Veterinary Technician - ICU

BluePearl Specialty and Emergency Pet Hospital

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

Qualifications

  • Licensed Veterinary Technician credential required
  • 5+ years experience in veterinary care preferred
  • Strong skills in patient triage and advanced catheter placement
  • Experience with ventilator cases and CPR techniques
  • Ability to mentor and train others in a collaborative environment
  • Passion for animal care and critical patient recovery

Responsibilities

  • Triage patients and gather comprehensive medical history
  • Identify at-risk patients and perform CPR when necessary
  • Insert intravenous catheters and advanced lines like Central Lines or PICCs
  • Monitor patients on ventilators for vital signs and overall health
  • Collaborate with the veterinary team to deliver advanced medical care
  • Mentor and train team members to enhance their skills
  • Assist in rehabilitating critically ill pets for reunification with their owners

Benefits

  • $5,000 sign-on bonus for qualified candidates
  • Competitive shift differential pay for nights and weekends
  • Trupanion pet insurance and discounts for pet care
  • Opportunities for career advancement through talent development
  • Annual continuing education allowance and free training sessions
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options
  • 401k with retirement planning options
  • Flexible work schedules and generous paid time off plans
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!

Schedule: Thursday - Satuday 6 AM - 7 PM

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


  • 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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