ER Veterinary Shift Lead – Emergency Team

United Veterinary Care; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to 40/hr

Shift differentials

Short Term Disability

Life Insurance

401K with match

Health plans

PTO

Referral Bonus

DailyPay

Job summary

United Veterinary Care in Berkeley, CA is seeking an Experienced Emergency Veterinary Technician or RVT to lead and manage the ER team on their assigned shifts. This 24-hour hospital environment requires strong leadership, clear communication, and the ability to coordinate care across technicians, doctors, and support staff.

The role emphasizes staff development, load balancing, and ensuring compliance with nursing protocols, anesthesia, surgery, safety, and diagnostic procedures.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience as a veterinary technician in a leadership role.
• Minimum 1 year of surgical anesthesia experience.
• Strong people skills, including leadership, problem solving and communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage flow of shift by properly assigning shifts based on technician skill and caseload.
• Ensure follow through by technicians on all cases and patient care.
• Facilitate customer service, technician and doctor communication to ensure accurate and efficient completion of cases.
• Oversee all aspects of medical care, including staff adherence to nursing protocols, anesthetic, surgical, safety, laboratory, radiology procedures, and infectious disease control.
• Assist in solving client problems/concerns.
• Supervision of daily tasks to ensure fair work distributions and completion of daily duties including client service, patient care, and housekeeping.
• Oversee, lead, and mentor the emergency paraprofessional staff in a positive manner.
• Partner with ER floor manager/Hospital Manager to provide cohesive and collaborative leadership to their shifts.
• Take an active role in training and teaching team members on the floor.
• Assist in solving client problems/concerns.
• Setting the standard and modeling the standard for performance, professionalism, patient care and client service at all times while on shift.
• Assist the management team with team member evaluations, feedback, and counseling/coaching when needed.
• Regularly attend and actively participate in shift coordinator meetings.
• Actively seek out and participate in CE (continuing education) and learning opportunities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job description

United Veterinary Care in Berkeley, CA is seeking an Experienced Emergency Veterinary Technician or RVT to lead and manage the ER team on their assigned shifts. This 24-hour hospital environment requires strong leadership, clear communication, and the ability to coordinate care across technicians, doctors, and support staff.

The role emphasizes staff development, load balancing, and ensuring compliance with nursing protocols, anesthesia, surgery, safety, and diagnostic procedures.