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University of Illinois Veterinary Technician General - Spay, Neuter and Community Outreach Program - 1025135-6689 in Urbana, Illinois
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Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Job Summary
The Veterinary Technician General will provide standard paramedical technical and nursing assistance in a courteous and professional manner to support and facilitate clinical and instructional activities with focus on delivering a high-quality high volume spay neuter program and may be asked to assist in other areas of the hospital. Due to the teaching nature of the hospital, this position will learn to instruct professional students in diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and emergency procedures.
Learn to provide skilled paramedical technical assistance: Prepare patient for surgery:
? Collect and submit blood, urine, fecal, and other biological samples.
? Assist with restraint and transport of patient into surgery.
? Provide veterinary technical assistance when handling fractious patients to ensure the safety of the patient, veterinary students, interns, and faculty.
? Perform and assist veterinary students and interns with physical examinations prior to induction.
? Maintain electronic surgical log and assist with coordination of surgeries.
? Position patient on surgical table according to standard operating procedures or specific veterinarian instruction. Learn all surgical positions and associated terminologies
? Clip patient according to standard procedure or specific clinician instructions regarding surgery site.
? Prepare patient for surgery (e.g., scrub surgical site for aseptic surgery, monitor anesthesia, etc.)
? Assist veterinary staff and students assigned to the section with their treatments of surgical patients.
Learn to provide skilled paramedical technical assistance during anesthetic induction.
? Test anesthetic circuits prior to use.
? Assist veterinary students in selecting appropriate endotracheal tube size.
? Provide veterinary technical instruction to veterinary students on the appropriate site and method for anesthetic induction.
? Provide veterinary technical assistance during endotracheal intubation or perform endotracheal intubation.
? Administer medications, fluids, etc. under the direction of the veterinarian.
? Understand drug interactions that are used for induction as well as post-operative pain management.
? Under supervision of faculty or intern, calculate patient drug doses prior to induction.
? Assist in maintaining controlled substances logs as required by law.
? Assist with maintaining surgical and drug supplies.
Learn to provide skilled paramedical technical assistance: Prepare surgical suite, instruments and equipment for aseptic surgery.
? Open and handle sterile surgical instruments onto an aseptic field according to aseptic technique.
? Operate, clean and perform routine maintenance on surgical equipment according to aseptic technique.
? Assist in supervising student workers who clean instruments and pack surgical packs.
? Assist in the training of veterinary technician students and veterinary professional students in surgery related technical procedures and equipment usage.
Learn to provide skilled paramedical technical assistance: Post-surgery duties:
? Assist with transport of patient from surgical suite into recovery.
? Monitor patient, record vitals, and recognize emergency conditions, and report an emergency to the senior veterinarian, intern, and surgeon.
? Respond promptly and appropriately to emergency conditions.
? Administer medications and fluids as instructed by veterinarian.
? Dispose of sharps properly and collect opened instruments for sterilization.
? Clean surgical suite and equipment according to aseptic technique.
Learn to clean and maintain surgical reas and equipment
? Sterilize and wrap surgical instruments using different sterilization techniques, such as gas, autoclave, and plasma.
? Clean, maintain supplies, and order necessary supplies.
? Collect and submit blood, urine, fecal, and other biological samples. Inoculate prepackaged media.
? Operate, clean, and provide routine maintenance of equipment, including sterilization and repacking instruments.
Perform other duties as assigned.
? Assist in coordinating the scheduling of shelters for rural shelter sterilization.
? Enter charges for shelters into Health Information Systems related to surgical sterilization, including adding adjustments between records.
? Operate Shelter Medicine vehicles.
Additional Physical Demands
An environment of stress may be anticipated. The person in this position must be capable of reliably functioning in such an area. The amount of physical exertion will vary with assignments. For example, the technician may be lifting a 40lb. dog on and off an examination table. The handling of any animal presents some element of risk or injury. Some strength and considerable caution are required when working with animals during diagnostic or surgical procedures. To some degree, unpleasantness may be experienced under such conditions.
This position entails operating equipment, administering medicati