Emergency Veterinary Technician

United Veterinary Care; Port Charlotte (FL); On-site; USD 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Short-Term Disability

Life Insurance

401K with match

Paid time off

Healthcare coverage

Job summary

United Veterinary Care is seeking an experienced Veterinary Technician to support veterinarians during triage, examinations and treatments. The role involves caring for canine and feline patients, restraining them for procedures, and maintaining a clean, safe facility.

The ideal candidate will have 2+ years as a veterinary technician, experience with electronic medical records, and strong communication skills to educate clients. Weekend and overnight availability may be required.

Qualifications

• Two or more years of experience as a veterinary technician.
• Experience with veterinary software (Neo/AVImark/Cornerstone).

Responsibilities

• Maintain medical records and hospital documentation.
• Prepare surgical suite and assist surgical patients.
• Fill prescriptions and perform lab work and imaging.
• Provide high-quality care for boarded and hospitalized pets.
• Assist veterinarians during triage, exams, and treatments.

Skills

Vet tech experience

Surgical assistance

Patient restraint

Medical records

Communication skills

Tools

Neo

AVImark

Cornerstone

Job description

Description

The Veterinary Emergency Clinic is an equipped trauma and emergency facility that offers many services. Our team members are trained to handle most life‑threatening emergencies that can occur anytime during nights, weekends, and holidays. These emergencies include, but are not limited to, animals being hit by cars, gunshot wounds, lacerations, heatstroke, trouble breathing, fever, infection, snakebite wounds, seizures, and many other conditions.

Description

We are seeking an experienced, organized, and service‑oriented Veterinary Technician to join our team. You will support our veterinarians during triage, examinations and medical treatments and provide direct care to our animal patients. Candidates must be comfortable working with canine and feline animals and know how to restrain them properly for evaluation and procedures. You also need to be familiar with proper cleaning and sanitizing techniques to ensure our facility is safe for our clients.

Responsibilities and Duties

Our ideal candidate must be passionate about helping people and pets by offering above and beyond veterinary care, must have superb work ethic, be upbeat and friendly. We offer an opportunity to develop your skills and be the best you can be, while you help us grow. This position requires solid veterinary knowledge, excellent attention to detail, and skills such as:

• Maintaining medical records
• Preparing surgical suite and surgical patients
• Filling prescriptions
• Performing laboratory work and diagnostic imaging
• Providing compassionate high-quality care for boarded and hospitalized pets
• Responsible for ensuring and maintaining proper cleaning protocols for all animal care areas
• Provide client education when appropriate
• Alerting DVM promptly of any patient related issues
• Feed all animals their required diet and in the appropriate rations
• Ensure all dishes, laundry, cages are sanitized daily
• Restock supplies
• Excellent animal handling skills
• Critical evaluation and observation skills
• Have basic organizational and computer skills as well as strong technician skills
• Effective written and oral communication skills with ability to compose routine correspondence
• Possess the ability to work independently, efficiently, and calmly under challenging conditions
• Ability to appropriately handle, lift and restrain animals (dogs, cats) and stand for long periods of time

Technical Requirements

• I.V. catheter placement
• Phlebotomy
• In‑house laboratory
• Surgical prep
• Anesthesia/surgical monitoring
• X-Rays

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements

• Two or more years of experience as a veterinary technician
• Must be flexible with scheduling and able to work weekends.
• Experience with veterinary software (e.g. Neo, AVImark, Cornerstone)
• Ability to work regular weekends, evenings and/or overnights

Benefits and Perks

We are dedicated to your well‑being and offer a comprehensive package and professional development opportunities to support your work and home life. These include:

• Complimentary Short-Term Disability
• Complimentary Life Insurance; with options topurchase additional voluntary benefits for self or family
• Company Sponsored Employee Assistance Program (Headspace)
• 401K with 100% company match up to 3% and 50% company match up to 5%, eligible after 6 months of employment
• United Health Care UMR Insurance Plans with 3 tiered options; Kaiser for CA Residents
• Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account options
• United Healthcare Dental Insurance; includes a 100% paid premium option for team members
• United Healthcare Vision Insurance options
• Long Term Disability option (paid for by employee)
• Progyny-Fertility and Family Building Support (up to $10,000 per attempt/ $30,000max)
• Team Member Discounts for Pet Care
• Paid time off - inclusive of sick, personal, and vacation
• LGBTQIA+ support with FOLX HEALTHCARE (if UMR enrolled)
• Sword Digital Musculoskeletal & Physical Therapy Program (if UMR enrolled)
• Referral Bonus Program
• DailyPay on Demand