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The Community & industry Work Experience Program in association with Northwest Georgia Veterinary Emergency Center is designed to give Berry College Pre-Veterinary students practical training in veterinary emergency medicine. This student will be treated as a veterinary assistant and will be under the direct guidance and supervision of the doctors and full-time staff at Northwest Georgia Veterinary Emergency Center. Incumbents of this position are required to assist the practitioners to their fullest possible extent, to help improve the quality of care given to the patients of Northwest Georgia Veterinary Emergency Center and to aid the practitioners in achieving greater efficiency by relieving them of technical work and administrative detail. Successful applicants will be assigned a work schedule in accordance to their class schedule not to exceed 16 hours per week during active academic class times or 40 hours per week during academic breaks. The emergency center will have student positions open from 5 P.M. to 11 P.M. Monday -Friday and 8 A.M. to 11 P.M. on Saturday and Sunday. These positions require no previous experience and training to perform the given tasks will be provided. Hours worked will need to be reported to the appropriate Berry College office. Northwest Georgia Veterinary Emergency Center and Berry College are equal opportunity employers and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, religion or sexual orientation. MAJOR DUTIES •Prepare for office hours by stocking and cleaning exam rooms and treatment area. Provide restraint of pets for examination and treatment by veterinarian. Prepare medications (both injections and dispensed medications) for both outpatients and inpatients. •Help doctors and full-time staff; prepare patients for treatment and or surgery; monitor patients during surgery and recovery; assist in surgery; administer fluids; perform support therapy to patients in surgery and post-op; remove and ready next patient. •Properly clean, pack and autoclave all surgical materials after they are used. Keep the operating room properly stocked and prepared for surgery. •Help the doctor treat patients; assist in medical or surgical procedures such as irrigating wounds, medication, cleansing wounds, and bandaging. Perform the full range of “tableside” assistance to the practitioners. •Perform clinical laboratory procedures such as fecal flotation exams, heartworm checks, skin scrapings, urine analysis, fungal cultures, drawing blood and laboratory analysis. Prepare samples for shipment to laboratory and prepare laboratory forms. Perform other in-house tests such as parvo virus tests and feline leukemia/ immunodeficiency virus tests. Maintain file of lab test results and ensure patient records have test results recorded in them. •Perform in-clinic treatments, record patient weights and temperatures, record observations on patient status such as nature and amount of vomits, bowel movements, and urinations. Monitor vital signs on all patients. •Assist in kennels including cleaning kennels as well as keeping patients clean and dry at all times. •Admit and discharge patients on the doctor’s orders, being especially careful to ensure that patients being discharged are well-groomed and in a medically appropriate state. Answer client questions one-on-one on various aspects of animal care up to, but not including, controversial items and/or those best left to the veterinarians. Pass on information/advice from the practitioners; explain dosage/purpose of medications; reinforce through discussion the proper care and procedures that should be followed at home. Call back/follow-up with clients concerning certain patients; recommend additional visit if patient’s progress does not appear satisfactory. •Assist the receptionist when necessary and assume her duties during her absence. •Maintain an appropriate inventory of all supplies as dictated by the inventory control system. Inform office manager as needed about items that need to be ordered. Unpack boxes of medical supplies, mark prices, check expiration dates, rotate stock and store. CONTROLS OVER WORK The practitioners provide continuing or individual assignments indicating generally what is to be done, limitations, quality and quantity expected, deadlines and priority of assignments. The practitioners provide additional, specific instructions for new, difficult or unusual assignments in animal health care, including suggested work methods or advice on source materials available. The student worker uses initiative in carrying out recurring assignments independently without specific instructions, but refers deviations, problems, and unfamiliar situations not covered by instructions to the practitioner for decision or help. The practitioners assure that finished work and methods used are technically accurate and in compliance with instructions or established procedures. Review of the work increases with more difficult assignments, if the technician has not previously performed similar assignments. Administrative supervision may be provided by the Office Manager or Practice Manager. |