Veterinary Technician jobs in Hilo, HI

We are hiring immediately for an experienced Veterinary Technician! We have opportunities in various departments and multiple shifts are available!!  This is a perfect opportunity to develop and further your Veterinary Technician career!!

Veterinary Emergency Referral Center of Hawaii (VERC) is an advanced 24-hour veterinary emergency and specialty hospital. Our dedicated board-certified specialists and highly-trained emergency professionals provide a collaborative approach to veterinary medicine. Supported by our modern, state-of-the-art facility, we offer a full in-house laboratory, ultrasound, CT, MRI and electrochemotherapy.

At VERC, our mission is to provide the highest standard of emergency and specialty medicine, offering the most comprehensive and progressive patient care on the Hawaiian Islands.

About the Job:  As a Veterinary Technician, your duties would include, but not limited to:

• Triaging incoming patients and managing clients throughout their visit.

• Partner with DVM’s in patient assessment, diagnostics, treatments, and procedures, and catheter placement.

• Obtain and process laboratory samples such as blood, urine, free fluid, and fine needle aspirates.

• Utilize different modalities of radiology imaging for patient assessment.

• Executing, monitoring, and recovering all assigned sedation and anesthetic events.

• Provide outstanding client care to maintain long-term relationship with clients.

About You:

• Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adapt to different communication styles.

• Work history demonstrating strong organizational and time management skills as well as a strong sense of personal accountability.

• Ability to maintain professional composure and a positive attitude in a high-performance culture with ever changing demands.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and compute rate, ratio and percent to accurately calculate volumes and rates of medications and other treatments.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2 years’ experience as a veterinary assistant/technician in a progressive general practice and/or 1 years in a specialty practice
• Credentialed technician preferred but not required 
• Willingness to be trained in CT and MRI operation and relevant procedural anesthesia 

Benefits of Working at Veterinary Emergency Referral Center of Hawaii:

Full-time benefits include health, dental, vision, disability and life insurances, flex-spending accounts, 401(k), Employee Assistance Program, paid time off, uniforms, and a generous CE allowance.

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