Part-time Licensed Veterinary Technician

Overview

Blue Pearl Pet Hospital is hiring a part-time Licensed Veterinary Technician to contribute to our Emergency and Critical Care department at our Midtown, NY location!

Schedule: Some weekend coverage needed but can be flexible

Pay: $28.00 - $51.00 / hour + competitive shift differentials

This pay band is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency assessment tool. Candidates with VTS credentialing are eligible for compensation commensurate with experience.

We offer competitive shift differential pay for eligible hours worked for nights and weekends. Shift differentials are based on a 4-hour minimum. For example:

• Mon - Fri: 6pm to 8am = +$4.50/hr shift differential
• Sat & Sun: 8am to 6pm = +$4.50/hr shift differential
• Sat & Sun: 6pm to 8am = +$8.00/hr shift differential

• Triage and obtain patient history
• Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR
• Place IV catheters and advanced catheters like Jugular catheters, Central Lines or PICC lines
• Monitor and care for ventilator cases
• Work alongside other skilled technicians and assistants in providing excellent, advanced medicine to your patients
• Mentor and train other co-workers
• Nurse critically ill patients back to health and reunite them with their pet parents
• Other relevant duties

• Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
• We encourage growth with skill-based leveling and leadership development programs. As part of Mars Veterinary Health, associates have opportunities to advance in their careers.
• Access to continuous learning: annual continuing education allowance, free CE sessions, Blue Pearl University, and access to over 2,000 medical journals.

• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options
• Paid Time Off and Floating Holiday Plans
• Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Parental Leave Benefits
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Account
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Annual Scrub Allowance: full-time associates receive $200/year in Blue Pearl store credit
• Access to a regional social worker and 12 mental health care sessions annually
• Lyra online mental health support platform and other well-being resources
• Referral Bonus Program
• State licensure reimbursements and VTNE reimbursements
• Additional VTS benefits for pursuing and established VTS technicians

Continuing Education Plan includes $500/year reimbursement for CVT and $750/year for VTS. CE allowances can roll over up to $1,500 for CVT and VTS associates. Non-Credentialed, full-time Paraprofessionals are eligible for an annual CE stipend of $150. Full-time CVT associates receive 8 hours of CE paid hours each year. Full-time VTS associates receive 12 hours of CE paid hours each year.

Paid CE hours can be carried over year to year up to a maximum of 24 hours. Newly hired associates will receive a pro-rated amount of any CE benefit for which they are eligible.

Blue Pearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and you will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.