Career Opportunities

The Anesthesia Technician(s) is/ are members of the Oradell Animal Hospital Patient Services Department and their main function is to provide high quality care to the surgical/MRI/CT patients. These technicians work as a team to provide the safest care and environment for our surgical patients including:

(1) Monitoring anesthesia

(2) Pre-operative, intra-op, and post-operative treatments (via surgeon’s or case Doctor’s instruction)

(3) Maintenance and management of surgery suite and equipment

(4) Introduction and training of other staff members, and new surgery technicians.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring anesthesia
  • Visualizing normal arrhythmias.
  • Visualizing abnormal aspects of complexes and knowledge of how that affects the patient, and what to do.
  • Electrocardiographic monitoring
  • Pulse- Ox monitoring.
  • Use of esophageal-stethoscope.
  • Intravenous therapy (at surgical volumes).
  • Tangible vital monitoring (such as mucus membranes or capillary refill time).
  • Blood pressure as needed.
  • Patient assessment via oral communication and record history.
  • Constant assessment of levels of anesthesia.

• Procedural Preparation and Care
  • Preparing instruments for particular procedures
  • Ensuring proper recumbence of patient for surgeon’s needs.
  • Logging of procedure & review of appropriate paperwork.
  • Recording of vital statistics as often as is possible, on anesthesia report.
  • Completion of post- operative treatment slip
    • ICU checks & frequency
    • IV fluid therapy rates
    • Pain management information
    • Grooming needs
    • Timing of additional treatments or necessary procedures
    • Biopsy reports and care
• Surgeon / Technician Interaction
  • Communication regarding procedural needs

  • Notification of changes in patient status.

  • Retrieval of any unforeseen surgical instruments as needs arise.

    • Maintaining a sterile & clean environment.
    • Awareness of surgical caseload, and keeping the system flowing.
    • During procedures, being aware of the surgeon’s ‘set up’ table & keeping it neat and in ample supply of necessary items.
    • Keeping the anesthesia machines in proper working condition, including their level of anesthetic (currently Isoflurane).
    • Management of surgical suite & equipment
    • Making sure suite is clean & tidy
    • Assuring suite is adequately stocked.
    • Maintain suites appearance & organization
    • Being aware of any malfunctions of monitors or equipment, and notifying the appropriate person.
    • Training
    • Introducing technical staff members to their newest arena.
    • Shadowing those technicians so as to instruct them in the art of surgery, and enabling those technicians to follow all of the above mentioned items.
    • Supplying Nitrogen lines to medical equipment

  • Requirements

  • Individual should be Credentialed Veterinary Technician and conform to OAH standards (Veterinary Technician Level)
  • Excellent client communication skills required
  • Strong interest in surgery required
  • Associate degree is encouraged
  • Willingness to work flexible hours is essential, as schedule may change with hospita needs.
  • Must be able to lift with and without assistance and stand for extended lengths of time.

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The purpose of this position is to assist the veterinarians and technicians with patient care in all areas of our emergency practice. These duties include, but are not limited to:

• Schedule and edit appointments
• Communicate with referring veterinarians
• Obtain vitals
• Administer medications
• Review daily treatment plans
• Patient restraint
• Phlebotomy
• Running laboratory samples
• Assists cardiologist with echocardiograms.
• Client communication regarding hospitalized patients
• Communicate with pharmacy regarding prescription refills or changes
• Basic knowledge of cardiac diseases and processes encouraged.

The ideal candidate should possess the following traits and skills:

• customer service skills
• multitasking
• team player
• ability to prioritize
• ability to maintain focus in a busy and noisy environment
• flexible
• proactive
• able to follow directions
• compassionate, easy to approach, pleasant individual
• attention to detail
• must be able to lift 30-50lbs
• must be able to stand for extended amounts of time

Job Type: Full-time. Salary is commensurate upon experience.

Experience:

• Credentialed technician (Completion of AVMA accredited program)
• Prior work experience in Internal Medicine

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The purpose of this position is to assist the veterinarians and technicians with patient care in all areas of our emergency practice. These duties include, but are not limited to:

• Triage patients coming in on emergency
• Assist the critical care department with treatments and administer medications
• Advanced veterinary nursing care
• Advanced phlebotomy skills including central line and Cavafix placement
• Care of urinary catheters, NG tubes, and chest tubes
• Monitor anesthetized or sedated patients for various procedures

The ideal candidate should possess the following traits and skills:

• Flexibility
• Customer service skills
• Multitasking
• Team player
• Ability to prioritize
• Ability to maintain focus in a busy and noisy environment
• Proactive
• Able to follow directions
• Compassionate, easy to approach, pleasant individual
• Attention to detail
• Must be able to lift 30-50lbs
• Must be able to stand for extended amounts of time

Job Type: Full-time. Salary is commensurate upon experience.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years experience as a veterinary technician
•  CVT or equivalent

We are currently hiring for nights, weekends and overnight positions.

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The neurology technician is responsible for working with the doctors to manage the flow of the department on their shifts. Including but not limited to: appointments, surgical cases, in hospital cases, diagnostics etc. Neurology technicans work directly with the board certified neurologists to provide the highest quality of patient care. They must have excellent communication skills and during down time, may be asked to provide care in other departments within Patient Services. This may include areas like Surgery, Critical Care Unit, other specialties etc. Patient Services operates as one department with many departments within. Must be a team player and willing to help in all areas.

Responsibilities include:

• Assist with morning rounds
• Restraining patients
• Obtain patient vitals
• Perform phlebotomy
• Administer medications
• Review and complete daily treatment plans
• Coordination of medical procedures with appropriate departments
• Run MRI/CT
• Monitor anesthesia for MRI/CT
• Assist with Neurology surgeries by:
  • Prep, induce and maintain anesthesia
  • Oversee patient in recovery
  • Maintain patients on ventilator in surgery

The neurology technician will also assist with client communication regarding hospitalized patients and outpatients.

• Schedule and edit appointments
• Obtain patient history
• Assist with appointments
• Coordinate pharmacy refills and prescriptions
• Communicate with our referring veterinarians on patient status and condition
• Assist with visits and patient discharges
• Communicate with clients as doctors see fit

Job Type: Full-time. Salary is commensurate upon experience. Applicant must be able to lift 30-50 pounds without assistance.  

Experience:

• CVT or equivalent
• Basic knowledge of neurological diseases and processes is encouraged.

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The Patient Care Coordinator will work closely with the Patient Services Team, Client Services, and Clinic Services to help maintain the excellent quality of care we give our patients during their stay.  The Patient Care Coordinator role is to provide compassionate care and consideration to our patients and clients by coordinating their release and/or visitation. This person has a reasonable skill level and knowledge in the veterinary field. They are able to manage the daily routines of coordinating visits of hospitalized patients to their owners. The Patient Care Coordinator is even tempered and is able to multi-task many requests at one time acting as patient/doctor/client liaison.  They have frequent positive interactions with our clients, as well as coordinating patient visits; they also prepare the patients for discharge. The Patient Care Coordinator organizes any patient belongings, medications, food, and discharge instructions communicating with all departments involved. The goal of this position is to uphold the outstanding patient care and integrity that Oradell Animal Hospital provides for our patients and clients.

Responsibilities

Patient /Client Care

• The assistant will be able to handle routine nursing care, husbandry, nutritional requirements of critical and postoperative patients.
• Be able to recognize and fulfill emergent needs of the patient and notify proper personnel
• Manage the needs of emergent and surgical patients at a quick pace successfully balancing skills with making good judgments, being the patient client advocate.

Nursing Care

• Stay up to date with procedures, drugs, protocols
• Must have wide range of knowledge in the animal medical field
• Become familiar with critical care nursing, surgical procedures/nursing, physical therapy
• Refer to Oradell Standards of Care

Communication

• Be aware of the hospital policies and ensure the shift is running smoothly, become familiar with daily care protocols- train assigned individuals as determined by managers. 
• Keep track of the resources used to manage the organization of releases and visits. Eg; dry erase board, markers, paper work, etc..
• Inform shift supervisor of any positive or negative concerns regarding staff or issues that pertain to patient discharges and/or visits, shift needs, any items that make expedite releases or visits in a timely manner, etc.
• Discuss ideas about Patient Care Service or other departments improvements with supervisor/manager.               

Requirements

• Strong interest in emergency and critical care required
• Associates degree is preferred/encouraged
• Articulate, compassionate, strong interpersonal skills
• Strong communication skills
• Flexible hours, including, but not limited to weekends, nights, overnights
• Have no limitations to the physical and emotional aspects of veterinary medicine

The purpose of this position is to assist the veterinarians and technicians with patient care in all areas of our emergency practice. These duties include, but are not limited to:

• Care of hospitalized patients including husbandry duties such as cage cleaning and dog walking
• Ability to restrain for procedures performed by doctors and technicians
• Administration of oral and intravenous medications
• Set up for IV catheter placement
• Assist with radiographs

The ideal candidate should possess the following traits and skills:

• customer service skills
• multitasking
• team player
• ability to prioritize
• ability to maintain focus in a busy and noisy environment
• flexible
• proactive
• able to follow directions
• compassionate, easy to approach, pleasant individual
• attention to detail
• must be able to lift 30-50lbs
• must be able to stand for extended amounts of time

Job Type: Full-time. Salary is commensurate upon experience.

Experience:

• Veterinary Assistant: 1 year (Preferred)

We offer five, 8-hour shifts or four, 10-hour shifts. We are currently hiring for both day and overnight shifts.

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This is an exciting opportunity to join our Emergency/Critical Care Service in a team-based approach to enhance our client’s experience through improved client service and efficient patient care during our busier times.  This pod technician position is designed to support the emergency service (doctors, clients, patients) rather than an individual veterinarian. These duties include, but are not limited to:

• Triage patients coming in on emergency Assisting the flow of the Triage System
• Assist the critical care department with treatments and administer medications
• Assisting in/providing outpatient treatments: SQ fluids, injectable medications, clipping wounds, drawing blood, holding patients for minor procedures (cystocentesis, ER ultrasound)
• Assisting the Client Services staff to place clients in appropriate rooms
• Checking in with clients waiting in an exam room and Re-evaluating pets by re-checking vital signs
• Communicating with triage technicians, assistants, client service staff, ER staff doctors, residents and interns
• Thorough knowledge of our Triage Protocol and working knowledge of hospital policies and procedures

The ideal candidate should possess the following traits and skills:

• Flexibility
• Customer service skills
• Multitasking
• Team player
• Ability to prioritize
• Ability to maintain focus in a busy and noisy environment
• Proactive
• Ability to be detail oriented, self-motivated and self-reliant
• Compassionate, easy to approach, pleasant individual
• Attention to detail
• Must be able to lift 30-50lbs
• Must be able to stand for extended amounts of time

Job Type: Full-time. Salary is commensurate upon experience.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years experience as a veterinary technician
•  CVT or equivalent

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The purpose of this position is to provide high quality service to clients and patients during their clinic or hospital visits by collecting specimens such as blood, stool and urine and testing/processing such specimens.

These duties include, but are not limited to:

• Maintain laboratory equipment, cleanliness, and inventory
• Report, and maintain accurate laboratory data, both in-house and sent out
• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot any and all laboratory equipment
• Assist other Clinic Services personnel as well as Client Services and Patient Services personnel when needed for smooth and efficient hospital service
• Medical Records and Computer/Impromed usage
• Phlebotomy and urine collection
• In-House testing Processing, performing, and resulting all in house testing, including but not limited to: pre-surgical bloodwork, single chemistries and/or panels, CBCs, crossmatches, PT/PTTs, blood typing, urinalysis, PCV/TPs, WBC and/or PLT estimates and RBC morphology from blood smears, slide agglutination, slide preparation for various staining, etc.

The ideal candidate should possess the following traits and skills:

• Multitasking
• Team Player
• Ability to prioritize
• Ability to maintain focus in a busy and noisy environment
• Flexible
• Proactive
• Able to follow directions
• Compassionate, easy to approach, pleasant individual
• Attention to detail
• Must be able to lift 30-50lbs
• Must be able to stand for extended amounts of time

Job Type: Full-time. Salary is commensurate upon experience.

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The purpose of this position is to assist the veterinarians and technicians with patient care in all areas of our oncology practice. These duties include, but are not limited to:

• assist oncologist with daily rounds
• assist oncologist with clinic appointments
• assist with client communication (in-hospital and outpatient cases)
• assist with all facets of paperwork, including treatment records and requisitions
• schedule outpatient and admission appointments
• stock supplies and maintain working area (room, hood, etc.)
• coordinate and handle chemotherapy treatments and assist oncologist with diagnostic procedures (including calculating dosages, preparation and administration of chemotherapeutic agents, and post-treatment monitoring)
• maintain and order equipment and supplies
• Complete any additional tasks or duties that may be assigned as needed by the Clinic Services Manager or Supervisors

The ideal candidate should possess the following traits and skills:

• Excellent client communication skills required
• Team player
• Ability to prioritize
• Ability to maintain focus in a busy and noisy environment
• Flexibility to work with schedule changes
• Proactive
• Able to follow directions
• Compassionate, easy to approach, pleasant individual
• Attention to detail
• Must be able to lift 30-50lbs
• Must be able to stand for extended amounts of time

Job Type: Full-time. Salary is commensurate upon experience.

Experience:

• Credentialed technician (Completion of AVMA accredited program) or experienced technician
• Prior work experience or interest in oncology preferred (knowledge of preparation and proper handling of chemotherapeutic agents)

Full-time day shift, including one weekend day, holidays and on-call shifts

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The purpose of this position is to provide high quality service to clients and patients during their clinic or hospital visits by preparing medications under the direction and supervision of the veterinarians and providing client education by explaining and giving instructions.

These duties include, but are not limited to:

• Report, and maintain accurate laboratory data, both in-house and sent out
• Assist other Clinic Services personnel as well as Client Services and Patient Services personnel when needed for smooth and efficient hospital service
• Medical Records and Computer/Impromed usage

• Dispensing medications from phone requests, clinic appointments, and for patients being discharged from the hospital

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• Completing any additional tasks or duties that may be assigned as needed by the Clinic Services Manager or Supervisors

The ideal candidate should possess the following traits and skills:

• Multitasking
• Team Player
• Ability to prioritize
• Ability to maintain focus in a busy and noisy environment
• Flexible
• Proactive
• Able to follow directions
• Compassionate, easy to approach, pleasant individual
• Attention to detail
• Must be able to lift 30-50lbs
• Must be able to stand for extended amounts of time

Job Type: Full-time. Salary is commensurate upon experience.

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The Client Services Representative will work closely with the veterinary staff and all other departments within the hospital as well as with clients. Primary responsibilities will include scheduling appointments, providing hospitalized pet updates to clients, cashiering, and medical record maintenance.

These duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assist veterinary staff in scheduling  surgeries and procedures
• Help facilitate  cases/admits/transfers  from referral veterinarians
• Communicate with clients regarding updates/appointments/estimates
• Enter client/veterinary  information into the electronic medical record
• Prepare/complete any necessary paperwork
• Cashiering
• Showing clients and their pets to the exam rooms
• Confirming appointments and client call backs

The ideal candidate should possess the following traits and skills:

• customer service skills
• multitasking
• team player
• ability to prioritize
• ability to maintain focus in a busy and noisy environment
• flexible
• proactive
• able to follow directions
• compassionate, easy to approach, pleasant individual
• attention to detail

Job Type: Full-time. Salary is commensurate upon experience.

Experience:

• Customer Service: Minimum 3 years of experience preferred

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

We offer five, 8-hour shifts or four, 10-hour shifts. We are currently hiring for both day and overnight shifts.

The Oradell Animal Hospital, located in Paramus, New Jersey, is seeking applicants for an Emergency Medicine Veterinarian to join our team.  Come join a progressive group of veterinarians and an exceptional team of technicians where our goal is to provide the highest quality patient care and client service.  We provide an environment that promotes learning and teaching opportunities through case collaboration, intern and resident training, and continuing education.

Hospital Description: The Oradell Animal Hospital has been providing small animal care for the residents of northern New Jersey for 58 years.  The hospital is located in a highly populated area that provides a clientele committed to quality pet care. We are a full service, AHAA accredited hospital with 60 veterinarians including interns, residents, general practitioners and board certified specialists in Internal Medicine, Dermatology, Cardiology, Surgery, Nutrition, ABVP, Ophthalmology, Oncology, Radiology, Neurology, and Emergency and Critical Care Medicine.  Our 24-hour facility has a very busy emergency service, which provides a full and interesting caseload.  Oradell Animal Hospital is a VetCOT certified Level II Veterinary Trauma Center, as well as a certified Level II VECCS Facility.  Our 1200 square foot Critical Care Unit is a highly equipped, state of the art facility that includes 4 oxygen cages, a Puritan Bennett 840 ventilator, a Mindray DPM6 monitor for continuous cage side monitoring, multiple point of care testing capabilities, and a Mindray Central Station for continuous ECG monitoring via telemetry.

The hospital’s location supports a wide variety of entertainment and recreational interests.  Bergen County allows easy access to New York City, the charming beaches of the New Jersey shore and a variety of outdoor activities including hiking, camping and skiing. 

Qualifications: Candidates must have completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery.  Qualified applicants are expected to be highly motivated and able to participate in our team setting. 

Presently there are four internists on staff, and we are seeking a fifth.  Board certification is preferred; however, we will consider individuals with credentials accepted by the ACVIM.  Third year residents are encouraged to apply.

State of the art diagnostic and therapeutic equipment includes on site MRI, CT, ultrasound, endoscopy, and laparoscopy.

Oradell Animal Hospital is located in Bergen County, NJ, very close to New York City with easy access to New England, the Jersey Shore, and the Pocono Mountains. 

All interested and qualified people should contact Dr. Rita Angelo, Hospital Director at 201-262-0010 or e-mail to [email protected] for further information.

Oradell Animal Hospital (OAH) is seeking applicants for a full time position in Cardiology.

The cardiology service at OAH has an impeccable reputation and draws a busy case load from New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. We also have a longstanding relationship with the North Shore Animal League of America on Long Island New York, one of the largest no-kill shelters in the nation.  Presently, we have one cardiologist on staff, as well as a cardiology resident.  Board certified applicants for a staff cardiology position are preferred; however, we will consider individuals with credentials accepted by the ACVIM.  Third year residents are encouraged to apply.

Our cardiology service is staffed Monday-Saturday and collaborates with all areas of the hospital. Our Emergency/Critical Care service is responsible for all hospitalized patients of all services after hours and on Sundays. The ECC service is staffed 24hrs a day by board certified critical care specialists as well as critical care residents and interns.  

OAH has a well-established cardiology residency program that is entering its 12^th year.  In addition, OAH has an established internship program (40 years in existence) and emergency/critical care residency program.  We are currently staffed by 11 interns and 6 residents, and all staff members contribute to the education of our interns and residents.  In addition, OAH holds regular continuing education opportunities for local veterinarians and also host the Northern New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association meetings.

Presently there are two part time board certified Neurologists on staff and we are seeking a third. Board certification is preferred; however, we will consider individuals with credentials accepted by ACVIM.

State of the art diagnostic and therapeutic equipment includes on site MRI, CT, and instrumentation for neurosurgery. 

Oradell Animal Hospital is located in Bergen County, NJ, very close to New York City with easy access to New England, the Jersey Shore, and the Pocono Mountains. 

All interested and qualified individuals should contact Dr. Rita Angelo, Hospital Director at 201-262-0010 or e-mail to [email protected] for further information.