Head Veterinary Technician

A Pet’s Place Animal Hospital offers a full range of veterinary services in Longmont, Colorado. Dr. Joan Primeau, Dr. Jenelle Vail, and Dr. Paxton Russell are passionate about caring for your four-legged friends.

We look forward to developing a long-term relationship with our clients and their pets.

We strive to provide excellent veterinary care promoting a healthy lifestyle for all stages of a pet’s life.

We aim to educate owners so that they may make informed decisions regarding the well-being of their pets.

Welcome to A Pet’s Place Animal Hospital.  We are a small group of dedicated veterinary professionals who strive to provide the best, most up to date, and compassionate care for our patients and their pet parents.  We are seeking to hire a technician who is confident, experienced, and most of all, loves what they do.  This position will require strong anesthesia and surgical skills, excellent record-keeping skills, a joy for lifelong learning, and enthusiasm for working with a great team and clientele. Though we are growing, we love our family feel and so do our clients, some of whom are multigenerational. Our team works hard and plays hard, think river rafting and escape rooms!

• Patience & Compassion: Remaining professional while still making teammates, clients, and patients feel as comfortable as possible regardless of the situation or challenges presented. Responding quickly and calmly to crisis while maintaining a high standard of patient care.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: Carefully coordinating actions with veterinarians and practice team members. Providing feedback appropriately and in a timely manner. Quickly incorporating feedback to ensure positive results. Sharing ideas and being open to other’s ideas.
• Communicating: Conveying instructions to clients and teammates to ensure successful patient care.
• Active Listening: Following the instructions of veterinarians and sometimes patient owners. Picking up the needs of veterinarians and teammates based on prior experiences and feedback.
• Organization Skills: Clear tracking of lab specimens, medications, patient instructions, workflow, and other job-related items while managing multiple patients and clients.
• Client Satisfaction: Ensuring all activities and interactions result in the highest level of client satisfaction.

• Supervise and schedule veterinary technicians and assistants to ensure efficient daily operations.

   

• Provide training, coaching, and mentoring to technical staff.

   

• Support a positive team culture that reflects hospital values.

   

• Conduct regular team meetings, performance reviews, and skills assessments.

   

• Oversee and perform high-quality nursing care including IV catheter placement, blood draws, anesthesia monitoring, dental cleanings, radiographs, and lab work.

   

• Manage inventory of medical supplies and pharmaceuticals; place orders and ensure proper stock rotation.

   

• Maintain medical equipment and troubleshoot or report issues as needed.

   

• Ensure compliance with OSHA, DEA, AAHA (if applicable), and other regulatory requirements.

   

• Collaborate with leadership to improve workflow and operational efficiency.

• Assist veterinarians in the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery and other tasks as needed.

• Assist veterinarians in outpatient exams by taking histories, vital signs, and weights, as well as providing client education.

• Prepare patients for surgery and monitor vital signs of the patient during surgery.

• Obtain blood, stool, and other samples; perform in-hospital laboratory testing and prepare specimens for outside laboratories.

• Take, develop, and maintain radiographs following proper safety procedures.

• Provide basic animal handling and restrain animals during exams.

• Administer and monitor medications, anesthesia, vaccines, and treatments at the discretion of the veterinarian.

• Clean and straighten exam rooms, treatment, and lab areas; restock exam rooms with supplies. Assist other team members to keep the public areas of the practice clean; clean and maintain all medical equipment.

• Demonstrate warmth, courtesy and professionalism in all interactions with clients; exercise compassion and care in all interactions with patients.

• Communicate with veterinarians and practice team members including client discussions, patient plans, client concerns, etc.

• Any other duties as assigned.

• Ability to work on weekends as required
• Previous veterinary experience required
• Previous leadership/supervisory experience preferred
• Ability to lift patients and carry equipment up to 25 pounds; ability to lift patients or carry equipment over 25 pounds with assistance
• Practice OSHA safety techniques including proper PPE
• Basic math and the ability to calculate medication dosages
• Basic computer skills, familiarity with MS office applications, etc.
• Strong communication skills to ensure patient safety

• Paid time off
• Health insurance; dental insurance; vision insurance
• Retirement benefits or accounts
• Bonus incentive
• Employee discount
  
• Scrub allowance
  
• Flexible work schedules
• Career and professional development
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Program

Benefits offered may vary depending on full or part time employment status according to company policy. 

Salary : $22 - $26