VCA Animal Emergency Critical Care

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VCA Animal Emergency Critical Care updated their website address.

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Meet Valerie Sullivan, LVT & Overnight Shift Leader

Valerie joined the Animal Emergency Critical Care team in 2012 as an assistant. Valerie advanced through different positions within AECC, including student technician and passed her VTNE and became a licensed technician in 2016. In 2018, Valerie achieved the role a shift leader.

Her favorite parts about working in the ER is the fast pace, that she still learns something new each shift she works, and seeing pets that had been hospitalized for along time return home with their families. Valerie also really enjoys the patient care aspect of emergency - especially the critical/complicated cases.

When she’s not helping to save lives in the ER, she is at home in Ashburn or at her lake house in West Virginia with her husband of 6 years, Tim, and her “furry children”, Misty - 13 year old cat (pictured here with Valerie), Bella – 11 year old cat, Tyrion, Drogon, and Tormund – 1 year old cat littermates, and Ginger – 13 year old yellow lab.

Meet Linda Curtis, Hospital Manager! Linda began working at The LifeCentre in 1996 as an over-night technician in the original Animal Emergency Critical Care building on Cardinal Park Drive. She stayed with the practice during the transition to the new The LifeCentre building. When the team had grown, and the need for a practice manager arose, Linda was hand selected with several other team members to serve on the leadership team. Linda has since been leading the team through changes, including the VCA acquisition 3 years ago.

In addition to our hospital, Linda belongs to the Purcellville Rescue Squad. In her free time, Linda like to be outdoors - gardening, hiking, and when the weather is right, searching for mushrooms. She also enjoys riding her motorcycle, whittling wood into spoons, and hanging with her furry children, Josie (the dog) & Ethyn (the cat).

Meet Natasha Walters, LVT and Co-Hospital Manager of VCA's Animal Emergency Critical Care & VCA's Leesburg Veterinary Internal Medicine!

Natasha began working at The LifeCentre in the Emergency Department as an LVT in January 2009. In 2010, she took the opportunity to become the head LVT in Leesburg Veterinary Internal Medicine (LVIM). During her time with LVIM Natasha worked side by side with leadership to grow the team. In 2016, Natasha transitioned to the Critical Care team to develop and create new positions with a goal of providing support to our criticalists for hospitalized patients and client needs.

As a result of this experience, her natural leadership abilities, and her ambition to improve our overall patient, client, and employee experiences, in 2018 she was promoted to Operations Manager. In May of 2020 Natasha was promoted to Co-Hospital Manager, while still upholding her LVT license. Frequently, she can still be caught providing patient care when needed (or just to keep her skills fresh).

At home, Natasha lives with her human family as well as her brindle/tabby animal family: Marley, Hamisch, and Jane. Outside of balancing being a mom and the demands of our hospital, she likes reading and horseback riding - in her spare time she pulls dual duty as a wrangler for Marriott Ranch in Hume, VA.

Meet One of Our Multi-faceted Employees:

Amanda (Mandy) Hanley, Purchaser/ Inventory Manager for Animal Emergency Crtitical Care and Tech assistant for Leesburg Veterinary Internal Medicine. Mandy began her career in October of 2011 when she was a technician's assistant for Leesburg Veterinary Internal Medicine. In September of 2015, she saw the opportunity to grow her career and became the Team Leader for Veterinary Radiology Associates. In October of 2018, after Veterinary Radiology Associates no longer had a doctor, she transitioned back onto the Internal Medicine Department team and often helps out the Emergency Team as well.

Mandy's favorite part about working here is that she feels that we practice great medicine and really enjoys working with everyone, but most of all she loves helping animals.

In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her husband and kids outside: hiking and gardening. Mandy also enjoys spending time with extended family and friends. Mandy has a few fuzzy children as well, She refers to Yah Yah (a 14 year old cattle dog mix) as her first "baby", Eek is her parakeet , and Strawberry Glitter Sparkles the family's sassy Lion Head rabbit.

Click here to support Diamond's Richardson for Emergency Medical Expenses

Diamond has accrued a substantial care bill at Animal Emergency Critical Care, help support her bill by purchasing a t-shirt!

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We just had the pleasure of visiting with Diamond's family again tonight and discussing her current status. While she is still on oxygen and needs to eat better, she is happy to see her family and snuggled them in the room tonight. Diamond still has a long way to go but our criticalist things we are in a "when she goes home" not "if she goes home" situation. Our team appreciates the outpouring of community support for little Diamond and we are all giving her extra snuggles in between treatments.

Please continue to donate to The Princess Fund to help with the financial burden for this family. We promise we are doing our part to help as well! (Link to donate in the comments below)

💎 Diamond SQUADDD 💪🏼💞👊🏻💎🙌🏼💜🙏🏼
The LIFECentre Emergency & Specialty Veterinary Care - THANK YOU for all of the love & care you are providing to Diamond 24/7. We are FURever grateful & could not have asked for a better care team!! 💗🙏🏼

This dog is a true fighter and has been treated by our dedicated team. Please consider visiting the Happy Hound for a great cause!

Please vote for our colleagues at CVCA Leesburg and The Barking 20s!

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We were happy to host American Heritage Girls Troop #0711 as they toured the ER and made get well cards for our hospitalized patients.

On Thursday our team participated in a biannual CPR drill. We do this to ensure the team is a well oiled machine for when emergent situations arise!

VCA's AECC was happy to host a local Daisy Girl Scout troop this past Sunday. The girls learned about what makes an ER different from a GP, some of the machines and tools used, listened to the heartbeat of a dog, and made hospitalized patients "get well" cards!

Animal Emergency Critical Care was lucky enough to participate in NOVA Community College’s 2nd Annual Veterinary Technology Networking Event this past Wednesday. Thank you to Dr. McCorkle and Julie for representing the team!

We are seeking an experienced Client Service Representative to join our team on our closing CSR shift. This position requires evenings, 1 weekend shift, ands some holidays. Evening pay differential as well as holiday pay is offered when applicable.

At VCA Animal Hospitals, we take our mission statement – your pet’s health is our top priority and excellent service is our goal – very seriously. With every opportunity, we aim to exceed each pet owner’s expectations.
We’re looking for a personable yet highly professional “service extraordinaire” to join us in delivering our mission to our clients and their pets.

Why We Need You
As the face of VCA, the Client Service Representative sets the tone for the practice as we build and maintain each customer's trust and confidence in our abilities. The CSR is the pivot around which the hospital operates and is responsible for:
• Customer service functions, including: greeting visitors, answering telephones, and guiding clients and their pets to exam rooms.
• Scheduling and confirming appointments.
• Placing outbound calls for follow-ups and reaching out to prospective clients.
• Presenting and explaining fees, including processing payments.
• Recommending, selecting, and obtaining products and services, including prescriptions.
• Answering questions regarding products and services, including phone triage of emergent patients.
• Managing medical records, charts, reports and correspondence.
• Hospital maintenance (including removal of animal waste) and ensuring that facility is neat and clean at all times—both inside and outside.

Benefits
We offer competitive compensation and great benefits, including, medical/dental/vision and paid vacation (for F/T employees only), 401(k), generous personal pet care discounts, and more!

Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

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