Emergency Veterinary Assistant

Job overview

The Emergency Veterinary Assistant role is an onsite, full-time position in Northville, MI. Compensation is not specified. Veterinary Emergency Group’s mission is to help people and their pets when they need emergency care. The assistant supports emergency and inpatient veterinary care by performing nursing tasks, monitoring patients, assisting with diagnostics and treatment, and working alongside licensed veterinary technicians. This work helps the clinical team provide compassionate, continuous care to animals and their families.

What you'll do

• Provide compassionate patient and customer care
• perform basic to intermediate nursing tasks, monitoring, and treatments
• triage incoming patients using assessment and monitoring knowledge
• administer medications and support IV fluids and transfusion therapy
• collect samples and perform diagnostic tests
• assist with sedation and surgical anesthesia under LVT or DVM supervision
• participate in patient rounds
• maintain catheters, oxygen tubes, and oxygen equipment as assigned.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

emergency veterinary assistant

veterinary emergency group

northville mi

onsite

full-time

emergency veterinary care

patient monitoring

veterinary nursing

diagnostic testing

licensed veterinary technicians

career development

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• paid parental leave
• continuing education
• flexible schedules
• employee pet discount
• referral rewards.

Why this role

Additional advanced procedures may be performed where permitted by law. The posting describes guided training and growth pathways, including veterinary technician credentialing, training, outreach, and leadership.

About the employer

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) is hiring for this role. Industry: Veterinary Services. Sector: 54.