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Woodland West offers much more than just a
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Current Positions Available: |
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Veterinary Technician or Veterinary Assistant |
Some Veterinary experience required! This is a part-time position working
weekends and some evenings. Could work into full-time.
Job Description: Common tasks performed by a veterinary
technician include: taking histories, providing treatment to routine problems,
and giving counseling to clients. Technical skills include: venipuncture;
collecting urine; performing skin scrapings; taking and processing radiographs;
and performing routine lab procedures and tests in: hematology, biochemistry,
chemistry, microbiology, urinalysis, and serology. They assist the veterinarian
with physical examinations that help determine the nature of the illness or
injury. Veterinary technicians also perform and maintain anesthesia, and
administer medications, fluids and blood products as prescribed by the
veterinarian. Tasks in patient care include: recording temperature, pulse and
respiration, dressing wounds, applying splints and other protective devices, and
cleaning teeth. They perform catheterizations - urinary, arterial, and venous;
ear flushes; intravenous feedings and tube feedings. Equipment use includes
operating electrocardiographic and radiographic equipment. Veterinary
technicians commonly assist veterinarians in surgery by providing correct
equipment and instruments and by assuring that monitoring and support equipment
such as anesthetic machines, cardiac monitors, scopes and breathing apparatus
are in good working condition. They may also maintain treatment records and
inventory of all pharmaceuticals, equipment and supplies, and help with other
administrative tasks within a veterinary practice.
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