Registered Veterinary Technician - Overnight

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Position at Long Beach Animal Emergency

Registered Veterinary Technician - Emergency, OvernightShift

More than a word, care is present in everything you do. At Long Beach Animal Emergency, a Thrive Pet Healthcare partner, we take action to empower your best care for pets, their families, and yourself.

We are a community of 400 clinics forming an extraordinary network of unparalleled resources and people. Through outstanding learning and career options, comprehensive benefits, and abundant support, you’ll be nurtured and appreciated for who you are and what you bring to the table. We come together in both the joys and heartaches of our profession to lift each other up through laughter and empathy. And, we have plenty of fun along the way!

Who we are

At Long Beach Animal Emergency, you’ll feel the warmth and openness of a small clinic, while having the opportunity and support of a united network. 

Long Beach Animal Emergency is a modern and fast paced veterinary emergency center with the best talent in the SoCal Area. Our community trusts our staff to be the best, to help and handle their tough situations with their family pets, and our team delivers, with compassion and expertise, to set us apart from other hospitals.

Provide your best care with more bridges and less barriers.

Long Beach Animal Emergency, is looking for a Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) to join us as part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare community.

As a Registered Veterinary Technician, you’ll play an important role in pets’lives by providing end-to-end care for our precious patients. Your life-changing work will range from the hands-on care of facilitating outpatient treatments and performing laboratory tests, to support services including admitting and discharging patients.

Role Responsibilities:

• Support veterinarians to ensure quality veterinary care, advocate for pets, and educate clients.
• With each hospital function, assist veterinarians and the medical team to maximize productivity and maintain positive patient flow.
• Assist with surgeries and procedures in accordance with your state's Veterinary Practice Act outlined for credentialed veterinary technicians.
• Communicate with clients about individualized pet health concerns and offer guidance on Thrive Membership options, medications, and additional treatments.
• Assist in maintaining relevant, comprehensive medical records with the support of practice systems.
• Obtain relevant health history and information from clients and maintain medical charts.
• Use safe restraining techniques, follow standard protocols, and sustain clean, sterile, organized treatment areas, exam rooms, and labs.
• Be willing to guide, mentor, and support fellow team members.

Experience & Skills Requirements:

• Veterinary Technician Licensure required, new grads considered!
• Superior customer service
• Able to explain doctor recommendations
• Ability to work day shift

You’ll Grow With Us

Here, you can grow your career as best fits you through access to comprehensive learning and skillset programs. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:

• Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
• Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
• A program to designed to teach you the fundamentals ofrunning a pet hospital
• ​​​​​​​Earn your AVMA-CVTEA Accreditation and become a Vet Tech through our fully accredited distance learning program for veterinary technicians
• Scholarship opportunities and tuition reimbursement

And, with so many locations nationwide, you can find and move into any specialty, hospital type, or environment. Join us and provide your best care at a clinic that is deeply rooted within its community and bolstered by the resources of Thrive Pet Healthcare.

Benefits – our care in action

We provide benefits spread comprehensively across your mental, physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing designed to meet your needs as a unique individual. Some key benefits include:

• ​​​​​​Paid time offincluding 8-weeks of full-pay parental leave, bereavement to grieve both humans and pets, and time off for new pet adoptions

• Top quality medical, dental, and vision insuranceplus health savings account and flexible spending account ​​​​​​​
• Pet perksincluding free exams, discounts on products and services, and more at all Thrive Pet Healthcare locations
• Generously subsidized backup and ongoing care supportfor children, adults, and pets
• Mental health benefitsincluding coaching and therapy sessions
• 401k with employer contributionand no waiting period
• Continuing education and development supportthrough our library of free CE coursesand paid time off to complete
• Scholarship opportunitiesand student loan supportprogramand so much more!

Compensation negotiable based on credentials and experience with a hourly pay rate from $29-$35 / hour. The actual rate offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. 

At Thrive Pet Healthcare, we celebrate and embrace the uniqueness and diversity of all of our team members, pet parents, and pets. We strive to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where all team members belong and feel empowered.

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