Veterinary Technician - Emergency

Veterinary Technician – Emergency

Heart of Texas Veterinary Specialty Center

Round Rock, TX

Compensation is negotiable based on experience and credentials, with an expected starting range of $22/hour. The final pay will carefully consider a wide range of factors including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Schedule (full-time): 3x12 schedule with two weekday shifts and one weekend shift.

You’ll play an important role in pets’ lives by providing end-to-end care for our precious patients. Your life-changing work will range from the hands-on care of facilitating outpatient treatments and performing laboratory tests, to support services including admitting and discharging patients.

The success of your patients’ care matters to you, and your success matters to us.

Your Experience & Skills

Emergency Veterinary Technicians perform a variety of animal-health duties and ensure quality pet and client care. The Emergency Technician should be proficient in duties including but not limited to: client care and communication, efficient patient assessments, quick response to emergencies, patient monitoring, venipuncture, Iv catheter placement, patient recovery, anesthetic monitoring, diagnostic imaging, and medical math.

• At least 3 years of recent experience in a veterinary practice
• Strong veterinary skills, including the ability to perform and assist with routine medical procedures
• Ability to safely and appropriately handle animals
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• High school diploma or GED
• Willingness to work weekends and holidays
• Previous emergency experience preferred but not required

Here, you can grow your career as best fits you through access to comprehensive learning and skillset programs. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:

• Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
• Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
• A program designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital

And, with so many locations nationwide, you can find and move into any specialty, hospital type, or environment. Join us and provide your best care at a clinic that is deeply rooted within its community and bolstered by the resources of Thrive Pet Healthcare.

Thrive offers a suite of benefits to support team members’ emotional, physical, professional, and financial wellbeing. In addition to our health and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability plans, we offer eligible team members:

• Competitive pay
• 401(k) with employer match
• Mental health resources, including easy access to therapy through Lyra Health
• Paid parental leave
• Purr-ental leave for when you adopt a pet
• Subsidized backup childcare and elder care
• Expert advice, support and network discounts for fertility and family planning
• FREE CE courses
• Pet perks and veterinary service discounts
• Student loan support tools and assistance
• Some benefits shown are only for full-time team members who work 30 hours or more per week. Certain Benefits may be subject to waiting periods or length of service requirements.

Heart of Texas Veterinary Specialty Center is a 24 hour emergency and specialty referral hospital that invests heavily in our team's growth and development. We pride ourselves on providing the Round Rock area with compassionate and quality emergency, and specialty care including surgery, internal medicine and oncology. We provide an emotionally intelligent work environment and strive to maintain a positive work/life balance.

We are open 24 hours, 7 days a week

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