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Lead Veterinary Technician - Emergency

Thrive Pet Healthcare
Rockville, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 10/23/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/20/2026
Description

Metropolitan Animal Emergency & Specialty Center is looking for an experienced, full-time Lead Veterinary Technician to join our Emergency team as part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare community in Rockville, MD.

$5,000 Sign-On Bonus available!

About You

You’ll play an important role in pets’ lives by providing skilled emergency care while serving as a trusted leader for the technician team. Your life-changing work will range from triaging and stabilizing critical patients to supporting complex treatments, mentoring team members and helping maintain efficient, high-quality patient care.

The success of your patients’ care matters to you, and your success matters to us.

Your Experience & Skills

  • Minimum 3 years of clinical veterinary experience as a Veterinary Technician (direct patient care)
  • Minimum 2 years of Emergency Veterinary experience
  • CVT/RVT/LVT (active and current) preferred
  • Superior/advanced technical skills
  • Has 2 years of Leadership experience (in a veterinary clinic setting)
  • Has strong anesthesia skills (Able to obtain Blood pressure, ECG, Sp02, and ETC02 and integrate clinical signs with disease processes to assist doctors in early and appropriate intervention of patient care)
  • Has confidence in medical math skills, including calculating Constant Rate Infusions (CRIs)
  • Possesses a positive work attitude
  • Self-motivated
  • Excellent leadership, communication and organization skills

You’ll Grow with Us

Skills

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

Benefits

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.

Compensation is negotiable based on experience and credentials, with an expected starting range of $34

– $38 / hour. The actual compensation will carefully consider a wide range of factors including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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. 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.

Thrive Pet Healthcare has been recognized by Top Workplaces with Culture Excellence Awards for Purpose & Values and Work-Life Flexibility. The Purpose & Values award reflects organizations that consistently live what they stand for, brought to life at Thrive through our commitment to shaping the future of pet wellbeing and our core values. These values guide how we work and how we care for pets, clients, and one another. The Work-Life Flexibility award recognizes our focus on making meaningful work sustainable, supporting our teams in balancing professional impact with life outside of work.

We welcome you to join our story and join where #WeThriveTogether. Learn more at thrivepetcare.com.

Salary : $34 - $38

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