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Are you ready to practice medicine in the world-famous location? Would you practice in a city with perfect weather, hiking trails and the beaches? Look no further. Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital (MASH) is a 24-Hour specialty and emergency animal hospital located in the heart of Hollywood, California.

We are in search of an emergency veterinarian to join our specialty and 24-hour emergency hospital. The ideal candidate is friendly, honest, helpful and communicates effectively with their team. We encourage growth and innovation and have a brand-new facility with cutting-edge equipment (Siemens Sensation CT Machine, GE Fluoroscopy Unit, Brand-New U/S Machine, Digital Endoscopy Station, MRI) to support our doctors. We are looking for a candidate who has completed a rotating internship, is comfortable with a high-volume caseload, and is comfortable in the emergency department setting.

MASH is a brand-new specialty and emergency animal hospital that opened its doors in March 2017. We offer specialty and emergency veterinary services and have specialists in surgery, internal medicine, oncology, dermatology, and nutrition. MASH is a newly constructed hospital housing new surgery suites, appointment rooms, treatment areas, and state-of-the-art equipment. MASH is eager to provide the Hollywood and surrounding Los Angeles community with the highest quality specialty and emergency veterinary medicine.

Our emergency department doctors are supported by an amazing group of technicians and well-trained client care coordinators as well as our two veteran criticalists on staff. We offer competitive benefits including health insurance, CE allowances, and paid vacation. We also offer flexible schedules, with a 4-day work week available. We encourage growth and make sure all voices are heard.

Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital is a 24-Hour specialty and emergency animal hospital located in the heart of Hollywood, California. We are looking for friendly, qualified receptionists to join our Emergency and Critical Care Department team. MASH is a brand-new specialty and emergency animal hospital. We offer specialty and emergency veterinary services and have specialty veterinarians in surgery, internal medicine, oncology, dermatology, nutrition, dentistry, ophthalmology, neurology, cardiology, and Emergency and Critical Care. MASH is a newly constructed hospital housing new surgery suites, appointment rooms, treatment areas, and state-of-the-art equipment. MASH is eager to provide the Hollywood and surrounding Los Angeles community with the highest quality specialty and emergency veterinary medicine.

The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of veterinary receptionist experience. Candidates should be professional, friendly, courteous, able to multi-task. Candidates should have basic computer skills and organizational skills as well as excellent communication and customer service capabilities. The ideal candidate must love animals and be comfortable working around them.

Requirements :

• 3-5 Years of veterinary experience (specialty experience is a plus)

• General understanding of veterinary medicine

• Great attitude with a desire to work

• Desire to exceed client expectations of service

• Excellent organizational, analytical and customer service skills.

• Strong attention to detail

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Responsible, honest and accountable

Essential responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Happily greeting clients

• Ability to communicate clearly with staff and clients

• Assisting clients with basic questions regarding pets’ health and upcoming appointments.

• Schedule and confirm appointments

• Discharge patients

• Collect and process payments in person, over the phone and online

• Securing and updating records from appointment, including uploading imaging and lab work.

• Gather all records needed for appointments

• Make sure examination rooms, waiting area and front desk area are kept clean and presentable

We offer competitive pay, medical benefits, paid vacation, for full-time employees. We are currently seeking full-time, experienced receptionists. If you are interested in this position, please email your resume/cover letter. Thank you.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital is a 24-Hour specialty and emergency animal hospital located in the heart of Hollywood, California. We are looking for a friendly, qualified veterinary technician assistant and cargo van driver to join our team. MASH is a new specialty and emergency animal hospital that opened in 2017. We offer specialty and emergency veterinary services and have specialty veterinarians in oncology, nutrition, surgery, internal medicine, dermatology, ophthalmology, cardiology, neurology, dentistry, and emergency and critical care. MASH is a newly constructed hospital housing new surgery suites, appointment rooms, treatment areas, and state-of-the-art equipment. MASH is eager to provide the Hollywood and surrounding Los Angeles community with the highest quality specialty and emergency veterinary medicine.

Our ideal candidate will have a clean driving record, comfortable driving a cargo van, eagerness to learn, the ability to lift up to 50 lbs., and must be comfortable working with and around animals.

The primary responsibilities of this position include:

• Assisting technicians and doctors with restraint of patients

• Driving patients to and from facilities

• Cleaning patient cages and runs

• Keeping up with and assisting with laundry

• Helping technicians and doctors with procedure or treatments

• Helping maintain the cleanliness of the facility and the transport van

Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital is a 24-Hour specialty and emergency animal hospital located in the heart of Hollywood, California. We are looking for a friendly, qualified veterinary technicians to join our surgery department. MASH is a new specialty and emergency animal hospital that opened in 2017. We offer specialty and emergency veterinary services and have specialty veterinarians in oncology, dentistry, nutrition, surgery, internal medicine, ophthalmology, dermatology, neurology, and emergency and critical care. MASH is a newly constructed hospital housing new surgery suites, appointment rooms, treatment areas, and state-of-the-art equipment. MASH is eager to provide the Hollywood and surrounding Los Angeles community with the highest quality specialty and emergency veterinary medicine.

The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of veterinary technician experience and be comfortable performing and assisting during surgical procedures. Candidates should be able to work independently and under busy schedules. Candidates should also be comfortable discussing medications, and treatments with clients as well as following up with their inquiries. Candidates should be professional, friendly, courteous, able to multi-task. Candidates should have basic computer skills and organizational skills as well as excellent communication skills (knowledge of Cornerstone a big plus). RVT or experience with anesthesia preferred.

Expected abilities:

• IV Catheter placement

• Blood Draw

• patient restraint (including felines) for ultrasound, radiographs, venipuncture

• Medically able to take radiographs (no medical condition barring them from radiology)

• Physically able and willing to lift up to 40 lbs.

• able to perform medical math (basic algebra)

• Willing to possibly work overtime

• Cleaning the department

• laundry

• Know normal vital signs for canines and felines

• stocking

• working in close quarters

• Strong Communication Skills

Responsibilities

• Stocking the department

• cleaning the department

• assisting doctor with physical exams

• Assisting with surgical procedures

• Willing to learn

• Monitoring anesthesia

• running a CT scan

• Assisting for routine anesthetic procedures

We offer competitive pay, medical benefits and paid vacation for full-time employees. We are currently seeking a full-time surgery department technician. If you are interested in this position, please email your resume/cover letter. Thank you.

Job Type: Full-time

Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital is a 24-Hour specialty and emergency animal hospital located in the heart of Hollywood, California. We are looking for a friendly, qualified receptionist to join our Mash Outpatient team. MASH is a brand-new specialty and emergency animal hospital. We offer specialty and emergency veterinary services and have specialty veterinarians in surgery, internal medicine, oncology, dermatology, nutrition, cardiology, dentistry, ophthalmology, neurology, and Emergency and Critical Care. MASH is a newly constructed hospital housing new surgery suites, appointment rooms, treatment areas, and state-of-the-art equipment. MASH is eager to provide the Hollywood and surrounding Los Angeles community with the highest quality specialty and emergency veterinary medicine.

The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of customer service experience and at least 2 years of veterinary experience. This position's schedule includes weekends. Candidates should be professional, friendly, courteous, able to multi-task. Candidates should have basic computer skills and organizational skills as well as excellent communication and customer service capabilities. The ideal candidate must love animals and be comfortable working around them.

Requirements :

• 3-5 Years of customer service experience

• General understanding of veterinary medicine

• Great attitude with a desire to work

• Desire to exceed client expectations of service

• 2 Years of veterinary experience (specialty experience is a plus)

• Excellent organizational, analytical and customer service skills.

• Strong attention to detail

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Responsible, honest and accountable

Essential responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Happily greeting clients

• Ability to communicate clearly with staff and clients

• Assisting clients with basic questions regarding pets’ health and upcoming appointments.

• Schedule and confirm appointments

• Discharge patients

• Collect and process payments in person, over the phone and online

• Securing and updating records from appointment, including uploading imaging and lab work.

• Gather all records needed for appointments

• Make sure examination rooms, waiting area and front desk area are kept clean and presentable

We are currently seeking experienced receptionists. If you are interested in this position, please email your resume/cover letter. Thank you.

Job Type: Part-time

Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital is a 24-Hour specialty and emergency animal hospital located in the heart of Hollywood, California. We are looking for friendly, qualified doctors assistants to join our internal medicine department team. MASH is a new specialty and emergency animal hospital that opened in 2017. We offer specialty and emergency veterinary services and have specialty veterinarians in nutrition, cardiology, neurology, dentistry, oncology, ophthalmology, surgery, internal medicine, dermatology and emergency and critical care. MASH is a newly constructed hospital housing new surgery suites, appointment rooms, treatment areas, and state-of-the-art equipment. MASH is eager to provide the Hollywood and surrounding Los Angeles community with the highest quality specialty and emergency veterinary medicine.

The ideal candidate will have 2-4 years of technician or doctor’s assistant or technician experience. Candidates should be professional, friendly, courteous, able to multi-task. Candidates should have basic computer skills and organizational skills as well as excellent communication and customer service capabilities. The ideal candidate must love animals and be comfortable working around them. Candidates should also be comfortable discussing medications, using medical terminology and interest in helping with technicians and clients. Ideal candidate should be able to do basic technician tasks such as animal restraint and medication administration.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Answering phones

• Greeting patients/clients

• Checking in patients

• Scheduling appointments and procedures

• Maintaining and updating records

• Assisting clients to their cars

• Process payment transactions

• Must relay appropriate information to the doctors/technicians

• Client call backs

• Animal restraint

• Medication discharge/discussing medications with clients

• Gathering patient history

• Assisting the surgeons stay on schedule

We offer competitive pay, medical benefits, paid vacation, for full-time employees. We are currently seeking a full-time doctors assistant for our internal medicine department. If you are interested in this position, please email your resume/cover letter. Thank you.

Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital is a 24-Hour specialty and emergency animal hospital located in the heart of Hollywood, California. We are looking for a friendly, qualified veterinary technician to join our dermatology team. MASH is a new specialty and emergency animal hospital that opened in 2017. We offer specialty and emergency veterinary services and have specialty veterinarians in oncology, nutrition, surgery, internal medicine, dermatology and emergency and critical care. MASH is a newly constructed hospital housing new surgery suites, appointment rooms, treatment areas, and state-of-the-art equipment. MASH is eager to provide the Hollywood and surrounding Los Angeles community with the highest quality specialty and emergency veterinary medicine.

Our dermatology department is growing quickly! We are looking for techs who want to have fun while advancing their knowledge and skills in the veterinary world. Our ideal candidate is a registered veterinary technician or experienced veterinary assistant with a minimum of 3 years in the veterinary field. We are looking for candidates with a positive, can-do attitude and a willingness to learn and work. We are seeking technicians who are detail-oriented, take initiative and communicate very well. RVT or experience with anesthesia preferred.

Expected abilities:

• Assisting the doctor with physical exams

• Patient restraint

• Strong communication skills

• Physically able and WILLING to lift up to 40 lbs.

• Medically able to take digital radiographs

• Able to perform medical math (basic algebra) for dosing

• Basic use of a microscope (or willing to learn)

• Comfortable with IV/IM/SQ injections

• Urinary extraction via cystocentesis (K9 and feline)

• IV Catheter placement.

• Blood draw (including jugular)

• Know normal vital signs for canines and felines

• Monitoring anesthesia

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Stocking and cleaning the department

• Assisting the dermatologist with physical exams and assessments.

• Presenting / explaining estimates with clients

• Assisting clients with questions about their pets: prescriptions, side effects, medical plan or procedures

Must have:

• Experience in the veterinary field.

• Compassion toward patients as a priority

• Desire to exceed client expectations of service

• “Can do” attitude

Willing to learn and assist with:

• CT Scan

• Deep Ear Flush

• Cryotherapy

• Intradermal testing

• Medical bathing

• Skin and ear cytology

• Cornerstone computer program

• IDEXX in house lab

• Lacuna

• Digital radiography

Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital offers competitive pay as well as medical benefits and paid vacation for full-time employees. We are currently seeking part-time and full-time employees. If you are interested in this position please email your resume/cover letter. Thank you.

Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital is a 24-Hour specialty and emergency animal hospital located in the heart of Hollywood, California. We are looking for a friendly, qualified veterinary technician to join our growing oncology team. MASH is a specialty and emergency animal hospital that opened in 2017. We offer specialty and emergency veterinary services and have specialty veterinarians in oncology, dentistry, nutrition, surgery, internal medicine, dermatology, ophthalmology, and emergency and critical care. MASH houses new surgery suites, appointment rooms, treatment areas, and state-of-the-art equipment, with a second building housing outpatient services opening nearby. MASH is eager to provide the Hollywood and surrounding Los Angeles community with the highest quality specialty and emergency veterinary medicine.

We are excited that our oncology service is booming, and our space and staff are expanding!

The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of veterinary technician experience in oncology and chemotherapy administration. RVT preferred. Candidates should be able to work under busy schedules where good communication is key. You must be comfortable discussing medications, treatments, and estimates with clients, as well as following up with their inquiries. You should be professional, friendly, courteous, and be able to prioritize. Candidates should have good computer and organizational skills, with knowledge of Cornerstone a big plus. The shifts are four 10-hour days, which include one weekend day.

CANDIDATES MUST HAVE PRIOR ONCOLOGY EXPERIENCE.

Expected abilities

• IV Catheter placement and blood draw (including jugular)

• Patient restraint (including felines) for ultrasound, radiographs, venipuncture, and chemotherapy administration

• Medically able to take radiographs (no medical condition barring radiology)

• Medically able to safely handle chemotherapy drugs.

• Knowledge of oncology terms, chemotherapy facts, and nature of the diseases.

• Experience administering chemotherapy (oral, IV, IM) using correct safety protocols.

• Physically able and willing to lift up to 40 lbs.

• Able to perform medical math (basic algebra) and dose calculations.

• Working a weekend day is a must, as well as being able to work overtime on occasion.

• Know normal vital signs and basic anatomy of canines and felines

• Confident communication skills with clients and coworkers

• Pharmacology knowledge a plus

Responsibilities

• Stocking and cleaning the department

• Assisting the oncologist with physical exams and assessments.

• Administration of chemotherapy using USP 800 compliant methods

• Creating and presenting estimates and protocols of clients from doctor's plan

• Work with Department Manager in developing SOPs for safe handling and administration of chemotherapy drugs

• Assisting clients with questions about their pets: prescriptions, side effects, chemotherapy protocols, and estimates.

Willing to learn

• Monitoring anesthesia

• Running a CT scan

• Running in-house lab equipment

• Performing laser procedures

• Assisting in clinical trials

We offer competitive pay, medical benefits, and paid vacation for full-time employees. We are currently seeking a full-time oncology technician. If you are interested in this position, please email your resume/cover letter.

Job Type: Full-time

Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital is a 24-Hour specialty and emergency animal hospital located in the heart of Hollywood, California. We are looking for friendly, qualified veterinary technicians to join our emergency and critical care team. Our services include emergency and critical care, internal medicine, surgery, dentistry, oncology, nutrition, dermatology, cardiology, neurology and ophthalmology. MASH is a newly constructed hospital housing new surgery suites, appointment rooms, treatment areas, and state-of-the-art equipment. MASH is eager to provide the Hollywood and surrounding Los Angeles community with the highest quality specialty and emergency veterinary medicine.

The ideal candidate will have 3+ years as a credentialed veterinary technician. Veterinary Assistants will also be considered. VTS or VTS eligible technicians are strongly encouraged to apply. Candidates should be able to work independently and under busy schedules. You should also be comfortable discussing medications, and treatments with clients as well as following up with their inquiries. Candidates should be professional, friendly, courteous, able to multi-task as well as have basic computer skills, organizational skills, and excellent communication skills. MASH offers full medical benefits, sick pay, paid vacation and a retirement plan. We offer competitive pay as well as shift differentials. We strongly encourage continuing education and support those that wish to attend CE.

Expected abilities

• IV Catheter placement

• Venipuncture

• Urinary catheter placement

• Proficient in triage

• IV/IM injections

• Patient restraint

• Medically able to take radiographs

• Physically able and WILLING TO lift up to 40 lbs.

• Able to perform medical math (basic algebra)

• Monitoring anesthesia

• Willing to possibly work overtime

• Cleaning the department

• Laundry

• Know normal vital signs for canines and felines

• Stocking

• Working in close quarters

• Strong Communication Skills

• Stocking the department

• Assisting the doctor with physical exams

Thank you

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Requirements: Credentialed Veterinary Technician or Veterinary Assistant with at least 3 years of experience in veterinary medicine

Reports to: DVM, Shift Lead, Department Managers, Owners

Job Overview: The role of Triage Veterinary Technician or Triage Veterinary Assistant at MASH encompasses many aspects. Patient care is our priority and supersedes all else. Individuals are expected to be compassionate, understanding, and knowledgeable in Veterinary Technology. They are expected to perform many tasks from placing an IVC in a critical patient to cleaning up diarrhea. They are also expected to be able to interact with clients on a daily basis from providing estimates to going over final care paperwork.

When downtime is present, the triage tech should first make sure the triage daily checklist is complete (i.e. stocking the triage area and crash carts), then should float through the service completing treatments, working on hospitalized patients and other duties as assigned by their lead tech.

One quality that is important for this role is the ability to oversee a busy emergency case load. This means the ability to delegate yourself and other technicians to perform triage, diagnostics, and treatments first in more critical emergency patients and second in order of arrival.

Responsibilities of the shift lead include but are not limited to the following:

• Good communication skills with coworkers and clients

• Ability to work well with others as a team

• Ability to multitask and prioritize triages

• Flexibility and the ability to adjust to a changing environment

• Attention to detail and willingness to question when unsure

• Self-motivated, hard worker

• Active interest in medicine and animal care

• Willing to learn new tasks and learn quickly

• Able to receive criticism and accepts responsibility for actions

• Professionalism · Reliable

• Dependable

• Common sense

• Help doctors to complete procedures efficiently

• Supportive/appreciative of coworkers

• Positive attitude

• Facilitate communication between clients and doctors

• Keep accurate records and observations

• Alerting doctors to changes in animal's condition or behavior

• Caring for animals' needs

• Communicate with clients

• Reduce waiting time

• Greeting clients with a smile

• Keep informed about pet's condition

• Alert doctors to changes in patient status

• Acknowledge appreciation of others-say please and thank you

• Motivate each other

• Share skills in a positive manner

• Work politely with reception to provide excellent client service

• Follow procedure through from beginning to end

• Completely record all procedures and medications on treatment sheet

• Recover patient from anesthesia and clean up after procedure

• Sign animal up for post-op care

• Anticipate

ER / ICU / CC duties:

• Cornerstone Practice Management Software

• Charges / Invoicing

• Perform triages on a timely and accurate basis

• IVC placement - stable patients

• Anesthesia Monitoring

• Procedure Setup / Assisting

• Oxygen nasal cannula placement

• Oxygen cage use and care

• NG tube placement and care

• Male canine u-cath placement and care

• Become familiar with hospital injectable medication protocols

• Telemetry set up

• Ability to perform medical math

• Accurately use whiteboard and maintain medical records

• Doppler and oscillometric blood pressure monitoring

• Care and maintenance of feeding tubes (E-tube, J-G tube, PEG tube)

• Proper care of recumbent patients

• Basic nursing care (change bedding, feed, walk, etc)

• Dispense medications accurately

• Recognize the difference between generic and trade name medications

• Thorough knowledge of common disease processes through presentation and treatment

• Safe handling and restraint of animals

• Ability to admit and discharge patients in a timely manner

• Palpate and express bladders

• Laundry

• Ability to lift 40lb

• Ability to perform radiographs accurately

Client Service:

• Create, present, and explain estimates to clients

• Update clients as to patient status and financial update

• Answer phones courteously

• Proper admission and discharge of patients

• Set up visitation for hospitalized patients

• Sympathetic understanding of client needs

• Keep an accurate record of client communications

• Facilitate communication between doctors and clients

• Discuss serious warning signs of distress with clients on the phone while encouraging them to come in

• Keep track of patient belongings/efficient marking and storage

• Client education

• Proper handling of deceased patients

• Wear a nametag

Hospital Care:

• Equipment maintenance and handling

• Clean up after yourself!

• Help others in maintaining the hospital

• Inventory awareness

• Laundry

• Adherence to OSHA standards-proper disposal of biohazard and toxic materials

• Trash/recycling

• Cleaning/disinfection of cages and runs

• Instrument cleaning and care/autoclave use

• Filing (patient and radiology files)

• Maintain logs (anesthesia, controlled drugs, surgery, deceased animal, radiology)

• Clean thoroughly when slow

• Dishes

• Reduce waste

• Maintain and restock crash cart

Job Type: Full-time

Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital is a 24-Hour specialty and emergency animal hospital located in the heart of Hollywood, California. We are looking for friendly, qualified doctors assistants to join our dermatology department team. MASH is a new specialty and emergency animal hospital that opened in 2017. We offer specialty and emergency veterinary services and have specialty veterinarians in nutrition, oncology, ophthalmology, surgery, internal medicine, dermatology, cardiology, neurology, dentistry, and emergency and critical care. MASH is a newly constructed hospital housing new surgery suites, appointment rooms, treatment areas, and state-of-the-art equipment. MASH is eager to provide the Hollywood and surrounding Los Angeles community with the highest quality specialty and emergency veterinary medicine.

The ideal candidate will have 2-4 years of technician or doctor’s assistant or technician experience. Candidates should be professional, friendly, courteous, able to multi-task. Candidates should have basic computer skills and organizational skills as well as excellent communication and customer service capabilities. The ideal candidate must love animals and be comfortable working around them. Candidates should also be comfortable discussing medications, using medical terminology.

DA will be responsible for but not limited to the following tasks:

• Answering phones

• Greeting patients/clients

• Checking in patients

• Scheduling appointments and procedures

• Maintaining and updating records

• Assisting clients to their cars

• Must relay appropriate information to the doctors / technicians

• Client call backs

• Animal restraint when needed

• Discussing discharges with owners

• Gathering patient history

• Assisting with keeping appointments on schedule

• Complete all Lab letters in charts

• Keep track of all labs

• Address emails throughout the day

• Complete doctors messages

• Assist technicians as needed

• Fill prescriptions as needed

Qualities we are looking for:

• Strong communication skills

• Excellent multitasker

• Team player

• Desire to work and learn

• Accountable and honest

• Compassion

• Attention to detail

• Good time management

• Takes Initiative

We offer competitive pay, medical benefits, paid vacation, for full-time employees. We are currently seeking a full-time doctors assistant for our dermatology department. If you are interested in this position, please email your resume/cover letter. Thank you.

Job Type: Full-time