Registered Veterinary Technician, Emergency Overnight Shift Lead
RVT/LVT/CVT | $25- $32/hr. | Shift Lead Differential +$1/hr.| +$4/hr. weekend night differential | +$3/hr. weeknight differential | Colorado Springs, CO
If you're an experienced Veterinary Technician ready to take the next step into a leadership role, Southern Rockies Animal Emergency & Specialty Hospital (SRAES) offers the opportunity to leverage your emergency triage, patient care, and client communication skills while providing guidance and support to a team in a fast-paced specialty and emergency setting. As a Shift Leader, you'll play an important role in supporting daily operations, mentoring team members, and helping ensure exceptional patient care when pets need it most.
Conveniently located in Colorado Springs, Southern Rockies Animal Emergency & Specialty Hospital provides 24/7 emergency and critical care services along with advanced specialty care in surgery and diagnostic imaging. Our multidisciplinary approach allows specialists and emergency clinicians to work together seamlessly, ensuring patients receive comprehensive, high-quality care from presentation through discharge.
Compensation
$25 - $32/hr . based on experience, credentials, and skillset
+$1/hr. Shift Lead differential
+$3/hr. weeknight differential
+$4/hr. weekend night differential
Benefits:
CE Allowance
Uniform Allowance
Paid Time Off
Paid Holidays
Employee Pet Discount
401k
Medical/Dental/Vision
Disability Insurance
Life Insurance
HSA/FSA
Access to VetBloom for RACE-approved continuing education and training
License application and renewal reimbursement for CVTs.
Schedule
Full Time Sunday – Tuesday: 7pm -7am
Job Description
The Overnight Shift Lead is a technical staff member that fulfills all the technical job function of their primary role, and in addition serves in a leadership capacity for their designated department and/or shift.
As an ER/ICU Technician , your primary responsibility is to triage patients as they present to the Emergency Room according to triage levels. Assess pets and provide immediate lifesaving care under the direction of the ER doctor as required for critical patients. Provides history, vitals, and concerns to doctors to assist in the timely and appropriate management of emergency patients. Works well with other technical staff and assistants to perform diagnostics, execute treatment plan and/or hospitalize the patient. Communicates medical updates, financials, and treatment plans to owners.
Shift Lead Essential Functions
Fulfills all technical job functions of their primary technical role listed below and:
People Management
Participates in the training and development of other employees.
Provides coaching, mentoring and performance management of staff, including documented coaching conversations and verbal warnings.
In partnership with Department Manager, escalates performance concerns and participates, as needed, in the progressive disciplinary action progress.
Assess technical proficiency of staff and provides in the moment coaching, training, and mentoring.
Escalates performance concerns to Department Manager.
Flow and Efficiency:
Responsible for the efficient and successful flow of the hospital and/or designated area. Adjusts daily personnel assignments to best staff the hospital.
Partner with DVMs on management of caseload, space, equipment, and staff to ensure high quality patient care.
Appropriately assigns additional tasks or other areas of work to employees with down time.
Ensures daily duties and tasks are achieved by team.
Develops systems and processes to manage flow and efficiency of department and holds team accountable to the procedures (huddles, whiteboards, etc.)
Leadership
First point of contact for concerns/escalation. Escalates appropriately to Mangers, Directors, or admin on call.
Facilitates conversations between team members.
Partners with DVMs in designated area to solve problems, develop innovations and continuously improve…