Relief Veterinary Technician

BluePearl Pet Hospital; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 27,552 - 55,104; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Trupanion pet insurance

401k and retirement planning

Paid time off

Flexible work schedules

Continuing education allowance

Job summary

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, is seeking a Relief Veterinary Technician to provide exceptional patient care in a collaborative environment. This full-time role requires flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays, ensuring critical patients receive the best care.

Ideal candidates will have a passion for veterinary medicine, demonstrate strong skills in emergency care, and possess the ability to mentor peers. Join a team that values continuous learning and offers comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Must be a certified Veterinary Technician.
• Experience in emergency and specialty care is preferred.
• Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Triage and obtain patient history.
• Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR.
• Place intravenous catheters.
• Monitor and care for ventilator cases.
• Mentor and train other staff members.

Skills

Patient care

CPR knowledge

Mentoring

IVC and catheter placement

Ventilator case management

Education

Veterinary Technician Certification

Job description

BluePearl Pet Hospital is hiring a Relief Veterinary Technician!

Pay: $20.00 - $40.00 / hour. This pay band is a starting point and is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency leveling system.

We are hiring an exceptional Veterinary Technician to join our team. If you enjoy patient care and working in a fast‑paced, challenging, interesting, and collaborative environment, apply today! This is a full‑time position that requires flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays.

As a Veterinary Technician, You Will

• Triage and obtain patient history
• Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR
• Place IVC's and advanced catheters like Jugular catheters, Central Lines or PICC lines.
• Monitor and care for Ventilator Cases
• 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 offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
• We encourage you to grow with us. Our associates 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 their career.
• To transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, 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

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
• Parental leave benefits
• Flexible work schedules
• 401k and retirement planning
• Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans
• A regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips/tricks on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment
• 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 affectionate 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.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or sponsorship transfer. Applicants must possess unrestricted, current authorization to work in the U.S. and not require future sponsorship for an employment-based green card.