Small Animal Floater Emergency & Critical Care and Small Animal Patient Care Services Technician

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Want to be part of the most innovative veterinary team in the country? We are looking for a Small Animal Floater for Emergency & Critical Care and Small Animal Patient Care Services Technician to work alongside our world leading faculty clinicians and technicians, helping them teach the next generation of veterinarians while also serving the animals and pet owners of our community.

• Vacation – earn (3) three weeks per year!
• 14 paid holidays annually
• Sick leave – eligible to earn up to 8 hours per month (no maximum)

• Competitive pay
• Shift differentials

• $650 continuing education annual allowance
• 40 hours paid CE annually (pro‑rated based on appointment %)
• $100 monthly stipend for RVTs
• Wellness and on‑site employee assistance program
• Scrubs provided and laundered at no cost to the employee

Provide nursing care to emergency room, intensive care unit patients or small animal patient care general and intermediate care wards using established protocols set up by small animal emergency and critical care faculty. Work independently under these guidelines in a teaching environment including providing quasi‑instruction to veterinary students. Facility maintenance for the unit and temporary support to other VMTH departments at times may be required.

3/6/2026 at 11:59pm

Recruitment period: one month. Applicants will be screened after two weeks; then on a weekly basis. The position can be filled prior to the removal date.

This position may be eligible for a hiring bonus.

• Must obtain a Veterinary Assistant Controlled Substance Permit (VACSP) within 3 months of date of hire
• No minimum education required.
• Experience independently providing intense moment‑to‑moment monitoring and reassessment of emergent, critically ill, or anesthetized patients.
• Experience working in a small animal clinic as a veterinary technician or as a veterinary assistant.
• Experience giving medications. Experience using patient monitoring equipment. Experience drawing blood samples.
• Interpersonal, oral and written communication skills to interact with a diverse group of students, staff, clinicians and clients and recognize and manage difficult/unpleasant situations and/or individuals.

• Current California Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) license.
• Experience in the placement of a multi‑lumen catheter in either a peripheral or central vein and utilize proper technique(s) to secure and maintain the catheter.
• Experience training and directing.

• 65% – patient nursing care
• 20% – facility maintenance, fiscal accountability and safety
• 15% – student instruction

The Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) is a unit that provides clinical case material in support of the teaching programs throughout the School of Veterinary Medicine on a 24‑hour basis. Its primary objectives are to train professional (veterinary) students, graduate clinical students (interns and residents), and graduate academic students; to provide veterinary services to the public; to serve as a referral center for practicing veterinarians, and to advance veterinary medical knowledge.

• Salary or pay range: $30.41/hr – $46.02/hr
• Salary frequency: hourly
• Salary grade: steps
• UC job title: ANML HEALTH TCHN 3 VMTH
• UC job code: 004752
• Number of positions: 1
• Appointment type:
  Staff: career
• Percentage of time: 90% variable
• Shift (work schedule):
  Sunday–Tuesday 8pm–8:30am
• Location:
  
  Davis, CA
• Union representation: TX‑Technical Professionals
• Benefits eligible:
  Yes
• This position is 100% on‑site
• This position may be eligible for a hiring bonus.

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