Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy Assistant, AVES

Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy Assistant

Join our growing team at Austin Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Center! Are you a dedicated technician assistant looking to advance your career in a thriving, collaborative, and progressive environment? At Austin Veterinary Emergency & Specialty (AVES), we're growing rapidlyadding new doctors, expanding services, and launching departmentsas we prepare to move into our brand-new, state-of-the-art 45,000 sq. ft. hospital. As part of our growth, we're hiring for multiple technician and assistant roles across departments. We're seeking highly skilled, self-motivated, and team-oriented professionals who are passionate about delivering exceptional care in advanced veterinary medicine.

Overview : Veterinary Technician Assistance are required to fully assist the practitioners and licensed veterinary technicians, to help improve the quality of care given to the patients of Austin Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Center and to aid in achieving greater efficiency by relieving them of technical work and administrative detail. This position requires flexibility to assist in many areas while timely managing major responsibilities.

Compensation : $19-$23 hourly, based on experience

Schedules Available : Full Time

Primary Responsibilities :

• Restrain for various treatments and exams.
• Prepare appointments for next day with necessary records
• Invoicing / preparing estimates.
• Admitting / Discharging patients
• Assist with restraint and follow all safety protocols set in place.
• Assist technicians with various tasks. This includes, but is not limited to : patient restraint, maintain and care for rehab equipment, cleaning and maintenance of underwater treadmill.
• Assist doctors in exam rooms by escorting clients to exam rooms, obtaining patient's history from clients and recording it on patient's medical record, obtaining and recording patient's temperature and weight, assist doctor with patient's examination.
• Assist with patient treatments as directed by your tech lead or doctor.
• Help with end of day duties.
• Check equipment for damage.
• Assist in keeping patients clean and dry at all times.
• Clean the radiology suite (between patients and daily cleaning of the floor, and areas around the table, shelve, and computer). Hair should be vacuumed from behind the radiology table weekly at a minimum.
• Help technicians and doctors with outpatients or patients being discharged.

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Why AVES? Austin Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Center (AVES) has been established in the Austin community for 9 years serving the Austin pet community. We are a robust 24 / 7 / 365 veterinary facility that offers Emergency, Critical Care, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Oncology, Diagnostic Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Cardiology services. In approximately 6 months, we will be relocating our hospital to a new location (within 2.6 miles from our current location) which will allow us to expand our services and provide growth opportunities for our staff. AVES core values of Kindness, Integrity, Collaboration and Consistently are our driving forces that help us provide top-notch medical care and customer service to the Austin community. We have a strong focus on the continued education of our staff through an on-site Education Program that provides job training for our support staff.

We would love to hear from dedicated veterinary professionals who are passionate about making a difference and are excited to grow alongside us. Join our team today and experience the culture you've been looking for!