Animal Health Technician

Posting Date

09/24/26

09/29/26

Anticipated Hiring Range: $21.00 - $27.00 hourly
Full Pay Range: $21.00 - $33.00 hourly

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. This position is eligible for overtime compensation for all hours worked over 40 in the designated workweek.

Unclassified

Animal Care and Control

Are you ready to provide extraordinary medical care to our shelter population? Do you have the compassion and enthusiasm to assist our veterinarians in analyzing disease and performing surgery?

We are looking for someone to join our team of dedicated technicians and help us deliver optimal and humane medical services to the animals in our care. As an Animal Health Technician, you will assist in providing appropriate medical and preventive treatments and assist our veterinarians in performing various surgical procedures. This position requires the employee to be on-site and or customer-facing for all hours worked.

Maricopa County Animal Care & Control employees are committed to animal welfare and strengthening the human-animal bond in our community, and we are always looking to add talented individuals to our team, either at our West or East Valley Animal Care Centers. As one of the nation’s largest open-admission shelters, we work with our community to serve the animals and people of Maricopa County.

Our adoptions, shelter, clinic, and animal services officer teams learn first-hand about proper care of homeless and stray animals and work hard to help find them new homes.

• Work with a greater purpose
• Tuition reimbursement
• Exceptional work-life balance
• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
• Child care benefits, including access to Maricopa County Kids Club, dedicated to serving Maricopa County families
• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave
• Extensive wellness program, including an incentive
• Enrollment in the Arizona State Retirement System, a defined retirement benefit requiring an 11.98% per paycheck contribution rate that includes a 100% employer match on Day 1
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• One year of experience in the care and treatment of animals at a veterinary clinic, animal hospital, or with a public or private agency
• High School Diploma or GED

• Candidates must be flexible and able to work all shifts, including starting as early as 5 am and finishing as late as 7 pm, working weekends and holidays. Employees can be assigned to any shift, with any combination of days off, determined by the Department's needs

• Must be willing and able to participate on the euthanasia team as required

• Experience as a veterinary technician at a high-volume spay/neuter clinic or animal shelter

• Completion of a certified curriculum in veterinary technician/assisting

• Participates in high-volume/high-quality surgery at MCACC by restraining animals for pre-operative exams, inducing animals, preparing animals for surgery, monitoring anesthesia, monitoring recovery, and maintaining surgical cleanliness in the surgical suite
• Provides prescribed medication and performs treatments on shelter animals
• Administers vaccinations and implants microchips into animal
• Cleans, disinfects, and maintains the clinic and job-related equipment according to established disease control protocols
• Completes data entries and maintains detailed and accurate animal health records
• Surveys the…