Anesthesia RVT — Elevate Your Specialty Career

King Animal Hospital; King City; Hybrid; CAD 39,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

CE allowance

RRSP matching

Employee discounts

Job summary

King Animal Hospital in King City, Ontario, is seeking an experienced Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) to join the Anesthesia team. You will provide safe, individualized anesthetic and perioperative care across surgical, diagnostic, and specialty procedures.

The role offers hands-on experience with advanced monitoring and multimodal analgesia, collaborating with veterinarians and board-certified specialists in a busy referral and emergency setting.

Qualifications

• Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) in good standing with the OAVT.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a referral or emergency practice preferred.
• Strong patient monitoring, assessment, and technical skills.
• Ability to work a variety of shifts including days, nights, weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Assist with anesthetic planning, patient assessment, and preparation.
• Prepare patients, medications, anesthesia equipment, and monitoring equipment for procedures.
• Induce, monitor, and support recovery of patients undergoing anesthesia and sedation.
• Perform IV catheter placement, medication administration, fluid therapy, and other technical procedures within the RVT scope of practice.
• Provide continuous patient monitoring using multiparameter monitoring, capnography, ECG, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, and temperature monitoring.
• Recognize changes in patient condition and respond quickly in collaboration with the veterinarian.
• Support anesthesiologists, surgeons, and specialty teams during procedures.
• Assist with airway management, mechanical ventilation, and advanced anesthetic techniques as required.
• Support multimodal pain management and patient comfort throughout perioperative period.
• Provide attentive post-anesthetic monitoring and nursing care during recovery.
• Maintain anesthesia records and documentation using EzyVet and VetRadar.

Skills

Anesthesia monitoring

Analgesia

Patient assessment

IV catheter placement

Multimodal analgesia

Education

RVT certification (OAVT)

Tools

EzyVet

VetRadar

Job description

King Animal Hospital in King City, Ontario, is seeking an experienced Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) to join the Anesthesia team. You will provide safe, individualized anesthetic and perioperative care across surgical, diagnostic, and specialty procedures.

The role offers hands-on experience with advanced monitoring and multimodal analgesia, collaborating with veterinarians and board-certified specialists in a busy referral and emergency setting.