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Job Posting Title:
Veterinary Technician 1, 2, or 3 - Oncology
Position Type:
Professional / Unclassified
Department:
LSUAM VetMed - VTH - Admin - Nursing - Oncology (Ashley Benjamin (00068285))
Work Location:
Veterinary Medicine
Pay Grade:
Job Description:
LSU's Oncology Department provides chemotherapy, external radiation and injectable radiation to treat veterinary cancer patients. We work in conjunction with all other services in the VTH (anesthesia, internal medicine, cardiology, ophthalmology, dermatology, radiology, surgery, BZEM, large animal and emergency). The oncology service is vital in the clinical training of 4th year clinical veterinary students. The oncology service also provides sedation and general anesthesia for oncology patients for routine treatments, imaging, minor biopsies and bone marrow aspirates.
VETERINARY TECHNICIAN 1
30% Assist with all aspects of providing chemotherapy. Task include insertion and maintenance of clean stick catheters, administration of IV, SQ, IM injections, monitoring of patient vital signs, obtaining blood pressures, blood, and urine.
Ability to follow chemotherapy and radiation safety protocols.
20% Assist with client communication and scheduling patient appointments and procedures. Communicate and maintain a record of such with rDVMs, clients, and other outside providers (diagnostic centers, or special-order entities for devices are supplements). Assist with maintaining complete records, estimates, and entering charges.
20% Assist with restraint and positioning for a variety of techniques. Basic restraint for exams and procedures such as venipuncture to advanced positioning and maintaining positioning for advanced procedures radiation therapy. Assist with lifting all sizes and weights of patients. Assist with diagnostic sample collection (urine, blood etc.). and appropriate preparation, protocol, handling and submission of samples for example blood cultures. Assist with placement of IV catheters and troubleshooting issues. Assist with set up and preparation for fine needle aspirates. Assist in the day to day operations of the Oncology unit, including cleaning, stocking, disinfecting equipment and environment. Participate and instruct set up and clean up for different procedures.
20% Assist in the teaching process of the veterinary students, interns, residents and veterinary technicians.
10% Participate in the small animal blood bank and take on call for blood bank. Participate and meet the requirements and obligations of holiday assignments in support of SA ICU and ER as scheduled. Respond as called upon as an emergency response personnel in the event of activation in response to any number and variety of emergent situations, to include outside normal duty hours and shift length. Other duties as assigned
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