Careers

About Us–And Why You Want to Join Our Awesome Practice in Racine, WA

Belle City Veterinary Hospital is located on beautiful Lake Michigan in Racine, WI . A bedroom community just 20 minutes from Milwaukee and 45 minutes from Chicago, you can take advantage of both cities easily!  Belle City Veterinary Hospital is a full-service, AAHA-accredited, veterinary medical facility. We are committed to promoting responsible pet ownership, preventive health care, and health-related educational opportunities for our clients. Our care will be delivered with compassion for the pet and the pet’s family. We are proud to have Fear Free certified professionals on our team and are dedicated to caring for our clients’ pet’s emotional well-being as well as his or her physical well-being.

As the third caretakers of BCVH we have grown the practice with the technology of the times. Our professional and friendly staff seek to provide the best possible medical, surgical and dental care for our highly valued clients.  We are fully equipped with Digital Radiography and Digital Dental Radiography, Idexx In House Lab Suite, Surgical and Thereputic Lasers, Tonometry, and Ultrasound.

Benefits Include:

Salary Range: $70-$110+ Based on Prouction

Medical, Dental, Vision, EAP, PTO, 401k, CE Reimbursment

Requirements

Here’s what you can expect to handle in this role on a routine basis:

• Work closely with our clients and their pets
• Have a strong work ethic and be able to work as a team player
• Provide patients with a high level of patient care while thoroughly working up cases
• A commitment to excellence in client service
• Attention to detail in all procedures and treatments
• No after-hours emergency responsibilities!
• No boarding pets – we are strictly a medical facility!

The position requires a practical knowledge of the standard procedures and terminology used in an animal hospital.

It requires excellent people skills, a friendly, outgoing demeanor, and the willingness to be a team member. Considerable tact and diplomacy are necessary.

• Phone Reception: answering client inquiries, scheduling appointments, recording messages for doctors and staff
• Greeting Clients: checking patients in, discharging patients, dispensing medications and prescriptions, invoicing
• Data Input: Electronic medical record system
• Receiving Client Payments: posting and recording payments, receiving payment, running end of day transactions
• Client Communication: patient updates, appointment reminders, update inquiries. Check hospital email account, fax, and phone messaging, expediting prescription refill requests, appointment requests
• General Office Duties: open the practice in the morning, check mail, hospital bills, waiting room cleaning/organization, close the practice at night

The veterinary technician is an integral member of the veterinary health care team who has been educated in the care and handling of animals, the basic principles of normal and abnormal life processes, and in routine laboratory and clinical procedures. All veterinary technicians work under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian. While a veterinary technician can assist in performing a wide variety of tasks, they cannot diagnose, prescribe, perform surgery, or engage in any activity prohibited by a state’s practice act.

A veterinary technician employed in a veterinary clinic or hospital handles many of the same responsibilities that nurses and other professionals perform for physicians.

They are trained to:

• Obtain and record patient case histories
• Collect specimens and perform laboratory procedures
• Provide specialized nursing care
• Prepare animals, instruments, and equipment for surgery
• Assist in diagnostic, medical, and surgical procedures
• Expose and develop radiographs
• Advise and educate animal owners
• Supervise and train practice personnel
• Assist in dental prophylaxes