Licensed Veterinary Technician

VCA Animal Hospitals; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

VCA Animal Hospitals is seeking a Licensed Veterinary Technician to join their team in Suwanee, GA. The role involves providing compassionate patient care, performing various veterinary tasks, and ensuring a positive environment for both pets and clients. This position offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, continuing education allowances, and more.

Benefits

Continuing Education allowance

401(k) retirement plan with company match

Generous employee pet discounts

Paid vacation and sick time

Free mental health care

Qualifications

• Must be a Licensed Veterinary Technician or GA LVT eligible.
• Experience in veterinary practice preferred.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills required.

Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate care and support to patients.
• Perform lab sample collection and processing.
• Assist in surgical preparation and monitoring.

Skills

Compassionate patient care

Client education

Venipuncture

Anesthesia monitoring

Dental procedures

Education

Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT)

Job description

Location: 2030 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Rd, Suwanee, GA 30024

VCA Falcon Village Animal Hospital is hiring a Licensed Veterinary Technician (or GA LVT eligible) to join our team!

About Us

We are an AAHA-accredited 4-doctor practice offering primary care, surgery, dentistry, boarding, grooming, and more. We have a great team and great facility located between Suwanee and Lawrenceville. We have LVTs on staff and our Hospital Manager is a credentialed technician as well.

We are open weekdays 7:30am - 6pm, Saturdays 8am - 12pm, closed Sunday.

Check out our website at:https://vcahospitals.com/falcon-village

About the Role

As Veterinary Technician, you will support our team by creating a positive, low-stress atmosphere for our patients and clients.Duties will include:

• Compassionate patient care
• Client education and care
• Obtaining patient history
• Venipuncture and catheter placement
• Lab sample collection and processing
• Radiology and diagnostics
• Surgical preparation and assisting
• Anesthesia monitoring
• Dentistry procedures
• Medication preparation and administration
• Maintaining medical records

Why VCA

VCA Animal Hospitals is a community of over 800 hospitals across the US, including primary care, emergency, and specialty medicine. We offer world class medicine with hometown care. Together we are taking care of the future of veterinary medicine.

This means taking care of our people. We are passionate about supporting our technicians and assistants and are committed to your personal career development. At VCA, you will enjoy an inclusive work environment where you can focus on your career, your happiness, and the patients you serve. Benefits include:

Career Support

• Access to the people and resources of a large veterinary community
• Advancement and leadership opportunities
• Continuing Education allowance for full time credentialed veterinary technicians ($750/yr, $1000/yr for VTSs)
• Internal CE and development opportunities
• Free NAVTA membership, access to VetFolio, Plumbs App, and more
• Tuition assistance including Veterinary Technology Associates, Bachelors completion and more
• Veterinary Technician license reimbursement

Health & Well Being

• Medical, dental & vision insurance, a variety of additional coverage options
• Free mental health care through Lyra Health (up to 12 sessions a year)
• Access to free counseling through Cigna Life Assistance program
• Access to Headspace app
• Fully employer-paid life, long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Paid vacation, paid sick time, holiday pay
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility coverage, gender affirmation services
• Growing network of onsite social workers

Other Perks

• Generous hospital discounts for your pets, a variety of other discounts including cellular service, apparel, computer equipment, etc.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Referral bonus opportunities
• Practice management software with digital innovations for streamlined practice flow and client communication
• Opportunities to give back through VCA Charities and community partnerships

Interested?Apply! We look forward to hearing from you.

If you are a current associate, you will need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.

Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com