What are the responsibilities and job description for the Veterinary Technician position at Thrive Cedar Park?
Description
Veterinary Technician Opportunity | $1,000 Sign-On Bonus | General Practice
Location: Thrive Pet Healthcare – Cedar Park
4807 183A Toll Road, Suite 102, Cedar Park, TX 78613
Schedule: Full-time, 3–4 days per week, 7:55 a.m.–6:15 p.m., including at least two Saturdays per month
Join Thrive Cedar Park as an experienced Veterinary Technician and provide compassionate patient care in a collaborative general practice. You’ll support wellness and sick visits, diagnostic testing, surgery, anesthesia monitoring, patient recovery, and client education.
Your Experience & Skills
- At least 1–2 years of hands-on veterinary clinical experience in a general practice or similar hospital setting required
- Current Texas LVT or nationally recognized Veterinary Technician credential preferred
- Proficiency in venipuncture, IV catheter placement, diagnostic sample collection, safe restraint, surgical preparation, and anesthesia monitoring
- Bilingual English/Spanish skills are a plus
Responsibilities:
- Support wellness and sick appointments as well as surgery, advocate for patients, and educate clients on vaccines, parasite prevention, nutrition, and post-operative care.
- Support efficient patient flow by obtaining medical histories, recording temperature, pulse, respiration, and other vital signs, and using low-stress handling and safe restraint techniques.
- Assist with procedures and surgery, including surgical preparation, sterile technique, IV catheter placement, anesthesia induction and recovery, intubation support, and anesthesia monitoring.
- Communicate clearly with clients by explaining patient concerns, reviewing treatment plans and estimates, providing medication and discharge instructions, and discussing Thrive Membership options.
- Maintain timely and accurate medical records
- Collect, prepare, and process samples (venipuncture, urine, fecal, cytology)
- Follow hospital protocols and maintain clean, sterile, and organized treatment areas, exam rooms, surgical suites, and laboratory spaces.
- Perform additional duties as needed to support the hospital and patient care.
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 designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital
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
Thrive offers a suite of benefits to support team members’ emotional, physical, professional, and financial wellbeing. In addition to our health and life insurance, and short- and long- term disability plans, we offer eligible team members:
- Competitive pay
- 401(k) with employer match
- Mental health resources, including easy access to therapy through Lyra Health
- Paid parental leave
- Purr-ental leave for when you adopt a pet
- Subsidized backup childcare and elder care
- Expert advice, support and network discounts for fertility and family planning
- FREE CE courses
- Pet perks and veterinary service discounts
- Student loan support tools and assistance
- Some benefits shown are only for full-time team members who work 30 hours or more per week. Certain Benefits may be subject to waiting periods or length of service requirements.
About The Hospital
At Thrive Cedar Park, you’ll join a welcoming general practice team committed to compassionate, low-stress care. Serving pets and families across Cedar Park and nearby communities, our hospital offers opportunities to build your skills in wellness and preventive care, diagnostic imaging, and surgery.
About Thrive
Thrive Pet Healthcare creates the future of pet well-being through medical excellence, innovative technology, and a connected community of teams and partners. Today, its network of 360 primary, emergency, and specialty hospitals across the U.S. cares for pets of all ages and health needs, while portfolio companies provide tools and technology that help veterinary teams work smarter and deliver better care. Thrive invests in its people—through mentorship, leadership programs, continuing education, and well-being initiatives—so teams can grow and feel supported. For pet owners, convenient solutions such as a mobile app, digital booking, Thrive PlusTM membership, HereFurYou Helpline, an online pharmacy and flexible financial options* make accessing quality care simpler— giving families the peace of mind their pets deserve. Learn more at thrivepetcare.com.
We welcome you to join our story and join where #WeThriveTogether.
Benefits:
Health Insurance, 401K Plan, Vacation & Paid Time Off