Job duties include, but are not limited to:
A Veterinary Technician Assistant helps the technicians, doctors, and receptionists in all duties of the hospital. The responsibilities vary with current needs of the hospital staff, the season of the year, and the individual abilities demonstrated by the employee.
The Veterinary Technician Assistant is responsible for beginning the procedures for examination. First, the animal is weighed, and the weight recorded, the temperature is taken and recorded, and medical history is taken. It may be necessary to help restrain the pet during the examination and treatment.
MAJOR DUTIES
Kennel: Care of boarding and hospitalized animals including cage cleaning, exercising, feeding, observation for signs of illness, parasites and disease control, laundry, bathing procedures, keeping animals clean.
Hospital: General cleaning of public and employee areas, building and yard maintenance to maintain clean, odor-free, and attractive environment. Housekeeping and laundry duties for all areas.
Animal: Ability to restrain for procedures performed by technicians or doctors, knowledge of common diseases, their symptoms and means of transmission, administration of oral medications, assessment of appropriate.
Reception: Answering phones and updating clients with change in animal status.
Public Relations: Professional, cheerful, and helpful attitude when contacting pet owners. boarding and hospitalized patients from admission to discharge, knowledge of patient folders, vaccine schedules, other front desk procedures to assist receptionists.
Laboratory: Performance of simple in-house laboratory tests, completion of forms for out house laboratory, filing of laboratory reports and cleanup of laboratory area. Aiding in the performance of diagnostic imaging
Assisting: Animal restraint, nail trimming, ear cleaning, and computer transaction entry during office hours or treatment times.
Inventory: Unpacking, labeling, and stocking of hospital supplies, and stocking of cleaning and office supplies
OTHER DUTIES
- Dispense medication which the doctor has prescribed.
- Take drug inventory
- Assist in preparing patients for surgery
- Clean, pack and autoclave surgical instruments.
- Responsible for the cleanliness of the entire hospital.
- Keep the wards and kennels clean and disinfected, very high priority.
- Maintenance of autoclave and anesthesia machine.
- Keep the exam room organized, ensuring a smooth & efficient client flow. Check all exam rooms for cleanliness, neatness & re-stock at the end of every shift. Sweep & spot clean floors & walls when necessary. Notify staff members of contamination of the exam room when there has been an animal with a communicable disease in a room.
- See that necessary literature is always available for you or doctor to give to client.
- Check on in-patients throughout the day and report any abnormalities to doctor.
- Assist the Veterinary Technicians and Assistants, with all patient care
- Keep the treatment area clean and free of dirty items used during treatment.
CONTROLS OVER WORK
The practitioners provide continuing or individual assignments indicating generally what is to be done, limitations, quality and quantity expected, deadlines and priority of assignments. The practitioners provide additional, specific instructions for new, difficult, or unusual assignments in animal health care, including suggested work methods or advice on source materials available. The Veterinary Technician Assistant uses initiative in carrying out recurring assignments independently without specific instructions, but refers deviations, problems, and unfamiliar situations not covered by instructions to the practitioner for decision or help. The practitioners assure that finished work and methods used are technically accurate and in compliance with instructions or established procedures. Review of the work increases with more difficult assignments if the veterinary technician assistant has not previously performed similar assignments. Administrative supervision may be provided by the Practice Manager.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to hazards associated with aggressive patients; hazards associated with infected animals and controlled substances; exposure to unpleasant odors and noises; exposure to bites, scratches and animal wastes; possible exposure to contagious diseases.
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