Overview
Copy of Vet Technician – Large Animal Jobs in Lake Forest, CA at Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center
Description: EQUINE VETERINARY TECHNICIAN
Lake Forest, Equine Medical Associates – Loomis Basin Equine Medical Group
Overview
The Veterinary Technician (large animal) provides technical assistance to the Doctors in the field for all types of medical appointments. The position supports the doctor through proactive readiness for each appointment and assisting with on-site medical needs with the patient. The position will also support lab work needs at the clinic. The position is part-time at 24 hours per week. Wednesday to Friday.
Key Responsibilities:
Support doctors in the field in all areas of equine proactive and emergency medical care.
Provide veterinary tech support to the doctors on site for all equine health client site visits.
Proactively support the offsite needs of the clinic and Ambo vehicles including ensuring daily product supply, materials and equipment needs are met.
Provide Veterinary Technician support by assisting doctors with medical procedures including prep and post care.
Patient handling including horses of varying temperaments.
Assist with sedation, radiology, soundness evaluations, dentals, general medical assessments, emergencies, basic lab work and pharmacy requirements. (Perform basic lab procedures, sterilizing and cleaning).
Support the doctor with client communications and customer service. Provide basic client educational support.
Works with DVM on running lab panels and reporting results into our software.
Reports errors with the LBEMG (main clinic) lab department.
Follow proper PPE protocols when handling and disposing of samples
Key Competencies:
Excellence in customer service with strong communication skills.
Ability to prioritize and follow directives while maintaining flexibility.
Demonstrate genuine empathy and attention to detail for the quality-of-service care.
Team player but also enjoys autonomous work.
Experience handling and managing horses and other large animals.
Uphold the LBEMC key value which is strive for excellence in the health and care of patients.
Flexibility, resourceful and self-starter, good communications, multi-tasker, team orientated, resiliency.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including health insurance (Employer sponsored), retirement plan (401K with 3% match), CE ($1500), amazing employee discounts (50% for fulltime) and paid time off. If you are a dedicated and compassionate veterinarian with a passion for animal medicine, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity with LBEMG. We are a privately owned practice with care facilities across California with over 40 veterinarians. On the equine side we specialize in Emergency and critical care, sports medicine, internal medicine and reproduction. It is a full service ECC clinic with surgery and ICU. Our small animal clinic is a state of art, brand new facility offering full scope services open 6 days a week. Our main medical campuses for large and small animals are in Penryn, CA. If you thrive on learning and being part of a supportive team of outstanding professionals, please check us out!
Requirements:
Job Qualifications:
High School Diploma, Vet Tech Certification a plus or equivalent experience.
Two years support experience as a Vet Technician.
Solid computer skills.
Lab work and lab process familiarity.
Lift up to 30 lbs.
2 years of general equine experience, handling horses with some basic equine medical knowledge.
Title: Copy of Vet Technician – Large Animal
Company: Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center
Location: Lake Forest, CA
