Description

Veterinary Assistant - Radiology

Full-time: Monday-Thursday 7:30am-5:30pm

Austin, TX

Compensation negotiable based on credentials and experience with an hourly pay rate starting at $18-21/hour. The actual rate offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Pet Specialists of Austin is looking for a Veterinary Assistant to join our team as part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare community.

At Pet Specialists of Austin, a Thrive Pet Healthcare partner, you will have the support, tools, and resources to elevate your skills. As a hospital deeply rooted in the local community, you will experience the best of both worlds: a genuine local feel with the benefits of Thrive's national resources.

About You

Job Summary:

The radiology assistant plays a key role in supporting the hospital's diagnostic imaging services and overall patient care. This position is responsible for safely restraining small animals for radiologist to perform diagnostics, as well as performing a variety of technical duties in accordance with hospital policies and procedures. The assistant must be capable of lifting a large dog (sometimes weighing 50lbs or more) onto an exam/treatment table and may be required to assist with general clinic operations such as answering phones or aiding other departments.

The ideal candidate upholds the hospital's core values, demonstrates professionalism under pressure, and works collaboratively with the entire medical team while working under the guidance and supervision of the DVMs, lead technician, and Practice Manager. This role requires both independence and teamwork, attention to detail, and commitment to high-quality patient care.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Animal husbandry including walking, feeding, medication administration.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and oral, provide excellent customer service.
• Is detail oriented.
• Works independently when assigned tasks, goal oriented.
• Able to handle multiple tasks at once and work well under pressure in an environment with continuously changing priorities.

Education and Experience:

• 1-2 years previous experience as a veterinary assistant or technician
• Prior customer service experience required.

Core Job Duties:

The following is a list of essential job requirements. This list may be revised at any time and additional
duties not listed here may be assigned as needed.

• Customer service
  • Enter charges for ultrasound and additional diagnostics completed
    • i.e., FNA of the liver
  • Log all client communication as needed or directed by DVM on staff
• Run Diagnostics
  • Properly request, schedule, and prioritize ultrasounds
    • Set up ultrasound room for radiologist
    • Know different ultrasound procedures and how to set up for them
  • Properly request radiographs
    • Know how to send out to be read via Vital Rads or Idexx
• General Tasks
  • Assist other departments
    • Laundry, cleaning, stocking, unpacking shipments, patient care and maintenance
  • Communicate effectively and efficiently with other staff members.
  • Animal restraint
  • Any other tasks assigned

Physical Requirements:

• Dependable attendance is required.
• Must be able to lift 40 pounds, with our without reasonable accommodation.
• Must be willing to work long or irregular hours under high pressure conditions while maintaining composure.
• This position requires the ability to walk, bend, stand and reach constantly during a minimum of 8-hour day.
• Visual acuity sufficient to maintain accurate records, recognize people and understand written directions.
• Ability to speak and hear sufficiently to understand, give information in person and over the telephone.
• Fine motor skills adequate for utilizing office equipment and hospital equipment such as laboratory equipment, radiology equipment, etc.

Report to: Emergency Floor Manager

About the Hospital

Opened in 2021, Pet Specialists of Austin is a 24-hour emergency and specialty referral hospital committed to investing in the growth and success of its team. We proudly serve the Austin area with high-quality care in emergency and critical care, neurology, surgery, internal medicine, and oncology. Our workplace fosters emotional intelligence, collaboration, and a strong work/life balance, ensuring a positive environment for both patients and team members.

Benefits - our care in action

Thrive offers a suite of benefits to support team members’ emotional, physical, professional, and financial wellbeing. In addition to our health and life insurance, and short- and long- term disability plans, we offer eligible team members:

• Competitive pay
• 401(k) with employer match
• Mental health resources, including 24/7 access to Lyra Health
• Paid parental leave
• Purr-ental leave for when you adopt a pet
• Employer-sponsored childcare and elder care
• Personalized care for every family-forming journey
• Discretionary funds and FREE CE courses
• Pet perks and veterinary service discounts
• Student loan management tools and assistance

Provide your best care with more bridges and less barriers.

We listen to your needs and then meet them. Through training and free CE experiences, your career development can flourish. And in our locally rooted, nationally connected community, you’ll be able to make connections, access opportunities and find support with ease.

Support for you is as vital as the support you provide.

You’ll Thrive With Us

At Thrive, you have the opportunity to develop your career in a way that best suits your goals. Take advantage of our comprehensive learning and skill-building programs to enhance your expertise. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:

• Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
• Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
• A program to designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital
• Scholarship opportunities and tuition reimbursement
• Move into any specialty, hospital type, or environment - across the nation.
• Leadership training for a thriving and long career in the veterinary profession.

About Thrive

Vet-founded and Austin-born, Thrive Pet Healthcare has expanded to over 380 partner hospitals nationwide, united by a mission to shape the future of pet well-being through medical excellence, innovative technology, and a connected community of teams and partners.

We bridge general practice, urgent care, specialty, and emergency care, and our locally rooted, nationally connected hospitals benefit from Thrive's extensive resources while maintaining their unique identities.

We believe that supporting our people is the key to helping pets thrive through every stage of life.

Join us where #WeThriveTogether. We provide customizable professional development opportunities, a supportive work environment that values work-life rhythms, and 24/7 mental health support.

At Thrive Pet Healthcare, we are committed to creating a culture where everyone from any background can be heard, respected, and valued. We pledge to build an inclusive environment nurtured by respectful curiosity to support, encourage, and celebrate the diverse voices of our teams and the communities we serve.