Veterinary Technician Trainer

BluePearl Specialty + Emergency Pet Hospital in North Seattle is hiring a motivating and energetic Veterinary Technician Trainer to join our team. This is a full-time opportunity that requires flexibility to work weekends. We are looking for a Licensed Veterinary Technician with previous leadership experience who is interested in taking the next step in their career! If you're looking for a new challenge and you're passionate about training and developing others, apply today!

As a Veterinary Technician Trainer, you will deliver training programs and workshops to Veterinary Assistants and Veterinary Technicians within the hospital. In this role, you will monitor the effectiveness of training using individual or group performance results and collect feedback on sessions from attendees and use that feedback for future improvements. You will have the opportunity to work closely with the Regional Training Partner to champion the BluePearl mission and vision in elevating and maintaining the high standards of patient care within the hospital.

Essential Responsibilities as a Veterinary Technician Trainer:

• Maintains proficiency at Veterinary Technician Level III clinical skills and competencies.
• Facilitates staff training for all technicians and assistants within the hospital.
• Plans, coordinates, and directly delivers onboarding and work skills training to the population of Veterinary Assistants and Veterinary Technicians within the hospital.
• Maintains focus on elevating the level of patient care through education.
• Monitors Penn Foster associates, providing support and training when needed.
• Ensure staff has access to adequate continuing education to meet state recertification requirements.
• Implements new, company-wide training programs as directed.
• Fosters effective working relationships between technicians/assistants/doctors/ managers and other hospital staff.
• Partners with hospital management, supervisors, and advanced-skilled Assistants/Technicians within the hospital to deliver day-to-day training and develop the hospital’s customized plan.
• Documents the status of staff training and updates the leadership team as needed through written reports and emails and retains clear documentation on what employees accomplish and follow through all training programs.
• Partners with the Regional Training Partner to assist in developing new programs, digital content, recruitment programs, or other efforts to develop and train staff.
• Additional related job duties as assigned.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Maintain LVT in accordance with state laws.
• Possession of a Vet Tech skill level III or greater for a minimum of 3 years. Previous emergency/specialty experience required.
• Minimum of 2 years in supervisory and/or training preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills: able to communicate effectively with clients, doctors, management, hospital personnel, tenant specialists, consulting professionals, and clients.
• Strong organizational/time management skills: able to set, prioritize and attain goals with attention to detail.
• Strong sense of integrity: able to maintain highest ethical standards, personal responsibility and accountability, and confidentiality of clients, doctors, and all staff.
• Strong analytical thinking skills: ability to use objective data to solve problems/create solutions.
• Follows and upholds the veterinary technology profession’s ethical codes.

Why BluePearl?

• Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
• We encourage you to grow with us. Our technicians are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in his/her career.
• In order to transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer an annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.
• We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following:
  • Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
  • Flexible work schedules.
  • Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans.
  • A regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips/tricks on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment.
• We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets.

BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual or affectional preference, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace.

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