**BluePearl Pet Hospital** **is hiring a Veterinary Technician Specialist in Anesthesia or Surgery to join our Ft Myers, FL, Surgery Team!** + Are you a passionate technician looking to improve your skills in the veterinary field? + Do you have a passion for anesthesia? + Do you want an opportunity to work with some of the brightest veterinary professionals in this industry? Working here is not just a job but also a unique opportunity to challenge the status quo in veterinary medicine and develop every aspect of your potential to its limit. We believe in practicing both the science and the art of veterinary medicine in an environment that fosters out of the box thinking, collaboration, and communication among each other and the outside world and having fun while doing so. As an Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) you will apply advanced, specialized knowledge in the delivery of remarkable nursing care for pets.  The VTS will support our Clinicians in providing specialty medical services, possess advanced skills, model growing standards of skill, and facilitate the development of Technician productivity. **As an Veterinary Technician Specialist, you will:** + Provide nursing care to stable patients according to hospital standards of care and core values. + Coordinate and guide daily service flow including any interactions of additional staff rotating through the department, which may include doctors (interns/residents). + Assists with facilitating staff training for all technicians and assistants within department. + Ability to take patient through entire procedure from start to finish (pre-op, peri-op, post-op, and recovery with assistance from ICU personnel) + Assist in patient procedures using knowledge of anesthesia and analgesia related protocols and procedures, including formulating anesthetic plans tailored to individual patient needs. + Monitor anesthesia for all cases, trouble shoot anesthetic complications, and make appropriate interventions. + Ability to respond to any and all anesthetic emergencies and problems (arrhythmias, blood pressure issues, cardiopulmonary arrest, pulse oximetry and capnography abnormalities). + Advanced knowledge and performance of scrub assistance on all surgical procedures. + Perform local or regional anesthetic blocks of any area or region. + Perform casting techniques as directed by veterinarian, where permitted by state law. + Mastery knowledge of common surgical procedures and related disease processes. + Ability to setup, care for, maintain and monitor a patient on a critical care mechanical ventilator without changing settings. + Comfortablewith medical math, drug calculations, and handling of controlled substances. + Placeperipheral intravenous catheter in cephalic vein. + Performphysical exam; accurately counts heart, pulse rate, capillary refill time,mucous membranes, temperature, respiratory rate and effort. + Understand normal vital parameters and alerts doctor when abnormal. + Set up, disconnect, and administer intravenous and subcutaneous fluids. + Monitor patient response to fluid therapy including signs of overload. + Manage appointments, obtain histories, medical record keeping, invoicing, patient discharges, etc. + Mastery of care, use, and application of all instrumentation, including ability to appropriately maintain and repair instruments when appropriate. **Qualifications:** + You must be a Credentialed Veterinary Technician (from a AVMA accredited program) and possess a VTS certification with either the ACVAA or AVST academies. If you are not VTS credentialed, then you are eligible, or will be eligible, to sit for the examination receive your VTS. + Demonstrated capacity to train lower-level staff at requisite knowledge and skill levels required. + Strong interpersonal skills: able to communicate effectively with clients, doctors, management, hospital personnel, tenant specialists, consulting professionals and clients + Strong organizational/time management skills: able to set, prioritize and attain goals with attention to detail + Strong professional development skills: able to complete continue education in the field of veterinary medicine concurrently with job description + Strong sense of integrity: able to maintain highest ethical standards, personal responsibility and accountability and confidentiality of clients, doctors, and all staff + Strong analytical thinking skills: ability to use objective data to solve problems/create solutions. + Follows and upholds the veterinary technology profession’s ethical codes. **Why BluePearl?** + Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food. + We encourage you to grow with us. Our associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in their career. + To transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals. + We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following: + Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options. + Parental leave benefits + Flexible work schedules + 401k and retirement planning + Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans + A regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips/tricks on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment + We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets   _BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity_ _employer_ _and each applicant will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual or affectional preference, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need_ _assistance_ _or_ _an accommodation_ _during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such_ _assistance_ _, and no applicant will be penalized_ _as a result of_ _such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace._ _ _