Veterinary Assistant-Critical Care
Thrive Pet Healthcare
Hoffman Estates, IL
Description Thrive Pet Healthcare Specialists Veterinary Assistant - Critical Care Full-time Day Shift More than a word, care is present in everything you do. At Thrive Pet Healthcare Specialists- Hoffman Estates, we take action to empower your best care for pets, their families, and yourself. We are a community of 400 clinics forming an extraordinary network of unparalleled resources and people. Through outstanding learning and career options, comprehensive benefits, and abundant support, you’ll be nurtured and appreciated for who you are and what you bring to the table. We come together in both the joys and heartaches of our profession to lift each other up through laughter and empathy. And, we have plenty of fun along the way! Provide your best care with more bridges and fewer barriers. Role Responsibilities
- Ensure patients receive quality care
- Help provide oversight/care to both stable and unstable patients
- Assists nurses with patient restraint (canine and feline), including fractious patients
- Help obtain patient diagnostics- fill appropriate specimen tubes
- Print cage cards and collars
- Enter diagnostic requests and run appropriate diagnostics
- Help manage recheck appointments
- Set up and assist with radiographs
- Set up and maintain oxygen kennels
- Set up for procedures
- Stock ICU area
- Restock CPR cart
- Clean (tables, cages, isolation ward, sweep/mop floors, empty garbage, laundry, etc.)
- Veterinary Assistant experience required--ER experience highly preferred
- Basic accurate and professional medical record-keeping: searching for patients, creating appointments, updating clinical records
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic medications and uses for both injectable and oral medications
- Ability to obtain patient vitals – recognize abnormalities in pulse, respirations, temperature, and capillary refill time
- Basic understanding of venipuncture and IV catheter placement
- Demonstrate ability to perform and assist with CPR
- Set up IV fluid therapy and understand basic differences in types of fluids
- Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
- Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
- A program designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital
- Earn your AVMA-CVTEA Accreditation and become a Vet Tech through our fully accredited distance-learning program for veterinary technicians
- Scholarship opportunities and tuition reimbursement
- Competitive compensation-$20-25/hr
- Paid time off including 8 weeks of full-pay parental leave, bereavement to grieve both humans and pets, and time off for new pet adoptions
- Top-quality medical, dental, and vision insurance plus health savings account and flexible spending account
- Pet perks including free exams, discounts on products and services, and more at all Thrive Pet Healthcare locations
- Generously subsidized backup and ongoing care support for children, adults, and pets
- Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions
- 401k with employer contribution and no waiting period
- Continuing education and development support through our library of free CE courses and paid time off to complete
- Scholarship opportunities and student loan support program
Posted 2026-01-09
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