Licensed Veterinary Technician

VCA Animal Hospitals; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuing education allowance

Paid time off

Professional membership support

Pet discounts

Job summary

VCA Animal Emergency Critical Care in Leesburg, VA is seeking a Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT) to join a fast‑paced emergency team. You’ll handle patient care, anesthesia, diagnostics, and a full toolkit of procedures in a supportive, team‑oriented environment.

The role emphasizes hands‑on care with a culture of collaboration and growth, offering daytime and swing shifts, competitive pay, and a strong benefits package for qualified CrVTs.

Qualifications

• Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT) with current state credentials.
• Experience in emergency and critical care settings is preferred.
• Comfort with anesthesia, monitoring, diagnostics, and client communication.

Responsibilities

• Provide high‑level critical care medicines and treatments.
• Perform physical exams, take histories, monitor vitals.
• Administer medications, CRIs, transfusions, and daily therapies.
• Place IV catheters, venipuncture, fluid therapy, oxygen delivery.
• Induce and monitor anesthesia, maintain stability during procedures.
• Carry out radiography and in‑house diagnostics; document care.

Skills

CVT certification

Emergency/critical care

Anesthesia

Radiography

Job description

Certified Vet Tech Wanted: Someone Who Wants to Use Their Skills

VCA Animal Emergency Critical Care in Leesburg, VA is looking for a CVT who's ready to do real work and not just watch from the sidelines. If you've got the skills, we've got the cases and the trust to let you run with them.

This is emergency and critical care medicine. It's fast-paced, hands‑on, and never boring. You'll be doing everything: patient care, anesthesia, advanced procedures, diagnostics, and the whole toolkit. Daytime and Swing shifts, working alongside a team that's genuinely good at this and genuinely wants you to get better at it too.

What you'll actually be doing:

• Providing Critical Care medicine that goes hand‑in‑hand with specialty medicine, to provide the best outcome for the patients
• Physical exams, patient histories, vitals — the foundation of good care
• Medications, CRIs, transfusions, and treatments, dosed right and documented right
• IV catheters, venipuncture, fluid therapy, high flow oxygen
• Anesthesia inducing, monitoring, and keeping patients stable through procedures
• Radiography and in‑house diagnostics
• Client education — real conversations about at home care, nutrition, and discharge instructions
• Accurate records and clear communication with the team
• Handling a huge range of cases, from routine to "okay, this one's a lot"

Who we're looking for:

Someone positive, driven, and not afraid to speak up. We have real conversations as a team, and your ideas actually go somewhere. We're picky about who we bring on. We want people who can roll with chaos, wear a few hats, and show up for the people next to them.

Compensation

$35.00 - $37.00 / hr based on skill set, experience and licensure status.

Schedule

Full time, swing and daytime shifts

Learn more about us here: https://vcahospitals.com/animal-emergency-critical-care

VCA Total Rewards Benefits Package:

Career Growth & Education

• $750 / year continuing education allowance for CrVTs
• Up to 16 paid continue education hours per year
• VCA-sponsored Veterinary Technician National Exam + employer-paid test prep
• Paid yearly NAVTA membership & state credential renewal
• VCA-sponsored scholarships and generous discounts to Penn Foster's Veterinary Technician Program
• Woof University: free, RACE-approved CE, training and job support webinars on demand
• Free subscriptions to Vetfolio and Plumb's online formulary, plus substantial VETgirl savings
• Unlimited access to Mars Veterinary Health library (2,000+ journals, 600+ textbooks)
• Nationwide hospital transfer opportunities

Time Off & Family Support

• Paid vacation (2 weeks for CrVTs) and paid sick days
• Paid parental leave & fertility benefits
• Paid bereavement days

Health & Wellness

• Free mental health support through the Cigna Life Assistance Program & Lyra
• Free Headspace subscription (meditation and sleep support)

Perks for You & Your Pets

• Generous hospital discounts for your personal pets, including free vaccines
• Discounted Hills or Royal Canin pet food delivered to your home
• 3 pairs of scrubs per year

Compensation & Financial Security

• 401(k) retirement savings with employer contribution
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA/FSA options
• Multiple, flexible health insurance plans to fit your needs
• 100% employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employer-paid basic life insurance
• and more!

Take a moment to watch what life as a veterinary technician at VCA looks like, straight from a technician's point of view: https://vimeo.com/684755121/10c909cb5f

Why VCA

VCA is one of the largest networks of animal hospitals in the country — but you'd never know it from the way we operate. Every hospital keeps its own identity, its own team, and its own culture, while giving you access to the resources, mentorship, and career opportunities of a national organization behind you. You get the best of both: the tight‑knit feel of a local practice and the backing, benefits, and growth potential of an industry leader.

We're genuinely invested in your career — not just your job. From continuing education to credential support to nationwide transfer opportunities if life takes you somewhere new, we build the kind of support system that helps technicians build real, lasting careers, not just punch a clock. This is a place where your work is seen, your growth is prioritised, and your future in this field actually matters to us.

Interested in this opportunity?

We look forward to hearing from you.

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)

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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