<p>Joining a clinic with its own unique identity is like a?cross-country car ride with your ears flapping in the breeze.?Mendon Animal Clinic is looking to add a compassionate and skilled Lead Surgery Veterinary Technician to our team.</p> <p>At our Rarebreed clinic, you can help reimagine the veterinary experience in your community. Our comfortable environment means you'll have an expert team of veterinary professionals to bring you the best possible healthcare for your pet. It's the kind of freedom that feels like running at the speed of light into a 5-story pile of leaves - and that's just the beginning. As part of our team, you'll work with the latest technology, gain access to state-of-the-art training facilities, and collaborate with a positive team to deliver the highest quality of care to the pet patients we all love.</p> <p>Mendon Animal Clinic is a full-service animal hospital that welcomes both emergency treatment cases as well as pet patients in need of routine medical, surgical and dental care. We care for cats, dogs, rabbits and pocket pets. Our clinic is well equipped with ultrasound, digital radiology including dental, full in-house laboratory, surgical cautery, therapeutic laser, cryotherapy, tonometry. We have a board certified surgeon, cardiologist and internist who regularly come to our practice for advanced surgical procedures, echocardiology and abdominal ultrasounds. https://www.mendonanimalclinic.com/</p> <p>Veterinary Technician</p> <p>Mendon Animal Clinic in Mendon, MA</p> <p>Salary range starting at $24/hr an hour (based on experience)</p> <p>WHAT YOU'LL DO</p> <ul> <li>Proficient in anesthesia monitoring and dental scaling/polishing/radiographs </li><li>Able to teach peers </li><li>Able to troubleshoot machine issues and perform maintenance </li><li>Monitoring supply levels and notifying Practice Manager when surgical supplies are needed </li><li>Time management: Ensuring the veterinarian gets into surgery in a timely manner and subsequent procedures are strategically started. Able to manage the day to ensure all tasks are completed. </li><li>Organization (creating maintenance schedules, assist PM with making dept check lists, patient pre-visit prep and follow up) </li><li>Contribute to leadership meetings (PM, MD, and other leads meet once a week): Identify dept issues, possible solutions, and ideas for the development of new SOPs, policies, and procedures. </li><li>Communicate any staff issues to PM and MD to address </li><li>Ability to delegate </li><li>Client communications </li><li>Ability to learn new software and tools: Mendon is in a period of transition as we are adding new technology and programs to create more efficient workflows </li></ul> <p>BENEFITS</p> <p>We're passionate about helping you reach your greatest pet-ential - both at work and at home. As a result, our total compensation package is as outstanding and rewarding as the world's longest belly rub and ear massage combined:</p> <p>Great pay with competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage</p> <p>401K with a company match of up to 4%- after 6 months of service</p> <p>Generous paid time off to help you achieve your purr-fect work-life balance</p> <p>Employee Ruff-erral Program</p> <p>Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Commuter Benefits</p> <p>Company-paid life and AD&D insurance</p> <p>Short-term and long-term disability</p> <p>Accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance</p> <p>Mental Health Resources</p> <p>Company-paid bonding leave</p> <p>Continuing education yearly allowance for skills development?and uniform allowance</p> <p>Certification fees reimbursement (eligible employees only)</p> <p>Free quarterly financial wellness classes to provide guidance in areas such as student loan debt, budgeting, improving credit scores, mortgages, and refinancing</p> <p>Plus, special benefits to utilize for your own pet:</p> <p>Pet Care: Discounts on veterinary services and products</p> <p>Pet Diagnostics: Discounts on reference lab testing</p> <p>Pet Food: Discounts on Purina pet foods</p> <p>Pet Insurance: Discounts available with our preferred vendor</p> <p>REQUIREMENTS</p> <p>High school diploma or equivalent</p> <p>Veterinary Technician Certification (CVT) or License (LVT) preferred but not required</p> <p>Prior leadership or management experience required</p> <p>Must have a positive attitude and be a team player</p> <p>Diagnostics (Radiographs, ECG, Blood Pressure, Venipunture)</p> <p>Placing IV Catheters</p> <p>Administering treatments</p> <p>Assisting and monitoring patients during surgery</p> <p>Providing emergency and critical care to patients</p> <p>Rarebreed Veterinary Partners?is a purpose-driven team that places talent first by supporting professionals to thrive in our industry and empowering hospital teams to provide exceptional care for pets and their owners. We pride ourselves on going the extra mile to create exceptional work experiences for our hospital teams. We focus on providing our hospitals with the best culture, tools, and support to allow the staff to focus on what they love most: caring for our animal companions.</p> <p>Joining our fun and team-first atmosphere comes with a level of support that's hard to find anywhere else. Everything we do is with purpose - down to the way we invest in our people and create long-overdue change in the industry. We're hyper-focused on supporting our professionals, so they can focus on bringing the gold standard of medicine to our patients and their families. When it all comes together with the joy of working with pets, our career opportunities are as exhilarating as climbing a toy mountain of a gazillion new squeaky balls.</p> <p>Employment will require the successful completion of references and background check.</p> <p>FOR MASSACHUSETTS APPLICANTS: IT IS UNLAWFUL IN MASSACHUSETTS TO REQUIRE OR ADMINISTER A LIE DETECTOR TEST AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT OR CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT. AN EMPLOYER WHO VIOLATES THIS LAW SHALL BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND CIVIL LIABILITY. RAREBREED VETERINARY PARTNERS AND ANY OF ITS AFFILIATED COMPANIES DOES NOT USE LIE DETECTOR TESTS AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.</p> <p>Rarebreed Veterinary Partners provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.</p> <p>Learn more about our career opportunities at: https://rarebreedvet.com/careers/</p> <p>Where uncommon support partners with joy.</p>