Veterinary Technician - ICU

BluePearl Specialty and Emergency Pet Hospital

$55K — $106K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Current Licensed Veterinary Technician in Washington State
  • Experience in critical care or emergency veterinary medicine
  • Ability to place intravenous catheters and monitor ventilator patients
  • Competent in CPR initiation and patient triage
  • Strong mentorship skills to train and lead team members
  • Flexibility to work varied hours including nights, weekends, and holidays

Responsibilities

  • Triage and gather patient history effectively
  • Identify at-risk patients and initiate CPR when necessary
  • Insert IVCs and advanced catheters like Jugular catheters and PICC lines
  • Monitor and care for patients requiring ventilator support
  • Collaborate with a skilled team to provide exceptional veterinary care
  • Mentor and train associates to help them develop their skills
  • Rehabilitate critically ill patients and coordinate reunifications with owners

Benefits

  • $5,000 sign-on bonus for qualified candidates
  • Shift differential pay for night and weekend shifts
  • Trupanion pet insurance with discounts for pet treatments
  • Annual continuing education allowance and access to training programs
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Flexible work schedules accommodating work-life balance
  • 401k and retirement planning support
  • Paid time off and floating holidays for personal time
  • Resources for mental health and well-being support
  • Family-like work culture focused on teamwork and care
Full Job Description
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.

BluePearl Pet Hospital is hiring an Licensed Veterinary Technician for our ICU in Kirkland!

$5,000 Sign-on bonus for qualified candidates!

LVT Pay: $26.75 - $51.32/Hr

This pay band is a starting point and is dependent on experience and advancement through Kahuna leveling system.

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

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

For example:
  • Mon - Fri: 6pm to 8am = $4.50 Shift Differential
  • Sat & Sun: 6pm to 8am = $8.00 Shift Differential
  • Sat & Sun: 8am to 6pm = $4.50 Shift Differential


Schedule: Thursday - Satuday 6 AM - 7 PM

  • Are you committed and passionate about enriching lives through remarkable care for pets?


  • Do you thrive in fast-paced, dynamic, and rewarding work environment?


  • Are you a team player who enjoys working together on a team to provide quality care for pets?


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 and weekends and holidays.

As an ICU/Critical Care 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 along side 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


  • Health and well-being resources to assist with stress management, mental health awareness, compassion fatigue, burnout, communication, and conflict management skills.


  • 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.


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.

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