Tufts University
Veterinary technician II – Lerner Clinic
N. Grafton, Massachusetts · Mid
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About the role
- The Luke and Lily Lerner Clinic provides students at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine with opportunities for both pre-clinical and clinical surgical training while serving pets and people in need.
- The Clinic provides high level spay neuter services to shelter and community animals while training veterinary students in the clinical competencies needed for anesthesia and surgery of healthy feline and canine patients.
- Lerner Clinic offers a fourth-year clinical elective, Primary Care Procedures (PCP), which has a focus on spay neuter, other primary care surgery, and dentistry.
Responsibilities
- Provides technical and anesthesia support for all clinical programs, ensuring patient safety.
- Induces and monitors anesthesia or supports students in doing so.
Requirements
- Knowledge and experience typically acquired by:
- The pre-clinical surgical training program includes Introduction to Anesthesia and Small Animal Surgical Techniques (ISAAST), which is a required class for all third-year students.
- Provides hands-on instruction in anesthesia, surgical preparation and sterility, and dentistry for both pre-clinical required course (ISAAST) and the clinical year elective rotation (PCP).
Nice to have
- Veterinary Technician Certified
- Fear Free Certified
- Minimum $25.20, Midpoint $30.10, Maximum $34.90
- generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Associate or bachelor's degree from an AVMA-accredited institution providing training in veterinary technology, veterinary nursing, or veterinary science plus 1 year of experience as a veterinary technician
- Demonstrated ability to work independently when completing basic tasks and procedural skills, and ability to conduct more advanced tasks under supervision
- A desire to teach, including sharing knowledge and expertise with colleagues and students.
Compensation
- Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal equity; generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.
Benefits
- Finally, we assist with dental training labs and other clinical skills laboratories run by our colleagues.
- Technical duties include providing high quality anesthesia support to patients as well as teaching foundational anesthesia principles and surgical and dental preparation techniques to students and technicians.
- Cleans and maintains anesthetic, surgical, and dental equipment in good working order.
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