• Provides and oversees efficient, optimal patient care including: triage, assessment, stabilization, treatment, monitoring, and restraint.
• Identifies relevant changes and recommends adjustments to patient’s management.
• Collaborates with students, interns, residents, faculty clinicians, rDVMs, and clients to assist in formulating a diagnoses and optimal treatment plans. This is done by evaluating patient status, response to therapy, collecting diagnostic samples and interpreting results.
• Must demonstrate caring behavior with all patients and clients
• Assumes leadership in emergencies in absence of DVM.

• Provides clinical and technical expertise such as intravenous catheter placement (peripheral and central catheters), arterial, and urinary catheterization; fluid and drug administration; intravenous and arterial blood sampling; performs focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST); EKG and blood gas collection/interpretation; direct and indirect blood pressure monitoring/evaluation; pulse oximetry; capnography; operation and trouble-shooting of all specialty-related equipment; thoracocentesis and continuous evacuation; pericardiocentesis; emergency anesthesia; cystocentesis; multi-parameter monitoring; positive pressure ventilation and initiating and directing CPR.

Develops knowledge and skills of Professional Veterinary Medical Program students, interns, residents, technicians, and CE participants by providing clinical instruction in the principles and practice of veterinary emergency and critical care medicine. Presents staff in-service training by illustrating new or reviewed specialty topics and/or techniques. Assists in training new personnel. Orients new students, and provides coaching and feedback. Teaches and models quality nursing care. Maintains currency and increases knowledge of field by attending assigned training, continuing education, in-services, and self-study.

• Utilizes advanced medical knowledge and expertise to provide onsite or phone triage/screening for ill or injured animals presenting to the Critical Care Services.
• Communicates and coordinates with clients or referring/primary veterinarians to obtain relevant history, prior diagnostics, etc in order to facilitate diagnoses and treatment. Provides information and feedback to help guide clients through decision making.
• Communicates and coordinates with reception, and other hospital departments to facilitate timely, efficient assessment, diagnostics, stabilization, treatment and/or transfer to appropriate hospital services.
• Provides medical updates and concerns to primary and ancillary clinicians, students and other staff to coordinate patient care
• Practices and promotes prompt, positive, professional interpersonal relations and communications.
• Problem solves and provides consultation to students, staff, faculty, and community.

Organizes and directs activities of Unit during duty shift. Prioritizes cases and procedures; ensures completion and documentation of treatments; monitors and enforces policies and procedures (including biosecurity and controlled substance regulations); maintains supplies, equipment, and facility; enters patient charges into computer; provides after-hours hospital support and facilitates emergency patient admission. Practices and promotes positive, professional interpersonal relations and communications.