CE benefit for which they are eligible.

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