Emergency Veterinary Technician - Chicago (Lincoln Park)

The family you will be joining:

VEG is a rapidly growing group of emergency practices with multiple locations and a single mission: Helping People and Their Pets When They Need it Most. We are changing the face of emergency veterinary medicine with a “customer first” mentality. We’re a group of passionate, thoughtful leaders that believe in the power of an open mind and servant leadership.

We are building something amazing in Chicago, with a goal of multiple hospitals in the Chicago area by the end of 2021. We need a team that brings creative ideas, critical thinking abilities, and a willingness to be the best.

What you can expect to do:

• Triage
• Knowledge and ability to recognize medical emergencies and illnesses
• Assessing patients
• Recording vitals and assisting doctors with diagnostics
• Completing all treatments as instructed by the doctor
• Basic husbandry and nursing care
• Monitoring all changes in patients and giving them all the compassionate care they deserve
• Taking blood
• Placing catheters
• Assisting in and facilitating radiography capture
• Preparing samples for outside reference labs
• Running in-house lab work
• Preparing medications
• Administering medications
• Any other field related tasks