About the Role
BluePearl Pet Hospital in Brooklyn, NY is seeking a detail-oriented, multitasking, and team-focused Veterinary Assistant to join our Internal Medicine team. The Internal Medical Service attends to a wide variety of cases and manages complex long-term disease processes. Assistants in this service will assist their team in all medical and endoscopic procedures associated with maintaining and stabilizing their patients.
Responsibilities
- Calmly and gently approach and handle patients according to safety protocols and core values.
- Identify abnormal pathology.
- Understand hospital estimates and clearly present and explain them to clients.
- Have patience and empathy to address client concerns.
- Educate clients in Internal Medicine and provide exceptional patient care.
- Prepare medications and patients/clients for discharge with concise directions.
- Support the Internal Medicine team in all aspects of patient care.
Requirements
- Detail-oriented
- Multitasking
- Team-focused
Skills
- Medical procedures
- Endoscopic procedures
- Client communication
- Patient care
- Veterinary medicine
Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
- Weekdays, 4x10s
Experience Level
- Dependent on experience
Salary/Compensations
- $22.50 - $32.50 / hour
Benefits
- Trupanion pet insurance
- Discounts for pet treatments, procedures, and food
- 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
- Regional Social Worker + 12 Free Therapy Sessions through Lyra
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Savings Account
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Annual Scrub Allowance: $200/year for full-time associates
- Referral Bonus Program
- State licensure reimbursements
- VTNE reimbursements
- Additional VTS benefits
- Continuing Education Plan: $500/year reimbursement for CVT and $750/year for VTS
- 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
About the Company
- Our passion is pets.
- We encourage associates to grow with us, offering talent development programs and leadership workshops.
- As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, associates have endless opportunities to advance.
- We are committed to transforming and leading the industry through innovative quality medicine and care.
- We offer continuous learning opportunities including annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, and BluePearl University.
- Clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.
- We value associate health and well-being.
Equal Opportunity
- BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all applicants 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.
- Assistance or accommodation during the application process due to a disability is available upon request.
- We are a Drug Free Workplace.
