Head Registered Veterinary Technician

ClickUp; Oakland, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 41,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with match up to 4%

Profit-sharing plan

Paid Time Off and holidays

Educational Assistance up to $5250/yr

CE support and Lunch and Learns

Team-building events

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Grand Lake Veterinary Hospital in Oakland, CA seeks an experienced Licensed Veterinary Technician to lead and mentor the team on-site. You will bring empathy, clear communication, and a calm, solution-focused presence to a state-of-the-art facility.

Join a collaborative, independent hospital that values staff development, open communication, and a culture of growth. Competitive compensation and benefits support your ongoing professional journey.

Qualifications

• Licensed RVT required.
• Minimum two years' experience as an RVT.
• Minimum one year in a leadership role in a veterinary hospital.
• Ability to stay calm and lead when busy.
• Teaching style: impartial, effective, compassionate.
• Excellent client and team communication skills.

Skills

Leadership

Empathy

Learning

Communication

Conflict management

Customer focus

Detail orientation

Approachability

Composure

Action oriented

Education

RVT license

Job description

You've mastered the floor. Now lead the way.

You already know this work like the back of your hand. Somewhere along the way, you realized the thing you care most about isn't just your own cases anymore. It's the tech beside you who's one good mentor away from being great.

Oakland, CA (on-site) Full-Time $30–$40/hr based on experience

The Grand Lake Veterinary Hospital is an independently owned, progressive, well-established hospital in Oakland, where medicine is driven by doctors and standards of care, not corporate profit targets. Our RVTs will tell you it's the best place they've ever worked.

You'd be joining a smart, kind, collaborative team in a recently renovated, state-of-the-art facility, working alongside owners and a management team who lead with open communication and expect the same in return.

Leaders do their best work when they're supported, trusted, and free to lead from a place of curiosity rather than judgment. So we've built a place where you praise in public and coach in private, where you advocate for your team to the people who set the schedule, and where "let's find a better way to do this" is met with a yes.

What We Look For

Action Oriented

Seeks out challenges, takes initiative without being asked

Approachability

Warm presence that puts the team and clients at ease

Learning

Actively seeks feedback, grows from both wins and mistakes

Communications

Clear, concise, and tailored to the audience

Composure

Calm and solution-focused under pressure; a stabilizing presence

Conflict Management

Addresses issues directly, constructively, and impartially

Customer Focus

Puts clients and patients first, anticipates needs

Empathy

Attuned to the emotional states of those around them

Detail Orientation

Organized, thorough, doesn't let things fall through

What You Bring

A licensed tech who leads with empathy, teaches with patience, and wants a hospital that will back them while they build something.

• Current RVT (Registered Veterinary Technician) license (required)
• Minimum two years' experience as a registered veterinary technician
• Minimum one year in a leadership role in a veterinary hospital
• The ability to stay calm and lead when the day gets hectic
• A teaching style that's impartial, effective, and compassionate
• Excellent client and team communication skills
• Genuine enthusiasm for growth, change, and building something better

What We Offer

An extremely competitive compensation and benefits package.

• $30–$40/hour based on experience
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with up to 4% employer match
• Profit-sharing plan
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays
• Educational Assistance up to $5,250/year
• CE support and frequent Lunch and Learns
• Team-building events
• Real growth opportunities within the practice

A Few Things About The Grand Lake

1 Independently owned and doctor-led. Medical decisions are made in the exam room, not a boardroom.

2 Rare staff turnover. People come here and stay. That says more than any job post can.

3 We invest in you. CE support, Lunch and Learns, and real internal growth paths.

4 Community recognized. Runner-up in the East Bay Express "Best of the Bay" Reader Poll and a NextDoor Neighborhood Favorite.