Overnight Licensed Veterinary Technician - ER

Blue Pearl Pet Hospital is hiring experienced Licensed Veterinary Technicians to work overnight in our busy Emergency and Critical Care department in Downtown Seattle, WA.

LVT Pay: $25.60 - $49.15 / hour

Sign-on Bonus: $3,000 for qualified candidates!

This location covers the cost of parking Downtown and bus passes.

Schedule: Overnight shift either 3 12-hour shifts or 4 10-hour shifts.

Pay Band: Starting point dependent on experience and advancement through the Kahuna leveling system.

We offer competitive shift differential pay for eligible hours worked during nights and weekends, based on a 4-hour minimum. Examples include:

• Mon - Fri: 6pm to 8am = $4.50 Shift Differential
• Sat & Sun: 8am to 6pm = $4.50 Shift Differential
• Sat & Sun: 6pm to 8am = $8.00 Shift Differential

Blue Pearl Specialty + Emergency Pet Hospital offers a fast-paced, rewarding environment where you can utilize and expand your skills alongside talented veterinary professionals.

As an Emergency Veterinary Technician, you will:

• Induce, monitor, and recover anesthesia using anesthesia/monitoring equipment.
• Triage emergency cases, obtain vitals such as temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure.
• Perform digital radiography with proper technique and patient positioning.
• Understand normal ranges of vital signs and interpret blood pressure and other vital signs, alerting veterinarians to changes.
• Identify patients at risk for arrest and initiate CPR.
• Calculate medical math, administer medications via appropriate routes and durations.
• Perform phlebotomy and place intravenous catheters.
• Place and maintain feeding tubes and central line catheters.
• Mentor and train colleagues, and address client concerns with patience and empathy.

Why Blue Pearl?

• We are passionate about pets, offering benefits like Trupanion pet insurance and discounts on pet treatments and food.
• We support career growth through skill leveling, leadership development, and talent programs.
• We promote continuous learning with annual CE allowances, free sessions, and access to extensive medical resources.

• Access to mental health support via Lyra, including 12 free sessions annually.

Our hospital fosters a family-like culture, emphasizing teamwork and remarkable pet care.

Our Continuing Education benefits include annual stipends, rollover options, and paid CE hours, with specific benefits for CVT and VTS credentials.

Additional benefits include disability insurance, parental leave, health/dental/vision/life insurance, PTO, HSA/FSA, 401(k), store credit, licensure reimbursements, and VTS-specific benefits.

Blue Pearl is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We provide accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request.