Part-Time Veterinary Technician - ICU

BluePearl Pet Hospital; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift differential

Health insurance

401k

CE allowance

Scrub allowance

Parental leave

Flexible schedules

PTO & floating holidays

Job summary

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Reno, NV is seeking a daytime, part-time ICU Veterinary Technician. The role offers a competitive pay scale of $22–$33 per hour, with Kahuna leveling progression and license eligibility.

We provide weekend differential, a fast-paced, collaborative team, and opportunities to advance in anesthesia, internal medicine, and critical care. If you are motivated to grow, mentor others, and deliver exceptional patient care, apply today.

Qualifications

• Active veterinary technician license required.
• Experience in ICU/ER nursing preferred.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Triage and collect patient history.
• Identify at-risk patients and initiate CPR as needed.
• Place peripheral IVs and central lines or PICC lines.
• Monitor hospitalized patients and provide advanced care.
• Perform diagnostics and outpatient care.
• Collaborate with technicians and assistants to deliver care.
• Mentor and train teammates.
• Reunite patients with their owners after care.

Skills

Triage

CPR

IV placement

Central lines

Diagnostics

Critical care

Mentoring

Education

Licensed Veterinary Technician

Tools

ICU equipment

Monitors

Job description

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Reno, NV is hiring an exceptional Daytime, Part-Time ICU Veterinary Technician.

Pay Scale: $22 - $33 / hour

This pay band is a starting point and is dependent on experience and advancement through Kahuna leveling system, also if you have an active veterinary technician license.

We also offer competitive shift differential pay for eligible hours worked for weekends.

• Shift differentials are based on a 4-hour minimum.

For Example

• Sat & Sun: 8am to 6pm = $3.50 Shift Differential

We strive to provide state-of-the-art services to our patients and clients. We are very proactive in supporting our technician team to advance their careers. We have many specialized technicians in Anesthesia, Internal Medicine, and Emergency/Critical Care. Applicants should have a strong knowledge base, motivation to learn, and ambition to work in a fast-paced team environment.

As a Veterinary Technician, You Will

• Triage and obtain patient history
• Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR
• Place peripheral IVC's and advanced catheters such as Central Lines or PICC lines.
• Monitor and care for hospitalized patients
• Perform diagnostics and outpatient care
• Work alongside other skilled technicians and assistants in providing excellent, advanced medicine to your patients
• Have a passion for mentoring and training other co-workers.
• Feel gratification of nursing critically ill patients back to health and reunite them with their pet parents

Why BluePearl?

Our passion is pets. We offerTrupanionpet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.

We encourage you to grow with us. Our technicians are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in his/her career.

In order to transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing educationallowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.

We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following:

• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
• 401k with company matching
• Continuing Education (CE) allowance
• Scrub allowance
• Parental leave benefits.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans..
• We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets.

BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and each applicant will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual or affectional preference, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.