Veterinary Technician (ICU), Alta Vista Specialty & Emergency Veterinary Centre

Joffe Veterinary Medicine Professional Corporation; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 26,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RRSP matching (5%)

CE allowance

Paid time off

Uniform allowance

Mental health resources

Job summary

Alta Vista Specialty & Emergency Veterinary Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, is seeking a Registered Veterinary Technician to join our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) team. You will coordinate ICU admissions, ensure smooth workflows, and provide compassionate updates to families.

The ICU team delivers attentive monitoring for critically ill patients and supports families with clear discharge and home-care guidance. A fast-paced environment, competitive compensation, and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Registered Veterinary Technician or eligible to register.
• Willingness to enhance anesthesia, CRIs, epidurals and ventilation skills.
• Adaptable to fast-paced ICU with strong charting abilities.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative approach to working with colleagues and pet parents.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate ICU admissions, procedures, and medical records to support daily patient care.
• Facilitate prompt, transparent communication among critical care veterinarians, pet parents, and referring veterinary teams.
• Provide hospitalization updates, discharge instructions, and home-care plans.
• Collaborate with technicians and medical teams to support patient monitoring and shift transitions.
• Maintain flexibility across rotating day and evening shifts to meet ICU needs.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Record-keeping

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Education

Registered Veterinary Technician or eligible to register

Tools

Anesthesia equipment

CRI's

Epidurals

Mechanical ventilators

Job description

Registered Veterinary Technician Department: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Location: Ottawa, ON Employment Type: Full-time Job Status: Existing Compensation: $19.00 to $38.00 per hour, depending on experience and skills. Alta Vista Specialty & Emergency Veterinary Centre has a new opportunity for a Registered Veterinary Technician to join our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) team in Ottawa, Ontario. Our ICU team provides calm, compassionate care for critically ill and hospitalized patients and the families who love them. In this role, you will be an essential part of keeping our intensive care unit running smoothly, ensuring patients receive attentive monitoring and pet parents receive thoughtful, consistent updates.

What You'll Do

• Caseload Coordination: Manage ICU admissions, procedural workflows, and medical records to support daily patient care.
• Care Liaison: Facilitate prompt, transparent communication among critical care veterinarians, pet parents, and referring veterinary teams.
• Client Guidance: Offer compassionate support and clear explanations of hospitalization updates, discharge instructions, and home-care plans.
• Teamwork and Inpatient Support: Collaborate with technicians and medical teams to support patient monitoring, treatment workflows, and shift transitions.
• Shift Availability: Maintain flexibility across rotating day and evening shifts to meet the dynamic needs of our intensive care unit.

What You Bring

• Registered Veterinary Technician or eligible to register.
• Experience with and willingness to enhance technical skills: anesthesia, constant rate infusions (CRI's), epidurals and mechanical ventilators.
• Adaptable to a fast-paced environment with changing needs.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a warm, collaborative approach to working with colleagues and supporting pet parents.
• You take pride in accurate charting and record-keeping.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.

What We Can Offer You

• Competitive compensation that reflects your skills, experience, and the role.
• RRSP Employer Group Match Program (5%) to help you save for the future.
• Paid time off for continuing education, vacation, sick days, and personal wellness days.
• Annual CE Allowance.

Benefits

• Minimum 24 hours per week for eligibility, with flexible options.
• Paid annual certification memberships and uniform allowance.
• Mental health support tools and resources: Virtual health care (telemedicine), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and digital wellness tools supporting mindfulness, sleep, and physical fitness.
• Various career development pathways.
• Generous personal pet care discounts and lifestyle perks, including exclusive shopping discounts and access to a wellness app.

Our hospital: At Alta Vista Specialty & Emergency Veterinary Centre (AVSE), we’ve been a proud, trusted part of the Ottawa veterinary community for over six decades! With our new location, we have an expansive, purpose-built hospital. Designed from the ground up for advanced medicine and team well‑being, our facility brings 24/7 emergency care and extensive multidisciplinary specialty departments all under one roof – including Critical Care, Surgery, Neurology, Internal Medicine, Ophthalmology, and Dentistry. Together, we are committed to delivering exceptional patient care and a positive, sustainable work environment every day.

Our Story VCA Canada is a network of veterinary hospitals, with our head office in Calgary, Alberta, committed to positively impacting pets, people, and local communities for nearly 45 years. We have compassion for the neighbourhoods we serve and every pet within them, not just those we see in our hospitals. Every VCA Canada hospital location takes pride in its legacy of excellence, earning the trust of pet owners by delivering the highest quality of medicine to keep pets happy and healthy. In 2017, VCA Canada became part of the Mars Veterinary Health family of brands, solidifying an even stronger commitment to ensuring the strength and stability of the veterinary profession and our commitment to pet parents nationwide. VCA Canada is also passionate about providing an industry‑leading Associate experience to over 4,000 Canadians employed across the country. In 2026, for the third year in a row, we were named one of Alberta's Top Employers, which recognizes organizations whose head offices are located within the province and lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work. Additionally, we were selected as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People 2026, which recognizes employers across Canada that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work and programs for young people starting their careers. Most recently, we received 2026 Great Place to Work Certification Canada.

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A leader in veterinary care, VCA Animal Hospitals is committed to taking care of the future of veterinary medicine. We are a family of hometown animal hospitals determined to positively impact pets, people and our communities. From primary care to emergency, urgent and specialty care, VCA delivers world‑class medicine and hometown care to more than four million pets each year. We invest in cutting-edge tools, training and technology that enable Associates across our national network of hospitals to lead the industry today and into tomorrow. Among our talented 35,000 Associates are nearly 7,000 veterinarians – including 500 who are board-certified specialists – nearly 4,000 credentialed technicians and over 10,000 veterinary assistants – all dedicated to giving pets the very best in medical care. The future of veterinary medicine is in our hands.