and renowned AAHA-accredited emergency and specialty hospital that is 100% owned by local veterinarians. With two, 24/7 facilities in the Twin Cities area, we build meaningful relationships with our community by treating one another with kindness, dignity, and respect.
We offer excellent compensation and benefit packages, and our company culture emphasizes a healthy work/home/family integration. We are generous with our high fives (or elbows, COVID style) and encourage one another to find the best way, even if it isn't the " usual" way. We believe that mistakes are opportunities to learn, and difficulty fosters growth. If you actively seek and share new knowledge, assume best
intentions of your colleagues, and care intensely about everything you do, you will be an instrumental value to the AERC-MN team. Role Title: Kennel Attendant Department: ER / ICU Shift: Day (10:00 am - 8:00 pm) Schedule: This is a two-week rotation, scheduled every other weekend.
30-hour workweeks (Full Time Equivalent). Weekends Required, no more than 50% per month. Holidays required, no more than four per year. Will be scheduled to work primarily at our Oakdale Specialty hospital. Compensation: $16/hr with some room for negotiations depending on skillset, education, and other factors. Shift Differential Eligibility: Eligible Relocation Assistance Eligibility: Ineligible Benefits :
Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance provided at up to 80% covered by AERC.
Short-Term, Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, and EAP provided at no additional cost to you. PTO accrual based on tenure. Uniform, Pet, and CE stipends available, and more. The primary function of the Kennel Attendant is to ensure the cleanliness of the hospital. Kennel Attendants are responsible for maintaining proper disease control protocols, including cleaning of facility, preparation of kennels for patients, laundry, and general cleaning and stocking of the treatment floor(s). This is not an animal handling position. Your Skills & Experiences. Who are we looking for? Teamwork and Development.
You are proactive, supportive, and collaborative. You share knowledge, promote positivity, and take personal responsibility for your professional development. You are eager to recommend process improvements, as well as value opinions that may be different than yours. You seek and value open, honest communication and constructive feedback in a timely manner. Hospital Duties. You have an interest for caring for animals. You demonstrate a natural ability to actively listen, lead with curiosity and assume best intentions of others. You will answer phone calls, enter data into the electronic medical record platform, and reduce patient anxiety by troubleshooting issues related to comfort care in the ICU, service failures, or other problems including identifying and resolving the problem through effective decision making and escalating issues when appropriate.
You will function as an important role in the ER / ICU treatment room floors through cleaning, stocking, and laundry duties, as well as assisting the technicians and assistants with keeping animals clean, dry, and comfortable. Continued Professional Development. Skills can be taught. We value training and professional development.
You will be provided with a minimum of 16 training shifts before you're set free to save lives. When you succeed, we all succeed. This is a primarily non animal handling role. Although you will not physically be handling patients often, you will work closely alongside them while focusing efforts to providing the best client care and support possible to both clients and the referring community. How to Apply: So, what are you waiting for? Click that apply now button and get started! We make every effort to respond within three business days, so we won't keep you waiting.
differences, this position is for you! AERC-MN is an established and renowned AAHA-accredited emergency and specialty hospital that is 100% owned by local veterinarians. With two, 24/7 facilities in the Twin Cities area, we build meaningful relationships with our community by treating one another with kindness, dignity, and respect.
Role Title: Veterinary Technician Assistant: Department: Emergency Critical Care and Urgent Care Shift: Evening - 2:00pm-10:00pm (ER/ICU), 2:00pm-12:00am (Urgent Care), or 9:00pm-7:00am (ER/ICU) shifts are available. Schedule: Rotating schedule working every other weekend. Compensation: Hourly, dependent on skills, education, credentials, and other factors.
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance provided at up to 80% covered by AERC. Short-Term, Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, and EAP are provided at no additional cost to you.
PTO accrual based on tenure. Uniform, Pet, and CE stipends are available, and more. The primary function of the Veterinary Technician Assistant is to serve as an extension of the veterinary technician, assisting in both client and patient care. Additionally, the Veterinary Technician Assistant is expected to promote professional growth through education and learning opportunities. Your Skills & Experiences. Who are we looking for? Teamwork and Development You are proactive, supportive, and collaborative.
You share knowledge, promote positivity, and take personal responsibility for your professional development.
You are eager to recommend process improvements, as well as value opinions that may be different than yours. You seek and value open, honest communication and constructive feedback in a timely manner. Client Service As every patient has an owner at the other end of the leash, we expect outstanding client communication, education, and care to be provided by all team members. This role will provide delicate and continuity of care for all patients and clients by utilizing skills such as active listening, leading with curiosity to assume best intentions, and supporting all client's medical care decisions without judgment.
You will be trained to answer phone calls, communicate effectively and clearly with clients, and educate clients regarding medical procedures, diagnostics and medications in addition to your typical technical skills and abilities. Patient Care Skills can be taught. We value training and professional development. You will be provided with a minimum of 16 training shifts before you're set free to save lives. When you succeed, we all succeed. You will be comfortable with the basic tasks such as animal restraint, reading body language of both canine and feline species, assist with performance of vitals (temperature, pule, respirations, blood pressure) and quickly identify normal vs.
abnormal ranges. You will ensure patients are clean, dry, and presentable at time of discharge from the hospital, as well as provide general husbandry care such as bathroom breaks, cleaning kennels, performing baths and providing fresh water. This is an entry level position, designed for those who are currently enrolled in a veterinary technician program or similar educational field. If not currently enrolled in a program, you must have previous veterinary or wildlife clinical experiences to be considered for this role.
How to Apply: If you think you have what it takes to join the AERC-MN team, then the next steps you want to do is to formally fill out our online application. Don't worry, the application process is smooth and quick. We require your resume and answer some quick questions to help us get to know you better. If you include a letter of intent, that would be super! What are you waiting for? Click that apply not button and get started! We typically respond within three business days, so we won't keep you waiting.
CULTURE AT VEGAt VEG, we want people and their pets to feel safe, secure, and valued; we want our employees to feel the same way. What we're aiming to achieve on the customer side is equivalent in nature to what we want for our employees: to have the best experience possible.
With the highest NPS score in our industry, we're ready to ensure that VEG is always the place where the best and brightest in the emergency world not only want to work, but stay and grow. For our customers and their pets, we strive to find a way to say, " yes. " We do the same and more for our teams. In fact, VEG is one of this year's nominees for INC Magazine's Best Places to Work! ABOUT THE EXTERNSHIPVEG's
Veterinary Technician/Nurse Student Externship Program gives vet tech/nursing students hands-on experience in emergency medicine while working alongside our credentialed, emergency veterinary technicians (known internally as Veterinary Nurses).
Students will focus on honing their emergency skills including obtaining patient vitals, processing laboratory samples, caring for hospitalized patients, triaging emerging cases, and collaborating in a fast-paced environment. If you're as interested in emergency medicine as we are, we'd love to have you! Note: This is an unpaid externship and rabies vaccinations are required unless your school's rabies mitigation policy allows you to be unvaccinated
and still handle unvaccinated pets. Flexibility: YOU Choose the length of your externship to meet your school's requirements Location: YOU choose where you'd like to extern (depending on hospital bandwidth) Mentorship: YOU will be supported by a credentialed veterinary technician (VEG Veterinary Nurse) Focus: YOU will be fully-immersed in what emergency medicine truly entails REQUIREMENTS Currently enrolled in an AVMA accredited veterinary technology/nursing program (or one actively seeking accreditation) and will be in a class that requires externship hours and/or skills.
This application is not for veterinary students or veterinary assistant students - only veterinary technology/nursing students.
Your externship must need to begin within 6 months of application. You must be vaccinated for rabies unless your school's rabies mitigation policy allows unvaccinated students to handle unvaccinated animals.
