Registered Veterinary Technician II – Neurology
| Published | February 22, 2024 |
| Expires | March 7, 2024 |
| Location | Fort Collins, CO, United States of America |
| Category | Academic and University Positions |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Salary | $43,788 - $52,548 a year |
Description
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At the CSU VTH, we exist to educate the next generation of veterinarians by providing exceptional veterinary care and service to the community every day. The Neurology service instructs professional and paraprofessional Veterinary Medical students, interns and residents in a surgical and clinical setting with emphasis on practical applications of neurology and neurosurgery, emergency procedures and clinical treatment of neurological cases.
Why work at Colorado State University?
CSU was recently ranked first among Colorado-based educational employers and fifth among all in-state employers in Forbes magazine’s “America’s Best Employers by State!”
We are looking to add individuals to our team who have the following characteristics:
- Confidence – they expect success in what they do
- Compassion – they have genuine care and concern for others
- Commitment to Inclusive Excellence – they engage principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in all they do, valuing a supportive community where everyone’s contributions are valued, and all voices are heard
- Empowerment – they use their knowledge and skills to adjust, change, and improve daily tasks/work for themselves and others
- Integrity – they are honest, and others trust them
- Responsibility – they take ownership of decisions and actions
Colorado State University (CSU) is committed to providing employees with a strong and competitive benefits and well-being package that supports you, your health, and your family.
These CSU resources help with many aspects of your life – financial, physical, emotional, family, workplace wellness. These resources are part of our investment in you.
Employees are benefits eligible when working a minimum of 20 hours per week; benefits outlined below reflect full-time status of 40 hours per week; some benefits would be prorated for part-time status.
- Paid time off to include 24 vacation days, 15 sick days, 11 paid holidays annually
- Attractive evening work schedule that is flexible yet consistent Monday-Friday
- Comprehensive benefits programs and services including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Parental Leave, work/life resources, and more
- Robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for your overall well-being
- FREE college credit courses (up to 9-semester credits per year) through the Employee Study Privilege program
- Tuition Scholarships up to 50% for eligible family members
- FREE employee growth opportunity through CSU training and development opportunities
- After-school programs and summer camps for kids
- Community Discounts
- FREE MAX transit use with CSU identification
Retirement Programs
Campus Culture and Principles of Community
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This is an essential worker position and must be willing and able to report to work as directed to perform essential and/or emergency services without delay or interruption.
The successful candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States by the proposed start date; the department will not provide visa sponsorship for this position.
- Registered as a Veterinary Technician (VT) or Provisional Veterinary Technician (PVT) through the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA).
- Graduate of accredited veterinary technician program with greater than two (2) years’ experience in veterinary medicine. *Please note, a transcript or diploma must be attached to this application to demonstrate graduation from the vet tech program.
- SUBSTITUTIONS: Candidates can qualify without graduation from a veterinary technician program if they demonstrate 3+ years of veterinary medicine experience.
- The successful candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States by the proposed start date; the department will not provide visa sponsorship for this position.
- NOTE: VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT – Effective January 1, 2024, anyone wanting to use the titles Registered Veterinary Technician, Veterinary Technician, RVT, or VT will have to be certified through the Colorado Association of Certified Veterinary Technicians (CACVT) AND registered through the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA). Please visit the CACVT website for more information: https://www.cacvt.org/registration-faqs
- Experience in neurology or surgery.
- Neurology Nursing Training, AIMVT/VTS Neurology.
- Performs the following: sedation and recovery, blood draws, IVC placement, safe positioning for CSF taps, restraint on painful animals, euthanasia assistance, surgical clips and peri-operative antibiotic preparation, urinary catheter placement, TPR’s, neurologic exams and Cytosar injections.
- Organizing and scheduling incoming appointments and assisting with appointments in the exam rooms.
- Autonomy in scheduling and conducting technician-lead appointments, and relaying appropriate follow-up information to clinicians.
- Creating personalized, accurate, and representative financial estimates to clients regarding recommended procedures and treatments.
- Enter ancillary and/or consulting service orders correctly, including anesthesia, surgery, clinical pathology, diagnostic lab, and diagnostic imaging.
- Transportation of patients from the parking lot to exam room and throughout the hospital.
- Follow appropriate protocols when working with potential for zoonotic and infectious agents.
- Basic foundation of neurosurgery and equipment.
- Acts as the second liaison to providing surgery with vital information with incoming cases.
- Performs the following:
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- Ensure accurate and prompt charging, prints stickers and various forms, completes or oversees students when ordering appropriate tests and ensure correct sample submission requests, pharmacy refills and FAX refills to various outside pharmacies.
- Updates logs and spreadsheets used by the department.
- Uploads patient videos to our teams folder and organizes them so that they are easy to find.
- Coordinate sending diagnostic imaging/MRI links to all clients and associated veterinarians.
- Catalog patient videos and pictures related to their clinical evaluation.
- Answers rounds room phone, takes and relays messages, facilitates client visitations.
- Manages patient drop-off and discharges, including admission/dismissal-related tasks.
- Accurately document all patient-related communications.
- Proper cleanup and disinfection during and/or after appointments.
- Restocks items needed in exam and rounds rooms.
- At all times, keeps exams room properly cleaned and orderly.
- Stocks various items in the O.R.
- Takes dirty laundry to Central Supply and retrieves clean laundry.
- Takes sterile packs and equipment to Central Supply, returns sterile packs and supplies to O.R. Maintains and cleans clippers and blades.
- Sends instruments or equipment out for repair.
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- Assists visiting house officers, new residents, and third and fourth year veterinary students in completing a neurologic examination. Teaches appropriate patient restraint, blood draws, blood pressure, sedation monitoring, urinary catheter placement.
- Guides and instructs learners through their neurologic exams with demonstrations and explanations at a higher level.
- During appointments before the clinician enters, position creates a low-stake learning environment by providing continual guidance and pointers to students as the perform their independent neurologic evaluations, and providing direction when needed as they assign a lesion localization.
- In specialized procedures, e.g.
- CSF collection, position communicates the rationale and technique of the procedure, including safe sample handling.
*Please note, a transcript or diploma must be attached to this application to demonstrate graduation from the vet tech program. *Please note, a DORA letter attached to this application to demonstrate qualification for a RVT and/or VT title is preferred.
If you have questions, please contact the VTH HR staff at VTH_HR@mail.colostate.edu. CSU is committed to full inclusion of qualified individuals. If you are needing assistance or accommodations with the search process, please reach out to the VTH HR staff at VTH_HR@mail.colostate.edu.
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The Coordinator for any other forms of misconduct prohibited by the University’s Policy on Discrimination and Harassment is the Vice President for Equity, Equal Opportunity and Title IX, 101 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, Co. 80523-0160, (970) 491-5836, oeo@colostate.edu.
Any person may report sex discrimination under Title IX to the Office of Civil Rights, Department of Education.
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