Veterinary Assistant - Peavine Animal Hospital

Peavine Animal Hospital is looking for a Veterinary Assistant to join our team! Our MISSION at Peavine Animal Hospital it to treat our clients and patients like family. We want to give every pet the individual care it deserves. We seek to provide quality to every pet by constantly educating and training our team by focusing on the experience, both for the pet and the pet parents. Our VISION is to move into providing specialty urgent care for the Reno/Sparks community. We want our team to be able to practice medicine at the top of their licenses. We are striving for the community to genuinely enjoy their time at the hospital.

Position Overview: The Veterinary Assistant supports the hospital by providing dedicated quality veterinary care and extraordinary service to our patients and clients. As a Veterinary Assistant, you will fully assist the DVMs and LVTs to help improve the quality of care to the patients by relieving them of technical work and achieving greater efficiency at Peavine Animal Hospital.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in determining animal requirements by helping conduct animal examinations, restraining patients, and reviewing care plans and records
• Care for patients by taking vital signs, collecting samples, administering vaccines, providing wound care management, completing laboratory tests and diagnostic imaging
• Assembling required supplies and instruments for procedures
• Fill prescriptions and administer PO, SQ, IM, IV medications, including proper documentation, logging, and security of controlled drugs
• Maintain a safe, secure, healthy and humane environment by following documented standards and procedures in compliance with applicable legal regulations
• Maintain medical records by documenting patients’ conditions, reactions, and changes; updates database in an accurate and timely manner
• Ability to demonstrate and follow procedures in catheter placement and phlebotomy

Qualifications and Skills: 

• At least 1 year of experience performing above duties
• High School Diploma/GED
• Experience in surgery is a plus
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical drugs and calculations
• Able to perform moderately physically demanding work, that requires lifting (up to 50 pounds), cleaning, and constant motion
• Ability to work with or around sick animals, potentially hazardous materials, cleaning chemicals, gas anesthetics, zoonotic diseases, and unpleasant odors

Available Schedule: Full-time position, schedule to be determined

• We are open: Mondays - Fridays 7:30am - 5:30pm
• Closed Saturdays and Sundays

Benefits We Offer: 

• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience ($16.00 - $18.00 per hour)
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k + company match
• Paid time off
• Continuing education opportunities
• Professional development support
• Mental health assistance
• Employee discounts on veterinary services
• Scrub allowance
• Employee Referral Program
• Compassionate and motivating work environment! 

Apply today! We look forward to hearing from you! 

Peavine Animal Hospital is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, national origin, religion, gender, marital status, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.