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A Little About Us
Second Chances Veterinary Care is an independently owned outpatient surgery, procedural, and urgent care veterinary clinic. Our first mission is to provide no-nonsense veterinary care at affordable prices because pet owners deserve the chance to give their pet the care it needs. We form partnerships with the patient’s current provider to ensure the best urgent care management for both the pet parent & the patient. We are ready to work hand in hand with local veterinarians, shelters, rescues, & more to provide high-quality procedural & diagnostic services to dogs and cats.

About Your Role
The Certified Veterinary Technician will perform various veterinary procedures, including conducting health exams, administering vaccinations, and medical treatments, performing diagnostics, completing clinical laboratory tests, and recording findings and assessments. This position may also assist veterinarians in surgery, including intubation, inducing/monitoring animals under anesthesia, and performing humane euthanasia.

Essential Duties and Major Responsibilities
Client/Patient Interaction

• Admits patients to the hospital and ensures all admittance paperwork is completed correctly.
• Provides counseling and compassion for clients and answers their questions unless it is clear that the attending doctor should do so.
• Ensures the safety of pets, clients, and associates by utilizing safe restraining techniques, following standard protocols, and maintaining clean, sterile, and organized treatment areas, exam rooms, and labs.
• Obtains relevant information and history from clients maintaining proper and complete medical records.

Exam Room

• Performs basic examinations of patients and records findings in the medical records.
• Vaccinates pets. Follow manufacturers’ directions as well as AAFP guidelines for placement of injectable vaccines at appropriate sites.
• Answers questions and educates clients about basic pet care and procedures, including but not limited to nutrition, internal and external parasite control, immunization protocols, the administration of medications, spay and neuter procedures, and behavior and obedience training.

Emergency-Care & Surgery

• Provides basic life support, including CPR, airway maintenance, and oxygen therapy.
• Assists with patient procedures and surgeries, including anesthetic induction and monitoring, pre-and post-operative patient care.

Assist with other duties as assigned.

Education
Certified Veterinary Technician certificate issued by the Colorado Association of Certified Veterinary Technicians.

Type of Experience Needed to Be Successful
1 year of Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT) experience in a veterinary practice is preferred.

Specialized Skills

• Ability to promote a culture of respect, inclusiveness, and appreciation of diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and values.
• Ability to handle animals using low-stress and safe methods for animals with limited behavior information.
• Capable of working calmly under pressure, demonstrating the ability to think clearly and quickly while mastering multiple tasks.
• Provides a high level of professional customer service for internal and external customers and performs duties while working effectively with diverse and sometimes difficult clientele.
• Strong working knowledge of common veterinary technician duties and procedures combined with the appropriate level of competency required to support the veterinary clinic.

Supervisory Expectations
The position does not have any regular responsibility for overseeing or supervising the work of other team members.

Independence of Action
The supervisor/manager monitors work progress; incumbent follows precedents and procedures and may set priorities and organizes work within general guidelines established by supervisor/manager.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• The work environment is the typical veterinary clinic environment. The employee must complete their work satisfactorily in an environment where there are significant distractions, including staff, clients, and vendors walking through and conversing, telephones ringing, conversations carrying over, loud noises, and interruptions to answer questions from others.
• The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. In many cases, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and should do so in a sound and safe manner. This job’s specific vision abilities include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Exposure to animals daily.

Work Hours

• This position works 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Hours vary and are
  dependent on business needs.
• Monday through Friday, Hours may vary with the workload.
• Schedule to be discussed during the interview process.

Core Competencies

• Oral Communication and Written Communication – Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Able to read and interpret written information. Ability to communicate with clients or customers.
• Teamwork – Balances team and individual responsibilities; Puts success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone’s efforts to succeed. Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; Maintains confidentiality; Listens to others without interrupting.
• Reasoning and Problem Solving – Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems, identify complex problems, and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Job Knowledge – Competent in required job skills and knowledge; exhibits ability to learn and apply new skills; keeps abreast of current developments; requires minimal supervision; displays understanding of how job relates to others; uses resources effectively.
• Use of Technology – Demonstrates required skills; adapts to new technologies; troubleshoot technological problems; uses technology to increase productivity; keeps technical skills up to date.
• Customer Service – Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; Responds promptly to customer needs; solicits customer feedback to improve service; Responds to requests for service and assistance; meets commitments.