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About the Role
As an Overnight Senior Veterinary Assistant in the Emergency & Critical Care team at SAGE San Francisco, you will provide hands-on support for critically ill, injured, and hospitalized patients, working alongside a dedicated team of veterinary professionals. This role is ideal for experienced assistants seeking to advance their technical skills in a premier specialty and emergency veterinary hospital.
Responsibilities
- Assist with triage and provide hands-on support for incoming emergency patients.
- Monitor critically ill, hospitalized, recovering, and fractious patients.
- Assist veterinarians and RVTs with emergency procedures, diagnostics, treatments, and patient stabilization.
- Perform venipuncture, IV catheter placement, sample collection, and laboratory processing within your scope.
- Assist with medications, IV fluids, CRIs, and prescribed treatments under appropriate supervision.
- Support sedation and anesthesia monitoring and patient recovery.
- Monitor patient comfort, vital parameters, and changes in condition and communicate concerns promptly.
- Maintain accurate medical records and treatment documentation.
- Assist with client communication and discharge education.
- Collaborate closely with Emergency, Critical Care, and Specialty teams to provide exceptional patient care.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum of three years of hands-on veterinary clinical experience.
- Emergency, Critical Care, ICU, Specialty, or high-volume veterinary hospital experience strongly preferred.
- Strong technical skills, including venipuncture, IV catheter placement, patient monitoring, and laboratory sample collection.
- Experience with veterinary anesthesia and anesthetic monitoring preferred.
- Strong mathematical skills for medication dosages, CRIs, client estimates, and invoices.
- Excellent patient handling, communication, organization, and critical-thinking skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced emergency veterinary environment.
- Must obtain and maintain a California Veterinary Assistant Controlled Substance Permit (VACSP) within 60 days of hire or transfer.
Skills
- Venipuncture
- IV catheter placement
- Patient monitoring
- Laboratory sample collection
- Veterinary anesthesia
- Anesthetic monitoring
- Medication administration
- IV fluid administration
- CRIs
- Patient stabilization
- Client communication
- Medical record maintenance
- Critical thinking
Location
- San Francisco, California
Work Type
- Full-time
- Overnight
Experience Level
- Senior
- Minimum of three years of hands-on veterinary clinical experience
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- Up to $36.00/hour
- $5.50/hour Overnight Shift Differential
- $6,000 Sign-On Bonus for Full-Time, New-to-SAGE Hires
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- 401(k)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Paid vacation
- Sick leave
- Annual Continuing Education (CE) allowance
- VetBloom RACE-approved continuing education
- Educational and professional development support toward RVT credentialing
- Career milestone bonuses for earning your RVT or VTS
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Uniforms
- Career advancement opportunities
About the Company
- SAGE San Francisco is one of Northern California's premier specialty and emergency veterinary hospitals.
- Ethos Veterinary Health, part of the NVA Group, is where you come to practice world-class veterinary medicine and help shape what veterinary care becomes next.
- Across our network of more than 140 specialty and emergency hospitals, science moves forward, standards are elevated, and innovation is put into practice every day.
- You'll work alongside respected veterinary professionals while continuing to grow clinically, professionally, and personally.
Equal Opportunity
- Ethos Veterinary Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, competence, merit, and business need.